I want to make it known that I do not own Pokemon or any of the characters. This is my personal made up story. This is also my first Ash and Misty fanfiction story that I have posted online. So keep that in mind as you read it please. And don't let the fact that this is my first stop you. Hope you enjoy!

"Sigh".. "Thank Mew I finally see the house!" exclaims Ash. " I thought we'd never make it Pikachu!"

"Chaaa" Say's Pikachu with a happy but tired smile.

Ash and his beloved Pikachu are finally on a little break. They've been battling, training, and traveling non stop for the past 2 and a half years. And on their own at that. They felt that they were being held behind by all of the other activities their friends wanted to do while traveling with him. It helped him and Pikachu travel further. But at the same time they were lonely.

"It's about time for a break, i'm glad we're here now. I know mom would be happy to see us!" Ash knocks on the door.

"Who is it?" say's Delilah

"Ummmm, if i told you I made sure to change my underwear everyday like you told me 7 years ago would remember?" joke's Ash. And immediately the door opens

"Oh my baby boyyyy! Oh im so happy to see you!" Delilah starts to get teary eyed.

"Oh mom relax don't cry. I swear I really did change my underwear" say's Ash with his trademark grin. Delilah's so happy she can't help but laugh at his silly self.

"Oh Ash you're as silly as ever. I guess not even turning 18 in a few days can stop you from being your silly self huh?"

"Nope, of course not mom" Ash grins from ear to ear.

"Well come on in son, tell me all about what's been going on!" Delilah steps aside and let's Ash in then closes the door after him. She then grabs her cup of coffee and sits on the couch with Ash.

"Chuu pika pika pii"

"Pikachu say's he's sad you forgot about him" Delilah looks over at PIkachu and Pikachu nodes his head and drops his ears beside his head.

"Oh im so sorry Pikachu. You know I love you, I was just so overwhelmed at seeing Ash again for the first time in so long. I didn't mean to ignore you." She leans over and pats Pikachu on the head.

"Chaaaaaa!" exclaims Pikachu in content.

Ash looks back at his mom. " You know he's a big baby. Gotta show him some love too"

"I know, I know" goes Delilah. "I was just so excited to see you!. What are you doing here anyway?"

Ash leans back and get's more comfortable. "Nothing much. Just taking a little break from everything. Been training and trying really hard non stop for a couple years and i think me and my pokemon deserve a nice break. So I have Pikachu with me and the other's are with Professor Oak resting and meeting everyone. So now I'm back in my old town to see my mom and celebrate finally being able to wear dirty underwear if I choose." say's Ash with a nice size laugh to go along with it.

Delila laughs at her son. "Just as silly as always I see. I'm glad you're in such a great mood"

"Of course. I'm back home with my mom. Can't help but be happy!" Say's Ash with a huge smile on his face.

"So son. You're going to be here for your birthday right? How are you going to celebrate it? You are turning 18 after all. Pretty important age.." Delilah pauses for a second "Mew i feel old" she say's with a frown on her face.

"Oh mom don't worry" say's Ash trying to cheer her up. "You don't look a day past 25!"

Delilah giggles. "Thanks son. Too bad you're my son" she say's with a little wink.

"Ewwww mommm! Ew no! You can't say stuff like that!" exclaims Ash while hiding behind a pillow.

Delilah laughs a bit more. "Oh son you know i'm just playing. Now back on topic. What are you doing with your birthday? Should I invite all your friends and cook you up a big meal?"

Ash puts his hand behind his head and rubs it. "Well about that. I haven't been that good with keeping in contact so I'm sure they're all mad at me. I doubt any of them would even come. And if they did it would probably be to jump and attack me" He finishes his sentence with a shiver at the thought of Misty's mallet repeatedly pounding his head.

"Ash you have to do better. Although it doesnt' surprise me since you seem as if you hardly remember that you have a mother" she stare's him down after saying that.

"Hehe. Well I'm so busy you know? Besides. They all have a life too so they might not be too mad."

"Ash, you didn't at least stay in contact with Misty?"

Ash immediately blushes and starts to act nervous. "Ummmm MIsty? Why ummm… why would I stay in contact with her most? All my friends are important to me. I don't put any one of them in front of another one." Finishes Ash while rubbing his head and hardly keeping eye contact.

Delilah sighs at her son. "Ok then Ash, why do I see a lure of MIsty hanging around your neck? Do you keep all your friends hanging on you like that?"

Ash immediately tucks the lure that Misty gave him some years back inside of his shirt. "She get's real busy at the gym and all so she wanted to give me something to make sure I didn't forget about her." Ash bends his head and thinks to himself. "Although I could never forget you Misty"

Delilah gives up on the topic not wanting to ruin their reunion. "Ok son. I understand." She stands up and heads towards the kitchen then turns and looks at Ash. "Friends are like family. Stay in touch. When I'm not around it will always be friends that come to the rescue. I'm going to set up your birthday. Call all your friends and write a list of things to get. You should go take a bath and relax. I'm pretty sure you're tired from your journey here." After finishing her sentence she heads back and into the kitchen, not waiting on a response from Ash.

Ash looks at Pikachu. "She's probably right isn't she buddy?"

"Yes Ash, that's what i've been trying to tell you! Im sure everyone misses you and they're always there for you."

Ash gives Pikachu a confused look. "Pika pal I was speaking about the shower part." He sniffs his under arm's. I think she had a point. I smell like Muk all over!"

Pikachu shake's his head at his trainer's stupidity then shocks him out of frustration and jumps down from his shoulder and heads into the kitchen. Ash then makes another comment that pikachu hears that causes him to go back in the living room and shock Ash again out of is already high irritation from his trainer. He then leave's a charred and uncouncious Ash sitting leant on the couch and heads back into the kitchen with Delilah.

LATER THAT DAY

Ash is laying in his bed. Feeling back to normal after a big dinner that his mom created.

"Mom really put everything together. And in such a short amount of time too. Can't believe she got in touch with all of my friends like that within a 1 hr time frame and on such short notice like that. Show's how good of a friend I am." Ash chuckles to himself. He then looks to his right at a photo of him, brock, pikachu, and last but not least. Misty. Upon seeing her he gets butterflies in his stomach with the anticipation of seeing her soon.

"It's been so long since i've her, or any of them… I can't wait to see them all again." Ash turns back over in his bed and looks at the ceiling. Starting to feel his body fall asleep he closes his eye's and wishes that sleep comes over him soon so that he can be a day closer to seeing "her" again. And shortly after. He get's his wish.

THE NEXT MORNING

"Yawwwwwnnnnnnn!" goes Ash very loudly waking his electric pal beside him as well. "Good morning buddy. Feeling good?" Pikachu looks at him with daggers in his eyes for being waken up so early and turns his head. Ash sweatdrops and slowly gets out of bed in fear of being shocked. "I'm just gonna go downstairs" Ash say's aloud more so to himself than to pikachu. He then proceeds to go to the bathroom after he leave's his room but then stop's once he hears a manly voice downstairs. It was low so he couldn't quite make it out. He knew it couldn't be Professor Oak since he had to be at the lab to take care of the pokemon at this time. Ash's curiosity finally gets the better of him and he heads downstairs only to find a certain squinted eyed friend of his talking to his mom. Upon hearing Ash come downstairs they stop their conversation and Brock greets Ash with a huge smile.

"Why if it isn't Ash. No time no see man. But i guess compared to all of our other friends our time apart has been the shortest." Ash walks up to Brock and hugs him. "Hey Brock, whatcha doin here? The party isn't till tomorrow." Ash say's with a questioning tone.

"Well you know I'm one to be early rather than late. And Your mom has a lot to prepare on such a short notice. I figured I could come a little early and help out. After all i'm only a few towns away. I have the shortest distance of everyone so I can easily go back home and come back tomorrow." Delilah walks up beside Brock and smile's. "And i'm grateful for Brock's help too. I really had my hands full doing this by myself. And Mew know's that you wouldn't of been of help" Say's Delilah looking straight at her son. Ash just puts his head down for a second then lifts it up and grins. "I'll learn one day." He say's. "Yeah right." Say's Brock. "That'll be the same day he admits to Misty that he's madly in love with her." "Yeah son, when will you finally tell her. I'm sure she'll be ecstatic to finally have you tell her how you feel." Ash turns a very bright red and immediately denies.

"I've no idea what you're talking about. Why do I have to be in love with her because she's a female that's my best friend?" Say's Ash getting defensive.

"Ash, we see the look in your eye's when you look at her. Or atleast I do. You forget I did travel with you two for 5 straight years. And I'm older and not naive. I'm 21 years old. I know what love is and all the signs. And I know you two very well. I can tell that there's something there no matter how much you deny it." " And I know my son very well Mr. Ketchum. And i'm older and wiser than Brock. I know what love is. I mean I do have a 18 year old son after all that was created out of love. So I think I definitely know what love is."

Ash knows he's losing the battle with Brock and his mother. He can't do anything but stand there blushing and attempt to hide the truth although he know's he's doing a horrible job at doing so. He decides to throw in the towel and just leave the room. "Umm, nice seeing ya Brock. Glad you could make it. I'm gonna go ahead and get my day started. Might as well seeing as how yall have already woke me up with a barrage a questions." He shakes his head slightly and heads upstairs. Brock and his mother just laughs at the in love teenager and continue about their business.

THE BIG DAY

"Okay, now that everyone is here. Thanks for coming. I really appreciate all of you that could make it on such short notice. My son isnt' the best with communication and without me we all wouldn't be together today. But that hardly matters. All that matters is that we're all here today in celebration of Ash turning another year older and finally reaching adulthood. So enjoy today with him everyone!" Delilah finishes her little speech and everyone claps. By now everyone has already met and got aquainted. Well everyone besid's the two that's most commonly said to be so in love with each other.

"Where is that boy." Say's Misty looking for Ash. She then feels a tap on her shoulder. "You mean man right? I'd hate to think I turned 18 for no reason if I'm still going to be looked at as a boy." Misty quickly turns around to see that trademark grin she fell in love with so many years ago. She then throws herself at him and gives him a huge hug. Surprising him and causing him to stumble a little. "Hey Mist" Say's Ash while wrapping his arms around Misty as well. "Someone "Mist" me I see. Ash chuckles at his joke. Misty laughs as well and rolls her eyes. She then stops hugging him and quickly punches him twice in the chest. "Owww" Say's Ash rubbing his chest. "I spoke too soon I see." No Ash you didn't. I did miss you and that's why I hit you. You don't go 3 YEARS without speaking to your best friend!" Misty pulls out her old Mallet and stares Ash down. Ash chuckles nervously and slowly backs up. "I think I'm gonna go and chat it up with everyone else" Misty puts up her mallet, stands up straight and grabs his arm. "No you're not mister. You're coming with me. Seeing as how i was your first friend I'm more important. So let's go!" She say's very sternly and starting to pull Ash with her. "Mistyyyy! Where are we going?" "We're going for a walk down that path behind your mom's house. We got some catching up to do." Ash sighs and relaxes his body so that she could drag him along easier. After about 5 minutes or so of her pulling him and them walking in silence. She finally lets him go and turns to face him.

"Umm Misty. Why did you bring me all the way to this cliff? I know I can do a better job of staying in contact. But do I really deserve to die?" Misty laughs at Ash. "Oh don't worry. I didn't bring you out here to kill you. At least not yet anyway." She gives Ash a serious look and he gulps. "Ash I brought you out here to talk to you. I wanted some privacy. Somewhere away from all the noises and people." "Umm okay. Well you got me Mist. Shoot!" Says Ash excitedly. Misty smiles up at him and begins talking.

"So Ash. How have you been?"

"I've been good. Just continuing my goal to become the worlds Number One Pokemon Master!" Say's Ash with a look of fire in his eyes. Misty smiles at the passion she see's in his eyes.

"Well that's good Ash. I'm glad to hear that. I know you'd never give up on your dream."

"Of course not Mist. But what about you? How have you been?" Misty's smile starts to fade as she begins speaking.

"I've been ok. Battling trainer's almost everyday and tending to the gym. trying to keep us from going bankrupt because my sister's don't know how to stop spending money." Misty shakes her head. "But besides that nothing much. The usual." Ash could tell there was a sadness in her voice and proceeded to ask her about it.

"Misty, I can tell somethings wrong. You lost your cheerful tone. What's up?" Say's Ash with worry in his voice. Misty laughs to herself in her head. Thinking about how he's not as dense and oblivious as he use to be. Misty looks him in the eye and decides to be honest.

"Ash. I havent had many friends in life. I haven't been close to many people in my life actually. I lost my parents in an accident at an early age. I've been taken care of my sister's since then and they're only concerned about looking good and shopping. I've never been close to them or ever been able to relate to them. And then I met you." She pauses for a second to calm down. She can feel herself starting to get emotional. And on cue Ash must have been able to notice as well because he help her hand to console her. She looks down at their hands and then back up at Ash. Feeling the strength to continue with him holding her hand.

"Ash, I met you. And then Brock. And I traveled with you two for almost 5 years. And in those 5 years I learned so much. About the world. About myself. About pokemon. About everything! It felt right traveling the world and being by your side. Yeah we argued a lot and fought but that was out of love and us being stubborn kids. You were my best friend. You always fought for me. And although you were very dense, you were always there and always helped me when you could. I got close to you. To our travels. To that life. And then I had to leave…." Misty starts to get emotional again and she knew she couldn't hold her emotions in for too much longer. But she continued anyway. "Ash these past 3 years away from you have been the hardest. After being by your side. And traveling and out in the world with you for those 5 years to being stuck in that gym alone without you has been the worst time of my life!" Misty then starts to cry and leans on Ash and cries into his chest. Ash wraps his arm around her and runs his hands into her hair. He never knew he meant so much to the firery red head that he use to fight with every day. "Shhhh its okay Misty. I'm here. I'm here." Misty starts to cry harder and tightens her grip on him. "A.. A… Ash p.. please don't lea… leave me like that again. I.. I can't take it" Ash holds her tighter. "I won't Misty. I'm here. I've always been here." Ash pulls them apart slightly and puts his hand on her cheek and starts to wipe the tears away while caressing her cheek as well. She looks into his eyes and he smiles at her.

"Well well well, look at the two love birds. Too bad I have to break yall apart. Looks like you two were having a really deep connection." The man speaking and a woman that's with him walks towards Ash and Misty then stops. "Remember us?" Ash immediately gets defensive and has a annoyed look in his eyes.

"Butch and Cassidy. What the hell do you two want? Snarls Ash.

"Well, didn't your mother ever teach you any manners? That's not how you greet old friends of yours. Your house isn't very far right? I could quickly go and teach her a lesson for you." She say's with a smirk on her face.

"What did you just say!" Snaps Ash

"Oh don't get your panties up in a bunch. We'd be stupid to go there with all those people and their pokemon. But im sure you two don't have any on you and Pikachu isn't around so this is a perfect opportunity. Just hand over what the boss wants and you can go"

"Wait, if Pikachu isn't here with me and neither are any of my other pokemon then what do you want?" Butch points at Misty. Misty steps back a little bit out a surprise and Ash steps in front of her. "What the fuck does your boss want with her?" Yells Ash. Butch gets a evil look on his face.

"Let's just say he needs someone to do what it takes to make babies with. But excluding the baby part" "Boss needs a sex slave" Say's Cassidy stepping in. "And he has chosen her to do it with. He said that he's been watching her blossom for awhile and now he wants her for his own." Ash get's pissed.

"There's no way in hell you're taking her with you. I'd die before that happens!"

"Oh really? I was hoping you'd say that. I've been wanting a fight for a while." Butch hands his stuff to Cassidy and cracks is knuckles and neck to get loose. Ash gently pushes Misty back a little to get her out of danger.

"You ready Ketchum?" Ask Butch. "Because I don't give a damn!" With that he charges towards Ash and starts to swing wildly at him. Ash starts to easily dodge his attacks and is surprised that this grown man could be so horrible at fighting. As Butch throws another punch off target, Ash grabs his arm and breaks it causing Cassidy and Misty to gasp and Butch to scream loudly in pain. He immediately drops down and looks at his arm to see that the bone was sticking out and he was losing a lot of blood. "Aahhhhhh you fucking prick, you broke my arm!" Ash relaxes and stands up straight out of his fighting pose.

"Yeah I know. I did it on purpose. I don't want to fight you. So I figured that would end the fight quicker. You should go to the hospital before you lose too much blood." Cassidy runs by Butch's side and looks at his arm and then up at Ash. "You're gonna pay for this Kechum.!" She reaches for a Pokeball and throws it out. "Go Beedrill!" Out of the pokeball comes a bigger than normal beedrill with a very pissed look on it's face. "Attack Beedrill! Kill that bastard and come back once you're done!" She then pulls out another pokeball with a charizard in it and places Butch on the back of it and then herself and they fly off.

"Ash, what do we do?" Say's a very worried Misty. Team Rocket has never tried to kill them before so she's not sure what to do. She starts to walk up to Ash and then almost immediately the beedrill charges at her with incredible speed. It points it's stinger on the lower part of its body at her and Misty is frozen in shock. And right as it's about to make impact with Misty Ash pushes her out of the way and the beedrill penetrates him right in the middle of his back. Misty get's up and turns around to see Ash stumbling towards the edge of the cliff with the stinger in his back. "ASH!" Yells Misty running towards him and starting to cry. Ash slowly stands up breathing hard and heavily and looks down to see blood rushing down his body. He starts to lose his vision and can't focus too well on his surroundings.

"Ash, Ash! Be okay, please be okay!" Say's Misty who is crying heavily now as she reaches Ash.

"Misty?" Say's Ash. "I'll be okay." He tries to give her a smile but he starts to spit out blood as he does. Misty gasp! "Ash oh Mew! No no no Ash please no." She drops down and starts to weep while holding onto his leg. Ash looks down at her and tries to reach out and pull her up but he notices the beedrill coming again and braces himself for the attack. Ash, knowing what was about to happen shoved Misty off of him so she didn't meet the same fate as he did. Misty looks up at Ash unfortunately just in time to see him get tackled head on by the beedrill and watches in horror as he grabs the beedrill and they both go falling off the cliff. Misty crawls to the edge of the cliff and screams Ash's name as she watches him and the beedrill fall into the river and out of sight. She then begins to weep uncontrollably and blacks out…

An: Well how'd you guy's like it? This isn't the whole story. This is only the beginning. And before I continued I wanted all of the reader's feedback. How you felt about my style of writing and the story itself. I plan on this being a long story. Probably two or three more parts about the same length of this or longer. And if i get enough positive feedback I will continue. So please. All comments and reviews are appreciated..!