A Pokestory
By: maxinethebean
As Ash is about to reach Pallet Town from his long journey in the Hoenn region, he stops to admire the beauty of the rural town he lives in from a large hill.
"Almost home, Pikachu. But I wish my friends were still with me..." Ash says and trails off. Before coming home, Ash had to leave newly made friends May and Max back in the Hoenn region, and Brock had to leave for Pewter City. Now kind of depressed, Ash slowly walks home about a mile away. As he is walking, he remembers when he met his friends. I remember that May was the first one I met, besides Professor Birch. It's a funny coincidence how I ended up trashing her bike like I did to Misty's. Thinking of Misty almost brought tears to Ash's eyes.
Misty was a red headed girl that trained water pokemon. She was one of the first friends Ash made when he began his first journey in the Kanto region. He had just acquired Pikachu, and it didn't seem to like him very much. So to make a long story short, Ash ended up stealing Misty's bike to get away from the bird pokemon chasing him. In order to survive the attack, Pikachu used its electric attack on the birds, which flew away. But Pikachu also hit Misty's bike. Now safe, Ash and Pikachu fled to Viridian City, where Misty catches up to Ash and demands a new bike. But since Ash was only 10, he couldn't pay. So somehow or another, Misty ended up traveling along with Ash. They soon met Brock afterwards, and the rest was history.
God I miss Misty. When I met May, I knew she couldn't even compare to Misty's beauty. I actually find it funny how May tried to show she liked me. But Misty still has my heart. Ash thought about Misty the whole way home until he was at the front door.
"Surprise!"
Someone jumped behind Ash and covered his eyes. But that voice. It was so familiar.
"Misty? What are you doing here?" Ash said with glee. Misty just smiled.
"I'm here to welcome you home! Brock and some other people should be here soon." Misty said. She took her hands off of Ash's eyes and gave him a hug. Ash squeezed her tight, and Misty buried her head in Ash's shoulder. They hugged for about two minutes, when Ash's mom walked into the room.
"Oh Ashy! It's so good to see you again! Mommy missed you so much!" Ash's mom said and hugged him.
"Mom, I'm sixteen now, so please don't call me Ashy." Ash said with a chuckle. Misty giggled a little as well.
"I'm sorry honey. Ohh look! It looks like the rest of your friends have arrived." Ash's mom said with excitement. They all looked outside to see Professor Birch's Jeep pull up in front of Ash's house, carrying all of his friends. May, Max, and Brock left the car and headed into the welcoming house. Professor Birch followed close behind. As the professor was entering the house, he noticed Ash's mom holding the door, and stopped right in his tracks. Flattered, she blushed and smiled at the adoring man. He blushed as well and did an awkward bow. Ash's mom giggled and grew even redder than before.
"Well you must be Ash's mom. It must take a wonderful lady to raise a wonderful trainer." Professor Birch said and chuckled. Ash's mom blushed.
"Well he does the training on his own. But I love the compliment. Thank you professor." Ash's mom said with sincerity. Then they both sat on the couch and talked the rest of the night.
Meanwhile, Ash was outside talking with his friends. They all sat in a circle discussing their adventures and having fun. After Ash was done talking, May began to speak.
"Well my adventure started out when I went to get my first pokemon from Professor Birch, but he was out helping Ash with Pikachu so I went to find him. Long story short, I ended up choosing Torchic as my starter and going to Oldale Town with Ash. I would have gone alone, but he needed to do me a favor after barbecuing my bike." May explained, but then Misty burst out laughing.
"What's so funny, Misty?" May said with a hint of anger. Misty stopped laughing and explained.
"Well you're not the first to get your bike fried. Did Ash tell you that?" Misty said and pointed to Ash, who was embarrassed.
"Oh no, he didn't. How come Ash?" May said, getting more irritated with Misty.
"Well I can't say I'm proud for destroying two bikes with the same pokemon." Ash said bluntly and laughed, and everyone else chuckled too. Then Ash turned to Misty.
"I haven't seen you in forever Misty! How have you been? Running the gym well?" Ash said happily. Misty blushed.
"I've been doing ok, and the gym's doing fine too. It's really lonely without my sisters or my good friends Ash and Brock." Misty said and laughed. The rest laughed too, but May wasn't very impressed.
"Well I'm sure you found some company with your pokemon while Ash was traveling with me." May said with a sneer. Misty looked at Ash and then glared at May.
"Of course I did. But Ash and Brock are my best friends. I didn't know what to do without them at first. Being a gym leader is tougher than it looks, May." Misty said with a smile on her face. She was determined not to let May bring her down.
"Oh it can't be too hard. You just wait for trainers to challenge you and then you battle them." May said and glared at Misty. Misty laughed sarcastically.
"That isn't it at all. Why don't we have a battle? We'll see how easy it is beating other trainers, now won't we?" Misty said with determination. She stood up and took out her pokeballs. May stood up as well.
"You're on Misty!" May said with hatred burning in her eyes.