Ash's Mistake

Welcome to Chapter Four. What will happen, now that Misty and Rudy are together? Will Ash be able to win Misty back…before it's too late? All the answers in the remainder of the story(obviously) oh and read some of my other stories: 'High Spirit' and 'The Best Poke'mon Story Ever!' just suggestions.

Ash was completely silent, along with Pikachu the entire boat ride back to Pewter City(And, yeah, I know there isn't an ocean next to Pewter, but I forget the closest city to it with an ocean, sorry, just go along with it, ok?).

The boat had finally arrived, and Ash walked to Brock's house. He knocked on his door, and waited for him to answer. Brock opened the door, to see a very un-Ash like face. He seemed to be dead almost. He had tear stains down his cheeks, and his eyes looked so cold. "Ash? What are you doing here?"

"… …Rudy." was the first thing Ash said in over nine hours.

"Rudy?" Brock asked, raising his eyebrow.

He lead Ash in to the house, and sat him down on the sofa. "What about Rudy? And what about Misty?" Brock asked confused.

"Misty…and Rudy…they're together now…" Ash explained, sadder than he's ever been. Brock didn't really know what to say to his friend.

"Together?…How?" Brock found himself stunned as well.

"Well let's see, Misty got mad at me for leaving her the way I did, so she fell into the arms of Rudy, and now they're a couple." Ash angrily explained to Brock.

"I'm sorry about that." Brock frowned, trying to feel Ash's pain.

"I guess I just better forget about Misty, and move on with my life." Ash said, lying down on the couch.

"Ok, that's your choice…but how are you gonna do that?" Brock asked him, sitting down on a chair.

"I'm going to forget about her, I'm gonna concentrate on my pokemon journey, and find a girlfriend." Ash explained.

"Just one problem with that Ash…you've been in love with Misty forever, haven't you?" Brock asked him.

"Yeah…" Ash responded softly, and closed his eyes.

"It's not that easy just to let a love go, it's gonna take quite some time. You have a better chance of fighting for her than you do forgetting her." Brock told him, placing a hand on his friend's shoulder.

"You think so?" Ash asked, re-opening his eyes.

"I know so, because I was in the same situation…" Brock said, starring out the window, seeing that it had started raining.

"Really?" Ash asked, sitting back up on the couch.

"Yep. Before I met you and Misty, I had a life back in Pewter City. And I had a girlfriend too." Brock began.

"Really? I didn't know." Ash said, and smiled.

"I was very much in love with her…but then she had to move. She said she'd come back for me some day. She even gave me a bracelet that symbolized our love, and that she'd be back. And me being a dumb young kid then, believed that it would happen…but no. She found another guy, and now…they're married." Brock explained his story, it was apparent that he still missed that girl.

"Oh…" Ash wasn't sure of what so say just then. Now his sorrow was turned to his friend.

"You have to fight for her Ash…that's all I have to say." Brock told him.

"…What does he see in her anyways?!" Ash angrily asked, talking about Rudy.

"You should be asking what SHE sees in him." Brock said. "And you know what? He probably sees the same things you see in her." Brock continued.

Ash got sadder after hearing that. "What do YOU see in her?" Brock asked.

"I see an amazing, confident girl with a one of a kind personality." Ash responded, smiling. "She knows what to say to make me a better trainer, even though that what she says sometimes is hurtful, but she does it to encourage me." Ash finished.

"And…" Brock wanted to hear more, intrigued at the detail he had never heard from his young friend before.

"And…she's really funny, her eyes are captivating…and she has a great body!" Ash finished.

"Ok Ash, ok." Brock said, now trying to get Misty's body out of his head.

"Well how can I win her back?" Ash asked, now motivated to have her in his life again.

"I don't know, love is a battlefield, so you have to look at it that way." Brock told him. "Huh?!" Ash was confused, having never heard the expression before.

"You have to plan your mode of attack, how are you gonna go at this?" Brock explained. "I have no damn clue Brock! I haven't a clue of anything right now! Except that Rudy has my sole mate locked up on an island!" Ash angrily yelled at him.

"Calm down Ash." Brock put his hands on his shoulders to keep him still.

"No!" Ash yelled, freeing himself loose from Brock's grip. Then came the long silence. "So does Misty have a job?" Ash asked, after the silence and his anger calmed.

"Yeah actually, and she makes more money than Rudy in fact." Brock said.

"Really? What does she do?" Ash asked, intrigued.

"She took her sister's path. She puts on water shows with her pokemon." Brock told him.

"I didn't know Misty was into that kind of stuff." Ash said, getting sad again.

"She owns her own aquarium." Brock continued. Ash began thinking deeply. Brock decided not to interrupt him, and went to the kitchen to kitchen to pour himself some coffee.

"…I've got it!" Ash shouted suddenly. Ash could hear the loud scream from Brock in the kitchen.

"Damn that's hot coffee!" Brock walked into the living room, drying off the coffee with a towel. "What the hell Ash? You startled me and I spilled coffee all over my self!" Brock complained to him.

"Sorry Brock, but I have an idea…I'm gonna go back to Trovita Island, and watch Misty's water show. She'll see that I came out to watch her show and fall in love with me all over again." Ash told Brock his plan.

"Sounds good…I guess, not really a plan at all, but you have to do this by your self." Brock said, and began walking back into the kitchen, when Ash spoke up.

"Uh Brock…I need some money for the boat ride." Ash said nervously.

"What happened to the money I gave you?" Brock asked.

"I was fined for sleeping on the beach." Ash nervously admitted. Brock sighed and rolled his eyes, and then got out his wallet.


Ash was on a boat to Trovita Island with his buddy Pikachu. "Don't worry Peek, I'm gonna get Misty back…and we'll be a team again." Ash said, petting Pikachu on the head.

Ash was now on Trovita Island, and had went down town to find Misty's aquarium. The huge aquarium had a giant psyduck on the top now, instead of the prior pokemon. Ash silently laughed as he walked toward it.

He walked over to a ticket booth, where he saw two guys standing behind the glass in the booths. "Hello?" Ash asked. One of the guys turned to him, and put his newspaper down.

"Can I-I-I-I help you?" he asked.

"Uh…yeah." Ash answered, confused.

"You're Ash Ketchum right?" the guy asked. "Yeah, that's me!" Ash said proudly.

"So I'll need to use small words?" he asked.

Ash glared at him, and put out his hand "I'll need one ticket to the water show." he said.

"Wow, you really do come as advertised." he said. Ash was further confused. "The name of the show is "Misty The Water Princess." he told Ash, and began printing the ticket.

"Sorry, I've never been to one of her shows before." Ash said, taking the tickets.

"How dumb are you, dude? If you haven't been to one of her shows before, then I'm not a ticket sale's man." the guy said.

"Just give me the ticket." Ash ordered. The guy handed him the ticket, and Ash angrily marched into the aquarium.

That night, the show was to begin. Ash was the first there. He watched the pokemon practice, Misty's pokemon. He also saw a woman down there in a bikini practicing. "Wonder who she is." Ash said to Pikachu. "Pika pi-ka-chu." Pikachu responded.

It was now time for the show to start, and the stands were now packed with cheering people. "Ok everyone! Welcome to tonight's main event!" a voice said over the loud speakers.

"Let's meet the pokemon for tonight's show!" he said "We have Corsola, Gyarados, Politoed, Psyduck, Seel, and Squirtle!" he finished. Ash clapped, along with the audience members.

"And now for the starting line up! On the diving board to the left of some and the right of others…Sekura Lines." he announced, and a light shown down on the diving board. "That's the woman from earlier." Ash realized.

"And now, on the other diving board…it's the Water Princess her self! MIIIISTYYYY! WAAAATERFLOWER!" he announced, and everyone began cheering and screaming.

Ash was covering his ears. "No one's ever cheered that loudly for me." he complained, though no one could hear him.

"Now ladies and gentleman. Uh let's get ready to rumbleeee!" he announced, and the music begins to play. "Ya'll ready for this?" Sekura said and dove into the pool, followed by Misty. Everyone cheered as they made their big splashes. Ash watched Misty carefully the entire show.

Now nearing the end of the show, there was one thing left. "There is just one more stunt remaining. But MISS Misty would like to say something!" he said, and Misty took center stage on one of the diving boards. She had a micro phone in her hands, and spoke into it. Ash watched her carefully.

"You all know me as Misty the Water Princess! But in one year…I will be the Water Queen!" she announced. "That's right, my boyfriend has proposed to me!" she said happily.

"What did you say?!" a fan asked.

"I said yes!" she yelled, and everyone but Ash cheered. Now Ash was screwed, there was nothing he could do now.

He got up out of his seat and left, missing Misty's big stunt. He walked into the hallways, where the walls were fish tanks. He watched the hundreds of fish swimming in them. He put his hand on one of the tanks, where a goldeen lay…motionless. Ash knew the pokemon was dead, he rubbed the tank, like he was petting the pokemon.

"Can I help you?" he heard a female voice ask. He turned to see Sekura standing, wearing a towel.

"Uh…no, I'm just looking." Ash said sadly. Sekura gasped when she looked through the tank.

"What did you do to Mist-een?!" she angrily asked.

"I didn't do anything, she was dead when I got here." Ash tried to explain.

"Oh please, that is such a line!" Sekura denied him.

"Sekura? Who are you…" Misty stopped, when she saw Sekura was talking to Ash. "Ash?" Misty asked, stunned.

"Hi Misty." he waved, while smiling.

"You know this guy huh? Well he murdered your goldeen, Mist-een." Sekura notified her.

"No he didn't. Ash would never harm a pokemon…well not when he's not battling them." Misty told her.

"Well I'd keep a close eye on him." Sekura said, and walked toward the dressing room. "Ash…what are you doing here?" Misty asked. "I wanted to see you…but now I don't anymore." he said, and started walking off.

"Wait!…do you wanna talk?" Misty asked him.

"Not really." he said, and continued walking, not turning around or stopping.

"Wait! I wanted to apologize to you…but not right now, because I'm wearing a bikini, and I'm freezing." she said.

Ash stopped and turned around to face her just as he was at the exit. "Ok, go get changed, and then we'll talk." he said, and smiled after she turned around to the dressing room.


After Misty dried off and changed into some clothes, she decided to bring Ash over to her house to chat. "Is Rudy there? Because I don't think I'd feel comfortable talking around him." Ash said, already uncomfortable thinking about it.

"No, he shouldn't be there. He said he had to work late." Misty responded, as they pulled into the drive way of her house. They got out of her car, then Misty unlocked the door with her key, and they entered.

The two walked into the living room, where they saw two people. It was Rudy, and Sekura. "Rudy? I thought you were working late tonight?" Misty asked him, with a questioned look on her face.

"It turns out I'm not working late tonight. They let me off the hook." Rudy said, walking over to her, and giving her a kiss. "I have a question for you now…whose this guy?" he asked, referring to Ash.

"This is Ash…my friend that came by a couple days ago." she reminded him.

"Oh yeah." he remembered.

"And I have another question." Misty started "Why is Sekura here?" she finished, as Sekura was sitting on the couch still.

"I came by to help him with a computer problem he had, you know me, the computer whiz." Sekura explained.

"So what's Ash doing here?" Rudy continued the question fananza.

"We came here to talk some more, there's some more stuff we need to get off our chest." Misty explained.

"Ok, do you want us to leave? Give you some privacy?" Rudy asked.

"If you don't mind?" she said.

"Of course not, old friends need to catch up. We'll be happy to let you reminisce." Rudy pulled her into a five second kiss. Then he and Sekura gathered themselves, and left Ash and Misty in the house alone.

It was about ten seconds that the two sat on the couch in silence, before Ash spoke. "So you and Rudy are getting married?" Ash asked, trying not to show his anger.

"Yeah…" she answered awkwardly.

"When will that be?" he asked, trying to show interest.

"We haven't set a date yet." she responded "but you'll be invited…" she said, feeling guilty after finishing that sentence. "Ash…?" she asked.

"Yes…Misty?" Ash responded.

"I wanted to apologize for the way I acted last time." she said.

"That's ok Mist, I forgive you." he said, and began growing sad again.

"Well I'm truly sorry." she repeated her self.

"I don't think there's anything else to say…" Ash said, and got up from his seated position on the couch, and started for the door. "Ash…that can't be all." Misty stopped him.

"What do you mean?" he asked, and turned around to face her, as she walked up to him.

"There's no way that you came back here to tell me nothing." she said, putting a hand on his shoulder.

"I came back here to…" he stopped talking.

"…To what?" she asked, moving her hand from his shoulder, to his hand, and held it tightly.

"…I wanted to tell you…never mind." he said, and released his hand from her grip.

"No Ash, I want you to tell me!" she demanded.

"It wont make any difference!" he shouted.

"Please, just tell me, we haven't seen each other in two years, I don't want things to end on bad terms." she said to an Ash, who had his back faced to her. She walked closer to him, and put her arms around his waist, so they were locked over his stomach, and rested her head on his right shoulder.

See the stone set in your eyes
See the thorn twist in your side
I wait for you

Sleight of hand and twist of fate
On a bed of nails she makes me wait
And I wait without you

With or without you
With or without you

"I came here to…to win you back." he answered her. Misty lifted her head off his shoulder, and released her lock around him. Ash turned around to meet her concerned eyes. "That's why I have to go now." he said, getting sniffy.

"Oh…" she said softly, her lip trembling. Ash turned from her once again, and headed for the door.

"Ash don't!" she yelled, and ran to him, before he could get to the door knob. She turned him around to face her. "I told you I didn't want things to end on bad terms." she reminded him.

"Then why is that the way it's gonna end?" he asked, and started to turn for the door once again, when she put her hands on his shoulders to stop him.

Through the storm we reach the shore
You give it all but I want more
And I'm waiting for you

With or without you
With or without you
I can't live
With or without you

And you give yourself away
And you give yourself away
And you give
And you give
And you give yourself away

"Maybe this will change it." she said…and then moved her face towards Ash's. They met for a passionate kiss.

"Misty…" Ash spoke her name softly.

"Ash…" she spoke his next. Then they went back in for another deep kiss. Misty kept her arms around Ash's neck, while his on around her hips, and led him to her bedroom. She closed the door behind her…

My hands are tied
My body bruised, she's got me with
Nothing to win and
Nothing left to lose

And you give yourself away
And you give yourself away
And you give
And you give
And you give yourself away…………

("With Or Without You" by U2)

and there you have the fourth chapter. The fifth and final chapter is next. Stay tuned. And check out my profile for information on up coming fics, I have a lot waiting in the wings, check them out in provide some votes or input if you have time.