Every Word Part 1
For all you otakus:
Satoshi = Ash Ketchum
Kasumi = Misty
Takeshi = Brock
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The Veridian Forest is so beautiful! I crawled out of my sleeping bag and stretched. Brock was sitting down, cooking some breakfast. He smiled at me. "Good morning Misty."
I smiled back. "Good morning Brock."
"Can you wake Ash up?" he asked.
I nodded. "Sure." I sat down beside him, trying to wake up.
Pikachu crawled out of his arms, and stood next to me. "Pika-pi!"
I just smiled at him. I wish I could understand him; I can make educated guesses but I can't fully understand. I once could only talk with my pokémon but after all this time traveling with them, I'm getting better at listening to Pikachu.
"Urgh…" Ash groaned. "Ergh…take that…"
I asked Pikachu. "Has he been like that all night?"
"Pi," he nodded its head.
I shook Ash's slightly. "Ash…Ash…wake up."
"Misty…no, not Misty…" Ash called me in his sleep. What is he doing? I turned to see if Brock heard. He was too busy cooking. My face started to turn red. He was dreaming about me?! I yanked the ends of his sleeping bag, pulled them up in the air, making him fall out. "OW!" he fell with a thud.
"Wake up!" I demanded.
Ash quickly sprung to his feet. "Hey, what was that for?"
"It's time to get up, you lazy butt!" I told him.
"Come on you two, breakfast," Brock called.
"All right!"
"Pika!"
Ash and Pikachu jumped up for joy. He doesn't listen to me, just his stomach. Geez…
Shortcut, yah rite. We're supposed to be in Pallet by now but some genius said he "knew" a shortcut. We got lost and it took us the whole day to find again.
The sun was beginning to set. "We'll camp here," Brock suggested. "You three go get some firewood."
So Ash, Pikachu and I wandered around, gathering wood. Pikachu and he were a few feet away from me, talking to each other. They were mumbling as if they didn't want me to hear.
"No, it was nuthin," Ash told Pikachu.
"Pi."
"I'll tell you later."
"Pi-pi-pika-pika-cha."
"No! Well, yah…"
"Pi-pi-pika-pika-pikachu. Pi-pika-pika. Cha?"
"I know I should but I can't."
"Pika-pi-pi-chu."
"Really? You think so?"
"Pi."
I wish I could understand what Pikachu was saying! It drove me crazy! If I did, I could figure out what they were talking about. "Come on, you guys, I think this is more than enough."
As we were heading back, we passed by this one tree with its branches hanging over the edge of a cliff. It had these pretty pink and purple flowers. "Oh wow!" I commented. "Those are so beautiful!" I turned to Ash, "Don't you think?"
Pikachu nodded its head in happy agreement while Ash…just stared at them. It was as if he was thinking.
"Pika-pi-pi-cha," Pikachu told him.
"Yah…"Ash trailed off.
It was getting kinda irritating. They were doing that a lot recently; talking in secret. It was very nerve-wrecking. We arrived and gave Brock the wood and he started cooking some really good stew.
"Thanks Brock!" Ash thanked after he finished the food. He stretched and crawled in his sleeping bag and yawned. "Good night Brock."
"Goodnight Ash," Brock responded.
"Goodnight Pikachu," Ash said.
"Pika," Pikachu slipped deeper into Ash's sleeping bag.
"Goodnight Misty," He said to me. "See you in the morning."
I looked up. "Good night Ash." I whispered softly, "Sweet dreams…"
I sat under the quiet stars, staring at the fire. Thoughts about Ash ran through my head.
I sighed.
Just then, I heard Ash yawn. "Did you say something Misty?"
"Me?" I asked. "No, nothing…I didn't say Ash…goodnight."
Early morning came. I rubbed my eyes to adjust to the early sun. I turned around and looked over to Ash. Where was he? I began to call him. "Ash! Ash! I dashed to Brock and woke him up. "Brock, Ash and Pikachu are gone!"
He got up from his sleeping bag. "He's not here? Where do you think he went?"
"I dunno," I told him. Where could he have gone?! We wandered around for a while, calling for Ash. Then, Pikachu came running towards us.
"Pikachu!" I said. "Where have you been? Where's Ash?"
"Pi-pi-pi!" Pikachu pointed to the direction he was coming from. He scurried back. Brock and I followed him. Pikachu led us to the same cliffside we were at yesterday. We stood near that tree hanging over it. "Pi-Pika!" Pikachu said. He was on all fours and pointed down the cliff. Brock and looked over and saw Ash lying down on a ledge a few feet downward. He looked unconscious.
I held my tears back. "Ash!"
"I'll go get some rope," Brock ran back and in a few minutes, he arrived with some think brown rope. He gave some of it to me. "Tie this end around you and go get him. I'll be your anchor up here."
I did as he said and climbed down the cliff. The ledge Ash laid on was only a few feet wide. I looked over and saw that if Ash missed it, he would have plunged in that rocky ground and rapid river below. I gingerly untied my rope and retied it, making the end longer. I positioned him to face me and tied the rest of the rope around him. I hugged his waist, making sure not to let go. "Ok, Brock!" As he pulled the rope, I climbed up the cliffside. He was heavy! I guess that's what happens when he eats a lot. Finally, I brought Ash with me over the edge next to Brock. I untied the knots and looked at Ash again. He had a huge red bump on his head. He's not dead, he's not dead…
"C'mon, we better take him home. Pallet Town is another 20 minutes or so…" Brock carried Ash on his back, Pikachu and I headed to the camp, packed up and we were on our way to Pallet.
...to be continued
Note: The scene at night when Ash is saying goodnight to everyone, Misty was thinking of Ash and when Ash was talking to her again:
"Did you say something Misty?"
"Me? No, nothing...I didn't say anything Ash...goodnight..."
This was from "Misty's Song" on the Pokemon's 2BA Master Soundtrack. Of course, only true Pokemon fans caught that...j/p!
