Chapter 7: Metalingus
A/N: OK, I have no good reason for not updating sooner. A lot of cool stuff has been happening, especially in my music and with wrestling (Yeah, I'm a huge fan and judge if you want, hahaha) I have been either on stage playing, traveling, or watching RAW, Smackdown, that sinking ship TNA, or different matches that I've loved from the past and my writing has just taken a backburner.
This chapter will be one of several I plan on putting out in the next few days. I hope to get some interesting things happening here in the next couple of chapters, and we'll see where my mind takes me with that, hahaha. Ohh, I wanna see if any wrestling fans can guess which WWE Superstar used the title of this chapter as an entrance song. Hint: He had a sick Hell In The Cell Match in his career.
Now onto the story
"Metalingus" by Alter Bridge
Misty POV
As I stood in the door shocked, Ash slowly turned to face me, and the look on his face was the last thing I expected. It was not a look of anger, of frustration, or even of surprise, but of pity.
"How did you know" I asked while trying to keep my voice from faltering, failing miserably I might add.
"When you train to infiltrate and disable you learn many trates. I could hear you tiptoing in the hallway and I could hear your breathing as you stood behind me."
As Ash told me this my mind began to swarm with questions. How did he get this observant, had there been more that he had not told me (Clearly I now had an answer to that.) and what do I do next. Unfortunately my mind started on a path of it's own and before I could come up with a response my mouth began to speak.
"So, I'm starting to understand. You never planned on staying, you just wanted to come here long enough to get your things together and were going to leave when I didn't know?" I asked in a low almost threatening voice.
"Mist, it's not like that. I just couldn't…"
"Couldn't what, tell me the full truth because you thought it would endanger you" I yelled at him, not paying any attention to the figure intensely watching our incounter.
"No Mist..."
"Don't call me that, you have no right to treat me as if nothing has happened here."
"Mist, please calm down"
By this point my mind was working into overdrive. Was Ash going to leave me and stay gone, how long had he had this plan, did I fall into it at all. But as luck would have it, my body would take over again.
"Ash, not only did you lie to me but you used me and I don't think you have to guess what I think of this."
"Mist please, I promise it is not what you are thinking."
While Ash continued to try to talk in the most calm manner he could, my voice steadily rose.
"You really expect me to believe this. Tonight was one of the best nights in a long time for me. Then I come down and find you talking to someone like a spy the same night and you expect me to be calm?"
It wasn't until Ash stood that I started to regret what I had said.
"Misty, is that what you really think, that I will just up and leave and never come back" he asked with a new found anger in his voice. "Because I had not planned on that at all if you were interested. I wanted to find a good time to talk to you about all of this but tonight wasn't it."
"Then when would have been Ash?
I watched his shoulders lower slightly before he said "I'm not sure, I just didn't want it to be tonight."
"And why not?"
"Because this was the first time in a very long time that I didn't have to feel on edge or feel stressed or worried. Tonight I felt happy, like I should."
As I heard this I started to form a sentence, but all I could get out was "Ash."
"I know you aren't happy about this Misty, but trust me it was only because I couldn't tell you everything yet."
I wasn't sure what to feel at that moment, and so I did the only thing I could. I ran out of the room
*2 days later; Normal POV
As Ash had suspected, Misty had avoided him at all costs. She had started ordering food in, spending her time on the lake, and had refused to speak to him when they did interact. When ever Ash would try to talk to her she would get up and leave the room.
But the day had come for him to return to the Olympic Region, and he knew he needed a bit of closure to the situation. He knew he could not leave things open ended with Misty, especially after all she had gone through. He took out a peace of paper from her stack on the kitchen counter and wrote:
Misty
I'm sorry that I have to go about things this way, but it seems that this is the only way. I want you to know that I had truly intended on talking about this with you but the circumstances had just not came to be. I had planned on telling you 2 nights ago, but the night had turned out so nice, and it was the first time I had seen you in a truly happy place since I came back. I could tell that that was the first true night you felt happy and I didn't want to ruin that feeling.
Mist, I want you to understand that if anything changes between us from this I will not blame you. I just want you to remember that I love you, always have and always will. Nothing will change that. I promise you that this is not the end, but more of a new beginning for us
Love
Ash
As Ash had planned from the start, he started the process of wrapping the picture of him and Misty in the note before heading to Misty's room. Thinking that she would be out and trying to avoid him he decided to leave the note on her pillow, and hoped that he could at least get through to her by leaving the one thing that he valued almost as much as Misty herself.
As he drew close and was about to enter the room, he started to hear a slightly muffled sound. Using his hearing he leaned towards the door and listened through to hear what he could only assume was crying in Misty's room.
At first, Ash stood and thought about knocking, but decided against it, opened the door and walked in a bit.
"Misty?"
Misty looked up at him from her pillow, the exact way Ash had hoped she would not. Her eyes were a deep red and she was clearly crying.
But the first thing to happen was not what Ash had prepared for in the slightest. Misty stood up and slowly moved towards Ash before putting her arms around him and crying more into his shoulder.
"It's OK Mist, just let it out" Ash said while holding Misty and slightly stroking her hair.
She continued to cry into Ash's shoulder for another 5 minutes before going slightly limp, signaling that she was exhausted. Ash picked her up and slowly laid her down in her bed, making sure to place her in a way comfortable for sleep.
"I thought I lost you Ash."
"Mist, I promise that I will always be here."
"Than why are you going back" she asked with the wavery voice that only Ash had ever heard.
"Because I made a promise Mist, and you know I do not break promises."
This actually brought a small smile to Misty's face, to the shock of Ash.
"That's true, and if you did you know I would have to go get the mallet."
Ash put up his hands in mach defense. "No, not that horrible thing again!"
Misty's smile slowly started to grow.
"Ash, I want to know more, I really do. But I've grown enough to realize that you will tell me in time."
Ash turned to completely face Misty, and saw the look of thought across her face.
"Just promise me 2 things Ash."
"Sure Mist."
"Promise me you'll tell me everything next time."
"I can do that."
Misty took a slight pause before tears started to slowly slide down her face again. Ash walked over and wiped them away from her face as she asked the next question.
"And promise me that you'll come back this time."
Ash had now realized what was going on. She was not mad at him for what was happening, and didn't even hold a grudge. The farthest part of the back of his mind registered that the old Misty would have beaten him senseless for info and kicked him to the curb by now.
Ash sat down on the edge of the bed, taking her left han in his left hand. "Mist, I will be back, I promise. I should not be gone for more than a week."
"Butt what if you don't?"
Ash could tell this question was not directed at him, but at nothing in particular. He could see the anguish on her face, the fear of him not coming back like before. At that moment Ash started to realize the true magnitude of him being gone for so long.
"I will be back, and I promise this time that I will be coming back to stay."
At these words, it's as if a weight had been lifted from Misty's mind. Her eyes slowly began to close, and a smile came across her face. Ash sat and watched as she slowly drifted off to sleep, watching her sleep for a full hour before realizing the time.
10:30 PM
He stood, made sure that misty would be comfortable while she slept and headed out her door, deciding against leaving the note.
He headed to the kitchen, finding that he needed to make sure he had all of his bags in check, before preparing for his long trip. He grabbed a last glass of water and headed for the back door.
As he approached the dock, in the dark night, he felt like he was once again leaving a part of his very being behind, but reassured himself that he would be returning soon.
He made sure that all of the equipment and his own bags were attached to Flygon before climbing on the dragon Pokemon himself.
"You sure you can do this buddy?"
Flygon puffed out a bit of smoke as if saying "That's offensive."
"OK buddy, you know where we're heading and you know the terrain so let's get a move on. We'll set up camp at dawn."
And with that the great dragon spread it's wings and with a powerful push of it's legs it took to the dark sky.
A/N: It's a bit short, but I will be doing more chapters to make up for it. The next few will be in the works very soon. Not sure how much I'll get done, and again I'm sorry this chapter leaves so much out, but I wanted to get you all another chapter before I started getting hate mail, hahaha.
Please, please review and tell me what you are thinking of the story so far. Again, I accept that there will be certain gramatic and punctual errors but I'm not caring as much about that as the overall quality of the story.
Thank you all and remember, for all my wrestling fans try to guess the wrestler who used the title of the chapter as his entrance song.
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