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Looking Back

Past:

Misty- 9

Ash- 9

Gary- 10

Prof. Oak- 52

Ms. Ketchum/Delia/Ms. K (I switch between these names)- 27

Daisy- 15

Violet- 13

Lily- 12

Present:

Misty- 16

Ash- 16

Gary- 17

Prof. Oak- 59

Ms. K (ect.)- 34

Daisy- 22

Violet- 20

Lily- 19

''talking''

'thinking'

It was a sunny day. The sky as blue as the ocean, the sun as bright as a sunflower; birds were chirping and the trees swaying…who would have thought that the day would be filled with surprising events. I never did, but then again I never thought it would affect my life so much in the most unexpected ways.

7 years ago- Park in Cerulean City

"Gary, wait up!"

"Ha! You're such a slowpoke!"

"Am not!"

"Are to! I bet you I can run backwards and you still won't be able to catch up Ashy-boy."

"Oh ya, prove it!"

Gary turned around and started running backwards. Once Gary knew he had it he looked at Ash with an 'I-told-you-so' smirk.

"Ha! I win!"

BAM

The next thing Gary knew he hit something and fell down onto his back.

"Ouch…what the heck?"

Gary tried to sit up; he tried to use his arms to support himself but when he put his hands on the ground something felt a little off.

"Uh, Gary." Ash said as he finally caught up to Gary.

"What?" Gary arched an eyebrow as he saw his friend pointing to something.

"Excuse me!"

"Huh?" Gary looked down to see he was somewhat sitting on a girl. She had fiery orange hair in a side ponytail, wore a yellow tank top and aqua blue shorts. Gary also noticed her eyes were an aquamarine color but instead of looking like a calming stream of water her eyes reflected a roaring tsunami. That's when Gary noticed it.

"Wow, you're pretty flat."

SNAP

'Huh, snap?'

"GET OFF!" the girl yelled as she pushed Gary as hard as she could off of her.

"Geez, can't ya take a joke Pumpkin Head?" Gary asked now sitting on the ground looking up at the mad redhead.

"PUMPKIN HEAD! Why you." The girl seethed as her face turned red.

"Um hey, are you alright?" Ash interrupted

"Huh, um, yeah I'm ok." The girl said calmly with a light blush on her cheeks.

"Hey what about me?"

"I'm sorry about that. We were having a race so I guess we weren't paying attention, heh." Ash said ignoring Gary

"Um, no, it's alright. I wasn't paying much attention either."

"Well, my names Ash and he's Gary." Ash said with a goofy grin and gestured back towards his friend.

"Misty."

"Misty? But it's a sunny day." Ash said looking confused

"OW!" Ash grabbed his head that had just been hit.

"No you idiot. Her name is Misty."

"Huh?" Ash looked at Misty

"Oh! S-sorry!"

"It's alright." Misty smiled

"So Misty, I'm guessin you live around here." Gary smirked

"So?" Misty said with a look that said to 'back-off'.

"Great! Then you can treat us to some ice cream Pumpkin Head." Gary said as he grabbed Misty by the wrist and dragged her along.

"Hey, let go! I'm not treating you to ice cream." Misty said annoyed and trying to free her wrist.

"Come on Pumpkin Head, you should know that the guest never pays." Gary grinned goofily.

"STOP CALLIN ME PUMPKIN HEAD!"

"Ya, ya; hurry up Ashy-boy or we'll eat all the ice cream without ya!"

"Wait up Gary! I'm coming!" Ash exclaimed trying to catch up to Gary and Misty.

Outside the Ice Cream Shop

"Man that was some good ice cream!"

"Ya it was, but you didn't have to eat mine too." Ash pouted.

"Hey I was helping you, it's not like you could eat all that Ashy-boy."

"Hey where do you think you're going?"

"Huh?" Ash and Gary turned around to face an annoyed Misty.

"Oh, Pumpkin Head, what's up?" Gary smirked

"You. You owe me $4.50." Misty said as she jabbed her finger into Gary's chest.

"Heh, you're the one who said you'd pay, Pumpkin Head." 'And would you quite poking me, geez what are you? A Primeape?' Gary thought as he rubbed his chest.

"NO I DIDN'T!"

"No I didn't." Gary mimicked

"Ugh, you're such a bully!" Misty yelled

"Tch, whatever Pumpkin Head. OW!" Gary yelled grabbing his head and turning around towards Misty, who stuck out her tongue.

"Why you…" Gary said as he balled up his hand.

"Serves you right!" Misty smirked for winning the 'battle'.

"Grrr, why I oughta-"

"Gary, Ash, there you are!"

"Professor Oak!" Ash yelled excitedly running to the Professor

"Gramps?" Gary turned around surprised and worried what his grandpa might do to him

"Ah, I knew it was you two." Prof. Oak said as he came closer to the group of kids.

"G-Gramps, what are you doin here?" Gary stuttered a little freaked out.

"What am I doing here?" Prof. Oak asked calmly arching an eyebrow.

"GARY BRYSON OAK, I have been looking for you and Ash since you both decided to 'explore'!"

"Bwahahahaha! Gary Bryson Oak. So that's your name? Hahahaha!"

"SHUT UP PUMPKIN HEAD!" Gary yelled back

"I told you. My name is Misty, and don't you forget it!"

BAM

"OW!" Gary rubbed his head

"Why you tomboy." Gary seethed

"Misty? Ah Misty, I was hoping to meet you." Prof. Oak said as he pulled Gary by his shirt behind him.

"Huh?" Misty gave a puzzled look

"Oh, silly me. My name is Professor Oak of Pallet Town. You've already met my grandson Gary and his friend Ash I see."

"Um, ya, but how do you know my name?"

"Hmm? Oh yes, I knew I was forgetting something. I'm an old friend of you parents."
"Really?" Misty asked with a questionable look.

"Yes, infact I just came from your gym. It seems Gary and Ash weren't the only ones who went missing." Prof. Oak grinned as Misty showed a face that she had just been caught.

"Well now, how bout I take you three back to the gym?"

"What? No way Gramps, there's nothing to do in that big stinky fish tank!"

"What do you mean 'big stinky fish tank?"

"Heh, I think you know exactly what I mean, Pumpkin Head." Gary smirked

"Grrr, I told you never to CALL ME THAT!" Misty screamed as she went to hit Gary.

"Whatcha gonna do bout it Pumpkin Head!" Gary yelled back as he went to fight Misty when suddenly… "Whoa! Hey-wh…Gramps! Let Go!"

"Oh no you don't Gary. You should know better than to get into a fight with a girl." Prof. Oak said as he carried Gary under his arm.

"Now come along children. Don't need to keep everyone waiting." Prof. Oak said as he led Misty and Ash along to the Cerulean City Gym with Gary still under his arm.

At the Cerulean Gym

"Ash, Gary! Where have you two been? Do you have any idea how worried I was?" Delia Ketchum said as she went to hug the two boys.

"Geh…Mom…you're-choking, me…"

"Ms. K…watch the hair…"

Ash and Gary said as they were given a big bear hug.

"OW!" the boys both yelled in unison after being hit in the head

"You two should know better than to run off like you did." Ms. K said sternly

"Sorry Mom."

"Sorry Ms. K."

"*sigh, well at least you two found Misty too." Ms. K said as she turned to Misty.

"Misty dear, I'm Ms. Ketchum, but you can call me Delia. I'm Ash's mom and a friend of your parents."

"Um…nice to meet you but why are you here?" Misty asked questionably.

"Well you see Misty, I'm conducting some research on water Pokémon and since the Cerulean Gym is a water Pokémon gym, I came here to do my some of my work." Prof. Oak explained.

"Is that so? Well I guess I should tell you this too-" Misty started

"MISTY! Like where did you go! Do you like know how long we've been like searching for you?" Daisy said as she ran and bent down to hug her littlest sister.

"Searching for me? Whatever!" Misty argued as she pushed away from Daisy's hug.

"Well of course. You are our little sister after all."

"Ya, Misty, you like had us worried sick." Violet came in sarcastically.

"Like totally. We missed our shows because of you." Lily joined in in Violet's ranting.

"Violet, Lily that's enough!" Daisy turned around and scolded her younger sisters.

"See, like I said, whatever." Misty said as she stormed off to where her Pokémon were.

"Like Misty, wait!" Daisy pleaded

"See what you two did, again. Geez, when will you guys grow up?" Daisy yelled towards Violet and Lily, obviously frustrated.

"What do you mean grow up? You're not that much older than us!" Lily yelled back

"Calm down, all three of you. You're all family; you shouldn't be fighting like this." Prof. Oak sternly said as he intervened on the Cerulean sisters.

"Yes dears, Prof. Oak is right. This isn't the time to be like this." Ms. Ketchum added trying to calm the girls.

"Ash, Gary, why don't the both of you go find Misty and play with some of the Pokémon. I'm sure you'll be able to see some interesting Pokémon." Ms. K. cheerfully said as she turned to the boys.

"Sure, Mom!"

"Fine Ms. K., but you owe me if the Pumpkin Head does anything weird to me." Gary smirked as he ran off to where Misty had gone to.

"Wait for me, Gary!" Ash yelled as he ran after Gary, again.

The boys finally found Misty, or at least Gary did. She was outside in the courtyard that separated the main house from the gym sitting near a pond that was cleverly placed in the middle and filled with little water Pokémon. One of the Pokémon, a Seel it seemed, was above the surface of the pond and letting Misty pet its head. But Gary noticed that it wasn't Misty being playful, but the Seel consoling a sadden Misty.

"Hey Waterflower, you cryin or what?" Gary stated as he snuck up behind Misty.

"WAH! You, what are you still-"

SPLASH

"Wow...d-didn't...see that coming! Hahahaha!" Gary said as he fell back laughing at Misty, who was now swimming in pond water.

"Ha-ha. Now how about you help me out you jerk."

"Hahaha, su-sure…why noooot!" Gary yelled as he was pulled in the water by Misty.

Now the site was even funnier to Misty because after pulling the boy and his perfectly spiked hair in the pond, the hair now became a bunch of mini spikes falling down and covering the boy's face. The new look seemed to make him look more boyish than before, and idiotic.

"Bwahahahahahaha! Now that's funny!

"Oh ya? Then how about this?" Gary then splashed a bunch of water at Misty and kept on splashing.

"S-stop…it…Hey…I said…stop!" Misty pleaded as she tried to speak through the splashes of water. Finally the splashing came to a stop.

"Heh, had enough?" smirked Gary

"You wish." Misty smirked evilly as Gary soon realized what was about to happen.

"Take this!" Misty began to splash water back at Gary laughing all the while.

However, instead of hearing cries of pleads there was silence which caused Misty to stop.

"Huh? Where'd he go?" Misty looked around but saw nothing but her Pokémon enjoying the nice cool water. Then she started to see bubbles coming from the water near her.

"What the?" Misty arched an eyebrow

"GOT YA!" Gary yelled excitedly as he came up from under the water and dragged Misty back down with him. The two were under the water for awhile, somewhat fighting but came back up to the surface to get some air.

"…that…was…a lot of…fun…huh, Pumpkin Head…?" Gary panted in between speaking, trying to catch his breath as he and Misty climbed out of the pond and onto the dry ground.

"…I said…don't…call me…Pumpkin…Head…" Misty panted as well as she lay on her back. Gary turned to her and smirked, but it wasn't the kind of smirk Misty had seen earlier on in the day. It was a smirk that seemed to show a sweeter side to the obnoxious boy, almost a smile. Which caused Misty to slightly blush for just a few seconds.

'What the heck am I thinking? EW!' Misty shook her head of the disgusting thought she just had. Gary just raised and eyebrow at what Misty was doing.

"Hey, you al-"

"There you guys are!" Ash interrupted as he ran up to Misty and Gary

"Geez, I was looking all over the place….Hey why are you guys all wet?" Ash now asked as he then noticed his two friends' odd appearance.

"Gary, is that you?" Ash bent down to try to see his friend's face.

"What do you think Ashy-boy?" Gary snapped back

"Okay, it's you." Ash sweat-dropped as he backed away

"Well I don't know about you but I'm gonna go-"

"Gary, Misty, what did you two do?" Ms. K. yelled shocked at the two children's appearance.

"Nothing, just playin around Ms. K., just like you wanted us to." Gary said coolly as he was now standing.

"I DIDN'T MEAN THIS!"

"Ms. K. it's alright. We're not hurt or anything." Misty said trying to calm Ms. K. down

"*sigh, that's not the point. You two could catch a cold. Now both of you come with me, it's getting late and I don't want you both going to bed with pond water all over you." Ms. K. said as she grabbed both children by the wrist and dragged them into the main house towards the bathroom.

"Ash you head to the lab and tell Prof. Oak that I'll be taking care of these two, will you please Sweetie?" Ms. K. asked but all three of the children knew it was more of a demand.

"Uh, sure Mom. I got it." Ash said as he made his way back towards the gym and to the lab.

"Now you to come with me and lets get you cleaned up."

"But Ms. K. I'm a guy. There's no way I'm gonna share a bath with her!"

"Yeah! Why do I have to be stuck with him? I can take care of myself!" Misty added

"SHUSH! Of course you both won't be sharing the same bath! But you still need to be cleaned. Now hurry up! We don't want to be late for dinner." Ms. K. said as she faced forward once more still dragging the two children, but with less force, along. Both Gary and Misty however had a freaked out face after Ms. Ketchum's outburst and decided to never get on her bad side again.

In the Bathroom

"Geez Gary, how could you both get all wet like that in such a short time? All I said was to play with Misty not go swimming." Ms. K. said shaking her head, as she hung up Gary's wet clothes on the towel rack and placed his new set of clothes on the sink.

"It was an accident Ms. K. honest." Gary said as he turned off the water, wrapped a towel around him and stepped out of the shower.

"I know, but what if something had happened? *sigh, I'm a mother, what do you expect?" Ms. K. calmly, but jokingly, said as she knelt down with a towel in her hands and dried Gary's hair.

"And I'm a kid, what do you expect?" Gary joked back with a childish smile on his face.

"*giggle, alright you got me on that one. Now hurry and put your clothes on. I'm gonna go make sure Misty's alright." Ms. K. said as she started walking out of the bathroom to let Gary get dressed in private.

"Right." Gary said as he started to put his dry clothes on.

Meanwhile, Misty was in her room putting on a red t-shirt with a yellow lightning bolt in the middle of it. She had a pair of yellow shorts to match and decided to go barefoot the rest of the day. But her hair was still wet and down, which was when Ms. K. walked in with a fresh towel in hand and came behind Misty and wrapped the top of her head in the towel.

"There, now you're all clean and dry." Ms. K. smiled as she looked down at the little girl.

"Thank you Ms. K." Misty smiled back but looking up at the woman.

"Mhmm, you know Ms. K. seems to be more suited for Gary to call me, so how bout you call me Delia? I don't mind." Ms. K. smiled again as she grabbed a brush and started detangling Misty's fiery, short, orange hair.

"Ok Delia!" Misty cheerfully said as she handed Delia a rubber band to hold back her hair.

"So Misty, how have you been?"

"Eh, alright I guess." Misty shrugged

"*giggle, really, well how are things between you and your sisters then?"

"Hmpf, they care more about their shows and shopping. In case you didn't notice from earlier." Misty said as she remembered what had happened not to long ago.

"Misty I know it seems that way, but whenever you and the boys were gone they were really worried about you, especially Daisy." Delia said showing concern in her voice as she continued to brush Misty's hair.

"…"

"All right, but just wait, I'm sure as you get older you'll start to notice it." Delia contently said.

"I'm sure." Misty said a bit sarcastically.

"All right I don't need the tone."

"Sorry."

"It's alright. Now what do you think of Ash and Gary?" Delia said more cheerfully

"Ash is really nice! He's way better than that Gary jerk."

"Well that's surprising; it seemed to me that you and Gary were getting along quite well." Delia said a bit confused about the relationship between Gary and Misty, but still glad that she and Ash seemed to get along well.

"In what way, he won't leave me alone and keeps calling me names!" Misty turned around after Delia finished putting her hair back to its usual side ponytail.

"Hehe, you know Misty boys tend to be mean to the girls they like." Delia chuckled as she saw the embarrassment on Misty's face.

"NO WAY! Never in a MILLION years!" Misty yelled grabbing her head with her hands and throwing her head back in disbelief.

"Alright, alright, it's just a guess Dear. That's all. Now let's go get Gary and go get some dinner." Delia said as she took Misty by her hand and led her towards where Gary was.

A few steps later, Delia took Gary by his hand and led all of them down the hall and to the dinning room where everyone was. Gary had on a black shirt with a picture of an Umbreon on the middle of it and a pair of purple cargo shorts that stopped right below the knees, and a pair of black socks that stopped right before the ankle. Not to mention his hair was back to its perfectly spiky self now. They met everyone just in time for dinner. Prof. Oak started to sit at one end of the table with a plain, red polo shirt on, khaki trousers, and dark brown socks (He and the rest left their shoes by the front door). He had put his lab coat in his room before joining everyone for dinner. Ash was wearing a white shirt with blue sleeves and red shorts, with white ankle socks. Of course he had already started putting food on his plate and was sitting on the left side of the table nearest the other end where his mom would soon sit. Ms. K. sat at the other end of the table across from Prof. Oak and had on a blue, knee length skirt and a light-blue fitted shirt on with a pink flower placed on the left side of her shirt, and went barefoot as well (along with the three older Cerulean sisters). Gary took his place near his grandpa on the same side as Ash. Daisy began to sit down in the middle of three seats on the right side. Daisy motioned for Lily to sit on the left side of her and for Violet to sit between the two boys. The three older sisters wore flowing skirts that stopped two inches above their knees. Daisy wore light pink, Violet wore lavender, and Lily wore a bright light yellow dress. With all the seats taken, Misty sat on the other side of Daisy and Prof. Oak…and unfortunately to her, right across from Gary. Soon everyone had filled their plates and started to chat with one another.

"Hey Pumpkin Head, where's your parents at? Work?" Gary asked as he filled his plate.

"Our parents are away for the moment, don't mind that." Daisy stated seriously

"Don't worry bout that matter Gary and eat your food." Prof. Oak said hinting to Gary, and Ash, to leave the subject alone.

"Okay?" Gary said as he arched an eyebrow but soon after started to eat his food.

"So Misty I heard you and Gary took a dip in the pond?" Prof. Oak chuckled as he took a forkful of mixed veggies in his mouth.

"No, Gary pushed me in." Misty said as she looked down at her plate and continued eating.

"Did not." Gary said plainly as he took a forkful of roasted chicken into his mouth.

"Did so."

"Did not."

"So."

"Not."

"Alright you two I get it, I get it." Prof. Oak said trying to calm the two down as he saw them look up from their plates about ready to start a food fight.

"Misty calm down, *and like watch your manners!" Daisy whispered the last part to Misty.

"Fine." Misty said giving up the "fight" and started eating again.

"So like how long do you all plane to stay?" Lily asked a bit curious.

"Oh, well we plan to leave tomorrow evening. I have a meeting back in Pallet the next morning." Prof Oak stated as he took a drink of his water.

"Aw man, I thought we were gonna stay longer!" Ash whined as he took a break from his plate full of half eaten food.

"Ash swallow first, then speak." Delia said as she grimaced at her son's eating habits.

"*gulp, why are we leavin so soon?" Ash asked now able to speak without food flying from his mouth.

"He said it earlier Ashy-boy, he has a meeting the next morning." Gary said as he took another bit of his chicken.

"Hey Ash why don't we hang out at the gym tomorrow. I'll show you all of my Pokémon!" Misty offered cheerfully.

"What like a date? Ha! Who would ever want to with you?" Gary teased

"OW! What the?" Gary felt his leg that had just been kicked and then looked at Misty who was still eating her food, unlike everyone else who asked what was wrong.

"You." Gary glared

"What?" Misty looked up from her plate playing innocent.

"Tch, whatever." Gary snubbed her and took a fork of food into his mouth.

"Well then it's like settled, all three of you will hang out in the gym tomorrow while, Ms. K. and Prof. Oak do what they need to do." Daisy stated matter-of-factly.

"Oh, and what will the three of you be doing?" Misty asked pretty sure what her sisters were going to do.

"Well of course it's like to work on our ballet." Lily said excitedly

"Yeah, like we need to get better if we like ever want to do water ballet." Violet stated proudly.

"Fun." Misty said sarcastically

"Misty, like manners." Daisy reminded her littlest sister

"Yeah, Misty, manners." Gary taunted.

"OW!" Gary felt the back of his head and looked at his grandpa.

"Gary, watch your manners." Prof. Oak warned as he took a bit of his food.

"Yes, sir." Gary said obediently, but stubbornly.

"Now, how about dessert?" Ms. Ketchum interrupted as she walked in with a chocolate cake.

The dinner ended pretty well, if you exclude the fact that Gary and Misty were arguing with each other the whole time. After dinner everyone bid good night and went to their rooms. Ms. K. tucked the two boys in bed and gave both a kiss on the forehead good night. Prof. Oak headed back to the lab, saying he needed to finish some stuff before going to sleep. The four Cerulean sisters headed to their own bedrooms, except for Daisy who led Misty by the hand to her room to tuck her in. Ms. K. stayed up to wash the dishes even though Daisy said she shouldn't but reluctantly let her. Eventually everyone was asleep. Or so they all thought. Gary was asleep for about two hours when he finally woke up to go to the kitchen to get a glass of water. However, while he was walking by the rest of the rooms Gary noticed a light coming from one of the doors that was slightly opened and heard voices coming from it.

'What's going on? Why are the three older sisters of that munchkin talking to my Gramps and Ms. K?' Gary thought knowing to keep quiet as he hid by the door, making sure he wasn't seen as he tried to hear what they were talking about. The three older Waterflower sisters were all sitting on a pink bed. 'Probably Daisy's room.' Gary concluded. Prof. Oak was seated on a desk chair while Ms. Ketchum sat next to Violet who was crying on her shoulder.

"I know you four are going through a tough time right now, but this is when you should be leaning on each other for support, not bickering." Prof. Oak said with arms crossed as he sighed heavily.

"Like we know Professor, but we like just don't know what to do. Our lives are like completely different now." Daisy said as she held Lily in her arms making sure she didn't start crying like Violet.

"I know, but thankfully the Elite Four is taking care of all of you so that you won't be separated." Prof. Oak said

"Not to mention you get to keep the gym." Ms. K. added reassuringly

"That's true, but I-we…just don't know how to tell Misty all of this." Daisy sighed weakly as she looked at the floor.

'Tell Misty what?' Gary began to wonder trying to piece the conversation together.

"You mean you still haven't told her about your parents?" Prof. Oak asked worriedly

"Girls you should tell her soon, she has the right to know." Prof Oak added as he sighed once again.

'Her parents?' Gary arched an eyebrow as he leaned against the wall with his thinking face on as he started to piece everything together, but still listening incase of any more clues.

Daisy nodded agreeing with what Prof. Oak was saying.

"I know, *sigh. But not now, we'll tell her tomorrow after you guys leave. It would be easier that way." Daisy concluded as she looked at Lily.

"Right?" Daisy smiled

"Yeah." Lily said silently

"And we'll be there for one another right?" Daisy looked at Violet

"Right." Violet said rubbing her eyes and sitting up finally.

"We'll get through this together, and Mom and Dad will watch us along the way ok?" Daisy said more cheerfully, trying to encourage her sisters.

"Of course, we're like sisters after all." Violet said confidently, becoming her old self once again.

"That's the spirit." Ms. K. said clapping her hands together. Meanwhile Gary finally realized what was going on and decided to head back to bed before he was discovered.

'Man, I can't believe it. Misty doesn't even know that her parents are gone? I mean gone, gone? Geez, I wonder how long since it happened?' Gary pondered as he climbed back into bed while Ash snored all the while.

'Well it's not like she won't find out sooner or later. But good thing Ash didn't come or we would have been discovered, or worse, blabbed to Misty. Ya, it's better if I keep this secret for now. Maybe I should be a bit nicer tomorrow…Nah, that's too much, just be my amaaaazing self, that's what's best!' Gary thought as he started to fall asleep once more.

Next Day- Cerulean Gym

The day was just as perfect as the day before. Everything was peaceful on the outside. On the inside of the gym however, well that was another story. Gary and Ash had decided to have a Pokémon battle so they got Prof. Oak to help them acquire some Pokémon from home. Misty was mad at Gary because originally she wanted her and Ash to hang out, but instead ended up watching from the sidelines while ignoring Gary's side comments to her and instead cheering on Ash to "Beat that obnoxious JERK!" Finally the match was finished as Gary was the winner and Ash whining for a rematch.

"Come on Ashy-boy don't be a sore loser." Gary mocked.

"Shut up Gary! It's not fair, you got to pick the Pokémon you wanted first while I just got what was left." Ash continued whining

"Ash you shouldn't blame your Pokémon. The trainer is just as at fault." Gary said dead serious.

"Ash come on, there's always next time." Misty tried consoling Ash even though she wasn't that happy about him blaming his Pokémon.

"Fine, but next time I'm soooo gonna beat you!" Ash pointed at Gary as he got off the stage for where the trainers go to battle.

"So how bout it Pumpkin Head?" Gary motioned for Misty to come battle him next.

"How bout what?" Misty said never facing Gary

"You know what I mean Waterflower. Battle. You and me." Gary said tossing a poke-ball up into the air and catching it.

"You want to battle me?" Misty asked nonchalantly.

"Duh"

"Fine, but remember you asked for it." Misty said as she reached into her pocket as she made her way to the trainers' stage.

"Hmm, this should be interesting." Gary mumbled to himself.

Soon enough the battle was starting and Gary couldn't believe what had happened. The first victory went to Misty who easily beat his pokémon in less than five minutes. After realizing that Misty was a more tough opponent than Ash, like way more, Gary decided to take the battle more seriously. Luckily he said that it would be a three on three battle so he had a chance to make a come back. The battle lasted for what seemed like forever. Ash eventually fell asleep during the second match so he didn't see all that had happened. Gary taunted Misty whenever he could, but Misty countered with some witty comebacks. Of course name calling was involved in their "conversations". But the battle ended shocking Gary more than anyone, and Misty smirking. Gary didn't lose, but neither did Misty. Surprisingly enough, the battle resulted in a tie. The first match went to Misty, the second was a tie, and the third was won by Gary. Gary couldn't believe the result, and he most certainly couldn't believe how good Misty was, especially since she stuck to water pokémon the whole time.

"Never underestimate the power of water Pokémon, especially if the trainer is the daughter of the Cerulean Gym leader." Misty put her hands on her hips and winked, which caused Gary to blush, lucky for him though Misty was far way and paying attention to her Pokémon as she called it back inside its ball.

'Dang it. S-she's really good. This is the first time someone actually beat or even tied with me. Not to mention she actually looked c-cute.' Gary blushed even harder as he admitted that to himself. 'WAAH! WHAT AM I THINKING!' Gary shook his head as he soon noticed his name being called.

"Gary, geez, this is the sixth time I've called your name. What the heck's the matter with you?" Misty asked as she stood next to Ash who started to wake up because of Misty's yelling.

"Huh? Oh, nothing sorry." Gary said as he took control of himself once again and made his way over to Ash and Misty.

"Well how'd it go?" Ash asked as he yawned the question.

"Tch, if you can't stay awake long enough to watch why should we tell you?" Gary said annoyed.

"Huh? What happened?" Ash asked more puzzled

"Well you see-" Misty said happy to tell Ash the result of the battle

"Let's go Pumpkin Head, you said you were going to show us the other battle arena, remember?" Gary said as he grabbed Misty with his arm, covering her mouth in the process.

"Mmpf!" Misty tried speaking as she tried to wrestle free from Gary.

"Hey wait for me!" Ash took off once again trying to catch up to Gary, and now Misty. Somehow though, Ash got lost along the way. Leaving both Gary and Misty alone.

"Geez, who would of thought that Ashy-boy would get lost so easily."

"It's your fault Oak." Misty said as she walked slowly in the aquarium hallway.

"Hmm, this is kinda cool. You can see all the Pokémon you got in here." Gary looked up and around with his hands in his pants' pocket as the Pokémon swam around.

"Mhmm, that's nice." Misty said not even really paying attention.

"Hey Pumpkin Head, you there?" Gary asked knocking his hand against Misty's forehead as if it was a door.

"Hey that hurt!" Misty yelled back, rubbing her forehead with her hands.

"Sorry, but you looked out of it." Gary said as he started walking down the hallway once again, but keeping with Misty's slow pace.

"Hmpf, you don't even know me." Misty glared up at Gary.

"And you don't know me, so we're even." Gary looked down at Misty. Even though he wasn't that much taller than her, they weren't exactly at eye level.

"Anyway what's with you and your sisters, I thought sisters were supposed to be all lovy and caring. And all that junk."

"They only care bout themselves and their stuff. They don't even bother telling me what's goin on." Misty said getting more annoyed by the minute.

"Hmm, like what?" Gary asked half listening, half looking at the Pokémon swimming by.

"Like the fact that my parents are dead." Misty said bluntly trying to hold back the tears that were creeping up.

"Huh, you knew?" Gary said shocked that Misty knew the secret everyone, except Ash, was keeping from her.

"What do you mean, 'you knew,' how'd you know?" Misty said now facing Gary, still holding back the tears.

"W-well, you see…I kinda heard your sisters and Ms. K. and Gramps talking bout it last night after we went to bed." Gary said worried about what might happen next.

"They told you, but not me?" Misty yelled about ready on the verge of a breakdown.

"H-hey calm down. They didn't tell me, I eavesdropped." Gary said trying to calm Misty down, seeing her aquamarine eyes turn a deep blue as if she were trapped in the middle of the sea.

"Waaaa-aa! *sniff, sniff. It's not…fair…Waaa!" Misty began balling bringing her hands up to her eyes to wipe away the tears.

"Hey…come on Pumpkin Head…Misty." Gary couldn't get Misty to calm down, even trying her own name. Which led Gary with his last resort, or at least the only other thing he could think of at that moment. He hugged her. He brought Misty's head to rest against his shoulder, rubbing her back with one hand as gently as he could and holding her head with the other. He whispered in her ear trying the best he could to consol her.

"It's gonna be okay. I'm here for you. Come on, where's that Pumpkin Head I met yesterday, huh? You're stronger than this, I know you are. Show me the Misty I battled awhile ago." Gary consoled as he stroked Misty's head as he brought her in closer to him. Eventually Misty's cries became whimpers, and soon stopped altogether as she broke from the hug.

"Th-thanks." Misty said looking down at the ground so Gary couldn't see her face.

"Um, ya, n-no problem." Gary said a bit unsure about what to do and embarrassed at the same time since he just hugged a girl, and a girl who completely confused him at that.

"But don't even mention what just happened got it!" Misty said back to her fiery self as she looked up at Gary glaring daggers at him, making sure he got the point to keep what just happened between them a secret.

"Well, duh, why would I want other's to know bout me hugging a Pumpkin Head like you?" Gary walked backed as he returned to his old self.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Misty yelled with both fists balled watching Gary walk farther down the hall.

"What do you think Pumpkin Head?" Gary turned back with a mock look on his face and smirk, but yet Misty noticed that there was something hidden behind that stupid smirk, something saying to trust him?

'Yeah, right.' Misty rolled her eyes as she watched Gary start walking again and started walking herself.

Later that Day

The day went by pretty quickly. Ash was eventually found by Gary and Misty, turned out he somehow made his way over to the kitchen, figures. Ms. K. made sure everyone was packed and even did some laundry and meals for the Waterflower sisters, while Prof. Oak finished his last bit of work. Finally it was time to go back to Pallet.

"Well it was nice to see you girls after so long." Prof. Oak said as he bid goodbye to the four sisters.

"Like same here, although the last time you visited we were like still babies." Daisy said as she hugged Prof. Oak goodbye.

"Yeah like Misty wasn't even born yet!" Lily added as her and Violet hugged Prof. Oak.

"Well time does go by quickly." Ms. Ketchum chuckled as she hugged the three girls.

"Nice to meet you boys, hope you guys like had fun." Daisy said as the three girls knelt down at eye level to both bid Gary and Ash goodbye.

"Oh you bet! Nice to meet you too!" Ash cheerfully said as the three girls hugged him goodbye, squealing too at his goofy little kid self.

"Well if you ladies ever need me, you know where to find me." Gary winked and flashed a smile he had been working on recently.

"Awww, so cute!" Daisy squealed as she hugged Gary

"He's like so gonna be a flirt when he's older." Violet said as she pinched one of Gary's cheeks.

"Like totally." Lily added as she pinched Gary's other cheek

"Ow, let go, will you." Gary said as he tried to push away from the three older Waterflower sisters.

"Hehe." The three girls all laughed as they finally let go of Gary.

"Geez, older women." Gary mumbled as he rubbed his cheeks and walked away.

"Well it was nice meeting you Misty. Feel free to come visit whenever you want. You're more than welcomed too." Prof. Oak knelt down as he hugged Misty goodbye.

"Thanks, it was good to meet you too. But *is he going to be there?" Misty whispered as she motioned towards Gary.

"Haha, of course, but *the house is pretty big* and Ash will be there too." Prof. Oak said cheerfully as he got Misty to smile for him.

"Well do come over when you can." Prof. Oak finished as he hugged Misty one last time before he headed off to the car.

"Well Misty dear, it was fun being with you. Fill free to call me about anything, your sisters have my number alright?" Ms. K. said as she gave Misty a big bear hug.

"Alright, I will! It was fun being with you too Ms. K., I mean Delia." Misty smiled as Ms. Ketchum waved goodbye and walked towards the car to where the three elder sisters were helping put the luggage into the trunk of the car.

"Well Misty, it was nice meeting you. Here, this is my email, so we can keep in touch!" Ash said as he handed Misty a piece of paper with an email address on it.

"T-Thanks! I'll email you!" Misty stuttered as she took the paper from the boy with a goofy smile on his face.

"BYE MISTY! SEE YOU LATER!" Ash yelled as he ran to the car.

Last it was Gary to say goodbye. Gary walked up with his hands in his pockets as Misty finally noticed him coming up to her as she stuffed the email address into her pocket.

"Well it was fun Pumpkin Head." Gary smirked cockily

"I told you not to call me that Oak." Misty glared.

"Hey, it's your nick name, what do you want me to do about it?" Gary shrugged.

"You're the one who gave me that nick name!" Misty yelled at Gary.

"Oh yeah. Oh well, it's not like I'm gonna change it." Gary chuckled

"Why you." Misty started balling her fist.

"Anyway, hope to see you around."

"I don't."

"Aw, don't be like that." Gary teased.

HONK HONK

"Gary, come on we gotta get going!" Prof. Oak yelled as everyone started settling in the car as the three eldest sisters began saying goodbye again.

"Coming!" Gary yelled back as he turned to answer his grandpa, as Prof. Oak went back to his check list.

"Well gotta go." Gary said as he started off towards the car.

"Good riddance." Misty said as she watched him, but was curious and annoyed as she saw him turnaround and come back.

"Almost forgot." He said a few steps from Misty.

"What?" She asked annoyed, arching an eyebrow as Gary came closer to her.

"This." Gary said as he kissed Misty right on the lips. Misty was shocked beyond belief, never in her wildest dreams or even in reality did she think that her first kiss would be taken by some obnoxious jerk. Finally the kiss broke as Gary pulled away smirking cockily.

"Later." Gary said as he once again headed to the car where everyone else was, and who all just missed what had happened between him and Misty.

"WAIT!" Misty said as she caught Gary by his arm.

"What? Want more?" Gary asked

"You, give it back." Misty seethed

"The kiss? How am I supposed to do that?"

"I DON'T KNOW, JUST GIVE IT BACK!" Misty screamed as her face became red, from anger or embarrassment, Gary had no clue to which.

"No can do, but tell you what, I'll keep it our little secret." Gary winked as he gave Misty a quick little kiss on her lips once again and ran off.

"Wh-what…t-that jerk!...I HATE YOU!" Misty yelled at Gary's retreating figure as her knees finally gave out and she fell to the ground.

"LATER PUMPKIN HEAD!" Gary yelled back as he finally made his way to the car and got inside.

"Bye!"

"Like come back when you can!"

Everyone said as they all waved goodbye to each other as the car drove off, becoming smaller and smaller in the distance.

"Like Misty, what's with you?" Violet asked curiously as she saw her little sister look like she was off in dreamland.

"Huh?" Misty looked up

"Like never mind." Violet said as she and her sisters went back inside the house, while

Daisy picked up Misty and brought her with them.

Meanwhile in the Car

"Gary Dear what's wrong? You're face is all red. Do you have a fever?" Ms. K. said as she reached back towards Gary placing her hand on his forehead.

"Well no fever. Make sure you drink plenty of water Dear." Ms. K. said as she placed a water bottle in the middle seat between Ash and him.

"Mhmm." Gary said looking out the window, his face almost as red as a tomato, looking like he had just tasted something sour as his mouth took a weird crooked form.

Two things happened between Gary and Misty, well two that were just between them. No one had seen Misty get consoled by Gary, just like no one had seen Gary kiss Misty twice. These were secrets just between them and no one would ever know. And know one knew what would happen between those two as the years went by, and certainly not Gary and Misty.

A/U: Well this is the story i said i was working on...and here it is! well what do ya'll think? ^_^ i know it took mi forever, but better late than never. I know i gotta get back to 'Making the Grade', believe mi i know -_- but since this chap is done i'm gonna be workin on the next chap for MG (look it even has Gary's and Misty's initials! haha, just noticed that ^_^) anyway hope ya'll like and remember to R&R. i miss hearin from all of you, but that's sorta mi fault 2 since i havn't been updating all that much...Oh! and before i forget i have a poll up bout what mi next Egofic should be, but don't worry i'm still gonna work on MG. well till next time! and much love!

-Calico ;-P