A Forgotten Past

Author's note: All right, this is my first fanfic and it's part of a series. The title becomes more apparent in the next parts of this series. This story is PG and it's AAMRN (Ash and Misty Romance Novel). Well, I hope you like it! So, enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon; never have and never will. All these characters are owned by Nintendo, except for Samantha. She's my creation, so please don't take her without asking. She'll be appearing in the 3rd fanfic though. Also, the plot belongs to me.

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Ash, Misty and Brock are quietly walking in the woods in search of Pallet. Ash has just earned all 8 badges and is ready to do some hard training for the Pokemon League. Unfortunately, the group has managed to steer off-course yet again.

Ash examined his surrounds. He was in a forest that sent chills up his spine. "This is a really creepy place. I wonder where we are." Ash said.

Misty smiled at Ash. She knew that she had the perfect opportunity to taunt him. One of the few pleasures in her life was teasing him. "Looks like Mr. Pokemon Master is frightened."

Ash glared back at her. She just couldn't go a day without making fun of him. "Are you mocking me? I meant it's creepy because we don't know where we are."

Misty unwittingly agreed with Ash. It really is kind of scary when you don't know where you are. Misty glanced at the two boys and screamed, "Don't tell me we are lost once again." She took out her trusty mallet. "All right, who got us lost this time. The boy without any brains or the boy without any eyes!"

Ash looked over at Misty. He saw the perfect occasion to tease Misty. Usually, he isn't very successful at teasing her, but, for some strange reason, he continues to do it. Ash decided to take the risk of being pounded by the mallet and yelled, "How do we know that its not the girl without any patience, life, fun, sense of humor, good looks, beauty, sense of style, attractiveness…"

It was then that Ash was cut short by none other than Misty's mallet (that thing can sure come in handy!). Just as Misty was about to clobber Ash yet again, he screamed. Fear dominated his every sense and he spoke the first words that came to his mind. "Ahhhhhh! Don't hit me! I didn't mean it! In fact, you have all of those things. Yea! I meant the opposite of everything that I just said."

His words did the trick, but everyone started staring at him. Ash started feeling uncomfortable. "Why are you guys staring at me?"

Brock watched Ash squirm under his stare and decided to explain some things yet again to the dense boy. "Ash you said that she wasn't attractive. The opposite of that would mean…"

A rush of blood pored into Ash's face. His face turned a deep red when he realized his obvious mistake. "Oh no!" As anyone would do in that kind of situation, Ash frantically searched his mind for a good excuse. "Ummmm…the mallet…didn't want to get hit…"

Misty look changed from that of anger to that of confusion and annoyance. "Well, then do you deny it?"

Ash knew that he was cornered. He had very few options left. "Waaa! Ummm… you see… I have to… I have to…" Ash suddenly glanced behind himself, hoping against hope for a miracle. Fortunately, today seemed to be his lucky day. Pikachu was no where to be seen. "Yes! I have to go find Pikachu. See you guys later!"

Brock started running up behind Ash with Misty following him. "Wait up Ash!" They both chimed together.

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Pikachu sniffed the air and turned and watched Ash and Misty. It was the classic argument, "Who got us lost?" But this time, Ash's tongue slipped and it became interesting. Just as Pikachu started to go back to its dense and now embarrassed trainer, it heard a noise. Behind him, there was a rustle in the bushes. Pikachu decided to investigate. He crawled slowly to the source of the noise and saw a strange form emerge out of the bushes…

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Light blue hair covered James' eyes as he stared straight ahead. With one quick motion, he swept his frazzled hair behind his ears and continued to search the horizon. After a few moments of this, a small yellow rodent hopped into view. Its tiny beady eyes failed to notice James or his accomplices nearby. "Jessie, Jessie, it's working! Pikachu is falling for it!"

Jessie slithered up to James. Her face was filled with determination. She wasn't going to mess up this plan. When she saw that her companion was correct, she snottily replied, "Well, I guess not even that Pikachu is a match for Jessie and her brilliant plan."

A tiny pokemon pricked its ears at this statement. Meowth flashed its teeth to the red head, Jessie. This time, she wasn't going to steal all the credit from him. "Meowth, that's not right! Sorry to burst your bubble, but it was brilliant plan that Meowth came up with."

A deep fire glowed passionately in Jessie's eyes. "How dare you try to take credit from the girl with the prettiest face in all the land."

Meowth twitched. An evil smile formed on its lips. "Prettiest? Yea right! More like the…"

Jessie whipped out her paper fan. She watched the cat pokemon intensely. Jessie growled, "I dare you to finish that statement."

Meowth knew that he was taking a major risk as the words tumbled out of his mouth. "All right then, more like the ugliest of all the land." Just as Jessie was about to knock the cat unconscious, Meowth raised his claws out in self-defense. He started doing furry swipes on the fan and tore it to pieces.

James gasped. He stared at Meowth in amazement. "Meowth actually SURVIVED one of Jessie attacks without getting hit?"

A big smile materialized on Meowth's face. "Cool. Should have done that sooner. How could I forget that fury swipes can easily destroy paper."

An enraged Jessie then slammed a mallet into Meowth. He was knocked momentarily unconscious as James grinned. "Is that a new mallet Jessie?"

Jessie laughed. "Yes, thanks for noticing. It was on sale for 25% off in Mallets-Are-Us. So, is Pikachu still falling for our trap?"

James nodded. "Yes. This idea of simply pasting an image of ketchup to a stick is a great way to lure Pikachu to us."

Meowth got up, still dazed by the blow. "Yea and this rubber bag is a perfect thing to transport it to the boss." Meowth pointed to a tiny bag sitting a few feet from him.

Jessie began to watch Pikachu again. She noticed, with alarm, that Pikachu was almost on top of them. "Meowth! Get the bag ready. Pikachu's coming closer."

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"Pikachu! Pikachu! Where are you buddy?" Ash frantically yelped. He examined his surrounds suspiciously as if the forest was the cause of Pikachu's disappearance.

Misty cupped her hands around her mouth. "Pikachu! Come on out!" She screamed. Yet, the furry rodent made no appearance.

Brock was consumed in deep thought. Finally, he gracefully spoke. "Let's split up. That way we can cover more ground."

Ash sighed in relief. At least someone had a plan. "Great idea Brock." Ash remarked.

Misty shook her head at the two boys. They couldn't even see the danger of this plan. "Wait a minute! We are already lost. If we split up, we might loss each other and then get really lost."

A few moments of silence went by. Brock pondered this statement carefully, trying to see if any loopholes were present. Unfortunately, he couldn't find any. "She's right. Wait a minute? I was actually wrong for once." A deep realization of defeat swarmed over him. However, Brock ignored this. He stood up proudly and said. "But I'm never wrong. I'm the Brook!"

Ash and Misty *sweatdropped* at the thought. Brock never usually acted so stupid, except when he's around girls, but it was always a funny sight when he did. Ash decided to comfort his friend. "Well, there is a first time for everything. But lets keep looking."

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Pikachu cautiously approached the bottle of ketchup. His little mouth started drooling as he started edging ever closer. Then he realized something. The ketchup bottle was actually moving. Ketchup bottles don't move and they aren't located in the middle of forests. There could only be one possible reason for this. Pikachu eyes glazed an angry red. He didn't mind a trick, but when it came to ketchup, Pikachu patience disappeared. If they wanted to pull a trick on him, they were going to have to pay the price. Pikachu smiled a moment later. He knew what to do.

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Jessie sighed in annoyance. Something was wrong. She could just feel it. "Why is it taking you so long to capture that twerp's Pikachu?"

James angrily glared at Jessie. She had a way of making everyone feel insignificant. He slowly rose and blurted out the first thing that came to his mind. "Sorry Jessie, but it's just standing there."

Jessie grunted in annoyance. Why was it that everything always seemed to go wrong in her seamless plans? "Well, then make it move!" Jessie screamed and started shaking the picture of the ketchup bottle violently up and down.

James frantically tried to stop Jessie and her crazy moves. "Stop it! Stop! Wait! Hold on a sec!" James briefly stopped dead in his tracks as he stared intently at something in the distance. "Hey Jessie. I think it's working. Pikachu is coming closer."

Only now did Meowth care to raise its head to watch the pathetic scene. Finally, it seemed that for once Jessie did something right! Nevertheless, Meowth started to get a bad premonition when he watched the angry little pokemon. "You guys! It doesn't look happy!"

Pikachu grinned as it yelled, "PIKKKKKKAAAAAACCCCHHUUUUUUUU!!!!!" A sudden blast of thunder erupted from the furry rodent as Team Rocket soared in the air. (I guess getting Pikachu angry was a big mistake!)

Team Rocket swirled through the air shouting, "Looks like Team Rocket is blasting off again!" A tiny star twinkles in the background.
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Ash swiftly shifted his gaze around the area. "Did you guys just hear something?" he inquired.

Brock slowly nodded his head in agreement. His intelligent mind searched for the familiar sound. Finally, he spoke. "Yea, it sounded like Team Rocket blasting off again."

A look of aggravation entered Ash's eyes. "Are they still trying to capture Pikachu?"

The only girl in the group noticed something that was oblivious to the other guys. Misty started smiling and pointed her finger behind them. "Yep. And this time, Pikachu beat them all by themselves." As if summoned by her words alone, Pikachu magically burst through the forest and started running towards its friends.

Ash smiled with glee. Pikachu never seemed to let Ash down. "Pikachu!" Pikachu leapt into its trainer's arms, grateful to be away from Team Rocket. Ash stroked the furry rodent's head. "Good job Pikachu! You defeated them all by yourself!"

Brock watched the scene from a distance. A boy and his pokemon, together, it was such a touching site. They ought to make a movie about it. Imagine how much money Hollywood could make off of it (^_^)! As he considered this wonderful idea, memories of the events that took place only moments beforehand flooded his brain. "Ash, you never did answer Misty's question from before." Brock giggled in spite of himself.

Coincidentally, Misty happened to be pondered about the very same thing. Glad, that Brock brought it up, she chanted happily. "Yea Ash!"

Ash slowly gazed at his friends. He was hoping that they would forget about that stupid scene. However, nothing in life seems to go exactly as one might hope. So, Ash decided that he would try acting stupid, for it came naturally to him. (I wonder why? ^_^) "What question?"

"Do you think that I'm attractive?" Misty demanded. Her tender arms were crossed while she stared intently at Ash.

Ash again knew that he was trapped. Since he really had no reply to her question, he decided to simply say, "No comment."

Misty furiously glared back at Ash. His innocent ways and good fortune aren't going to get him out of this one. "No comment?! Don't even try getting out of this one. This either a yes or no answer. So, ANSWER!"

Ash quivered at Misty's violent tone. His eyes yet again wandered the area wishing that another miracle would present itself. "Well… Ummm… you see… I would have to say…" He slowly stopped speaking when he saw his wish come true before his eyes. Another distraction emerged from the forest, a Jynx.

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The pokemon observed its surrounds. Three trainers curiously watched its every move. Jynx decided to break the constant silence that had arisen by mumbling, "Jynx! Jynx!"

Ash, who was incredibly grateful for the interruption, started getting excited. His eyes glistened with glee. "Wow! A Jynx! I'm going to capture it!"

"Ash I would be careful. This Jynx looks a little weird." Brock commented. Indeed the Jynx did look a little strange. It's skin appeared a shade darker than normal while its oversized lips appeared black. Its hair was a black color and it seemed about a foot taller than a normal Jynx.

Misty nodded her head in agreement. "Brock, your right! It does look different."

Ash grinned devilishly. Here, he had the opportunity to capture a rare pokemon. His delicate hand floated to his pokebelt and grabbed a tiny pokeball. "Well, all the more reason to catch it!" In one swift motion he threw the pokeball violently to the ground yelling, "I choose you, Bulbasaur!"

Bulbasaur hopped out of the pokeball, ready for action. "Use your razor leaf." Ash commanded. Green leaves started shooting out of Bulbasaur's back. Jynx simply took the blows without sustaining any injuries.

A sigh of irritation rang in Ash's voice as he shouted. "Ok, you try using your vine whip" Bulbasaur two vines now appeared and started whipping Jynx. Ash smiled happily. "All right! That's it! We're winning!"

However, when Bulbasaur was finished, Jynx appeared fine and yawned out of boredom.
Ash's little brain began ticking. He decided that the only way to beat Jynx was with power. "This isn't working. Bulbasaur, it's time to give it your solar beam."

Rays of light started absorbing in Bulbasaur's back. Then, a bright, white light flowed towards the Jynx. This time, however, the Jynx didn't stay still. It magically used its physic powers to stop Bulbasaur's attack and paralyze him. Bulbasaur couldn't move and soon fainted. Ash regrettably moaned. "Bulbasaur return." The pokemon disappeared as quickly as it appeared in the flash of a red light. Ash shook his head in disappointment. "God that Jynx is hard… Wait where did it go?"

Jynx had disappeared from the spot that it stood just moments before. It then reappeared in front of Ash in its hideous form. Ash froze in terror. "Oh no!"

The Jynx was really angry at Ash, for trying to catch it for it was about to perform one of its most powerful attacks, Lovely Kiss. Then, a figure stepped in front of Jynx and knocked Ash out of the way. The figure took the full force of the attack and slumped to the ground. Ash blinked his eyes in disbelief. He then kneeled down and examined the figure that saved his life. "Misty!!! Are you all right?" Ash cradled her limp body and looked up to find that the Jynx had run off into the forest.

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Ash groaned as if in pain. He started shaking the pretty girl in his arms, hoping to revive her. "Oh no! Misty! Misty! Wake up! Please wake up! You can't die on me yet! I have even told you… Just please wake up!"

Ash stopped shaking Misty and then sadly gazed up at Brock. Brock gasped in disbelief. He meant to comfort his friend, but instead did what came natural to him, state the obvious. "This isn't good. Jynx used Lovely Kiss on her, Ash."

Ash growled in frustration. Normally, he could deal with Brock's ability to lecture, but not today. "That's not what I need to know. What I need to know is how to help her, Brock!"

Brock was a little taken back by Ash's tone. Normally, he isn't so snappy, at least towards him. However, he knew that in this situation it was understandable, so he ignored it. "Well, there is a legend about the Jynx."

Ash's eyes sparkled in interest. "Yea! What is it?"

Brock stood back and spoke in an articulate tone. "Well, it states that the kiss from a Jynx is deadly. It leaves the victim unconscious and then puts then in a coma. Since there is no way to wake up the person, the person then dies…"

"Oh no! Not Misty! I… I… I just can't let that happen to her." Ash interrupted, burdened by despair. Tears started to stream down Ash's face.

Brock realized Ash's thoughts and quickly spoke. "Wait! You didn't let me finish! There is a way to revive the person."

Filled with happiness, Ash blurted the first thing that came to his mind. "What is it? What is it? Please tell me! I'll do anything for her!"

Brock apprehensively watched Ash. After a few moments of deadly silence, Brock spoke. "Someone has to… um…. Someone has to kiss her on the lips."

Ash looked up at Brock nervously. Pikachu, who had been crying moments beforehand, started rolling on the ground laughing. Brock soon followed. Ash face changed from worried to confused. "What are you guys laughing at? You… you… you don't mean me, do you?"

Brock and Pikachu nodded in agreement. Brock added. "I always knew this day would come."

Ash waved his arms in the air, hoping to stop Brock and Pikachu hysterical laughter. "Hey wait a sec! Why do I have to kiss her? What about you Brock?"

Brock smiled. "You just said that you'd do anything for her."

Ash held his hand in embarrassment, realizing that Brook was right. He diverted his eyes back to Misty. Although he really didn't want kiss her like this, he knew that it was the only way to save her. So, Ash tilted Misty in an upright position. "I guess here goes nothing."

Ash slowly moved in closer to Misty. All of the passions that he had saved for Misty now were going to be released in that one kiss. His secret desire was going to come true. He then kissed her on the lips. Misty's body shook and color started to appear on her face. However Ash didn't break the kiss. He continued for a little longer than he should have before he broke it. Misty lay back in his arms shocked by his actions yet she had a strange goofy grin on her face. Ash and Misty stared into each other eyes until finally Ash broke the silence. "Misty, are you ok?"

Misty slowly nodded. That goofy grin on her face grew even bigger. "Yea, I'm fine. In fact, I've never felt better."

Brock and Pikachu then started rolling in laughter yet again. They starting making kissing noises and then two teens turned crimson red. Brock teased. "Ash and Misty sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N…"

Misty, who was still a little weak gave Ash her trusty mallet. He in turn slammed Brock in the head. Brock fell down anime style. Ash then looked back at Misty. "I was so worried about you Misty. Are you sure you are going to be all right?"

Misty blushed silently. Ash was being so nice to her now. "Yea. Thanks to you. You saved my life."

Ash gingerly shook his head. "No, you saved mine first by pushing me out of that weird Jynx's way."

Misty sweetly argued, "No you did."

Ash smiled. "No you."

Misty grinned happily. "No you."

Ash mumbled lovely. "No you."

Brock decided to interrupt the two in their small disagreement. "Awwww! Isn't that sweet! The couple is having their first fight. Here, you two can keep this as a memory of your first kiss as boyfriend and girlfriend."

Brock handed Ash and Misty a picture of both of them kissing. Both blushed. Ash then looked up questionably at Brock. He then turned to Pikachu and smiled. "Pikachu, when did you get a camera?"

Pikachu was indeed holding a small camera. Pikachu happily chanted. "Pika Pikachu chu. Pika chu pika pika pi chaa pikachu. (Todd gave it to me. He said to use it when you two finally got together)"

Although Ash was the only one who could really understand Pikachu, Misty somehow knew that Pikachu was referring to them as being a couple. "Pikachu, we are not a…"

Misty stopped in mid sentence as Ash gave her yet another kiss, but this time it was very passionate. At first she was dazed, but then she started kissing him back. They soon broke the kiss. Misty glanced at Ash. "Ash, why did you do that?"

Ash simply smiled. "Because you are patient, full of life, fun to be with, have a sense of humor, have good looks, are beautiful, have a sense of style, and you are very, very attractive. I don't think that I could live a day without you. I love you Myst."

Misty glowed with happiness. "I have always loved you, Mr. Pokemon Master!" she replied, teasingly. She hugged him as they both smiled with glee.

Brock grinned at the scene. Finally, Brock turned to Pikachu. "Pikachu, it finally happened."

Pikachu nodded in agreement. "Pi pika pikachu (I guess Todd was right)"

Ash and Misty continued to embrace and then they kissed once again. Pikachu suddenly spoke. "Pika pi chaa. Pika pikachu (God you guys. Get a room!)"

Ash laughed happily at this comment, while Brock started looking worried. Finally, he exclaimed, "Oh no! This couldn't be happening. Ash got a girlfriend before me! NOOOO!!"