Once upon a time there was a small 10-year old boy. He was from Pallet town and wanted to become the very best. He caught as much Pokemon as he did, but never became a Pokemon master. Cut to ten years later and that little boy had become a man.
"ARE YOU READY?"
An arena in Johto was full with spectators. A young guy with blond hair and a cap on was standing on his shaking legs in the battlefield. On the other side of the field was a 20-year old man with brown eyes and dark raven hair. He was wearing a red vest with white short sleeves. Underneath he wore a black t-shirt. He also wore dark blue pants, a smirk on his face and his cap over his head.
Between the trainers were a Pikachu and a bulbasaur. Pikachu was on the black haired guy's side and the other was on the other side.
"IT IS TIME FOR A BATTLE BETWEEN ASH REGINALD KETCHUM & JONAS GOLD! GO!" yelled the announcer.
The raven haired pulled his red cap over his eyes. He held his hand forward.
"Pikachu, let's go."
"Pika!"
The Pikachu charged towards the bulbasaur with extreme speed. The Bulbasaur looked back at his trainer with a frightened face.
"Bulbasaur!" Yelled Jonas.
CHAPTER ONE
It was a hot summer day in Cerulean city. A young woman was sitting in the Cerulean gym. She was was sitting at the edge of the pool. Her hair was orange. It was down till just above her shoulders. She was wearing a yellow t-shirt with blue shorts. Over it she wore a white jacket with blue outlines.
This girl's name was Misty Waterflower, also known as the gymleader of Cerulean city and the tomboyish mermaid. She used to travel with Brock Harrison, the former gymleader of Pewter City and Ash Ketchum, the trainer. But when she was ten she took the gym over and stopped traveling.
Misty sighed and tilted her head back. Above her was her Togetic, floating above her head.
"Boring day, eh Togetic?" Said Misty.
"Togetic!" Said the Pokemon and it nodded it's head.
Misty giggled. She looked back at the pool and splashed with her feet in the water. This wasn't really exciting. It was such a warm day that most of the trainers went to the beach. No one had the energy to battle. Staryu was playing in the pool with Starmie and Corsola and Gyarados.
Her sister Daisy walked into the room. "Misty! Like, there is a friend who is calling you!"
"Oh. Okay." Misty jumped up and walked over to the video phone. In the old days they used to have screens with phones attached to them. Nowadays they just had a small thing that resembled a pc keyboard.
Misty walked into the hallway with Togetic behind her. She pushed the green button on the keyboard and a screen popped out. On the screen appeared a familiar face. A young woman with short purple spiked hair and a yellow sport coats smiled when she saw her.
"Misty! Long time no see!"
"Casey! How is it going?" Asked Misty. Casey was a friend from her who grew up in Johto. They met on one of their journeys.
"Good!" Casey gave her a thumb ups. "I'm home right now for a small break! I'm gonna go to the...Sinnoh region!"
"Dear mew!" Said Misty. "You are really becoming a good trainer!"
"Thank you!"
"Mega!"
Meganium , the starting Pokemon from Casey, jumped into the frame. It nuzzled with it's face against Casey who laughed at her and petted it on it's head. After shortly appearing into frame, the pokemon disappeared again.
"I'm traveling with Georgio." Said Casey.
Misty raised her eyebrows. "Georgio? Whoo, Casey!"
Casey became red and shook her head. "I don't like him!"
"Casey, come on. You two have been traveling for ages! Don't tell me you at least don't feel that spark!"
"I don't feel any spark for him! I only feel a spark with my Pokemon!"
"Mega!" Meganium jumped into the frame again together with Beedrill.
Misty almost fell over in anime style. She quickly gathered herself. "Uhm, Casey, where is he?"
"Toilet. Speaking of which..." Casey laughed awkwardly and sweat dropped. "Gotta go!"
The screen went black and folded back into the keyboard.
Misty looked back at Togetic. "Togetic, I miss her...I have no one..."
The phone went again. Misty immediately picked up. It was Delia, the mother of her childhood friend. She was more of a family to her than her sisters.
"Ah, Misty, good day!" Said Delia. She put her hand against her cheek. "I wondered if you would like to stay for tonight? I have cooked this huge dinner and I almost don't have anyone to eat dinner with..."
Misty sighed. "Okay...I guess I can be there by 6 if I take the bus."
"Good girl! I'll see you then! Oh and be a dear and take six of your Pokemon with you!"
The screen went out. Misty furrowed her eyebrows. That was...specific. 6 Pokemon? She guessed she could take Togetic, Staryu, Corsola, Gyarados, Psyduck and Dratini with her. Her other Pokemon stayed in the gym. Azurill was in Johto by doctor Elm. She lend the small Pokemon for doctor's Elm's research about water Pokemon.
She grabbed her Pokemon and her bus card. The ride would just take one and a half hour.
"Daisy, I'm eating at Delia's!" Yelled Misty before she left.
"Don't eat to much, like become fat!" Yelled Daisy.
Misty slammed the door behind her and walked to the bus station. She swung her bag over her shoulder. Togetic was flying close behind her.
She didn't look behind.
"Mime!"
Delia was calmly setting the table. It was 5:30 pm. Soon Misty would come. This time she was actually looking forward. Especially now that he was here, on the couch...Misty would be so surprised! And probably happy...mew, this was a good idea!
Mr Mime was busy setting the table. Delia was steering the the years Misty became a bit like her own daughter. And she always wanted a daughter. Sons were pretty difficult to understand. With Misty she could go shopping, gossip about celebrities, talk about-
"Delia, is the soup almost done?" Professor Oak walked into the kitchen. He was wearing his usual lab coat. "You have been steering forever."
"Sorry, but I just want this to be good! We have a special guest!"
"Misty comes here more than my grandson, so it isn't special..."
"Well, for me it's special." Said Delia. "Misty has become my family. My husband is busy controlling the world and my son is only focused on Pokemon."
"What about me and Tracey?" Yelled Oak.
"Okay, you and Tracey are like...my best friends?"
Oak rolled his eyes and grabbed a glass. He filled it with water. "I wonder how Misty will react?"
"She'll be fine."
"What if-"
The doorbell interrupted Samuel Oak. Delia immediately smiled.
"It's her!"
Delia let her soup be and ran for the door. She quickly tidied herself and then opened the door. It was indeed Misty.
"Sorry, I'm early!" Said Misty as she gave Delia a quick hug. "We had a very enthusiastic bus driver."
"Togetic!" Said Togetic behind her with a slightly trembling voice.
"Come in, come in..." Delia took Misty in. Misty sniffed around with a smile.
"Oh, it smells amazing!" Misty walked towards Oak. "Hey, professor Oak!"
"Misty! My, you have grown into a woman!"
Misty giggled with a blush. "Oh, I was here a few weeks ago, professor."
"I know, but I still see you as the little kid who was always angry."
Misty frowned at him. She wanted to say something when a small yellow creature ran into the kitchen.
"Pikachu-pi!"
The small mouse, Pikachu, jumped into her arms. Misty gasped in surprise. "Pikachu?"
"Pikapikapikapi!" Said Pikachu as it nuzzled against her.
"Wait, if Pikachu's here..." Misty looked at Delia who mouthed 'sorry'. And at the same moment they heard a yawn and footsteps.
"Pikachu, I told you to wait up."
Misty her eyes widened. That voice...those eyes...his cap, his hair, his jacket...
"Misty?!"
Ash Ketchum, her old childhood friend, was standing right before her eyes. He walked towards her with a little glint in his eyes. When he stopped in front of her she had to look up at him because he was a bit taller. He nervously gulped before speaking up.
"What are you doing here? Mom told me you wouldn't come. Mom!"
Delia smirked and held her hands up. "Sorry, but you need to stay more in contact, sweetie."
Misty her heart fluttered. His voice was much more...masculine. When was the last time she saw him? When he was 17. On his birthday. He would go up against the Elite four again. And he actually won! She remembered how she saw him on tv with a strange boy and girl by his side. She wanted to be there too, but the gym was in it's busiest season. She couldn't leave...after that she only saw him on tv. He was no longer the tiny brat, he slowly became one of the most popular trainers ever...and one of the hardest to defeat.
"I saw your match last week." Said Misty suddenly.
"Oh. Cool." Ash scratched his head. "What did you think?"
"You were a bit...rough on the kid."
"Rough?"
"Yes." Misty put Pikachu down. "Sometimes it's not bad to lose."
"Really? Then...wanna batte tomorrow?"
Misty looked up at him with confusion. "Eh?...I-"
"Okay, let's battle tomorrow! If I win then you owe me lunch! If you win then..."
"Then...you take me to lunch and...you buy me something I've always wanted!"
"Something you want? Yeah, right." Said Ash. He turned around and walked to the table. "Let's eat!"
"Pika!"
Misty sweat dropped.
Dinner went pretty well. Even though Ash and Misty weren't really talking to each other, Delia's and Oak's voices filled the void.
They asked how things were going for the two of them. Ash told him that he defeated another kid in the Arena, Misty told them about the gym...everything was going good. And after dinner they cleaned the table. Professor went back to his lap and Delia went up stairs to take a shower. Ash was sitting in front of the tv with Pikachu. Misty slumped down next to him.
"What are you watching?" Asked Misty.
"Some documentary." Ash glanced at Misty. She no longer had a side ponytail. She glanced back at him and he quickly turned back to the tv.
"Cool." Misty completely turned her head towards him. "Say...why no contact within three years?"
"I was busy."
"With what?"
"Business." Ash zapped through the channels on tv. "Plus, you could've asked mom for my phone number or something."
Misty folded her arms. "Sorry, but I was busy too! I can't drop by every week! I'm already here twice a month!"
Now Ash looked at her. "Twice a month?"
Misty glared at him. Ash chuckled and looked back at the tv. "A bit pathetic but alright."
Pathetic?! Misty unfolded her arms and looked at him with fierce eyes. "Sorry, mister, but I don't have the best relationship with my sisters. But like you care, you're never here in Kanto. You only come here for a quick bite and clean laundry and off you go, to another region or to an arena to humiliate another pour soul!"
"Right. Those trainers know what they're in for." Ash pulled the cap deeper over his eyes.
Misty immediately jumped up. She had it with his behavior.
"You're in for something tomorrow!" She pointed her finger at him. "I will defeat you, Ketchum! And I won't hold back!"
She stomped up the stairs, just past Delia who was in her pajama already.
Delia looked at Ash. "Ash..." She walked down the stairs. "You don't need to drive her out of the house!"
"I have too." Said Ash almost in a whisper. "If I don't...then she will brought into my world and get hurt."
"Pikapi..." Muttered Pikachu.
The next day Misty awoke by Togetic, who was shaking her.
"What Togetic?!" Said Misty with a yawn.
"Togetic!"
Togetic flew to the window and pulled the curtains away. Misty held her hands in front of her face.
"Togi, togetic!"
"I know it's morning!"
Misty jumped up. She put her clothes on and went down stairs. Delia was sitting at the dinner table.
"Sweetie, can you wake Ash up?" Asked Delia.
"I'm already up!" Ash walked down the stairs. His hair was still messy. Pikachu was sitting on his shoulder.
"Morning!" Delia put a few plates with bread down onto the table. The two sat down next to each other and Delia sat down as well. "You two need to eat before you battle...I remember when I used to battle against Oak..."
Misty wanted to grabbed the peanut butter, but Ash quickly took it before she could. Misty shot him a glare. She grabbed the cheese and glanced at Ash. He really changed over the years. He used to be a sweet kid. Sure, he could be dumb - and he still was a little - but he really used to care about his friends. And they used to be close. Now it felt like she was sitting next to a stranger. Misty took a bite from her bread. Stupid. She shouldn't have come. She didn't even want that one thing anymore. At least not from him.
Ash swallowed his bread. He took a big gulp from his tea and jumped up.
"Okay! Let's go, Misty!"
Misty swallowed her last bite. She quickly drank some juice and stood up too. "Fine. I already have my Pokemon with me, do you?"
Ash grinned and ticked with his finger on his belt. "Of course. Come on, let's go outside."
"Ah, ah!" Delia waved with her finger. "Dishes first!"
Ash groaned and walked back to the table.
After that they went to the nearby grass field. Ash stood on one side and Misty on the other. Delia and Oak were on the sidelines, looking on.
"Okay, shall we go three on three?" Yelled Misty.
"Fine by me!" Ash grabbed a poke ball and threw it up into the air. In a red flash a familiar pokemon appeared.
"Bay, bay!"
It was Bayleef, one of Ash's Johto Pokemon. Bayleef immediately turned back to Ash and tackled him to the ground. Ash stood up and petted Bayleef.
Misty giggled. At least one thing hadn't changed.
"Bayleef, I love you too, but please get back on the battlefield!" Said Ash with a laugh.
Bayleef nodded and walked back. Misty grabbed a poke ball from her belt.
"Okay, I choose you, Dratini!" Yelled Misty.
A red flash appeared and a pink Dratini appeared into the grass.
Ash folded his arms and smiled. "A shiny female Dratini. Nice, Misty..."
Misty clenched her fist. How did he knew that it was a female? Never mind. She ignored his words and threw her hand forward. "Dratini, use aqua tail!"
Dratini jumped up and water surrounded her tail. She swung it towards Bayleef. But Bayleef just calmly glanced back at Ash.
"Bay?"
Ash made a move with his fingers and nodded.
Bayleef suddenly leaped using her vine whip. Dratini missed but quickly turned around and tried to hit Bayleef again. Bayleef quickly dodged and kept dodging.
Misty looked at Ash. He looked too confident. And was he giving orders to his Pokemon by not even looking at them? Why...wait, she should be focusing!
"Dratini, dragon rage!" Yelled Misty.
Dratini's body lit up. It immediately rushed towards Bayleef. Bayleef was hit, but kept it's ground. It slid a few meters away.
"Body slam." Said Ash suddenly.
Bayleef dashed towards Dratini while Dratini was still in her 'dragon-rage' state.
The two clashed into each other. Mud was flying through the air. Misty held her hand in front of her face.
' Shit, I can't see a thing...' Thought Misty. She noticed how calm Ash stayed. ' No, wait, concentrate! Say something before he makes a next move!'
"Dratini stand back and use aqua tail!" Yelled Misty.
Dratini quickly jumped a few meters back. So did Bayleef. Water surrounded Dratini's tail again. Dratini jumped towards Bayleef again. Ash made a small signal with his fingers. Bayleef immediately gathered solar energy above her head. Misty smirked. Of course, a solar beam.
She held her eyes onto Dratini. Dratini looked one second at Misty.
Then the solar beam flew towards her.
Dust flew around and they didn't see something for a moment. For a second Ash thought he had won. But when the dust cleared, he only saw Bayleef standing on the field. He looked up and saw Dratini a few meters above Bayleef.
Misty grinned. She nodded towards Dratini.
"Dratini!"
Within a second Dratini's tail got surrounded by water again. But this time her tail also lit up.
"Dragon rage!" Yelled Misty.
Dragon rage? Ash raised his eyebrows. Was this...?
Dratini's whole body lit up. She rushed down with another cry and hit Bayleef with her tail. Bayleef fell down and slid a few meters back. Dratini cooled down and jumped back.
Bayleef was down.
"M-Misty wins!" Yelled Oak.
Dratini and Misty both cheered. Dratini jumped in her arms and they hugged. Ash called Bayleef back into his poke ball.
"Good job, Bayleef." He whispered.
Ash looked at Dratini and Misty. He smiled. Misty still had a good bond with her pokemon. He grabbed another poke ball. "Mist, ready?!"
Misty recalled Dratini back into her poke ball. "Ready! I choose Staryu!"
A red flash and Staryu appeared onto the battlefield.
"Hyaa!" Said the Pokemon.
Ash threw a pokeball as well. A Wartortle appeared onto the field.
A Wartortle? Okay, that was cool. But Misty didn't waste a second and yelled her command.
"Staryu, Gyroball!"
Blue light appeared at the end of the spikes of Staryu. It then started to spin towards Wartortle. Wartotle quickly dodged it. Staryu spun up into the air and back towards his opponent.
"Hydropump." Said Ash.
Wartortle shot a splash of water towards Staryu.
"Staryu, retreat and use light screen!" Yelled Misty.
Staryu stopped spinning. It fell down to the ground. The lights on his spikes disappeared. A lit up screen appeared in front of Staryu just in time. The hydropump was reflected.
"Bubblebeam!"
Ash and Misty both yelled it at the same time. The two pokemon shot little bubbles at each other. The bubbles disappeared.
"Hidden power." Said Ash.
Misty gasped. She shook her head again. "Staryu, jum-"
Suddenly water beamed from underneath Staryu. It hit the pokemon so hard that it flew up and then hit the ground.
"Staryu is unconscious!" Said Oak.
"Yeah!" Said Ash. "We win!"
Misty sighed and recalled Staryu. "I'm sorry for pushing you too hard, Staryu..." Said Misty to her poke ball. She looked at Ash again with a glare. He recalled his Pokemon too. Okay, now it was time for the final round. She had to win this.
Misty threw her poke ball up. "Go, Gyarados!"
Ash grinned when the giant Pokemon appeared and it roared. So, Misty was using brute force , huh? He threw his poke ball and Charizard appeared.
Misty gasped. "Are you crazy?!" She yelled. "You have no control over him..."
She stopped mid sentence when she saw Charizard calmly looking at Ash. Ash nodded towards Charizard and made a small move with his fingers.
Charizard immediately flew towards Gyarados.
"Gyarados, hydropump!" Yelled Misty quickly.
Gyarados fired a big wave of water from his mouth towards Charizard. Charizard dodged it and hit Gyarados with a Wing attack. Gyarados was hit, but kept his ground. Misty saw Ash making another sign with his fingers. Dammit, what was he doing? Signing to his Pokemon? She didn't have time to think when Charizard flew towards Gyarados again.
"Hyperbeam!"
Gyarados threw a hyper beam at Charizard. Charizard was hit and slides a few meters back. But it immediately flew towards Gyarados again. It was a bit bruised, but it didn't care.
"Crunch!"
Gyarados tried to bit him, but Charizard dodged it. The opponent started to flew around Gyarados in little rounds. Fire slowly started to follow Charizard until flames surrounded Gyarados.
"Gyarados!" Yelled Misty. In panic she ran towards her Pokemon. "Gyarados, use water pulse!"
Gyarados started to lit up. Misty held her arms in front of her eyes. She was just a few meters away and the light was blinding her. A pulsing blast of water came from Gyarados body. Misty saw the scalding water coming towards her. She shrieked when she was yanked away by her shoulders and hit the ground. She saw Ash's jacket in front of her eyes...wait...was he protecting her?
When the light was gone Misty immediately pushed Ash away with a slight blush and looked at the battlefield and gasped. Ash saw it too. The Pokemon were both out. And Delia and Oak were both protected by Mr mime blocking the attack.
"Ash..." said Delia with a stern look.
Ash quickly stood up. He called his Pokemon back. Misty jumped up too with a frown. "What the hell was that?!"
"What was what?" Asked Ash calmly.
"Ash!" Said Delia. Misty recalled her Pokemon back.
Ash turned around with a fearful look.
"This isn't an arena, mister! You can't use your strongest attacks on someone!" Yelled Delia.
"Mom, I just needed to win..."
"Well, you didn't, mister! You are going to get grounded...no, you're all grown up..."
Ash sighed in relief. "Oh, thank mew..."
"You are going to take Misty with you into town for lunch and for once be a gentleman!"
"But...!"
"No buts!"
And so they went into town. Ash was slumping through the mall of Pallet Town with Misty next to him.
"Don't be so down, Ash!" Said Misty. She was holding Pikachu in her arms and walking with pride. "Sure, technically it was a tie and you would have won if I hadn't told Gyarados to use water pulse...but you get to take me out!"
"Take you out? On what a date?"
Misty looked away from him with blush. "A-a d-date? No way!"
"Hm, you're right. I would never date someone as scrawny as yo-"
Misty hit him onto his head. "Shut the hell up!" She then grabbed his arm with a smile. "Come on, let's go eat!"
As Ash was dragged away he was confused. First Misty was angry at him for calling her scrawny and now she was happily dragging him to the cafe...the hell?
He sighed heavily. Women...
They sat down at a table at a small cafe. Misty took a sandwich and coffee and Ash took a hamburger and cola.
Misty leaned on her elbow and looked at Ash who was eating his hamburger. Was she still in love with him? Were they even still friends? All those questions kept swirling around in her head. Why was she even worried about all of this? He shouldn't mean anything to her. He was the one who left!
"Mist, are you okay?" Asked Ash suddenly.
Misty folded her arms. "I'm fine..." She grabbed her sandwich. "Just don't call me by my nickname..."
"Nickname?" Ash furrowed his eyebrows and then his eyes lit up. "Oh, that little thing! I always call you that. What's wrong with that?"
Misty took a bite and swallowed it down. "Everything...anyway, I wanted to buy a new watch. I worked very hard and I will buy it!"
Ash chuckled. Her eyes were full of determination. He would guess that the watch had something to do with water pokemon...
"It has a Squirtle on it and the alarm sounds like waves!"
He guessed right. Ash looked at Pikachu who was licking at the ketchup bottle. The Pokemon was sitting under the table Togetic was next to Misty, eating a small piece of fruit.
"Say, how are your sisters?" Asked Ash.
Misty was just done with her sandwich. "My sisters? They're fine. Annoying as always."
"I bet."
"Anyway, are you almost done? I really want to go and buy that watch..."
"Sorry, I can't eat as fast as you!" Said Ash annoyed.
Misty stood up. "Fine. I'm going to the store. You know which one it is. Go find me if you're ever done."
Ash stuck his tongue out when Misty left the cafe with Togetic following her. He looked down at Pikachu who looked up at him.
"Stupid girl." Said Ash.
"Pi..." Said Pikachu while shaking it's head.
Ash looked around the cafe. He noticed two people in dark outfits walk into the cafe. He cursed and stood up. Not them...
He quickly paid the bill and left the cafe with Pikachu. He had to find Misty and leave.
Misty was looking at the many watches in the store. Some of them had a Pikachu on it, others bugs...She shivered. Ugh, she hated bugs. Except for Butterfrees, beauty flies...Ah, the Squirtle one!
She grabbed it and showed it to Togetic. "Togetic, isn't it beautiful?"
"Togetic?" Asked Togetic confused.
Misty walked to the counter. "How much?" She asked to the shop assistent behind the counter.
"Fifty-five poke dollars." Said the man.
Misty paid and put the watch around her wrist. She smiled happily at it. It was beautiful...
"Misty!"
She turned around to see Ash running towards her.
"Ash! I was just-"
"No time, we gotta go!" Said Ash. He grabbed her wrist and wanted to drag her along with him.
"Go? B-but we are just here...I wanted to walk around a bit more..."
"Look, we really have to go!"
Misty noticed how frantic he sounded. Was he afraid or something? "Ash, you're acting strange..."
"I'm not! Misty, we really need to go back home! Immediately! I'll explain everything once we are home!"
"Okay, okay, geez!"
They both ran out of the store and out of the mall.
When they arrived back home Misty had a lot of questions for him, but Ash immediately grabbed his bag. His mother asked him what was wrong, but when she saw him grabbing his bag she knew.
"You have everything with you?" Asked Delia. Ash nodded.
Misty looked at Ash. She folded her arms and frowned. "Ash, what is happening? Why did we need to leave and why are you leaving?!"
"First of all, I did you a favor." Ash threw his bag over his shoulder. "Secondly. I have a good reason to. Just stay here for a night and go back to Cerulean."
"Don't give me orders!" Misty grabbed her own bag as well. "I'm going with!"
"No, you're not."
"I am!"
"You're not!"
"Yes, she is."
Ash looked at Delia. She looked at him with a frown. "Mom, what?"
"You need someone to rely on. I know that you don't want anything to happen to her, but she is trusting you. Plus, she can accompany you to Viridian and then she can go back..."
"I guess that's okay." Muttered Ash. He looked at Misty. "Come on. Let's go then."
He said goodbye to his mother and Oak and left with Misty to Viridian City.
In Viridian City there was a big office building. Two men in dark suits walked into the building.
"You two are finally back."
The men turned around with a fearful look on their faces. Behind them was a man in a dark suit. His face was covered by a dark hat.
"Sir!" The men bowed down. "We are so sorry! We weren't able to capture Suicune!"
"Again? Well...time for some punishment then."
A big Rhyhorn appeared behind him. The men looked at up in fear.
"Sir, we're truly sorry!"
The man with the hat turned around. He calmly walked out of the room while the men screamed.
"Sorry is not good enough. Never."
TO BE CONTINUED