Hello, everyone! Welcome to part five times five of this series! In the last part, I did a story where Ash and Misty agree to read the audiobook version of stories starring them! It was a shameless plug for me doing the same thing on YouTube. Anyways, as tomorrow is Mother's Day, I thought I would do a story that involves Delia's role in Ash and Misty's relationship. After all, the mother often the first and most vital relationship a baby has. And she usually the one he turns to help when he wants advice on dating. Anyways, I hope you guys enjoy this Mother's Day chapter! Now let's go!
It was a beautiful Sunday in May in the Kanto region. But it was not just any Sunday for Ash Ketchum of Pallet Town. It was Mother's Day. For our favorite trainer, Mother's Day was significant to him. You see, there was no person closer to Ash than his mother. And nobody knew Ash better than her. He planned to spend the whole day with one of the two women who meant the most to him. However, fate had another plan for him…
Ash headed downstairs after getting dressed and cleaning himself up. There, he saw his mom making breakfast.
"Good morning, son!" Delia, Ash's mom, said to her son.
"Good morning, mom!" Ash said with a smile as he sat at the breakfast table. "Happy Mother's Day!"
Delia smiled as she served him breakfast. It consisted of an omelet, fresh berries, a sausage patty, toast, and a glass of orange juice.
"Thanks, mom!" Ash said. He knew he could count on her for giving him a nutritious and delicious breakfast every morning that he was at home. It was one of the things Ash loved the most about his mother. Ash was just about to take a bite out of his food when he heard a knock on the door.
"I'll get it!" Delia said.
"No," Ash said as he got up. "I will get it, you are working hard enough on the day meant for you." He got up and looked at who was at the door. And who was there surprised Ash; it was his best friend who was a girl, Misty Waterflower! He gasped as he opens up the door.
"Hello," Ash said as he looks at her friend, "What are you doing here?"
Misty smiled, "Hello, Ash! I am here to check how my best friend is doing today!"
"Oh, I am doing good," Ash said, "I am just spending mother's day with my mom. Shouldn't you be doing the same?"
Misty looked at him in a state of shock.
"Did I say something wrong, Misty?" Ash asked the Cerulean Gym Leader.
Misty shook her head, but the look on her face told Ash that something was wrong.
"Well, you are always welcome to spend Mother's Day with us, Misty." Ash said, "After all, she considers all of my friends her sons or daughters."
"Really?" Misty asked. Ash nods, which caused Misty to smile. She thanked Ash as the two headed back to the kitchen.
"Hello, Mrs. Kethcum!" Misty said to Ash's mom as she sat down next to her friend, who was a boy.
Delia looked at Misty and gasped. She then smiled, "Hello there! Didn't expect you to come over to our house!"
"Well, I had nowhere else to go for Mother's Day as my sisters are on tour, and the Leauge mandates that all gyms be closed on Sundays," Misty admits to Mrs. Ketchum.
"Well, I am glad you came," Delia said to Misty as the former asks Misty if she wants any breakfast.
"Of course!" Misty said as Delia served up some food to the leader of Cerulean City's Gym. Misty thanked her as she started to eat her food.
"Anyways," Ash said, "You said you have nobody else to spend mother's day with, so what happened to your mom?"
Misty gulped. She knew she could not lie to Ash. After all, he was her best friend, and he would hate it if he lied to her. So she finally decided to tell the truth to the trainer from Pallet Town. "She's dead," Misty said to Ash. Ash and Delia looked at her.
"How did she die?" Ash asked.
"It is a long story," Misty said as she entered a flashback…
The Waterflowers were spending one day at the beach. It was years before Misty left on a journey and traveled with Ash. While Daisy, Lily, Violet, and their daddy spend time bathing in the sun, Misty and her mommy went exploring the seaside. While little Misty was close to both of her parents, it was her mommy that she was the closest to. iShe was the one who helped her get into water-type Pokemon, after all. Misty smiled as she walked alongside her mother. She then saw a pokemon.
"Look, mommy!" she said as she pointed out a large Pokemon on the shore, "A Pokemon!"
"Yes, Misty," Mrs. Waterflower said, "I see. That Pokemon is a Gyarados."
"Gyarados?" Misty asked.
Mrs. Waterflower nods before telling Misty not to get too close to it. However, Misty was already off to get a closer look at the water and flying type Pokemon.
"Hello there, Mr. Gyarados!" Misty said as she rubbed the blue Pokemon. When Gyarados opened his eye and saw the orange-haired toddler, he roared. Misty screamed in horror.
"HELP!" she screamed. Mrs. Waterlower was horrified and looked rushed towards her daughter to save her. Just when Gyarados was about to swallow the little girl whole, her mommy shoved her out of the way. She became the victim of the Atrocious Pokemon instead. Misty could only watch on as her mommy was eaten by the Pokemon. He went back into the ocean and swam off, never to be seen again. Misty kept on crying as the rest of her family went up to her. They picked her up before leaving the beach.
"And ever since that day, I have been afraid of Gyarados…" Misty said.
"So that explains why you don't have one on your team!" Ash said as Misty nods.
"Well, at least when we were traveling together, that is," Misty explained before she told Ash about the time a Magikarp in her gym evolved, and she had to face her fears.
"Why didn't you try it against bug types?" Ash asked, "I am sure that would have helped you with your fear of them!"
"No thanks," Misty said as she finished eating her breakfast. She then handed her plate over to Delia and thanked her for the meal.
"You are welcome," Delia said as she put the dish into the sink as Misty asked her and her son what they planned on doing for Mother's Day today.
"Oh, we are just planning on spending a day at Pallet Town Beach," Ash said.
"The beach?" Misty asked her friend.
Ash nods, "Yep. We usually go there every mother's day, weather permitting, of course."
"That's cool!" Misty said, "Mind if I come with you?"
"Well, as it is so close to the water, and you came all this way, why would we say no?" Delia asked.
Misty gave a broad smile on her face. She thanked Delia before giving her a big hug. Delia smiled back and hugged her tightly. Misty smiled. She never felt so much love in a hug since her own mother died.
Soon, Ash, Delia, and Misty got all of their things packed for their trip to the beach. And as the beach was walking distance from Ash's house, they did not need a car or Pokemon to get there. So they walked to the beach. Ash left all of his Pokemon at the lab so Oak could look after them while he was away, and Misty decided to drop hers off there as well. Now they were ready for their beach day! And they were happy about it!
"So," Ash said, "What do you like the most about the beach, Misty?"
"I like how it is close to my favorite thing, the water," Misty said with a smile.
"That's great to hear," Delia said, "As the Pallet Town Beach has an outstanding 50 kilometers of coast to explore!"
"And we have been to all of them at one point or another," Ash said as they reached their destination. They got their stuff set up, and as Ash decided to go for a dip, Misty opted to stay behind and talk to Delia.
"So," Delia said to Misty, "What was the name of your mother, Misty?"
"Melissa," Misty said to Delia, "The name of my mother was Melissa Waterflower."
Delia gasped, "Melissa?!" the woman with auburn hair said to Misty.
Misty nodded, "Why do you ask that, Mrs. Ketchum?"
Delia sighed and said it was a long story to Misty.
"But I am your son's best friend, and I trust any secret he tells me," Misty said. "I can easily do the same with yours."
"Okay then," Misty said as she pulled a photo out of her bag. It was a picture of two girls Ash and Misty's age. One of them was a younger version of Delia, while the other one had pink hair in the same style as Misty's, and she had the same colored eyes as her as well. There was also writing on the picture with the words: "D. Yellow and M. Nami, Best Friends Forever."
"I… I… Is that you with my mom?!" Misty asked the Ketchum matriarch in shock.
"Sure is!" Dela said with a smile on her face, "Your mother and I used to be really close to each other!"
"Woah…" Misty said, "Did you two travel together?"
"For a little bit, yes," Delia said to Misty. She then explained how she and Melissa met when she left on a Pokemon journey.
"How did you meet her?"
"She fished me out of the river when I accidentally fell in…" Delia said with a chuckle.
Misty looked at her with wide eyes and laughed her ass off. "That's funny because that's how I met Ash that fateful day!"
Delia smiled. It appeared that her little apple did not fall far from the tree when it came to meeting his best friend. Delia then went on to tell Misty more about her time traveling with Melissa.
"So when did you take that picture?" Misty asked as she continued to look at the picture of the two girls.
"That was the final day we were ever together," Delia said as a tear formed in her eye. "Not just our final day on our journey before I decided to follow another career path."
"Let me guess your cooking career?" Misty asked. Ash told her about his mother's restaurant when they were traveling through the Kanto region together.
"Yeah," Mrs. Ketchum said as she held out one half of a Pokeball, "We split this Pokeball in half, and promised to put it back together when we met again…" she then broke into tears. "Except that we never met again as she died!"
Misty gasped before she hugged Mrs. Ketchum. "It's okay," She said. "Everything is alright…"
Delia nods as she sees something clipped to her shorts. It looked familiar to her, "Misty is that…" She put her half of the Pokeball to the half on Misty's shorts. "Oh, my Arceus…" Ash's mother said to Misty.
"What is it, Mrs. Ketchum?" Misty asked the woman.
"You have the other half!" Delia said.
"Well, I have had it for a long time," Misty explained. She then told Delia how her siblings, though, in their own words, "looked, like, nice on her."
"I certainly can agree with that," Delia said, "And I bet they did not know it had a lot of history to it."
"With their intelligence, I cannot blame them," Misty said. "The only other person who might have known the history behind that item would have been my dad."
"What happened to him?"
"Abandoned me and my sisters, not a year after my mom died," Misty said as she asked Delia for another hug.
"Of Course, Misty!" Delia said as she hugs the redhead again. Both of the girls smiled. Misty then decided to go into the water with Ash. "Stay safe out there!" Delia said as Misty rushed towards the ocean to join her friend, who was a boy.
After spending the whole day together at the beach, it was time for Ash, Misty, and Delia to head home.
"So," Delia said, "Did you two have a good time?"
"We sure did!" Ash and Misty said with a smile.
"Thanks for inviting me over," Misty said t Delia.
Ash smiled. It appears that his mom and Misty grew closer to each other during this trip to the beach.
"Anyways, how about if I make you two dinner for, my son and daughter in spirit (and future in-law)!" Delia said.
Ash and Misty both blushed a bright red, but nod. Delia smiled, happy for the two kids. She knew that life was going to be fun from now on with a daughter she never had now in the picture.
"Anyways," Delia said, "When can I expect wedding bells from you and my son?" Delia asked Misty.
Misty was redder from embarrassment than she ever was before. "Hopefully soon so we can make you, the biggest Pokeshipper we know will be happy."
"Pokeshipper?" Delia asked, "What's that?"
"Basically fans of ours who think we should be a couple," Ash explains to his mother.
"I see," Delia said with a smile, "I guess you are right, I am the biggest Pokeshipper you and Misty know!"
And that's it for chapter 25 of this series! We have the one-sixth way point of this series! I hope you enjoyed my exploration of Misty's relationship with Delia as much as I did writing it. Anyways, today's question is, what do you plan on doing for Mother's Day? I await your responses. Anyways, I will see you next week, happy mother's day, and dare to Pokeship!