Destiny, Eh?
Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon, or the anime scene references or the characters from Pokemon in this story.
Warning: minor swearwords?
A/N: Gary and Misty ages will vary through out, as this short story will be kind of based off the 'side moments' that happened from the anime episodes. Please don't hurt me if I don't get every thing exact, I'm going off what I remember.
"…" Talking
'Italic' Thinking
Chapter 1: Red String Of Fate?
On the Road
A young spiked brunette, age 10 just left his home town Pallet, to embark his Pokemon Master journey. As he sat in the passenger seat of his red convertible, with one of the six cheerleaders, in the driver seat driving fast on the dirt road beside a long river. Gary fiddled with his yellow and green Yin Yang necklace that was over his blue-violet long sleeve shirt over a pair of navy blue pants with the end of leg tucked in a pair of brown boots. Gary laughed out loud at the thought of Ash again for being late and still in his PJ's, as he pulled out his pokeball. Gary spots ahead, a sign that pointed an opening to a riverbed rest area. Wanting to let his Squirtle out for a swim in the river, he told his cheerleaders that they are going to make a little stop at the river rest area. When the car was parked in the dirt path, Gary wasted no time to head further down towards the river, as he told his cheerleaders to stay and talk among themselves in the car. Because he wanted to be left alone, so he could bond a bit more with his Squirtle. Gary called Squirtle out of his pokeball when he stood at the riverbed edge; Squirtle saw the river, yipped out in excitement to his master, he then quickly jumped into it. Gary let out a smile and watched Squirtle swam in the same spot for about 5 minutes before he noticed Squirtle suddenly started swimming down shore to a much calmer area. Not sure exactly what his Squirtle was up to, Gary called out for him but Squirtle kept on swimming. He then had no choice but to run along side of the riverbed, hoping his Squirtle will stop soon. But soon, lost sights of Squirtle when he disappeared under near a ledge. The closer Gary got to the riverbed cliff, he heard a quite a few splashing and Squirtle yelling out in excitement along overhearing a female's voice talking.
"Hi there, you little cutie Squirtle! Are you a little wild one—"
"Squirtle!" Gary yelled out loud looking down from the little cliff ledge of the calm area riverbed. As he caught the startle expression offs the red head with a side ponytail, with a couple of other water Pokemon swimming around her. "That Squirtle is mine. He's not a wild one, Red." Gary replied in serious tone towards the girl, which seems to be his around his age.
"The name's not 'Red'. Just because I'm a red head and in a red bikini, don't give you the right to nickname me!" Misty yelled out upwards at Gary who already seems to already annoy her, as she finally let go of Squirtle.
Gary gave Squirtle a 'come out of the water' look, while Squirtle obeyed; Gary let out a smirk and looked down at the glaring Misty. "You know Red, you're a cutie when you let out that mad look. And you should take this as a high praising, especially coming from a good looking guy myself." Gary winked and blew a kiss towards Misty. Before he could even get to see Misty's reaction to added her to his 'count', he had to run off to chase after Squirtle when his Pokemon decided to take off.
Misty was left irritated and speechless, not because of Gary's smoothness on his choice of words but by his cocky attitude. Misty really wanted to show a piece of her mind but Gary was already out of her sight, as she didn't want to bother wasting her breathe and yells on him. Misty looked over at her only two star water Pokemon, as they always mange to calm her down. "Whatever right? It's not like I'm going to see him again. Well are you two ready to fish out a water friend or so? There's a lot of Goldeens and Seakings down there on the other cliff. Staryu, Starmie give me a few minutes as I get back into my clothes and we'll leave our spot to go capture another friend."
After changing back into her yellow tank with suspenders connected to her blue shorts, Misty stood at the edge of another riverbed cliff. After adding a Goldeen to her water collection, Misty tossed her fishing line back into the river and not even 30 seconds, she felt a big tugged. Pulling with all her might, she didn't expect a black haired boy that wore a red hat, with a blue, white sleeve shirt over a black shirt and a pair of blue jeans, at the end of her fishing line. But after seeing the injured Pikachu in Ash's arms, Misty gave him a scolding and told him to take his Pikachu to the Virdian City Pokemon Center. Next thing she knew, she had some kid taking off with her bike, as she yelled out to him but he was gone.
"I can't believe the day I'm having! First it was a cocky brunette who thinks he's all that and now a careless bike jacker! My day couldn't get any wor—" Misty was interrupted by the rumbling thunder and the sudden raindrop from the dark clouds. Misty grabbed her bag, not bothering to take cover from the rain she had to chase down Ash to get her bike back.
A Couple of Weeks Later – At A Dirt Path Fork Road
Gary let out a chuckle when he got done with his personal message on a wooded sign, as he knew Ash would be throwing a child-ness fit when he sees it. Due to him being way ahead on Ash on their separate journey, Gary then jumped back into the passenger side seat and looked over at his driver.
"Let's hit the road to Cerulean City! We're ahead of schedule so we can stay a few days there and go shopping. Because all you girls have earn it." All of Gary's cheerleaders yelled out in excitement, as Gary just laid back in his glory of getting his first badge from Pewter City and a few extra Pokemon friends to his starter collection.
A day or so later, at the same dirt path fork road, Ash yelled out loud in frustration when he got done reading the message out loud; 'Gary was here. Ash is a loser.' Ash then stomped ahead of Brock, not realizing that he kicked up dust onto Brock's brown pants with a green vest over an orange shirt. Brock scratched the back of his head, and ran his fingers through his dark brown big spikes, as he let out a tiny smirk and followed behind Ash. Both leaving Misty behind, who had a skeptical expression on Ash's choice of heading in the direction she wanted to avoid going back to. Misty picked up her pace, even though she was dreading on heading back to Cerulean City, Misty couldn't help but wonder who and about the comment.
"Ash, who's this Gary that you're getting, worked over because of his message?"
"Gary Oak, he's my rival and he thinks he's all that and better! His ego is bigger then his spiky hairdo! I can't let him beat me. We need to hurry to Cerulean City so I can get my next badge!" Ash took off in a sprint heading towards Mt. Moon.
'Ash's rival reminds me of the cocky brunette earlier…It' couldn't be the same person, could it?' Misty didn't dwell on it too much longer, when she realized she was left far behind again. As she ran after Ash and Brock trying to catch up, along with other things that occupied her mind.
Another Day or so Later – Cerulean City
After a quick victory over the Cerulean City gym leaders, Gary excused himself to be alone and separated from his cheerleaders on their second day of shopping. Gary flashed a smile left to right, to about every girl that he walked passed along the sidewalk when he heard a giggle or a squeal, as he then found himself a bookstore. Gary made his way into the bookstore to see if he could find a book to purchase. So he could read it during on a long drive. Going through each aisle, Gary noticed the majority of the customers were girls, as he caught every girl out the corner of his eye, smiling and checking him out. Gary loved the feeling of the attention on him, for he didn't have to try hard to get a girl to look over in his direction without mention a word or so about how cute, or good looking he is. But after 5 minutes of the same reactions, Gary went into the next aisle and seriously buckled down and looked at the shelves for a book. Narrowing his search, Gary decided to only look at books that were light blue, scanning along, a red head girl entered the same aisle from around the corner on the other end. Gary didn't get a good look of the girl face, for he only saw the back of the head when he looked out the corner of his eyes. Still looking for a book, he kept his ears on 'alert' to catch a swoon or sigh. But he received/overheard nothing, as he still hasn't looked over at the red head, about his height, due to a title on the top shelf that finally caught his attention. Gary reached for the light blue book, as his hand ended up touching another hand. Gary looked over at the girl that reached for the same book, as a big smile plastered on his face.
"Red!"
"My gawd, it's you again!" Misty yelled out and then let out a heavy sigh with her right hand covering half her face. 'I seriously didn't think I would have another run in with him.'
"What's with the heavy sigh, Red? Shouldn't you be excited to have another run in with Gary Oak himself?" Gary let out a smirk but then caught the weird and annoyed expression from Misty.
'Wow, what were the chances that he is the same person Ash mention about?' "The name's Misty and I-am-oh-sooo sorry for not expressing my excitement the way you, Gary Oak, especially on this oh-so-great-second run in of ours. So let me do it again…" Misty changed her tone into a valley girl one. "…Like, oh my gawd! It's you again!" Misty then let out an expression of disgust, as she crossed her arms and went back into her regular tone. "Now do me a favor and disappear from here. Or better yet, how about from this planet in general?"
"What's with the cold attitude? Can't you throw some love towards my way or something? Should I take you on a date to show the charming side?"
"Hah, riiight and give you the satisfaction and boost that ego of yours because I fell for you over a date? I rather eat a bunch of carrots and peppers straight from the ground then go on a date with you. What makes you thin—What are you doing grabbing a hold of my hand for!?" Misty asked out loud, a bit confused. Especially when her right hand is being held up by Gary's right, as he held up his left pinky up to on her right hand.
"Don't you feel the 'red string of fate' tied around on our pinkies? You know it's 'destiny' between us. Hell, we even went in and reached for the same book on the shelf. So how about a date so I can change your mind on your thoughts about me. Trust me, you won't b—"
"Hah please! Do you really believe in the 'red string of fate' or A.K.A. 'destiny'? I bet you're just using that line just so I change my mind on giving you a date. Because we girls, are such suckers when it comes to believing in 'destiny'." Misty pulled her hand away and grabbed the light blue book off the top shelf. Misty held onto the book after reading the title. "Hmmm, how ironic that the book we both reached for, is titled 'Destiny, eh?'…" Misty caught the smirk off of Gary's face, as she ponders a bit to herself. With a few seconds that went, a smile crept upon her face when an idea came to her mind. "Fine, you want that date? We go by my conditions. Come with me." Misty headed to the cash register, not caring if Gary was behind her or not, as she then paid for the book. "Thanks Bob, can I borrow this pen for minute?" Misty grabbed the pen when Bob nodded, as she started jotting down a long message. She kept a good distance between Gary and her, when Gary tried to look and wonder at what she was writing inside the book. "Ok, in this book, I set a date and a place that I tended to visit once a year. So in order for that date of ours to happen, you must find this book." Misty held up the book, as she caught Gary's confused look.
"Uh ok? What do you mean by 'find this book'?"
"I'll let you know, this is my home city, as there's a building that takes new items donations. Sending whatever each certain item is, to small business across the Pokemon region, which specifically sells that item. I'm going to have Bob over here, drop it off for me when he gets the chance. So here's where the whole 'destiny' comes into play Gary. You have 10 years from this years date to find this book. After you find where my special spot destination is at, you must have this book in hand too. If you really believe that our pinkies tied and connected by the red string, I'll see you on that one set date and place within the 10 years."
"What? Your conditions are ridiculous! I'm not going through all the trouble to find a stupid book for a date with a whiny, pathetic tomboy like you." Gary was a bit annoyed by Misty's attitude and action, as he made sure he had the upper hand and last laugh when one of them split first. "…Geez, you remind me of my loser rival, as I would probably rather go on a date with him than you, Red."
The book in Misty's hand was slammed down in front of Bob for him to take to do the favor, before she took off leaving Gary standing alone. Not knowing that Misty took off to the Cerulean City gym to catch and battle Ash, to take out her frustration because she couldn't believe she was compared to Ash by a cocky jerk. Gary walked out of the bookstore not too long after Bob shook his head at him, as purchasing a book was the last thing on his mind. Gary couldn't help but to snicker at Misty's condition for a lousy fake date he was suggesting just getting Misty to be another count of 'girls that gave him interested in', as it's all game. But he did admit to himself that Misty was the first girl that didn't want a thing to do with him. He just shrugged that feeling off, as he mention supposedly there wasn't anything special about her that 'caught his interest'. Little did he know, 'destiny' was slowly taking its course.
A/N: (4/3/07) Well here's the 1st chap, wow, I don't remenber the last time when I wrote a short chap. Haha anyways, how ya like the start and the little connections? I figure it would be interesting throwing my version of the 'side actions'. Well I don't know when the next update for this will be, as I'll just see how I feel about this plot. But thanks a bunchies for checking/reading out and maybe a review.
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Well if ya read this first, catch whoever over in on ch23 update of IWYTWM! So ta-ta for now!
Lili Neko
