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Hey friends. Sorry I haven't updated in forever. I've been busy. I'll try to update ASAP. Here is chapter 3.
A Sunday Afternoon
chapter 3
MISTYPOV
MINOR SWEAR WORDS!
Everything about Ash had changed. His hair, his clothes, his demeanor… He almost seemed cocky when he arrived. Here's what happened.
" Hi everybody, hi mom." Ash said shocked.
" ASSSHHHH!" Delia squealed as she ran up to him to give him a hug.
" Mom, I don't like hugs anymore." He said suddenly stern, while pushing her away.
Gary whispered, " more like ass."
" Yeah, no kidding, that was cruel." I replied.
" What was that Gary, did you say something?" Ash said turning around in their direction.
" Nope, not a thing." Gary said coolly. I chuckled.
" Heeeey Misty. The love of my life. How have you been?" He asked, his face and attitude brightening. He walked over to me, hugged me, and then… he kissed me on the cheek. What the hell?
" Uhhh." I stammered. I'm with Gary now." I said leaning in closer to him. He put his arm around me.
" What?" He said. " I would've never guessed… well that was embarrassing." He said blushing.
I looked around at the stunned faces, and saw that May was crying. She must of liked him.
" Ash…" she said wiping her eyes as she walked up to him. " We have to go. I promised my mom that we would be home before dinner and I don't know if that will happen. I'm sorry." She said. " Come on Max, we have to go." She said sobbing as she ran out the door.
" Well that was weird, though she was always emotional." Ash said.
I was wrong. Ash hadn't changed a bit.
" Actually Ash, we have to go too." Barry said, pointing to everybody except the Kanto natives.
" Wow, was I really that late?" Ash asked.
" Yeah, two hours!" Barry exclaimed.
" Well, I've seen worse." He said completely unfazed.
" Anyway!" Barry said getting angrier," we have to go. See you soon Ash! Or maybe not!" Barry said and with a flourish he was out of the door with almost everyone following.
" Hmm, it must be a full moon." Ash said thoughtfully.
" Yeah, bet so." Gary said, secretly rolling his eyes.
" So Ash, how have your travels been?" Prof. Oak asked, trying to lighten the mood.
" Great! I just got all the badges from the Almia region and plan to challenge the Elite Four of that region next week. But now I want some downtime." Ash said.
" As if he needs it." I whispered to Gary. " I think he needs to exercise a bit."
" So Ash, have you gotten to see every pokemon so far?" Gary asked.
" I haven't seen all the pokemon in the world, and I don't think I ever will, with new species and everything." He replied. " Although, you wouldn't know about new species." He said harshly.
Gary narrowed his eyes. See, Gary had been discovering some new eeveelutions but suddenly he couldn't find anything else and was taking a break from researching to start fresh next month.
" Yeah, well I guess I just need a break from it. Everyone does. Otherwise you will get so fatigued and …malicious, that nobody will want to be around you." Gary explained.
" Not me." Ash said. "I do great under pressure and in battling."
" Because that's all you know…" I thought.
" Actually Gary, I would like to battle you." Ash challenged.
" Um… I'm good." Gary said tranquilly.
" WHAT! WHY!" Ash asked.
" I'm not a trainer anymore for one thing, and I haven't been a trainer for almost 2 years…" Gary explained.
" Screw being a trainer. You still have pokemon. So battle me." Ash said forcefully.
" Are you going to stop asking anytime soon?" Gary asked.
" Probably not." Ash replied.
" Well in that case, I will battle you." Gary said, with a fire in his eyes that I haven't seen in a long time.
" Great!" Ash exclaimed.
" But not today… let's do it tomorrow. So we can have a fresh start." Gary said.
" NO! We need to battle now!" Ash yelled, a little too fired up.
Gary sighed. " Why?"
" Because Gary, my testosterone levels are extremely high and the adrenaline is literally pouring out of me as a result." Ash said.
" Oh. My. God." I said. " I did not need to know that. Show some respect for the ladies in here please." I said annoyed.
" But there is only two of you… oh wait, there is three." Ash said looking at Gary.
Gary just laughed. " Mockery isn't going to help you battle today."
" Fine, then… I guess we will battle tomorrow… maybe." Ash said trying to pull a guilt trip.
" Why do you say maybe?" Gary asked curiously.
" I don't know, I just have a feeling that it won't work out tomorrow." He said contemplatively.
About 6:00 p.m.
GARYPOV
We were all sitting around the dinner table at Ash's house when Ash suddenly turned to me and asked " So have you made any new discoveries lately?"
" Not really, since I've been taking a break, but I did get two eggs today from the daycare in Cerulean." I said surprised. "Wow, he goes from insulting me to asking me about my profession. Interesting." I thought.
" Do you think you could show me them later?" He asked. " I won't take them, since they are yours, but I always thought eggs were fascinating."
" Uhh, suuure. They are back at the lab though." I said, shocked that he was being nice to me.
" That's alright." He said deep in thought. " Actually, I think I'm done mom." He said pushing his plate that was still full of food away. " I think I'm gonna go for a walk." He said as he walked out the door.
About 6:30 p.m.
I had just finished eating when Ash came through the door.
" Are you done Gary. I'd like to go see those eggs now." He said.
" Yeah, I'm done." I said, walking over to the kitchen sink to put my dirty dishes away.
" Ok, let's go then." He said.
Ash and I stepped into the lab and I flipped the switch to the lights on but it wouldn't turn on.
" That's odd. We must've had a breaker break." I said clueless to how our power was out.
" That's alright, I have a flashlight." Ash said. I turned around to look at it and found myself looking at the flashlight fly towards my head. I fell to the ground as the thing struck my head. A felt a warm trickle of blood ooze down the side of my head.
" What the hell was that for?" I asked stunned.
" For stealing Misty you bastard!" He screamed as he hit me over and over until I blacked out.
…
The next thing I knew was that I was being dragged somewhere dark and musty. My head hurt like hell and I finally blacked out again.
Meanwhile back and the Ketchum's house.
MISTYPOV
" I wonder what's taking them so long?" I asked as Ash walked through the door. " Where's Gary?"
" Oh, he went to the bathroom. He said he'll be back in a few minutes because one of the eggs looked like it might hatch." Ash said smoothly.
" Wow really? I want to see!" I said hoping that it might be my egg.
" Actually Misty, he said he wanted to do some research to see what a baby pokemon would do if no other living being was around." Ash said.
" Oh, ok." I said disappointedly.
About 8:00 p.m.
It's about 8 and Gary still isn't back… " I think I'm going to go check on him." I said making sure Ash was out of earshot.
" Ok dear, hurry back." Delia said.
I reached the lab, but I didn't see any lights on. I turned the door knob and what I saw shocked me… nothing. Gary wasn't anywhere to be seen. " Gary?" I called out. No one answered. Oh no. Gary has been kidnapped. I ran as fast as I could to the Ketchum's house. " Everybody! Gary is MISSING!" I yelled panicking.
Heeheehee. That was a fun chapter to write. I'll probably update Pallet's cave tomorrow because we are off on Christmas break now for two weeks. PLEASE review. It helps updates go faster. Peace out.
