The girl stood there, alone in the darkness. She was cold. She was scared.
Suddenly the darkness faded revealing a familiar site, she was standing atop the hill behind a fence at the Cerulean Cape looking east out to the ocean.
She felt two arm then wrap around her body, she could tell it was him without the need to look. His right arm draped around her neck whilst he held on to her left shoulder. His left arm fell loosely around her middle, his hand stroking her stomach. She leaned backward into his embrace and she felt safe.
"You came back." She said to him as she turned her head to face him.
He smiled back at her. "Of course I did." He replied.
"But why?" The girl asked inquisitively.
He didn't say anything for a moment, he just stood there and stared into her eyes. The suspense was building up inside her, 'please say something,' she thought, she couldn't take this waiting any longer. Then finally, to her delight, he spoke.
"For you." He answered.
The girl looked away quickly, she could feel tears coming to her eyes. She couldn't help but smile as she basked what he had just said to her, it warmed her heart.
He wrapped his muscular arms around her even tighter and pulled her close.
"I love you Misty Waterflower." He whispered softly into her ear.
She looked up at him, her eyes filled with pure happiness. He stroked the side of her face with his right hand before pulling her into a deep kiss.
Misty's body melted into him from the mere touch of his lips, she was completely lost in the moment, the moment she had been waiting so long for.
She pulled away from him and stared up at him with tear filled eyes.
"I love you too," Misty whimpered before losing her self control completely and burying her face into his chest whilst floods for tears poured from her eyes.
"Promise me you'll never leave me again," she sobbed deeply into him.
He responded by tightening his embrace and whispering to her,
"You have my word."
Buzz, Buzz, Buzz, Buzz, Buzz, Buzz, Buzz, Buzz, Buzz, Buzz, Buzz, Buzz, Buzz, Buzz.
Buzz, Buzz, Buzz, Buzz, Buzz, Buzz, Buzz, Buzz, Buzz, Buzz, Buzz, Buzz, Buzz, Buzz.
Misty awoke to the sound of her alarm clock. Not yet able to bring herself to open her eyes, she flung her arm aggressively in search of the source of the racket in the hope of being able to find it to shut it up.
She lay there as she adjusted to the world around her. Misty was not a very good morning person and as a result was bad at finding the motivation to get out of bed most days. This lack of motivation was not helped as she came to remember her dream last night, it still appeared very vivid to her. She could still feel the softness of his lips against hers. She longed for that sensation to be real one day, but what were the chances of that she thought to herself.
Misty got out of bed made her way over to her wardrobe, she figured she couldn't sit around and mope in her room all day, she had a responsibility to the Gym. If someone came in for a match she had to be there and lord knew her sisters weren't good at that. (Last time there was a mad rush of Pokémon Trainers when Misty wasn't there, Daisy, Violet and Lily almost started handing the out badges without battling)! If only they could actually handle a high pressure situation without her. However this did amuse her in a way, Misty was the youngest of the four Waterflower sister, and they never let her forget it. When they were younger they always treated her as the 'lesser' sister. But now if she was away for little more than an hour, they weren't able to cope. However she did still felt like the 'lesser' sister in other ways. Daisy, Violet and Lily were all absolutely stunning. People would come from far away regions to see them perform their water ballet. She never felt she could live up to them. She wasn't as talented or pretty as they were, but she tried not to think about it, she wouldn't let herself become even more depressed than she already felt.
Misty opened up her wardrobe to pick out a bathing suit for the day. This was always an arduous process as she was very conscience about her appearance and always wanted to look her best, if not for anyone else then for herself. She had always thought it was better to be prepared in these situations than to not be. "You never know who you might see," she would always say. 'Maybe he'll come in today,' she joked to herself, but she shook that thought off quickly. It was obvious that that wasn't going to happen. The last she heard of him he was in the Sinnoh region - probably having, yet another, adventure of a life time. Despite this however she still wanted to be presentable on the one in a million chance he had come home early and come to see her, just like in her dream. Truth be told she didn't really care about most other peoples opinion on her appearance, most of the people she met day to day were just trainers passing through that most likely she would never see again. The one opinion that had always mattered most to her though was his.
In the end she settled for her green bikini with the yellow strips. She hadn't worn it in a while so she figured it wold be a nice change. She also grabbed her white hoodie to pull over the top so that she could stay warm when she wasn't swimming.
"This'll work," she said to herself, smiling at her reflection in the mirror.
She then took the purple hair band that she had around her wrist and tied her hair up into her signature side pony tail and took one last look in the mirror to make sure that everything was as it should be and closed the wardrobe.
Misty made her way over to Togepi's bed. She crouched down beside it, he looked so peaceful. She wanted to leave him to sleep longer as she couldn't stand to wake him, but she knew if she didn't he wouldn't be happy waking up by himself, he was still only a baby after all. She reached down for him and picked him up slowly.
"Time to wake up sleepy head," she whispered softly to him.
With that Togepi let out a big yawn. He hadn't planned to wake up at this time, but didn't mind the early start. He was always happy to see his mothers face.
"Did you sleep well?" Misty ask him.
"Togi-Togi," Togepi replied cheerfully.
"Good. Shall we go and see the other Pokémon?" She asked.
"Ppprrriii!" Togepi shouted out in excitement. He always loved to see his friends.
With that Misty settled Togepi in her arms and they both went downstairs into the gyms main pool.
When they got there, to Misty's surprise, Tracy was across the room cleaning. 'Daisy, Violet or Lily must have let him in,' she thought to herself, but none of her sisters were anywhere to be seen. As she approached the poolside Tracy noticed her.
"Morning Misty!" he called from across the pool.
He continued to sweep as he had been whilst Misty walked around to meet him.
"Hey Tracy," she said to him in a less ecstatic manner than he had greeted her in.
"Did my sisters let you in?" she asked, but before he could reply her mind had already started to wonder, she couldn't stop thinking about last night.
"Emm yeah, Violet let me in about half an hour ago. Is everything okay Misty?" Tracy asked inquisitively.
Misty shook her head vigorously to bring herself back to reality. "Oh, yeah," she replied, not trying very hard to hide her true feelings, you could see in her eyes that she was hurting "I'm fine."
Tracy was not well known for reading people however, so did not pick up on this.
"Alright then. Your sisters left to go into town to run some errands, they left you a note."
Misty sighed. Whenever her sisters left her something like this it usually involved doing all the stuff that they were supposed to be taking care of. After all she wasn't the only gym leader, she was just the one who dealt with all the battles, it was their job to deal with the paperwork, feeding , etc. It wasn't that she didn't like doing these jobs, on the contrary, she loved every aspect of being a Gym Leader. It was just that sometimes she felt as if they were taking advantage of her good nature. She took the note from Tracy.
Misty,
Gone shopping, will be out most of the day,
Can you make sure the Pokémon get some exercise in the main pool
today whilst we're out.
Daisy, Violet and Lily
Misty was actually a bit relieved, at least now this meant she could have a quiet day by the pool with the Pokémon, provided that no one came for a match. She didn't feel up for much today, her motivation had seemed to have left her. She went over to the side of the pool where all the Pokéballs were kept containing all the gyms Pokémon. One by one she released them into the water: Goldeen and Seaking, Staryu and Starmie, Dewgong, Politoed, Gyarados, Horsea, Caserin and Corsola. Even Psyduck was eager to get out of his ball. Despite still not being able to swim he enjoyed being in the pool, relaxing on the floats or even on occasions riding on the backs of the lager Pokémon.
As all the Pokémon got accustomed to being out of their balls for the first time today, Misty climbed to the top of the diving board with Togepi in hand and took a seat on its edge. From there she could see the entire pool, even Tracy glumly trudging along with his set of chores, most likely given to him by Daisy. She giggled to herself a little, 'it's a good thing he's such a sucker for her, or else that would be me,' she thought. But her smile didn't last long, her mind was to distracted by other thoughts. Thoughts that had haunted her for longer than she cared to remember.
It had been almost two years since she had last heard from him. No letter. No phone call. Nothing. Misty was continuously checking with Delia to see if she had heard from him, but she would always say, 'He's just a free spirit, don't worry yourself, I'm sure he's doing just fine.' Recently though Misty had been getting more and more embarrassed about asking for him, she figured that Delia was probably getting tired of her. But it wasn't that she was worried for his well being, she knew first hand that he was more than capable of looking after himself. After all, if he could travel with her for the best part of three years, his current travels must seem like a breeze in comparison. The reason why she kept asking after him was that she missed him, so very much. They had spent so much time together in the past and had been to countless places over so many different regions. She had had the best times of her life when she was with him and he had helped shape the person she was today.
She had hated her sisters when she found out she had to leave him to take care of the gym for them so they could go on holiday, she wasn't ready to go back home. Even though Misty had got her bike back that day, the original reason that she was traveling with him, she had accepted a long time ago that it was never about that, she was there for him. She went through a long period of not speaking to Daisy, Violet or Lily when they returned from their holiday. Her sisters, for a long time, didn't even know why Misty wouldn't speak to them. She wouldn't even tell them. Her sisters knew how stubborn she could be and so eventually decided to leave her until she felt ready to say. When Misty finally found it in herself to talk to the people who, in her mind, ended her traveling days, none of them really understood why she took leaving him specifically that hard. They could only think of one reason for this, but they all agreed that if this was the case then it wouldn't be long before she'd work it out for herself, and they were right. To start with Misty didn't know the reason why leaving him was so hard either, however as time went on she thought about him more and more and the truth became clear to her.
She had fallen for him.
But what was Misty to do? They were worlds apart now. Her an aspiring Gym Leader, him a Pokémon Trainer traveling to far away lands. He hardly ever came home now, and as a result, she never got to see him. Every time she thought about that she would have to fight to keep the tears coming to her eyes. Their time apart had really taken its toll on her, nowadays she couldn't go longer than a moment without him being on her mind, he had all but consumed her and what saddened her was that he didn't even know it. And the likelihood is he never will.
But despite all of this though one thing would always remain clear to her.
She would never stop loving him.
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A/N: Well that's the end of my first chapter, would love to hear what you think so please review. I'd preferably like to hear nice things though :)
15.08.10
Recently had someone tell me that Togepi already evolved. I know, The Mirage Kingdom and all that. But lets be honest, who doesn't prefer Togepi over Azruill lol. The reason I stuck with Togepi was for all the pokeshipping fans who loved the original series but aren't keen on the new stuff. Togepi is a link back to the way Pokemon used to be for me so I kept him in. For anyone interested, I always imagined that Marill still had the baby Azruill but it stays with Professor Oak at the ranch where Tracy spends a lot of his time whenever he's not with Misty at the gym.
Hope that cleared that up :P
