The Lone Master
A Pokémon story
tchurch: In my earlier review I meant when misty acted like a bitch because she believed ash ditched her but now he knows about it and thanks for another great chapter Hmm… that's funny; when I saw this on my iPod it showed 'bitch' as **. Anyway, thank you for the clarification.
Dream Guardian King Allen: To be quite honest Misty deserved it. It was a good chapter. LOL, if you say so.
21SidaCire: U need a Rawst berry misty cuz u just got burned! LOL. I don't know what a Rawst berry is, but I'm assuming it is a berry you give your Pokémon to heal the burn status, correct? BTW, that actually was kinda funny. By kinda I mean really. P.S. I was just rereading the fight, and I just realized how short it was.
Chapter 8: Gotta Ketchum All
Ash's POV
"Ash!" Misty yelled. (This is happening just where last chapter left off, Ash is still walking away.)
"Misty," I said turning around. "For many years you were the most important thing to me. But then I found out that you had been avoiding me. At first I was just confused. Then Gary had said that the two of you had entered a 'relationship'. Now that you don't have a chance with Gary, you are just going after the next richest man. (You earn a lot of money from winning leagues) But I have a news flash; I'm over you." Mostly.
"Ash! It's not like that." She said standing up.
"Then what is it like?" I retorted.
"I thought you had ditched me and were never coming back."
"Why is that? Every time I arrived at a city, I would find a Pokémon center and call you. You answered the first couple, and then you stopped. I left voice messages, I emailed you, and I tried everything I could to get through to you."
"You tried everything except visiting I noticed."
"Few questions, did you ever think about where I might be? Did you ever think I was on the other side of the planet, where it costs a couple thousand bucks to come back? 'Cause that's where I was for a good two years. Did you ever think that it would take a week of non-stop walking to get back from most of the league locations? No, You didn't. Because in you're mined, you are everyone's top priority." I said.
"But what about when you visited family?"
"Because, when I get home it's not like they throw a big party, mom welcomes me back, and I get a few hours to rest up. Then I go and do different jobs that I need to get done. Sometimes professor Oak would need me to do something, and sometimes mom needed stuff done. I had also sent invitations to you via email asking if you would come down here, you never did. I also asked if you would like to come with me on my journeys."
"Why didn't I ever see your emails then?"
"How often do you check your email?"
"Oh…" Exactly.
I walked back inside leaving Misty standing there.
Misty's POV
I can't believe it. I always thought that I was the reason we weren't getting together, that if I forgave him for ditching me, then everything would be okay… I was wrong. If I want Ash back, I'll have to do something more.
I walked inside and saw that Ash was nowhere to be found. I walked past Ash's room and heard water running. I looked to my left and saw the bathroom door. Oh.
I walked to the end of the hall and went into Mrs. Ketchum's room. I walked over to the computer and sat down.
I wiggled the mouse and the screen blinked on. I then went onto Firefox and logged onto my email. Gotta Ketchum All… I thought as I typed into the search bar. I clicked on it and saw a large list of emails. Hey Misty, I'm back from Kanto. I had a rematch and won first place. I was wondering if you would like to come over to Pallet and hang out before I Leave to try to defeat the Johto league.
I went down to the bottom of the list of emails. I clicked on the very last one and looked at it. I have finally completed every league required to become a master. I'm in town for a few weeks before I head out. Care to come and join us? We would love having you over. It would also be amazing if you came with me to support me in the champion league. I looked at the date on the email. "A year ago!" I shrieked.
"Yep." I turned around. I saw Mrs. Ketchum standing in the doorway. She walked over and pointed to the date of the second to last one. "Read the date."
I did as I was told and shrieked again. "Four years ago! What's up with that?" Mrs. Ketchum sighed.
"For four years, Ash called you, he emailed you, and every once in a while he would write to you. At the end of that four-year long period, he gave up. It tore me apart to see him so neglected. When he left for his next league, he was depressed and always rid on Charizard. When he came back, he had tried to move on. He wasn't depressed, but just like Brock, he couldn't stand hearing your name. Whenever he did he would lock himself in his room. A year later he assumed that you were just avoiding him. No one else wanted to believe it, and most of us didn't believe it. He no longer ran away when he heard your name, he just asked to change the subject. His life went on for three years like that. When he heard you were in danger, his whole plan was 'save Misty, treat her for any possible wounds, then get out as soon as I can'. He couldn't bare stay around you for to long, when he thought you neglected him for eight years. Last year he made a final attempt to get through to you." I was stunned. I couldn't move and I couldn't say anything. Luckily I didn't have to. Mrs. Ketchum left and I was stuck, looking where she had been standing, realizing what had just been said.
When I finally recovered I looked at the clock. 10:43 I better move my stuff out of Ash's room, and since things didn't work as planned, I'm probably not going to get to sleep in there anymore. To think, if I hadn't been with Gary I probably would be sleeping with him, I would be his. Ugh! Then again, if I checked my email more often, I probably would have gotten his messages and I would probably be being held in his arms right now. I would have been traveling with him, instead of making a relationship with Gary. Or maybe if I checked my voice mail more often I would have called him back and we could get closer together that way.
If only…
A.M.
I just realized how sexist people are. Think about it, in most songs, guys are the antagonists; the girl was all happy, then all of a sudden the guy ditches her in some way. How many songs do you know where the female is to blame for the break up? Not many. That is another reason I like my story; neither of them are specifically the protagonist or antagonist. It depends on how you view the story. 'Oh, Ash is a bitch, he should have visited Misty more often' or 'Misty is an ass hole, for four years Ash tried to contact her. She was purposely avoiding him!' Well, yeah. Neither of them are antagonists; that's a job for team Rocket.
(Apologies if that little… speech, was offending to anyone.)
