Alrighty then! Real quick, Ash won the Johto league and they were heading to Pallet to see what Prof. Oak had called them for. Quick enough? Good.
Ages:
Ash ~ 13
Misty ~ 14
Kimi ~ 13
Brock ~ 17
Good-bye
It started out as a usual day for our heroes. The sun was shining, the pidgeys um, pidgying, and Ash's stomach growling.
"Ash! Are you ever NOT hungry?" a fiery 14-year-old red-headed girl asked, slightly annoyed at her hungry companion.
"Of course! I'm just hungry now…" The 13-year-old boy stated.
"Ash, we just ate two hours ago!" Misty crossed her arms.
"So? I'm a growing boy!"
"Then why are you still shorter than me?" Misty smirked, her arms still crossed.
"Because I'm still growing." Ash stuck his tongue out at the red-head.
By now, Brock and Pikachu who had been walking ahead of the two finally stopped walking and headed back to stop the fight. "Alright you two! Enough fighting! We're almost there Ash."
Ash did a victory pose. "Alright! We're almost home! I can't wait to see mom again! I can't wait to show her my trophy too!"
"Here he goes again." Misty mumbled under her breath.
"I knew I would win the whole time! Pikachu and all my pokemon were awesome, right Pikachu?"
"Pi Pikachu!" Pikachu cheered too.
"I couldn't have done it better."
"Excuse me, 'I'? You didn't do it alone Ash!" Misty steamed; she was actually glad that she had a reason to yell at Ash and try to blow down that big head of his.
"I'd have to agree with Misty on that one Ash." Brock agreed.
"Oh yea." Ash rubbed the back of his head then turned to Pikachu. "Sorry Pikachu, I meant we all did it together. I couldn't of done it without you and my other pokemon!"
Unknown to Ash, Misty cringed at that. Ash didn't seem to appreciate her or Brock, despite her knowing it was them who helped Ash quite a lot as well. But something swelled in her while they kept walking. Something inside her made her ask herself, what if Ash is right, What if it was just him and his pokemon? What if he doesn't need me anymore? Throughout the rest of most of the way to Pallet, Misty remained silent, much to the surprise of Brock and Ash, especially Ash, even when he said, "Boy am I hungry!" He was expecting some remark from misty, but all he got was silence.
Worried slightly, he shrugged it off. He still had a while to figure it out and she'd probably get over it sooner or later. So he ignored it and kept on home.
Soon Ash, Brock, Misty, and Pikachu saw a large sign that welcomed all people saying, 'Welcome to Pallet Town!'
"We're here!" Ash cheered. He raced down the hill towards his house leaving a trail of dust behind him. "Come on Misty!" Brock encouraged the still silent girl by pulling her arm. "I can't wait to clean the house!" Brock started to race right behind ash leaving poor Misty and a sleeping Togepi behind.
Ash burst through the door without even knocking wanting to surprise his mom, but was only greeting with a hard SMACK.
When Ash opened his eyes he saw his mother standing over him with a worried look. "Oh! You're up! I'm sorry honey, but you shouldn't sneak in a house like that! I thought you were a burglar."
"Thanks mom." Ash mumbled.
"I made you some chicken and rice – don't shovel it in so fast you'll choke! Why don't you wait for your friends? Oh, never mind honey, looks like I'll have to make some more." Ash sighed contently and sat back in the kitchen chair after shoveling all the food in his mouth in 30 seconds flat.
Suddenly two blurs flew in front of the kitchen counter, both shoving and pushing each other.
"Come on! I'm better at cooking then you are!"
"Mr. Mime! Mime! Mr. MIME!"
A sweat drop appeared on Ash's face. Why anyone would fight to cook and clean was beyond him. His thoughts were interrupted by his mother's question. "Ash, honey, where's your other friend?"
"What othe- Misty!" He bolted up and raced to the door. What was taking her so long? Did something happen?
Just as he got to the door, it swung open and smacked him in the face. "Ash! I'm so sorry!" Misty cried bending over the moaning Ash. She checked the mark on his face.
"Waaaaaaaaa"
Realizing how close she was to him, she began to blush. But quickly recovered by trying to act angry. "Ash! Why were you standing in the doorway!"
Ash still moaned in pain. Misty was getting frustrated. "Get up Ash! I didn't hit you that hard! Would you like me to hit your harder?!"
It certainly worked, he jumped up in a blur, still holding his head, and walked into the kitchen. Misty sighed and followed him.
"Oh there you are Misty! We were just wondering about you. Now, Brock made some food for you to eat, so you can go wash up." Misty smiled and thanked Mrs. Ketchum and walked off to wash her hands.
"Oh mom! I want to show you my trophy!" ash ran to his bag and pulled out a trophy. "I won the Johto league!"
"Oh honey!" Mrs. Ketchum hugged her son. "I'm so proud! Can I put it on the mantle with your orange island trophy?"
Ash nodded. "My pokemon and I won it all by ourselves! No help from anyone! We rule, don't we Pikachu?" Ash said happily to his yellow pokemon sitting on the couch licking his precious ketchup. Pikachu just nodded and kept licking. He really likes his ketchup ^-~
Oh the other side of the wall, in the kitchen, Misty looked worried, but almost set in her decision after hearing that. Her fears had been proven right and it was time. She sniffed lightly and held back a cry.
Pikachu's sensitive ears picked it up. Hearing one of his best friends cry made him put his precious ketchup bottle down and follow it.
Ash just kept on talking to his mother and bragging about his victories in the Johto completely oblivious to Pikachu and his crying friend.
Pikachu peered around the corner and was surprised to see Misty leaning against the wall staring off into space with a lone tear running down her cheek. "Pika, Pikachupi?"
Misty smiled down at the pokemon and picked it up. She hugged him close to her. Pikachu, not knowing what was wrong, just let her hug him, hoping it would stop one of his best friends form crying. Soon though, Misty gently put Pikachu on the ground and walked off to her room.
"Hey, Pikachu?" Ash called walking into the kitchen. "Did you hear something?"
Pikachu just sighed sadly and went back to sucking his ketchup bottle.
A dark shadow soon fell over the land and the night sounds soon filled the ears of a young girl who was staring our the window of an open window. The sound of a door slowly opening and a person walking over to her filled her ears once again. She knew those steps. She knew the nervous, but gently walk of her best friend. "Hey, Misty? I was wondering why you didn't come down to eat. Mom made the best chicken and rice!" Ash licked his lips in the memory. Misty just smiled wistfully and continued to stare out the window.
"Misty?" Ash ventured
"Ash, I think I'm going to go."
A weird feeling began to fill Ash's stomach. He laughed nervously. "Go where?"
"Home."
"We don't have time to stop at your hometown. Prof. Oak had some mission for us."
Misty sighed at his innocence, that or denial that she was actually leaving, she really didn't want to explain. "Me, myself and I am going home for a long while," She ignored Ash's jaw drop and his silent 'buts' "I haven't seen them in a while and I'm sure they need help in the gym." She continued to star out the window.
"But, you, you can't!" Ash felt a feeling he had never felt before. A feeling of dread and horror. A feeling of betrayal and sadness. Something close to when his pokemon left him, but something more, something worse.
Misty's eyes glazed over, she quickly ran out of the room and closed the door to the bathroom, shutting the door in Brock's face who was about to take a shower.
Morning came all too soon for Ash, who didn't sleep a wink. All he could think of was 'how could Misty do this to me? How could she leave?' Brock inquired of the slack-jawed Ash after coming in and grumbling about girls and the bathroom. Ash just walked to the bed and stared at the wall. Brock shrugged and waited for Misty to come out of the bathroom, but soon feel asleep waiting.
"Breakfast Ash!" A bright cheery voice called. "And Prof. Oak called, he wants to see you right away!"
Ash slowly sat up. He looked for Misty across the room where she usually slept, but it was totally unused, she must've slept in the bathroom. Half of him wanted to sit and wait for Misty, the other half said, 'Forget about her, she's leaving you, remember?' Giving in to both, he trudged downstairs and ate like a normal person, which to Brock told him something was wrong. "Where's Misty?" Ash choked out. Brock shrugged. "Beats me." Brock looked at his watch. "We'd better go to see Prof. Oak now. Misty can catch up with us later."
"Alright." Ash reluctantly agreed, while Brock told Mrs. Ketchum to tell Misty where they were.
On the way to Prof. Oak's, Brock continued to ask what was wrong, but Ash remained silent. Barely believing it himself. Finally Brock threw up his hands and mumbled to himself.
Then finally reached the research lab. Ash didn't even bother to knock. "Hi Ash!" He was greeted by his age-old friend. "Hi." In an attempt to be in a better mood, he said, "At least I didn't get hit by a door when I came in." Prof. Oak looked totally confused and Brock just laughed and motioned for him to forget about it.
"Hiya Prof. Oak!" A brown-haired girl walked in. She had a red bandana on her head. She wore a red shirt with a white skirt and blue hugging shorts underneath. In her gloved hand she held a poke'ball. She turned and noticed the two boys. "Oh! Hello!"
"Hi." Ash greeted in a mono tone. "Hi!" Brock greeted. 'She must be too young,' Brock thought. 'I'm not attracted to her.'
"Ash, Brock, this is Kimi, she's been helping me out here lately, she's a very talented pokemon trainer, in fact, she was just about to leave for the Crystal league." (No idea what the real name is)
Ash looked confused. "The crystal league?"
Kimi nodded. "It's filled with all new pokemon, new gyms, it's awesome!"
"Wow! Really! I want to go!" Ash cheered up.
Prof. Oak nodded. "Yes Ash, that's why I called you here to tell you about it."
"But we don't know a thing about it." Brock stated.
"I can show you." Kimi volunteered. "You can come with me, I was going to be lonely anyway."
Ash was silent for a while. Then looked up with a gleam in his eye. "Fine, you can take Misty's place."
"PIKA?!/WHAT?!" Brock and Pikachu both looked at Ash like he was crazy.
"Um, I'll let you get back to me on that, in the mean time, I'll be in the Prof.'s lab." Kimi walked away sensing a fight coming on. "I'll come with you, Kimi." Prof. Oak followed her example.
Ash was about to answer his two friends' question when someone else did it for him.
"Ash! I can't believe you!"
They all turned sharply and saw a teary-eyes misty. "You're the one who said you wanted to leave!"
"I said I think! I can't believe you would just like that replace me!" Her eyes started to shake. "Was I that worthless to you, that just like that you can replace me?"
"No! But – "
Misty started to get mad, "You wanna know why I said I was going to leave? Because I thought you didn't need me any more, I thought you were grown up enough to handle things on your own, well you should at least me able to handle things without me now."
"What are you talking about?" Ash was confused.
Misty scoffed and repeated Ash's words mocking him, "My pokemon and I won it all by ourselves! No help from anyone! So you don't need me anymore. I was hoping maybe you did, maybe I could still help you, but apparently our friendship ment nothing to you! I'm so irreplaceable that you can replace me with the first pretty girl you meet! Well fine ash Ketchum! I wish you good luck!" With that she swiveled around on her foot and stalked off out the door.
Quick as Ash could come to his senses, Ash raced after her. "MISTY!" He called. He raced to his house and saw her leaving with her back and all.
"Misty, please," Ash panted.
Too sad for words, Misty simply said a soft good-bye to Ash and said to give Pikachu and Brock a hug for her. And she quickly ran off into the woods,
Tears came to Ash's eyes as the song 'The time has come' replayed over and over in his head. He used to think it was just for his pokemon, but he realized it was for his friends too, his GOOD friends, even his best friends.
He pulled his famous hat over his eyes like he does when he cries and just stood there.
After an hour Pikachu and Brock found him there, the same way, but it wasn't the same Ash. Trying to cheer Ash up the best way they knew how, they took him to go see Kimi, and the Crystal league began, without Misty.
I know, probably not going to happen in the show, but I can hope, and there is a second part to this, maybe. Review and we shall see.
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