Chapter 5 – a trip back home

"First I need to head to pallet town I'm sure my mother has been wanting to see me since I left last time around." Ash informed Brock of his plan

And so the trio set out for pallet town happy to be together once again. Ash was rather exited about getting to see all his pokemon again but he wasn't sure how his mother would react to him not contacting her in over a year. Misty and Brock were always happy to see Mrs. Ketchum and prof. Oak when they had the chance. As they were walking Misty and Brock were catching up with what they had been doing since the last time they had seen each other. Ash on the other hand had completely zoned out into deep thought on what him and Brock were disusing earlier. Ash knew that Brock was right about him having feelings for Misty but it was hard for him to believe the she had the same feelings for him. Brock had noticed that Ash was no longer paying any attention to what him and Misty were talking about so he took this chance to talk to Misty about what was going on between them.

"So be honest is their anything going on between you and Ash?" Brock asked

Misty paused for a moment to look over and see if Ash was listening to their conversation. When she was convinced that he was in his own world she decied to answer Brock.

"uhh... no" Misty said blushing slightly.

"I just don't understand why you two can't see that yall are obviously in love with each other I don't understand what yall are waiting for." Brock said

"I do love him but I'm not sure if he fells the same about me and I'm scared if I tell him that it might ruin out friendship." Misty confessed seeing no way out of the conversation.

"You and Ash are two of a kind you know that?" Brock said.

"What do you mean" misty asked not sure what Brock ment.

"You two are so thick headed it's unbelievable!" Brock exlaimed.

"I AM NOT THICK HEADED!" Misty shouted snapping Ash out of his daydream.

"sorry I zoned out what are yall talking about!?" Ash said slightly in shock

"um...err...nothing.." Misty said now attempting to hide her now cherry red face.

Ash didn't feel like pushing it so he let it go and continued to think about what he was going to do about his feelings. After a few hours of walking they had decided to stop and take a break for lunch. Ash proceeded to find the nearest tree to take a quick snooze. Misty decided to lay in the grass and enjoy the sun while Brock began to get ready to fix lunch for the gang. Ash appeared to be sleeping but he was really looking at Misty causing his mind to race with emotion at the site of her. Ash couldn't help but realize she looked absolutely stunning . Misty was still wearing the denim shorts she always wore but she was now wearing only a bathing suit top as too get a tan while she was relaxing in the sun. Pikachu had noticed ash staring at misty and was curious as to what was on his friends mind.

"pika pika? (what up?)" pikachu asked.

"oh it's nothing bud just trying to deiced how I should tell Mist how I feel." ash told his oldest friend.

"pik pika pikachu! ( just tell her you big dumbass!)" Pikachu said with a facepalm.

"Hey! It's not that easy! what if she just thinks of me as a friend?" Ash said.

Pikachu was beginning to get aggravated with his best friend's stupidity and gave him a little shock in an attempt to zap some since into him.

"what was that for!?" Ash exlaimed.

Ash was completely unaware that Misty had been listening to their whole conversation. Misty was in shock to say the least but wasn't sure exactly how to process what she just heard. She was happy but she didn't want to let ash know she was eavesdropping on him.

"Foods ready!" Brock called to the two of them

"Thank Arceaus I'm starving!" Ash exlaimed

Ash then ran over to the table Brock had set up and beagn stacking up plates of food. Brock and misty just giggled at his antics because they had seen it so many times before. Misty actually thought they way Ash acted was really cute.

"Brock I think this might be what I miss most about traveling with you!" Ash said continuing to stuff his face with piles of food.

"Always a pleasure to cook for you, even if you do eat like a snorlax." Brock said snickering at his own comment.

Ash just ignored the comment and ate until he was about to burst. After a small rest Misty had found a pond nearby and decided to go for a swim.

"Hey Ash I'm going for a swim care to join?" Misty asked

"Sure thing let me go get my trunks on, Brock you coming?" Ash said

Brock then looked at Misty and saw what she was attempting to do.

"No I'm ok I think I'm going to feed the pokemon." Brock said.

Misty was sitting on the edge of the pond waiting for Ash when he came up behind her and threw her into the middle of the pond.

"Fuck Ash you're going to pay for that!" Misty said teasingly

Misty found he way back to shore and pulled ash into the water and attempted to hold him underwater. Ash eventually broke from her grip and started a splash fight between the two of them. After about an hour the two decided to get out and take a rest before continuing on their way to pallet. The two had found a large tree and sat against it. Misty had cuddled up to and rested her head on his shoulder and she heard his heart begin to beat very rapidly. Ash's mind was racing he knew this was his best chance to tell he but he still didn't know how to bring it up. Ash was beginning to frantic unsure what to say until Misty said something that caught him off guard.

"Have you ever thought about us being more than just friends?" Misty asked

Ash froze for a few seconds not sure what to say. He pulled his hat down trying to hide his face because was blushing a very deep shade of red.

"Um yeah" Ash finally got out.

"I've been wanting to tell you this since you left but I never got the chance, I love you Ash and I would really like us to be more than just friends" Misty confessed now also blushing.

"Misty, I've been wanting to tell you the exact same thing for a long time I just never knew how to do it." Ash said.

What happened next nearly caused Ash to faint. Misty had brought her lips up to his and kissed him. At first Ash was shocked and then he let his emotions and returned the kiss. Misty then opened he mouth slightly and pushed her tongue into Ash's mouth and then it became a battle for dominance between the two. Brock had watched the whole thing unfold from a little ways away.

"Bout damn time" was all Brock could think.

After about a minute Misty pulled away from Ash now blushing cherry red and breathing heavily. She felt like her heart had stopped when their lips meet and she was the happiest she had ever been.

"so dose this mean were dating?" Ash asked.

Sorry for the delay had a crazy past couple of weeks. Well I hope I did a good job with this and I really hope yall are enjoying this story. Please leave reviews I love feedback so I know how im doing and what yall think I should change to help improve the story. Well thats all for tonight next we get to see mommy ketchums reaction to the new couple:). Im not sure if im going to a lemon in the next chapter or not so itll just be a suprise!