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"We must walk faster and reach the pokemon centre as fast as we can. I just can't wait to see what surprise mom has for me." Ash said excitedly and he started to walk faster. He was almost running!

"Pi pika!"

"Ash! Slow down! We have been walking fast since we left the pokemon centre of coumarine city. We all are tired!" Serena complained. Ash turned back and saw that the other three were lagging behind. Clemont was actually around hundred metres away. He gave a sigh.

"Ash, we all know that you are excited but can't you think of us, of clemont." Bonnie said.

"Guys-ah-we should take...a...break." all three can hear a faint voice coming from far behind. It was clemont's voice.

"See!" serena said.

"Ok we should take a rest, but it will be only for a while. We need to reach the next pokemon centre as soon as possible." Ash said. Both serena and bonnie immediately sat down beneath a tree. Their legs were paining from walking so fast for so long. Ash sat down too. Soon clemont reached them and fell on the ground.

"Ash- your surprise- isn't going- anywhere. Nurse joy-ah- won't give it- to anybody!"clemont said in between pants. His face became red. He had to run all the time to keep up with his friends and his sister.

"Yeah ash. He is right." Serena added.

"Dedene!"

"See even dedene agrees, though he isn't walking!" bonnie said with a chuckle.

"But won't you all be excited if a surprise is waiting for you? I just want to see what it is." Ash said in an excited tone. All three gave a sigh. "We are almost close to. We will reach in about half an hour if we walk in this pace."

Clemont gave a wild stare as he heard this. He will keep on walking at this rate again! Oh arceus! Please save me!

They all rested for fifteen minutes. Ash wanted to rest for only five minutes but after serena made puppy eyes, which he was not able to resist, he agreed to rest for extra ten minutes. Soon they started walking, but this time a little slower as serena requested him. Also he didn't want to be the reason of clemont's death, if he died of exhaustion!

After about forty five minutes they reached the pokemon centre. Ash immediately went to nurse joy and asked her if there is any parcel for ash ketchum. Hearing the name the nurse nodded with a smile.

"Your parcel will soon come. You and your friends can wait for some time." The nurse said.

"Nurse joy isn't the parcel here yet. My mother said that it had arrived." Ash said. He was getting impatient. He was so eager to see what the surprise was.

"It has arrived but it had gone on a walk." Nurse joy said with a chuckle.

"Huh." Ash was completely confused. Gone on a walk? How can a parcel go on a walk? And she said it. So it must be a pokemon. Maybe one of his old pokemon. But why would his mom send him his own pokemon as a surprise. And nurse joy wouldn't give a pokemon belonging to someone to just go on a walk.

Nurse joy saw his confused face and smiled. "Don't think too much you will soon see." She said in a pleasant voice. Ash then went to the sofa and sat beside serena. The three immediately collapsed on the sofa while ash went to nurse joy.

"So what happened? Where is your parcel? We all are curious to see what it is." She said.

"Don't know. Nurse Joy said that it went on a walk!" ash said. All three became confused on hearing this. It went on a walk? If it went on a walk what could be it? It surely must be a living thing. They all thought the parcel would be a nonliving thing.

(Flashback)

"Hey mom." Ash said over the videophone.

"Hi ash. You hadn't called me for a while. Hey serena, clemont and bonnie. Hey Pikachu." Delia said cheerfully.

"pika"

"Hi Mrs. Ketchum." Serena, bonnie and clemont greeted.

"Yeah it's been a while since I called you. Hey mom I want to show you something." Ash said and taking a case out of his pocket he showed to his mom with a grin, "I won an another badge. The plant badge!" He showed with pride.

"Oh I'm so proud of you ash. Well ash, you have done a good thing calling me. I was thinking how to make contact with you since I don't know which city you are in. I have a special parcel for you. You can take it as a gift for your accomplishment so far." Delia said with a smile, "Which city are you in?"

"Coumarine city. Mom what's the surprise?" Ash said in an excited tone.

"Well it's a surprise and it will be ready in the next pokemon centre. Bye." She winked at him and disconnected the phone.

"Mom? Ah I wanted to know! Why did you kept the phone?" ash said, bewilder. He hated surprises!

(flashback ends)

"I say serena always does something magical to ash. He didn't hear to our pleas to slow down but when serena requested he gave in." Clemont said. Serena started to blush a little.

"Actually I thoug..." ash started but was interrupted by nurse joy.

"Ash your parcel arrived. She will soon come here." Nurse joy said with a grin. Ash wanted to go and see what it was but stopped when he heard the word 'she'. He became confused and again sat down.

"She?" serena said. She didn't expect it either. No one among them did! They all kept looking towards the corridor through which the 'she' will come. Ash was getting restless. He heard footsteps. He soon saw a body emerging from the corridor. It was a maril. Ash thought, a maril? But then an another body emerged. He stood there jaw dropped. He wasn't able to believe his eyes. Pikachu also just stared. The girl stood there just as shocked as ash.

"Ash?" the girl said and started running towards him, "ASH!" She dashed into ash's arms.

"Marillll!"

"Misty!" ash said excitedly and he returned the hug.

"Pika!"

"Oh ash! It's been so long since I saw you." misty said. She was elated. A tear came out of her eye. She was so happy to see him! Misty broke the hug and pouted. "You didn't called me! You didn't come to see me whether I was alive or not! What do you have to say, mister?"

Ash didn't paid attention to her words. He just kept on looking at her. He was not able to lift his gaze of her. She has changed, a lot! Her hair was longer and it was tied at her back which gave her a different kind of look. She wore a yellow tank with blue outline. She wore the same jeans she wore when she first travelled with him. He placed his hand on her face which made her blush.

"Misty! Wow! You have, you have changed. What happened to your hair?" ash said still staring at her.

"Don't you like it?" she asked with a blush, "I made it longer."

"You look great." Ash complemented then he chuckled and added, "It makes you look more like a girl."

Misty blushed again at his complement and she gave him a friendly punch for the second part.

"Well you too changed. You are taller than me! But your hair is as messy as before." misty said, "I like your new outfit. Blue really suits you."

"Thanks.' Ash said sheepishly.

"Hey Pikachu. How are you?" misty asked, lifting the yellow mouse.

"Pika pi pika." Pikachu said with a thumbs up.

"Maril!" maril shouted and then pouted.

"Oh maril, I forgot about you." Misty said.

"Misty your azurill evolved!" ash said.

"Yeah."

Meanwhile serena, clemont and bonnie stayed at the back not knowing what to say. They were all confused. At least they got to know the surprise and that the surprise is a friend of ash whom he hasn't seen for quite a while.

" I want to introduce you to my new travelling companions." Ash said, "Meet serena, clemont and bonnie."

"Hi I'm serena"

"I'm bonnie and this is my friend dedene."

"Dedene!"

"And I'm clemont."

"Hi I'm misty. Nice to meet you all."

"Serena is a child hood friend of mine. Clemont is a gym leader and bonnie is his sister." Ash said, "Misty is also a gym leader. She is my first travelling companion. She travelled with me through kanto, orange islands and johto."

"Your maril is so cute! Can I pat him?" Bonnie requested.

"Sure bonnie."

"So misty what are you doing here?" Ash asked.

"I..." misty was not able to complete her sentence when nurse joy came and called them. She took them to the phone booth and they heard, "surprise." They saw ash's mother and misty's sister. They were on group chat.

"Hey ash you surely have grown since we last saw you." Daisy said.

"Yeah." Ash said and rubbed the back of his hair. He was confused to see them. "So what's all this."

"Ash and misty didn't you like the surprise?" delia asked with a grin.

"Huh?" both ash and misty said and suddenly their bell rang.

"ASH/MISTY IS MY SURPRISE!"both of them shouted with unison.

"Yeah. We all planned it." ash's mother and misty's sister said.

"Well, to be true it's one of my best surprises. I really needed something like this." Misty said happily.

"We are happy that you like it." Violet said.

"Ash, I thought that it will be good if you meet one of your past friend and when daisy called me your whereabouts we planned your meet secretly." Delia said.

"Misty used to remain upset these days. So we all thought that it will be good if she meet you ash and so we called your mom." Lily added.

"I'm reasally surprised that you all thought so much for me!" misty said.

"Now misty that was mean." Violet said. Misty stuck out her tongue.

"Ok bye. See you all later." They said and disconnected.

That's the end of the chapter. The next chapter will be short as i'm writing their reunion. The nexts won't be short. I will keep them as per the anime happenings after ash's win in coumarine city. I may skip some chaps. This fic will contain both amourshipping and pokeshipping. If you all have any advice for me, just review or pm me. You can ask any question. Say me whether you like it. Will try to update soon!