Hey Everyone!
I'm so sorry! It's been forever since I've worked on this story. I've just been too busy. Well, finally, here's the next and final chapter. I hope you guys enjoy! =)
Disclaimer: Pokemon is owned by Nintendo, Gamefreak, etc, etc.
*Ash's Ultimate Test Part III*
Misty stood by the edge of the mountain, looking down at the river below. Something about Tim troubled her deeply, but she couldn't quite figure it out. Something about his eyes. They seemed so familiar but she just couldn't place it, and just the way that he looked at her....
Misty sighed and headed back to where she was camped out. She took a glance around and noticed everyone was asleep. Team Rocket was off in one section, Brock was asleep to the left of her and Tim to the right with Pichu. Misty sat down to think, still too awake to even try to get any sleep. Suddenly she felt something brush up against her leg. She looked down to see Bulbasaur staring up at her. She smiled and reached down to lay a hand upon Bulbasaur's head.
"Looks like I'm not the only one awake eh?" Bulbasaur just looked up at her, then crawled into her lap, seeming to know that the water trainer needed comfort.
"Bulba?" Bulbasaur replied, looking up at Misty, it seemed to sense that something was strange about the boy and his Pichu also. Misty nodded and glanced over at Tim, examining his face as he slept. Misty couldn't think of anyone that she knew that looked like him, but still. She shrugged and brushed it off, finally settling herself down to try and get some sleep in the last remaining hours of the night. Bulbasaur curled up next to her head and tried to drift off also.
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The next morning, they all resumed what they had been doing before. Misty kept glancing over and watching Tim. This time though she had been caught.
"Misty!" A voice said right by her ear.
"WHAT!?!?!?" Misty near shrieked. She turned and gave a death glare to the person behind her. Brock just chuckled. "Is there any particular reason you keep eyeing Tim?" Brock asked, raising an eyebrow. "Got a little crush?"
Misty blushed apple red and pulled out her trusty mallet. "What?!?!?! I don't have a crush on anyone unlike some people!"
"Oh, then why are you blushing?" Brock teased, pleased at the chance that he would get to tease her this time instead of the other way around. Bad mistake! Misty let out a growl and ran as fast as she could towards him, swinging the mallet. Brock gulped and began to back away, then suddenly, took off, Misty close on his heels.
"Why I oughta!"
"Come on Misty, I was teasing...I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"
"YOU'RE GONNA BE SORRY!!!"
The chase lasted for a good ten minutes before Misty finally caught up to Brock and bashed him over the head.
"Remind me never to do that again." Brock groaned, before falling over anime style.
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An hour has passed and the group still hasn't found one sign of Ash. The group was starting to lose hope. They had know idea what had happened to the young pokémon trainer.
"Maybes we should try blastin' it." Meowth suggested.
"Not a good idea." Brock replied. If he is in there, it might bring more rocks on top of him as well as on top of us."
"Well, this is getting us nowhere." Jessie replied, scowling as she looked down and saw that she was covered with dirt.
Tim watched in silence, Pichu standing next to him. He really wanted to say something to his friends. He hated seeing them like this. He also realized that today was his last day and he had pretty much gotten nowhere. He had until midnite tonite. If he couldn't somehow make his friends figure out who he was.....
He sighed softly and ran a hand through his hair.
Brock glanced over at Tim and frowned. Misty and Bulbasaur weren't the only ones that had come to the conclusion that there was something unusual about Tim. How and why had he just shown up? Brock shrugged it off and was just about to start back to work when he noticed Tim run his hand through his hair. Ash had always done that. The Pichu also....the Pichu seemed to stick as close to Tim as Pikachu had to Ash.
'Alright, maybe I've had a little too much sun' Brock thought. He still couldn't get the idea out of his head though. Maybe he should go mention it to Misty. She might think he had lost it but at least it might help him to get this stupid idea out of his head. Brock's thoughts were suddenly interrupted as the group heard a loud scream cut through the air.
"MISTY!!" Brock and Tim cried together and both ran to where the scream had originated. The area where Misty had been working had collapsed. She was hanging by her fingertips over the cliff edge. The stream was down far below, but it definately wouldn't be a pleasant fall.
"Hang on Mist!" Tim called, racing for her, Brock just a few steps behind. Brock's eyebrows raised at this. The only one that had ever called Misty Mist was Ash. Maybe his hunches hadn't been too crazy after all.
"I am hanging on!! Get me outta here!!!!" Misty cried and then suddenly paused. 'Wait a minute, he called me Mist.' Before Misty could contemplate any further on it though, the edge of the cliff she was hanging from crumbled. Misty let out a shriek as she fell.
"NO!!!!!" Both Tim and Brock cried. There was only one thing that Tim could think of any he did it. He jumped after Misty.
Misty had a pretty good lead on him though. He heard her let out a cry of pain as her leg hit a rock that was jutting out from the side of the cliff. Finally they reached the end of their fall, splashing into the cool waters below.....
Tim spluttered up and looked around for Misty. Not seeing any sign of her, he dove under and finally spotted her. She was still conscious, a good sign, but she couldn't seem to get above the water. The leg that she had hit, slowing her down.
Tim swam over to her and grabbed her around the waist, dragging her above the water. She spluttered at first, then took a few gulps of the air, trying to catch her breath. She held on to Tim's neck as he did his best to get them to safety.
It took quite awhile, but finally they managed to fight the current and to get upon dry land. They both looked at one another as they gasped for breath, then looked back out towards the river.
A few minutes passed, then Tim turned towards Misty ankle. He fingered it gently. Misty winced but bit her toungue to keep from crying out.
It doesn't feel like anything's broken. It's probably just a nasty sprain. Misty nodded gently and looked into Tim's eyes. Suddenly something just clicked. She knew who the boy was infront of her. Despite the completely different appearance, the gentle nature was still there and Misty saw right to it. She took a deep breath and decided to do something. If this wasn't who she thought it was, this was going to be majorly embarassing, heck, it was probably gonna be anyways. She bent over towards Tim, grabbed him by the front of his shirt and pulled him towards her, giving him a short but firm kiss on the mouth. It lasted less than three seconds. Both pulled apart, blushing furiously.
"Thank you for saving me......Ash." Misty watched to see what his reaction would be.
"No problem Misty...I....what did you say?" Tim looked at her in shock. "H..how did you figure it out?"
Just then Brock and Pichu came running down, followed by Team Rocket. "Misty, Tim...are you alright?"
"Yeah, we're okay, Misty hurt her leg though." Brock bent down to check it, bending closer to Misty. "Misty, I need to tell you something, I think that somehow, Tim's..."
"Ash?" Misty grinned. Brock just looked at her dumbfounded. "Yeah, but how did you..?"
"It's true guys." Tim interupted, smiling at his friends. "It's also a long story."
"Well, you have some explaining to do, Ash Ketchum!" Misty mock glared at him but couldn't find the heart to keep it up, too happy to see that Ash was actually alright.
"Alright." Tim nodded as he walked over to Misty. He wrapped one of her arms around his neck and Brock did likewise. "Let's get you back to the camp area and all explain everything, okay?"
"Okay!" They all exclaimed as they began their trek back up to the campsite. Team Rocket just looked as confused as ever.
"So youse mean this twerp is actually the twerp we been lookin' for all along?"
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"And that's what happened." Tim explained.
Misty just looked in awe at Tim, Pichu sitting in her lap, "So this is Pikachu?" Misty smiled down at Pichu. Pichu looked back at her and nodded. "Pichu!"
"Yep, weird eh?"
"I'll say. And you couldn't tell us who you were because you would have stayed dead?" Brock asked, still trying to figure the whole thing out. Team Rocket just sat there, still looking confused.
"Uh-huh."
"Weird."
Finally Jessie decided to do the dirty work. "Listen, twerp, er Tim, Ash, whatever your name is. We're sorry about the explosion."
"Yeah." James cut in. "We really didn't mean to do any harm, we just wanted your Pikachu."
Tim smiled, "It's alright you guys, I forgive you, if it's one thing I learned in this body it's too not take your friends or enemies for granted."
"Whoa, Ash learned something." Misty teased." Ash just grinned at her.
Suddenly, a bright light lit the area and Angelique appeared. Tim smiled at her while the others just stared in awe at the angel.
"Hello everyone." Angelique greeted. "Congratulations Tim, you have passed the test, or should I say Ash." She smiled.
"Not very easily, but I still pulled it off." Tim winked. Angelique just chuckled. "That you did." Now, please get Pichu and come over here."
Misty handed Pichu to Tim as he walked over towards Angelique. Suddenly, Tim and Pichu were surrounded by a bright, glowing light and in a flash, Ash and Pikachu stood once more.
Angelique bent forward and gave Ash and Pikachu a kiss on both of their foreheads. "I hope not to see you two again for a long time." She smiled. With one last nod to the rest of the group, Angelique disappeared from view.
All of Ash's Pokémon came rushing forward, knocking Ash to the ground, glad to see their trainer back to normal. "I missed you guys too!" Ash chuckled.
Misty and Brock both looked at one another and smiled, the same thing going through their minds as well. They were all glad to have Ash back to normal and home where he belonged........
That night, Misty sat up once again. She stared up at the night sky and smiled, counting the stars.
Suddenly she heard footsteps. Ash walked over to her and sat down.
"How's the leg?" Ash asked, glancing down.
"It's okay, still hurts a bit, but I'll be alright." Misty looked over and smiled before looking back up at the stars.
"So..how did you know?" Ash suddenly asked." Misty paused for a second and thought before answering. "You know, I'm really not that sure." She replied honestly. "I just knew it was something about your eyes, I knew I had seen them before."
Ash nodded and looked at her. Suddenly, deciding to risk getting hit by Misty's famous mallet, Ash bent over and kissed Misty. Surprisingly, she bent closer to him, wrapping her arms around his neck and kissed him back. Ash slid his arms around her waist and pulled her close.
After a few moments, the kiss ended. The embrace didn't though. Ash looked into Misty's eyes and noticed tears. He reached up and gently wiped away a stray one that ran down her cheek. "I really missed you." Misty whispered gently. Ash smiled and kissed her again softly. "I missed you too, not being able to talk to you, tell you what was going on."
Misty nodded and snuggled into Ash's chest. "I guess it just shows that we need to cherish every moment that we have."
Ash nodded and hugged Misty close. "That it does Mist, that it does."
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Morning came all too soon and the gang packed their belongings. Having done all of the digging trying to find Ash, they had cleared a way down the other side of the mountain. They all walked down together and at the base, the group decided to split.
"You know, it wasn't all that bad working with the twerps." James smiled.
"You're right, but don't let that get around." Jessie smirked at Ash, Misty, and Brock. "Next time we meet, remember, we're enemies once again, and we will try to get Pikachu!"
"We know." All three replied, "We know."
Each seperated, going their own ways. Brock chuckled softly as he noticed Ash and Misty holding hands. "Well, what do ya know. It's about time." Brock grinned at Pikachu who whole-heartedly agreed.
Ash had learned a valuable lesson and one that he would never forget. He would never take his friends for granted nor his enemies either, for he had come face to face with what it would be like without them. He would enjoy life to the fullest and hopefully, become the best Pokémon master that he could possible become.
Well, here's the end of the story. I hope you guys all enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. =)
I'm so sorry! It's been forever since I've worked on this story. I've just been too busy. Well, finally, here's the next and final chapter. I hope you guys enjoy! =)
Disclaimer: Pokemon is owned by Nintendo, Gamefreak, etc, etc.
*Ash's Ultimate Test Part III*
Misty stood by the edge of the mountain, looking down at the river below. Something about Tim troubled her deeply, but she couldn't quite figure it out. Something about his eyes. They seemed so familiar but she just couldn't place it, and just the way that he looked at her....
Misty sighed and headed back to where she was camped out. She took a glance around and noticed everyone was asleep. Team Rocket was off in one section, Brock was asleep to the left of her and Tim to the right with Pichu. Misty sat down to think, still too awake to even try to get any sleep. Suddenly she felt something brush up against her leg. She looked down to see Bulbasaur staring up at her. She smiled and reached down to lay a hand upon Bulbasaur's head.
"Looks like I'm not the only one awake eh?" Bulbasaur just looked up at her, then crawled into her lap, seeming to know that the water trainer needed comfort.
"Bulba?" Bulbasaur replied, looking up at Misty, it seemed to sense that something was strange about the boy and his Pichu also. Misty nodded and glanced over at Tim, examining his face as he slept. Misty couldn't think of anyone that she knew that looked like him, but still. She shrugged and brushed it off, finally settling herself down to try and get some sleep in the last remaining hours of the night. Bulbasaur curled up next to her head and tried to drift off also.
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The next morning, they all resumed what they had been doing before. Misty kept glancing over and watching Tim. This time though she had been caught.
"Misty!" A voice said right by her ear.
"WHAT!?!?!?" Misty near shrieked. She turned and gave a death glare to the person behind her. Brock just chuckled. "Is there any particular reason you keep eyeing Tim?" Brock asked, raising an eyebrow. "Got a little crush?"
Misty blushed apple red and pulled out her trusty mallet. "What?!?!?! I don't have a crush on anyone unlike some people!"
"Oh, then why are you blushing?" Brock teased, pleased at the chance that he would get to tease her this time instead of the other way around. Bad mistake! Misty let out a growl and ran as fast as she could towards him, swinging the mallet. Brock gulped and began to back away, then suddenly, took off, Misty close on his heels.
"Why I oughta!"
"Come on Misty, I was teasing...I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"
"YOU'RE GONNA BE SORRY!!!"
The chase lasted for a good ten minutes before Misty finally caught up to Brock and bashed him over the head.
"Remind me never to do that again." Brock groaned, before falling over anime style.
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An hour has passed and the group still hasn't found one sign of Ash. The group was starting to lose hope. They had know idea what had happened to the young pokémon trainer.
"Maybes we should try blastin' it." Meowth suggested.
"Not a good idea." Brock replied. If he is in there, it might bring more rocks on top of him as well as on top of us."
"Well, this is getting us nowhere." Jessie replied, scowling as she looked down and saw that she was covered with dirt.
Tim watched in silence, Pichu standing next to him. He really wanted to say something to his friends. He hated seeing them like this. He also realized that today was his last day and he had pretty much gotten nowhere. He had until midnite tonite. If he couldn't somehow make his friends figure out who he was.....
He sighed softly and ran a hand through his hair.
Brock glanced over at Tim and frowned. Misty and Bulbasaur weren't the only ones that had come to the conclusion that there was something unusual about Tim. How and why had he just shown up? Brock shrugged it off and was just about to start back to work when he noticed Tim run his hand through his hair. Ash had always done that. The Pichu also....the Pichu seemed to stick as close to Tim as Pikachu had to Ash.
'Alright, maybe I've had a little too much sun' Brock thought. He still couldn't get the idea out of his head though. Maybe he should go mention it to Misty. She might think he had lost it but at least it might help him to get this stupid idea out of his head. Brock's thoughts were suddenly interrupted as the group heard a loud scream cut through the air.
"MISTY!!" Brock and Tim cried together and both ran to where the scream had originated. The area where Misty had been working had collapsed. She was hanging by her fingertips over the cliff edge. The stream was down far below, but it definately wouldn't be a pleasant fall.
"Hang on Mist!" Tim called, racing for her, Brock just a few steps behind. Brock's eyebrows raised at this. The only one that had ever called Misty Mist was Ash. Maybe his hunches hadn't been too crazy after all.
"I am hanging on!! Get me outta here!!!!" Misty cried and then suddenly paused. 'Wait a minute, he called me Mist.' Before Misty could contemplate any further on it though, the edge of the cliff she was hanging from crumbled. Misty let out a shriek as she fell.
"NO!!!!!" Both Tim and Brock cried. There was only one thing that Tim could think of any he did it. He jumped after Misty.
Misty had a pretty good lead on him though. He heard her let out a cry of pain as her leg hit a rock that was jutting out from the side of the cliff. Finally they reached the end of their fall, splashing into the cool waters below.....
Tim spluttered up and looked around for Misty. Not seeing any sign of her, he dove under and finally spotted her. She was still conscious, a good sign, but she couldn't seem to get above the water. The leg that she had hit, slowing her down.
Tim swam over to her and grabbed her around the waist, dragging her above the water. She spluttered at first, then took a few gulps of the air, trying to catch her breath. She held on to Tim's neck as he did his best to get them to safety.
It took quite awhile, but finally they managed to fight the current and to get upon dry land. They both looked at one another as they gasped for breath, then looked back out towards the river.
A few minutes passed, then Tim turned towards Misty ankle. He fingered it gently. Misty winced but bit her toungue to keep from crying out.
It doesn't feel like anything's broken. It's probably just a nasty sprain. Misty nodded gently and looked into Tim's eyes. Suddenly something just clicked. She knew who the boy was infront of her. Despite the completely different appearance, the gentle nature was still there and Misty saw right to it. She took a deep breath and decided to do something. If this wasn't who she thought it was, this was going to be majorly embarassing, heck, it was probably gonna be anyways. She bent over towards Tim, grabbed him by the front of his shirt and pulled him towards her, giving him a short but firm kiss on the mouth. It lasted less than three seconds. Both pulled apart, blushing furiously.
"Thank you for saving me......Ash." Misty watched to see what his reaction would be.
"No problem Misty...I....what did you say?" Tim looked at her in shock. "H..how did you figure it out?"
Just then Brock and Pichu came running down, followed by Team Rocket. "Misty, Tim...are you alright?"
"Yeah, we're okay, Misty hurt her leg though." Brock bent down to check it, bending closer to Misty. "Misty, I need to tell you something, I think that somehow, Tim's..."
"Ash?" Misty grinned. Brock just looked at her dumbfounded. "Yeah, but how did you..?"
"It's true guys." Tim interupted, smiling at his friends. "It's also a long story."
"Well, you have some explaining to do, Ash Ketchum!" Misty mock glared at him but couldn't find the heart to keep it up, too happy to see that Ash was actually alright.
"Alright." Tim nodded as he walked over to Misty. He wrapped one of her arms around his neck and Brock did likewise. "Let's get you back to the camp area and all explain everything, okay?"
"Okay!" They all exclaimed as they began their trek back up to the campsite. Team Rocket just looked as confused as ever.
"So youse mean this twerp is actually the twerp we been lookin' for all along?"
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"And that's what happened." Tim explained.
Misty just looked in awe at Tim, Pichu sitting in her lap, "So this is Pikachu?" Misty smiled down at Pichu. Pichu looked back at her and nodded. "Pichu!"
"Yep, weird eh?"
"I'll say. And you couldn't tell us who you were because you would have stayed dead?" Brock asked, still trying to figure the whole thing out. Team Rocket just sat there, still looking confused.
"Uh-huh."
"Weird."
Finally Jessie decided to do the dirty work. "Listen, twerp, er Tim, Ash, whatever your name is. We're sorry about the explosion."
"Yeah." James cut in. "We really didn't mean to do any harm, we just wanted your Pikachu."
Tim smiled, "It's alright you guys, I forgive you, if it's one thing I learned in this body it's too not take your friends or enemies for granted."
"Whoa, Ash learned something." Misty teased." Ash just grinned at her.
Suddenly, a bright light lit the area and Angelique appeared. Tim smiled at her while the others just stared in awe at the angel.
"Hello everyone." Angelique greeted. "Congratulations Tim, you have passed the test, or should I say Ash." She smiled.
"Not very easily, but I still pulled it off." Tim winked. Angelique just chuckled. "That you did." Now, please get Pichu and come over here."
Misty handed Pichu to Tim as he walked over towards Angelique. Suddenly, Tim and Pichu were surrounded by a bright, glowing light and in a flash, Ash and Pikachu stood once more.
Angelique bent forward and gave Ash and Pikachu a kiss on both of their foreheads. "I hope not to see you two again for a long time." She smiled. With one last nod to the rest of the group, Angelique disappeared from view.
All of Ash's Pokémon came rushing forward, knocking Ash to the ground, glad to see their trainer back to normal. "I missed you guys too!" Ash chuckled.
Misty and Brock both looked at one another and smiled, the same thing going through their minds as well. They were all glad to have Ash back to normal and home where he belonged........
That night, Misty sat up once again. She stared up at the night sky and smiled, counting the stars.
Suddenly she heard footsteps. Ash walked over to her and sat down.
"How's the leg?" Ash asked, glancing down.
"It's okay, still hurts a bit, but I'll be alright." Misty looked over and smiled before looking back up at the stars.
"So..how did you know?" Ash suddenly asked." Misty paused for a second and thought before answering. "You know, I'm really not that sure." She replied honestly. "I just knew it was something about your eyes, I knew I had seen them before."
Ash nodded and looked at her. Suddenly, deciding to risk getting hit by Misty's famous mallet, Ash bent over and kissed Misty. Surprisingly, she bent closer to him, wrapping her arms around his neck and kissed him back. Ash slid his arms around her waist and pulled her close.
After a few moments, the kiss ended. The embrace didn't though. Ash looked into Misty's eyes and noticed tears. He reached up and gently wiped away a stray one that ran down her cheek. "I really missed you." Misty whispered gently. Ash smiled and kissed her again softly. "I missed you too, not being able to talk to you, tell you what was going on."
Misty nodded and snuggled into Ash's chest. "I guess it just shows that we need to cherish every moment that we have."
Ash nodded and hugged Misty close. "That it does Mist, that it does."
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Morning came all too soon and the gang packed their belongings. Having done all of the digging trying to find Ash, they had cleared a way down the other side of the mountain. They all walked down together and at the base, the group decided to split.
"You know, it wasn't all that bad working with the twerps." James smiled.
"You're right, but don't let that get around." Jessie smirked at Ash, Misty, and Brock. "Next time we meet, remember, we're enemies once again, and we will try to get Pikachu!"
"We know." All three replied, "We know."
Each seperated, going their own ways. Brock chuckled softly as he noticed Ash and Misty holding hands. "Well, what do ya know. It's about time." Brock grinned at Pikachu who whole-heartedly agreed.
Ash had learned a valuable lesson and one that he would never forget. He would never take his friends for granted nor his enemies either, for he had come face to face with what it would be like without them. He would enjoy life to the fullest and hopefully, become the best Pokémon master that he could possible become.
Well, here's the end of the story. I hope you guys all enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. =)