Chapter One

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon. I wish I did, then I would be rich. But I don't.

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The bells rang and I was finally out of school for the day. Yet again, the teacher mulled on about how to catch pokemon, train them and feed them properly. Oh, and then she would go on about how your pokemon are more than 'your pokemon'; they're your friends. Yeah. Right.

My name is Misty, I've just turned 18 and I'm not looking forward to this upcoming year in school, as you've probably figured out already.

Now where's Ash? He said we would study together at his house after school…

Ash. Ash Ketchum. He's been my friend for a while now and has helped me get better as a person and trainer. That's probably why I'm oblivious to the fact that the reason I go to school is to learn.

"Hey, Mist," yelled a voice from among the distance.

Misty looked over to see that it was Ash who was calling her. About time, she thought to herself. "Where were you? I've been waiting here for a few minutes now…"

Ash rolled his eyes while responding, "I'm sorry. I didn't realize what the time was."

Misty nodded in acceptance to Ash's mistake. After all, she had gotten years of experience from it from herself and Brock.

"C'mon, let's go," Ash said.

Again, Misty nodded and went to walk beside Ash. They had always walked close by each other but this time Ash changed things a bit; Ash told Misty to separate a bit from him while walking because "people might get the wrong idea". This always seemed to give Misty a little jolt but other than that, stuff like this never bothered her too much. In fact, it seemed to help her gain her respect for Ash.

When they reached Ash's home, there was already someone there waiting for them; Dawn.

"Umm. Dawn? What are you doing here?" Ash asked with his eye lids wide open. Dawn, Ash's current girlfriend, is 17, the exact same age as Ash.

"You told me to wait here for you after school… didn't you?" She replied.

Misty's body became tense. She had never professed her love for Ash out of fear but right now she felt like the fear had just been replaced with anger and could sing out her love all day to anyone. She started to sweat and her face became red. She was hoping Ash would notice so he wouldn't do anything crazy with her at that moment.

Ahhhhhhh…he didn't notice.

Right then, Ash walked over to Dawn and kissed her on the lips. It was long and passionate. Ash wrapped his arms around her back and started to massage it.

Right in front of me? You asshole.

He then started to stroke her hair. If Misty was looking for a time to break the two up, this was it. Ohhh and did she take advantage. "ALRIGHT THAT'S IT!" She yelled. She ran over to Dawn and slapped her in the face. Dawn fell to the ground but quickly got back up and punched Misty in the stomach. They continued alternating hits and Ash didn't seem to fond of it.

He went over to Misty and kissed her long and hard on the lips. He put his right hand around the back of her head and like he did with Dawn, stroked her hair. When he let go, he responded, "Dawn's mine. I'm sorry."