Aciki

**Aciki** (Japanese:) is the belief that Miki and Ace belong in a romantic relationship.

## Evidence

### Ace's Hints

* In Stantler's Little Helpers, Ace, after looking at a picture of Miki, says that she was a "really hot babe" he'd love to kiss under the mistletoe.
* In A Farfetch'd Tale, Ace says that not only is Miki hot, but also super nice.
* In The Fire-ing Squad!, Ace sees Miki's face for the first time during a video call and admits that she looks hotter then pictures of her show. He's also surprised that a fireman would have such a "smokin' red hot" niece as Miki.
* In No Big Woop!, Ace looks at a photo of Miki holding her trophy from the Porta Vista People and Pokemon Surf Off and thinks he's in love.
* In The Fortune Hunters, Ace looks at a photo of Miki showing all eight of her Indigo League badges and calls both a bodacious babe and a dynamite gal.
* In Carrying On, Ace hears that Miki made it to the Indigo Stadium in the Kanto Region's Pokemon League and says that if he was there or if she was with him and the others, he'd give her a smooch for good luck.
* In A Hot Water Battle!, Ace hears that Miki made it to the finals of the Indigo League, says she should win the championship and kisses his picture of her. Later, he stares at the picture longingly.
* In Hook, Line, and Stinker!, Ace hears that Miki won the Indigo League, looks at a picture of her lovingly and says she's "so fine".
* In The Trouble with Snubbull!, Ace remarks that Miki must be a nice person, since he knows she was already "hot and gorgeous".
* In Trouble's Brewing!, Ace immediately fell head over heels for Miki upon meeting her for the first time. Later on, during the battle against Team Rocket who tried to take Sakura's Eevee away, Miki sent in her Vulpix to dispatch the evil trio, only to have the Fox Pokémon sent flying back towards her by Jessie's Arbok's Headbutt attack. When the Cobra Pokémon moved in to strike, Ace sent in his Zigzagoon, Zig-Zag to defend Miki.
* In All That Glitters, Ace saves Miki from being blown away by Team Rocket's robot.
* In A Close Call... Practically!, he says he likes the new Miki when she decided to be permanently barefoot.

### Miki's Hint

* In The Light Fantastic!, she volunteers to help Ace learn to swim at the local Pokemon Center.

## Moments/dates

* In The Light Fantastic!, Ace and Miki officially start their relationship with an underwater kiss.
* In UnBEARable!, Miki calls Ace a brave young man when he promises to protect her the night they and everyone else meets the thieving Teddiursa. Later, after they catch the Teddiursa in the act of stealing food, Miki says that it's her job to act cutesy when she and Ace are alone. Later, at the Pokemon Center, she calls her father and he, on behalf of his wife, gives her and Ace their blessing to be together.
* In Spring Fever!, Todd takes a picture of Miki feeding Ace part of one of her double fudge cookies.
* In Freeze Frame!, Ace stays with Miki in the Pokemon Center to warm her up.
* In Sick Daze!, Miki comforts Ace when he thinks back to when he used to live on the streets with his sisters, especially when one of them was sick, before kissing him.
* In The Art Of Pokemon!, Ace makes a picture of him and Miki spending time at a beach for his beloved, resulting in him getting a kiss from his beloved.
* In The Heartbreak of Brock!, Ace and Miki ponder the possibility of getting married in the future.
* In Right On, Rhydon, Ace and Miki come out of the tent they shared the night before with ruffled hair and kiss marks all over Ace's face, indicating that they spent the whole night making out.
* In The Joy of Water Pokemon!, they have a date in the Pokemon Center's pool.
* In Machoke, Machoke Man, Ace sees Miki in a gym battle for the first time.
* In Around the Whirlpool!, Miki rescues Ace from being dragged into a whirlpool. Later, Miki gives Ace a new pair of swim trunks, red swim trunks with teal drawstrings and a shark fin pattern. Later, they have a date at the Pokemon Center pool.
* In Fly Me to the Moon!, Miki and Ace spend a night under the stars together.
* In A Corsola Caper, Ace gives Miki a Corsola charm necklace.
* In Mantine Overboard, Ace and Miki decide to dive down into the ocean together, only for them to have to stay on the surface and in Luka's boat after Ace sprains his ankle. But all the while, they enjoy each other's company.
* In Octillery The Outcast!, Ace and Miki feed each other a bite of their ice creams.
* In Dueling Heroes!, Ace comforts Miki when she reveals to be nervous about her upcoming battle.
* In The Mystery is History!, Miki makes and gives Ace a seashell necklace.
* In Throwing in the Noctowl!, Ace is forced to hold on to Miki while she sits in his lap for the duration of the flight.
* In Espeon, Not Included!, Ace and Miki have a date at the Ecruteak Hot Spring house. The hot spring they got was the most private one in the place, Couple's Hideaway.
* In Extreme Pokémon, Miki ended up breaking her arm, which forced Ace to carry her back to the daycare center. It's soon revealed that she'd have to keep her arm in a cast for three weeks. Before that, however, it's revealed that Ace and Miki both have a tendency to flirt with each other anytime, anywhere.
* In An EGG-sighting Adventure, Ace decides to share his umbrella with Miki, due to her cast.
* In Just Waiting on a Friend!, Miki reveals that she had gymnastics training to Ace, explaining how she became so flexible.
* In A Tyrouge Full of Trouble!, Miki tells Ace that his time as a troublemaker on the streets of Cattalia City makes him more attractive.
* In Xatu the Future!, Liam's Xatu (aka Guru) reveals that Miki and Ace will be married and have three daughters and one son in the future.
* In Rage of Innocence!, Miki comforts Ace about his and his sister's realization that their mother was part of Team Rocket and that Professor Sebastian was their biological father.
* In Some Like It Hot!, Ace and Miki spend some time looking at the clouds.
* In Outrageous Fortunes!, Ace gives Miki a Sun Stone, which she gives her Gloom so that it could evolve.
* In I Politoed Ya So, Ace and Miki swim in the lake together at the start of the episode.
* In Just Add Water!, Ace and Miki spend some time on the beach, and Ace finds out that Miki's ticklish, which is her weakness.
* In Liam's Adventures of Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias, Ace and Miki go on a gondola ride through the water ways of Alto Mare.
* In Lapras of Luxury!, Ace and Miki spend some time swimming in the sea together, while also making out a couple of times.
* In Hatch Me If You Can!, Miki feeds Ace a piece of her tamagoyaki.
* In Entei at Your Own Risk!, Miki and Ace share a private hot spring together.
* In A Claim to Flame, its revealed that Ace got Miki a seashell patterned one piece swimsuit for her birthday, with a seashell charm bracelet.

## Similarities

* Both are young, with only a year between their ages.

## Name Origin

* The name **SurfShipping** comes from the fact that Miki loves to surf.

## Trivia

* They both love to cuddle and smooch, especially when alone.
* Aciki is said to be one of the fastest sailed shippings since the return of Miki, when Ace fell for her in Trouble's Brewing!
	+ In addition, Aciki is one of Alvinluvr30's favourite ship pairings, the other being Benugi.
* Miki decided to be permanently barefoot like her lover, Ace. Although they will occasionally wear shoes if they need to.

## Gallery

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