Misty sighed as the tops of houses appeared over the hills they struggled
to climb. "Finally, we're here." She said to the boy behind her.
Ash stepped beside her. "Good, you can get you're next badge." He saw her tired face. "What's wrong? You're making better time than I did."
She smiled up at him. "That's because of our having bikes and that map." She teased.
His look turned to a light glare at her, moving to Pikachu when the mouse fell off his shoulder laughing. "I wasn't the only one to get us lost." He finally retorted.
She shrugged, he was right. Sometimes Brock would lead them in the wrong direction, but he usually got them where they needed to go, after the shortcuts Ash insisted they take. "Come on, we should get into town." She finally said.
As they walked towards the city, Misty looked over her boyfriend. He had finally begun to grow and now stood almost even with her. He still wore his old league cap, his old, torn jeans, and he still wore his shoes, though they were all but falling apart. He had left his vest back in Pallet Town when they had left six months earlier, and his black shirt fit him extremely snugly.
This caused every girl they came into contact with to fawn over him. And when they found out who he was, they squealed with excitement in getting to meet the Pokèmon Master. The girls eventually realized that if he was Ash Ketchum, then she was Misty who seemed to be typified as an extremely jealous girlfriend. When they realized, they ran away as fast as their legs would take them.
She was glad Brock hadn't rubbed off on him. Brock would have scared away the girls himself when he'd approach them.
She giggled as she remembered one time Ash had turned to her and laughed. "I sometimes wish they wouldn't be 'that' frightened of you." She had fixed him with a glare. "I only meant so that I could actually talk to them, not just have them fawn over me." He added quickly.
Her thoughts, however, were interrupted when a voice called out, "Pikachu." And running into the boy her thoughts were on's back. "Oof." She muttered as she fell back.
Ash looked back at her. "You call me clumsy?" He told her.
"Yea, you fall over when people Don't stop right in front of you." She retorted, grabbing the hand he offered to help her up and almost pulling him over on top of her.
"They were the reason I stopped." He pointed to a balloon floating before them.
"Prepare for trouble." Jessie laughed.
"And make it double." James added.
"To protect the world from devastation."
"To unite all people within our nation."
"To denounce the evils of truth and love."
"To extend our reach to the stars above."
"Jessie."
"James."
"Team Rocket blast off at the speed of light."
"Surrender now or prepare to fight."
"Alright." Meowth said and jumped up to their shoulders.
"Give Pikachu back." Ash called to them.
The trio laughed. "Go ahead and try to make us." James told him.
"Alright. Cyndaquil, go." He answered. "Burn a hole in that balloon."
He tried, but the balloon wouldn't burst.
Team Rocket laughed again. "We came prepared this time, twerps." Jessie told him.
"Yea, tat balloon's made a a special material, flame retardant and extra durable." Meowth added.
Ash growled with frustration, echoed by Misty and Cyndaquil. "Politoid, join Cyndaquil with your ice beam." Misty called. The water Pokèmon joined its smaller companion and fired his beam.
The balloon still held. The five stared in shock while the trio inside the balloon laughed as they got farther and farther away.
Cyndaquil stared harder at the balloon, still resisting his attack. Suddenly he began to glow, though it was unnoticed by the others on the ground with him. He emerged as Quilava and began another flamethrower.
The trio inside the balloon stared at the new Pokèmon as their transportation began to burst. "Looks like Team Rocket's blasting off again!" They cried as Quilava's flamethrower ripped through the balloon.
The two trainers looked down as Pikachu landed safely in Ash's grasp. "Cyndaquil, you evolved." Ash said, surprised.
"Qui." He answered.
Ash pulled out his Pokedex and it recorded Cyndaquil's evolution.
"It evolved to strengthen its flame attacks and save Pikachu." Misty commented.
"Yea," Ash answered. "Thanks Quilava." He finished, reaching out to pet the Pokèmon.
"Pikachu." The mouse added as he climbed onto his back.
Ash smiled. "How would you like to stay out with us until we reach the city?" He asked. Quilava gave a cry of happiness and took off running about as the two trainers walked on and Pikachu clung to his neck.
They arrived at the Pokèmon Center and, after some coaxing, got Quilava to return to his Pokèball.
A little later Nurse Joy returned with their Pokèmon. "They're all healed." She told them.
"Thanks Nurse Joy, now I can go and get my plains badge." Misty cheered.
"Come on Mist, we gotta go search for Whitney first." Ash said. Laughing as Pikachu tried to reenact his first meeting with Whitney's Clefairy.
Misty turned back to the nurse. "You wouldn't happen to have a map of the city and underground, do you?" She asked as Ash and Pikachu remembered the rest of the encounter. They both sighed and smiled at each other when Joy said she did.
"Where should we start looking?" Ash asked, having taken over the map and nearly gotten malletted in the process.
"Let's start at the gym and ask around there." Misty suggested.
*
After a few hours of searching the trio still hadn't found her, even though they made repeated visits to the gym and her uncle's farm.
"Let's just give up for tonight." Misty complained. "We've been everywhere in this city and still haven't found any trace of her."
Ash slumped by a nearby lamppost. "Yea, you'd think that we'd run into her just by chance." He answered.
"Pikachu." Pikachu groaned, leaning against his master's legs.
"Who're you looking for?" A voice asked.
The three looked up to see Whitney standing in front of a younger girl. "Whitney!" The humans exclaimed.
"Pika." Pikachu added and began talking to Clefairy.
"Hey Ash, Misty." She replied. "What are you doing here?"
"We're on a new journey." Ash replied.
"I'm training to get to the championship." Misty said.
Whitney smiled. "Then I guess you want a battle too." She looked back to the girl behind her. "You'll have to wait your turn. Becky here found me first." She told them.
"Becky?" Misty asked looking at the girl.
"Hey Misty. I didn't expect to see you again once I left Pallet Town." Becky answered.
The two girls began to tell each other of the adventures they each had had since their meeting.
Ash and Whitney looked to each other and Ash sighed. "Since they are the two looking for a battle, it would be kinda pointless to go back to the gym while they're talking." He mumbled loudly.
"We could always have a rematch." Whitney suggested though she was paying attention to the conversation
That made Ash perk up. "Yea, I can show you my new Pokèmon." He exclaimed.
They eventually managed to get the other two girls to follow them as Ash led the way back to the gym.
"Alright Ash." Whitney said as they took their places in the arena while the other two girls continued to chat.
"Yea, go Furret." He called.
"Go, Miltank." Whitney answered. "One on one battle ok?"
"Aw. Sure, but I have other new Pokèmon." He told her.
"We don't have to battle to show them." She answered.
Ash nodded and called out. "Alright Furret, use rollout against Miltank.
"Miltank, use your rollout. And add the idea we thought up." Whitney called, placing as much attention on Misty and Becky's conversation as she could.
Miltank rolled into a ball and dove at Furret as the ferret did the same. Both trainers called out no more commands. Whitney, because she was paying attention to the girls talk about the adventures they'd had, Ash, while watching the battle, was thinking about trying a new method of training. Eventually, Miltank managed to knock out Furret.
"Furret, return." Ash called. "Hey Whitney." He added before noticing she was listening to the adventures the girls were talking about. He sighed.
The two girls stood up and began walking to the arena. "Hey, if you want a battle, you'll have to wait until tomorrow." Whitney called to them.
Misty smiled at her. "Yea, we saw you and Ash battling. We're going to battle each other." She answered.
Becky added. "If I win, I'll get a Cascade badge." She smiled at Misty who nodded back.
Ash and Whitney retreated to watch the battle which was eventually narrowly won by Becky.
"Great match you two." Whitney said as Misty returned her Vaporeon to its Pokèball. "Now we all need to get our Pokèmon healed. The other nodded and the group of four trainers moved off.
**
"We'll return tomorrow for the badge." Misty said to Whitney once her Pokèmon were healed.
"Right. Get there early or I might wander off." She smiled.
*
Ash and Pikachu struggled to fall asleep that night. The girls were still talking.
"Hey Misty." Becky asked. "Traveling alone is boring. Do you think I could travel with you?"
Misty looked back in shock for a second. "I don't have any problem with it. You should ask Ash though." She answered. "It'll be good to have another girl to travel with."
"Alright." Becky said. "I think we should get some sleep now. I'll ask Ash tomorrow."
******
The next morning, both Misty and Becky earned a Plains badge, to Whitney's disappointment, and left the city, traveling together. "Lead on, Mr. Map." Misty joked. She knew they would head off in some random direction and get lost again.
So Becky had become the 'third wheel'. When I posted the last chapter, I was thinking of them not having a third person, then I thought and decided there would be one and (before your review, Joy-girl) that it would be Becky.
Muahahahahahahahaha. Sorry thinking about something that's going to happen in a future chapter and it's evil. It's not for a few chapters but when it does come remember, this is an Ash/Misty fic. Muahahahaha. I'm having too much fun doing this.
Firefairie don't feel bad, the only way I can spell it is by typing it real fast so my mind can't catch up.
Alright see you next Thursday.
Disclaimer: See Author Profile
Ash stepped beside her. "Good, you can get you're next badge." He saw her tired face. "What's wrong? You're making better time than I did."
She smiled up at him. "That's because of our having bikes and that map." She teased.
His look turned to a light glare at her, moving to Pikachu when the mouse fell off his shoulder laughing. "I wasn't the only one to get us lost." He finally retorted.
She shrugged, he was right. Sometimes Brock would lead them in the wrong direction, but he usually got them where they needed to go, after the shortcuts Ash insisted they take. "Come on, we should get into town." She finally said.
As they walked towards the city, Misty looked over her boyfriend. He had finally begun to grow and now stood almost even with her. He still wore his old league cap, his old, torn jeans, and he still wore his shoes, though they were all but falling apart. He had left his vest back in Pallet Town when they had left six months earlier, and his black shirt fit him extremely snugly.
This caused every girl they came into contact with to fawn over him. And when they found out who he was, they squealed with excitement in getting to meet the Pokèmon Master. The girls eventually realized that if he was Ash Ketchum, then she was Misty who seemed to be typified as an extremely jealous girlfriend. When they realized, they ran away as fast as their legs would take them.
She was glad Brock hadn't rubbed off on him. Brock would have scared away the girls himself when he'd approach them.
She giggled as she remembered one time Ash had turned to her and laughed. "I sometimes wish they wouldn't be 'that' frightened of you." She had fixed him with a glare. "I only meant so that I could actually talk to them, not just have them fawn over me." He added quickly.
Her thoughts, however, were interrupted when a voice called out, "Pikachu." And running into the boy her thoughts were on's back. "Oof." She muttered as she fell back.
Ash looked back at her. "You call me clumsy?" He told her.
"Yea, you fall over when people Don't stop right in front of you." She retorted, grabbing the hand he offered to help her up and almost pulling him over on top of her.
"They were the reason I stopped." He pointed to a balloon floating before them.
"Prepare for trouble." Jessie laughed.
"And make it double." James added.
"To protect the world from devastation."
"To unite all people within our nation."
"To denounce the evils of truth and love."
"To extend our reach to the stars above."
"Jessie."
"James."
"Team Rocket blast off at the speed of light."
"Surrender now or prepare to fight."
"Alright." Meowth said and jumped up to their shoulders.
"Give Pikachu back." Ash called to them.
The trio laughed. "Go ahead and try to make us." James told him.
"Alright. Cyndaquil, go." He answered. "Burn a hole in that balloon."
He tried, but the balloon wouldn't burst.
Team Rocket laughed again. "We came prepared this time, twerps." Jessie told him.
"Yea, tat balloon's made a a special material, flame retardant and extra durable." Meowth added.
Ash growled with frustration, echoed by Misty and Cyndaquil. "Politoid, join Cyndaquil with your ice beam." Misty called. The water Pokèmon joined its smaller companion and fired his beam.
The balloon still held. The five stared in shock while the trio inside the balloon laughed as they got farther and farther away.
Cyndaquil stared harder at the balloon, still resisting his attack. Suddenly he began to glow, though it was unnoticed by the others on the ground with him. He emerged as Quilava and began another flamethrower.
The trio inside the balloon stared at the new Pokèmon as their transportation began to burst. "Looks like Team Rocket's blasting off again!" They cried as Quilava's flamethrower ripped through the balloon.
The two trainers looked down as Pikachu landed safely in Ash's grasp. "Cyndaquil, you evolved." Ash said, surprised.
"Qui." He answered.
Ash pulled out his Pokedex and it recorded Cyndaquil's evolution.
"It evolved to strengthen its flame attacks and save Pikachu." Misty commented.
"Yea," Ash answered. "Thanks Quilava." He finished, reaching out to pet the Pokèmon.
"Pikachu." The mouse added as he climbed onto his back.
Ash smiled. "How would you like to stay out with us until we reach the city?" He asked. Quilava gave a cry of happiness and took off running about as the two trainers walked on and Pikachu clung to his neck.
They arrived at the Pokèmon Center and, after some coaxing, got Quilava to return to his Pokèball.
A little later Nurse Joy returned with their Pokèmon. "They're all healed." She told them.
"Thanks Nurse Joy, now I can go and get my plains badge." Misty cheered.
"Come on Mist, we gotta go search for Whitney first." Ash said. Laughing as Pikachu tried to reenact his first meeting with Whitney's Clefairy.
Misty turned back to the nurse. "You wouldn't happen to have a map of the city and underground, do you?" She asked as Ash and Pikachu remembered the rest of the encounter. They both sighed and smiled at each other when Joy said she did.
"Where should we start looking?" Ash asked, having taken over the map and nearly gotten malletted in the process.
"Let's start at the gym and ask around there." Misty suggested.
*
After a few hours of searching the trio still hadn't found her, even though they made repeated visits to the gym and her uncle's farm.
"Let's just give up for tonight." Misty complained. "We've been everywhere in this city and still haven't found any trace of her."
Ash slumped by a nearby lamppost. "Yea, you'd think that we'd run into her just by chance." He answered.
"Pikachu." Pikachu groaned, leaning against his master's legs.
"Who're you looking for?" A voice asked.
The three looked up to see Whitney standing in front of a younger girl. "Whitney!" The humans exclaimed.
"Pika." Pikachu added and began talking to Clefairy.
"Hey Ash, Misty." She replied. "What are you doing here?"
"We're on a new journey." Ash replied.
"I'm training to get to the championship." Misty said.
Whitney smiled. "Then I guess you want a battle too." She looked back to the girl behind her. "You'll have to wait your turn. Becky here found me first." She told them.
"Becky?" Misty asked looking at the girl.
"Hey Misty. I didn't expect to see you again once I left Pallet Town." Becky answered.
The two girls began to tell each other of the adventures they each had had since their meeting.
Ash and Whitney looked to each other and Ash sighed. "Since they are the two looking for a battle, it would be kinda pointless to go back to the gym while they're talking." He mumbled loudly.
"We could always have a rematch." Whitney suggested though she was paying attention to the conversation
That made Ash perk up. "Yea, I can show you my new Pokèmon." He exclaimed.
They eventually managed to get the other two girls to follow them as Ash led the way back to the gym.
"Alright Ash." Whitney said as they took their places in the arena while the other two girls continued to chat.
"Yea, go Furret." He called.
"Go, Miltank." Whitney answered. "One on one battle ok?"
"Aw. Sure, but I have other new Pokèmon." He told her.
"We don't have to battle to show them." She answered.
Ash nodded and called out. "Alright Furret, use rollout against Miltank.
"Miltank, use your rollout. And add the idea we thought up." Whitney called, placing as much attention on Misty and Becky's conversation as she could.
Miltank rolled into a ball and dove at Furret as the ferret did the same. Both trainers called out no more commands. Whitney, because she was paying attention to the girls talk about the adventures they'd had, Ash, while watching the battle, was thinking about trying a new method of training. Eventually, Miltank managed to knock out Furret.
"Furret, return." Ash called. "Hey Whitney." He added before noticing she was listening to the adventures the girls were talking about. He sighed.
The two girls stood up and began walking to the arena. "Hey, if you want a battle, you'll have to wait until tomorrow." Whitney called to them.
Misty smiled at her. "Yea, we saw you and Ash battling. We're going to battle each other." She answered.
Becky added. "If I win, I'll get a Cascade badge." She smiled at Misty who nodded back.
Ash and Whitney retreated to watch the battle which was eventually narrowly won by Becky.
"Great match you two." Whitney said as Misty returned her Vaporeon to its Pokèball. "Now we all need to get our Pokèmon healed. The other nodded and the group of four trainers moved off.
**
"We'll return tomorrow for the badge." Misty said to Whitney once her Pokèmon were healed.
"Right. Get there early or I might wander off." She smiled.
*
Ash and Pikachu struggled to fall asleep that night. The girls were still talking.
"Hey Misty." Becky asked. "Traveling alone is boring. Do you think I could travel with you?"
Misty looked back in shock for a second. "I don't have any problem with it. You should ask Ash though." She answered. "It'll be good to have another girl to travel with."
"Alright." Becky said. "I think we should get some sleep now. I'll ask Ash tomorrow."
******
The next morning, both Misty and Becky earned a Plains badge, to Whitney's disappointment, and left the city, traveling together. "Lead on, Mr. Map." Misty joked. She knew they would head off in some random direction and get lost again.
So Becky had become the 'third wheel'. When I posted the last chapter, I was thinking of them not having a third person, then I thought and decided there would be one and (before your review, Joy-girl) that it would be Becky.
Muahahahahahahahaha. Sorry thinking about something that's going to happen in a future chapter and it's evil. It's not for a few chapters but when it does come remember, this is an Ash/Misty fic. Muahahahaha. I'm having too much fun doing this.
Firefairie don't feel bad, the only way I can spell it is by typing it real fast so my mind can't catch up.
Alright see you next Thursday.
Disclaimer: See Author Profile