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A/N: Okay everyone, you've yelled at me enough, here's chapter two of sixteen...yeah, there are sixteen chapters, and I'll post the rest up as soon as I can, but for now my fingers are freezing, so I'm not gonna type anymore!
Her bags were gone. She was clutching her boarding pass in a sweat-covered hand and trembling. How could she leave? Why did her mom have to get cancer? She didn't deserve it...
"Flight 209 to Cerulean City, now boarding at Gate 13" a voice over the loudspeaker announced, and Misty felt a lump in her throat that had become familiar since last night.
"I guess this is it" she smiled weakly as Togepi too, nearly started crying.
"I guess so" Ash replied.
"Pika Pika, Pi Pi Pi" Pikachu said, directing the comment to Misty and Togepi. They all interpreted it as some sort of goodbye.
"Bye Pikachu" Misty whispered, hugging the cute electric mouse. She set it on Ash's head, its usual resting place, and turned to Ash. "Good luck in the League."
Ash nodded. "Good luck with your mom." Misty looked at the ground, and when she looked up, Ash gently hugged her. She hugged him back, liking the feeling of his arms around her, knowing it was the first and last time she would feel it.
"Bye Ash. I hope you can manage by yourself" she half-teased.
Ash grinned. "You watch me" he replied, but only half-heartdly. How was he gonna get along by himself? He had never done it. And when he had, he had wound up destroying her bike and nearly killing Pikachu.
Willing herself not to cry again, Misty picked up Togepi and turned away, wanting to face the boy she loved, but knowing that now she couldn't. It was like a brick wall was going to seperate them now. Only it was bigger than that. It was an ocean, dozens of islands, and miles of land. She handed in her boarding pass and entered the tunnel that connected with the plane. Just before she stepped on the plane, she let a small tear discreetly fall down her cheek.
"Welcome aboard flight 209" a friendly looking air hostess greeted her. Misty smiled, and sat down at the window seat Daisy had kindly requested. After buckling her seatbelt, she vacantly stared out the window, thinking of her mom, and what would happen when she arrived home.
The plane started moving, and so did Misty's mind. You never told him, she realised. As the plane took off into the cloudless sky, Misty sighed. "I love you, Ash" she whispered, looking at the building she had just left. Another tear escaped, and for the rest of the four hour flight, her thoughts were majorly on her mother.
Ash stared out the window as the plane left, and sighed. "Well Pikachu, it's just you and me, buddy" he smiled.
Pikachu smiled back, but they both felt Misty's absence as soon as they walked through the door to the League house. No smart cracks, no Togepi giggling, nothing. It was almost dead.
Ash shook his head. He couldn't concentrate on her now, he had a match to get ready for. "Come on, Pikachu, our match is in an hour" he announced. Pikachu nodded and they started preparing themselves.
An hour later, he stood proudly in a trainers box, pokeball in hand, grin on face...pain in heart. You let her go like a leaf in the wind, he thought. Pikachu noticed the other trainer entering, by the name of Steve, and tugged at Ash's well worn jeans.
"Pika Pi! Pikachu!" it cried desperatly. Ash couldn't lose it now. Not before his match. Steve got in his trainers box and the two trainers eyed each other. There's no way I can lose this, Ash thought bitterly.
"Squirtle, go!" he cried, throwing his pokeball.
"Go Mankey!" Steve yelled, summoning a small but tough looking Mankey. Ash stared. A Mankey. "No sweat" he muttered. "Squirtle, water gun!"
"Mankey, double team!"
One Mankey turned to two. Two turned to four. Four to eight...Ash lost count after that. Squirtle's powerful attack went through the first Mankey, then the second...
"Squirtle, um...uh..."
"Pika Pi!" Pikachu yelled at its best friend. Ash looked down at the little yellow mouse and shook his head.
"Keep it up Squirtle!" Eventually all those Mankey would vanish, but one. Squirtle finally found the real one and weakened it.
"Mankey, fury swipes!"
"Squirtle, withdraw!"
The fight was long, with neither trainer giving in or stumbling. One last kick, one last water gun and...
"Squirtle is the winner!"
Ash breathed a sigh of relief. "Squirtle, you're the greatest!" he exclaimed in gratitude. His pokemon were like Gods to him. They gave him everything he wanted, and everything he needed. Love, protection, badges, battles, fun... "Return, Squirtle." The little turtle pokemon, having no choice, went back in its pokeball at its master's summoning, and Ash jumped down from the trainers box, admist cheers and news reporters. "Pikachu, do you think something's missing?" he asked.
Pikachu nodded. "Pika Pika" it answered in agreement. Ash sighed, ignored everything around him and slowly walked back to the house. "Pika Pi..." Pikachu had to ask Ash something.
"Yeah?" Ash replied.
"Pika, Pikachu Pika Pika?" Pikachu asked nervously. Ash interpreted it perfectly. Pikachu had just asked him if he loved Misty.
"Only as a friend" he answered simply. It was the truth. He missed her like anything...but he wasn't in love with her. How do you fall in love with someone who hits you with mallets and can't help but insult you? How? She was pretty, and sometimes she could be funny, and they disagreed about every subject under the sun...but in the end, he really liked her. As a close friend. It was weird not having her walk beside him, cooing to Togepi, offending him with her latest remarks about how poor a trainer he really was...
"Pika Pika?" Pikachu asked sympathetically. In other words, "are you okay?"
Ash smiled at his best friend. "I'm fine, Pikachu." And with those words, they both walked into the house, together, but lonely.
A/N: Well well well! What did you think? I'd like to remind everyone that I wrote this before the Orange Island stuff started, so I had no idea how the Orange League worked, or who won it or anything. So yeah, bear with me on this! All comments appreciated!
A/N: Okay everyone, you've yelled at me enough, here's chapter two of sixteen...yeah, there are sixteen chapters, and I'll post the rest up as soon as I can, but for now my fingers are freezing, so I'm not gonna type anymore!
Her bags were gone. She was clutching her boarding pass in a sweat-covered hand and trembling. How could she leave? Why did her mom have to get cancer? She didn't deserve it...
"Flight 209 to Cerulean City, now boarding at Gate 13" a voice over the loudspeaker announced, and Misty felt a lump in her throat that had become familiar since last night.
"I guess this is it" she smiled weakly as Togepi too, nearly started crying.
"I guess so" Ash replied.
"Pika Pika, Pi Pi Pi" Pikachu said, directing the comment to Misty and Togepi. They all interpreted it as some sort of goodbye.
"Bye Pikachu" Misty whispered, hugging the cute electric mouse. She set it on Ash's head, its usual resting place, and turned to Ash. "Good luck in the League."
Ash nodded. "Good luck with your mom." Misty looked at the ground, and when she looked up, Ash gently hugged her. She hugged him back, liking the feeling of his arms around her, knowing it was the first and last time she would feel it.
"Bye Ash. I hope you can manage by yourself" she half-teased.
Ash grinned. "You watch me" he replied, but only half-heartdly. How was he gonna get along by himself? He had never done it. And when he had, he had wound up destroying her bike and nearly killing Pikachu.
Willing herself not to cry again, Misty picked up Togepi and turned away, wanting to face the boy she loved, but knowing that now she couldn't. It was like a brick wall was going to seperate them now. Only it was bigger than that. It was an ocean, dozens of islands, and miles of land. She handed in her boarding pass and entered the tunnel that connected with the plane. Just before she stepped on the plane, she let a small tear discreetly fall down her cheek.
"Welcome aboard flight 209" a friendly looking air hostess greeted her. Misty smiled, and sat down at the window seat Daisy had kindly requested. After buckling her seatbelt, she vacantly stared out the window, thinking of her mom, and what would happen when she arrived home.
The plane started moving, and so did Misty's mind. You never told him, she realised. As the plane took off into the cloudless sky, Misty sighed. "I love you, Ash" she whispered, looking at the building she had just left. Another tear escaped, and for the rest of the four hour flight, her thoughts were majorly on her mother.
Ash stared out the window as the plane left, and sighed. "Well Pikachu, it's just you and me, buddy" he smiled.
Pikachu smiled back, but they both felt Misty's absence as soon as they walked through the door to the League house. No smart cracks, no Togepi giggling, nothing. It was almost dead.
Ash shook his head. He couldn't concentrate on her now, he had a match to get ready for. "Come on, Pikachu, our match is in an hour" he announced. Pikachu nodded and they started preparing themselves.
An hour later, he stood proudly in a trainers box, pokeball in hand, grin on face...pain in heart. You let her go like a leaf in the wind, he thought. Pikachu noticed the other trainer entering, by the name of Steve, and tugged at Ash's well worn jeans.
"Pika Pi! Pikachu!" it cried desperatly. Ash couldn't lose it now. Not before his match. Steve got in his trainers box and the two trainers eyed each other. There's no way I can lose this, Ash thought bitterly.
"Squirtle, go!" he cried, throwing his pokeball.
"Go Mankey!" Steve yelled, summoning a small but tough looking Mankey. Ash stared. A Mankey. "No sweat" he muttered. "Squirtle, water gun!"
"Mankey, double team!"
One Mankey turned to two. Two turned to four. Four to eight...Ash lost count after that. Squirtle's powerful attack went through the first Mankey, then the second...
"Squirtle, um...uh..."
"Pika Pi!" Pikachu yelled at its best friend. Ash looked down at the little yellow mouse and shook his head.
"Keep it up Squirtle!" Eventually all those Mankey would vanish, but one. Squirtle finally found the real one and weakened it.
"Mankey, fury swipes!"
"Squirtle, withdraw!"
The fight was long, with neither trainer giving in or stumbling. One last kick, one last water gun and...
"Squirtle is the winner!"
Ash breathed a sigh of relief. "Squirtle, you're the greatest!" he exclaimed in gratitude. His pokemon were like Gods to him. They gave him everything he wanted, and everything he needed. Love, protection, badges, battles, fun... "Return, Squirtle." The little turtle pokemon, having no choice, went back in its pokeball at its master's summoning, and Ash jumped down from the trainers box, admist cheers and news reporters. "Pikachu, do you think something's missing?" he asked.
Pikachu nodded. "Pika Pika" it answered in agreement. Ash sighed, ignored everything around him and slowly walked back to the house. "Pika Pi..." Pikachu had to ask Ash something.
"Yeah?" Ash replied.
"Pika, Pikachu Pika Pika?" Pikachu asked nervously. Ash interpreted it perfectly. Pikachu had just asked him if he loved Misty.
"Only as a friend" he answered simply. It was the truth. He missed her like anything...but he wasn't in love with her. How do you fall in love with someone who hits you with mallets and can't help but insult you? How? She was pretty, and sometimes she could be funny, and they disagreed about every subject under the sun...but in the end, he really liked her. As a close friend. It was weird not having her walk beside him, cooing to Togepi, offending him with her latest remarks about how poor a trainer he really was...
"Pika Pika?" Pikachu asked sympathetically. In other words, "are you okay?"
Ash smiled at his best friend. "I'm fine, Pikachu." And with those words, they both walked into the house, together, but lonely.
A/N: Well well well! What did you think? I'd like to remind everyone that I wrote this before the Orange Island stuff started, so I had no idea how the Orange League worked, or who won it or anything. So yeah, bear with me on this! All comments appreciated!
