Misty made her way to the ladies room as Casey went down to their seats. Misty made her way through the packed crowd. Much to her surprise it was pretty clear that her sisters had been able to get a full house. Getting sold out, especially in a small town like Pallets whose population had been devastated by the mass shrinkings, was very impressive. Misty couldn't help feel a bit jealous, but only a little bit. She'd always hated being the runt and getting pushed to the side while her sisters toured the world. In the past she'd been very bitter but after meeting, and falling for, Ash Ketchum Misty wasn't really wasn't all that bothered by it. Though mostly men suffered from the shrinking probably half the people in the convention center were male. Along the way she saw several women and men with 'snacks', none of which seemed to come in 'wrappers'. Misty supposed that the concession stands were too cheap to provide the food with clothing. Just the bare essentials for a ridiculous chunk of change. Prices for food at public centers, sports events, shows, and movie theaters had always been through the roof. It was like that before the shrinking and it was like that now. If anything it was worse! Buying a bag of nude buttered boys at a movie theater could cause a girl to lose out on a whole weeks worth of pay! Misty shook her head at the unfairness of it all. It wasn't the food she felt bad for, though they'd shrunk unexpectedly one day only to be tossed into a degrading and mentally scarring dog pile of terrified naked people and have a price put on their life. Misty felt bad for the consumers.

Getting into the bathroom Misty slipped off Ash's snot covered clothing and set him down by the sink. Using a finger she tested the water and waited till it was lukewarm.

"Is this all right Ash?"

Letting Ash slide into her palm she brought him towards the faucet. Ash stuck on of his slimy arms under the powerful spray, "Er.... yeah, that's fine, thanks Misty."

Misty wanted to step away and give him some privacy, not because she didn't enjoy the view, only because she cared enough about Ash not to want to cause him needless embarrassment. Unfortunately, or very fortunately in Misty's case, she couldn't do that. Walking away from the sink would just be inviting some other girl to snatch up her tiny friend. Instead she brought her palm under the faucet, Ash sitting in the center still looking a little woozy from his journey into Casey's nose. Pouring some hand soap into her other palm she allowed Ash to scoop up gobfulls of the stuff and bathe. Some of the other women in the restroom gave Misty weird looks but didn't say anything. When Ash was done she set him off to the side and gave his clothes a good scrubbing.

"They're soaking wet but at least they're clean." Ash reached for them but Misty didn't hand them over.

"Ash, none of the other fo-..... shrinkies have clothes on. If someone sees you wearing a shirt and jeans I might get in trouble for sneaking you in......... Would it be all right if......? could you...?"

Ash sighed, If he asked Misty to give him his clothes or to leave the show that instant he knew she would. But he knew this was important to her and that she hadn't seen her sisters for a long while. He'd play along even if that meant being naked in a full packed convention center.

"Misty I know what you're trying to say and its fine. You can hold onto my clothes until we meet up with your sisters."

"R- really? Thanks for being so understanding Ash; I'll make it up to you!" Misty promised bringing her boyfriend to her lips and planting a kiss on the upper half of his body.

When she pulled back Ash had a big dopey grin on his face. Smiling at him Misty pocketed his clothes and, after wrapping one hand around her Ashy, left the bathroom in search of their seats. Along the way no one paid any extra attention to Ash. As far as they were concerned he wasn't any different than normal concession stand food. He didn't get any more stares than a hotdog or soft pretzel would. Misty finally got down to the front row. She found Casey all ready sitting in her seat. The younger girl waved them down. She saw that Ash was completely in the buff and let a grin materialize onto her face.

"Misty you dog you! I know you had some fun earlier but can't you wait a while until round 2?"

"Harty har har." Misty laughed sarcastically; she dropped her tiny boyfriend onto her leg with a plop.

Ash spread out, making himself comfortable, both fought to keep their cool. With their bare skin rubbing against each other it was hard for the both of them to fight down certain urges, especially Misty.

"So how ya doin' Ash?" Casey asked, "You clean up okay?"

"See any boogers in my hair?" Ash waved his hatless head around giving his giant friend a good look.

"Hmmmmm, nope!"

"Then I guess I'm fine."

"So Misty?" Casey asked, "What's the game plan after the show?" Casey pointed to large tank in the middle of packed room, it resembled a giant aquarium.

"Well we go backstage and meet up with my sisters. I....... reintroduce them to my boyfriend." Misty smiled down at Ash and he returned her smile though somewhat nervously, "After that we head out for dinner. Votelli's, a really good restaurant Ash showed me last time we were here. I heard they had some menu changes though."

"I hope they have shrinkies; to be honest I'm really hungry right now." Casey confessed patting her tiny, empty, belly.

Casey had a serious case of the munchies but she wasn't about to waste her cash on the convention center's expensive as hell food.

"Even better." Casey raised an eyebrow, "The food is really really really expensive but it doesn't matter because my sisters are picking up the tab. I've never eaten their new cuisine but apparently they have trained shrinkies who won't fight you."

"What?! Really?" Casey asked surprised, usually to keep shrinkies from fighting back chefs would knead their muscles until they were too sore to move, or just snap a bone or two. What Misty was suggesting however was something else entirely.

"They'll dip themselves in sauce if you ask them to, they'll walk right into your mouth, they'll even through themselves right in-between your teeth if you ask them to." Misty explained.

"That is sooooooooo cool." Casey gushed.

"The really expensive meals come with a show. You can pay for food that'll do a number of things. You can have them perform a play on your plate, or recite Shakespeare, or juggle, or sing and dance, or perform some other way."

Ash shook his head and sighed wondering how the restaurant could get them to agree to do such a thing. Maybe they brainwashed them. Maybe the restaurant offered some of the money to the shrinkies next of kin. Shrinkies were inferior beings meant to be eaten, Ash had excepted that a long time ago, that didn't mean they had to humiliate themselves before dying.

"That sounds fun...... But if they're cheap and try to give us small portions just because they're 'fancy'." Casey had a big appetite and, even though she liked the idea of performing shrinkies, she liked the idea of a full belly even more.

"Don't worry, my sister's are paying for everything, eat as much as you want."

"Nice!" Casey pumped her arm into the air.

After a few minutes the lights dimmed and the audience went silent. The three sensational sisters dove from the rafters into the giant erected aquarium. Music started playing from strategically placed speakers throughout the room. A flash of light blinded the audience and suddenly the three sisters were mermaids. Once before Misty had taken part in one of their shows. She too had dressed as a mermaid but, being very insecure, she felt she hadn't even been in the same class as her sisters.

Misty sighed, "They're so pretty, so graceful, so thin." Misty felt a little sad and a little angry at the same time, "Well." She leaned in towards Ash, "Daisy isn't as pretty as she looks close up, Violet has to practice her choreography nightly because she's a total klutz, and the only reason Lily is thin is because..." Misty mimed shoving two fingers down her throat.

Ash cringed, "I can't wait to meet them."

He hoped Misty was just letting of some steam. What she had accused Lily of doing, vomiting her food up, made Ash sick to his stomach. Ash couldn't help but picture a barf filled toilet with two or three half digested shrinkings flailing around in anguish. The show lasted for a good hour and a half. When it was all over the water suddenly grew murky and when it cleared the sisters were gone. The audience went whiled, There was a standing ovation. Misty snatched her tiny naked boyfriend from her leg.

"Let’s head back stage and meet up with my sisters!"