Mt. Silver
Pt.
3: varidian city
Well, what a
weird turn of events! "Ssshh!!!!" the audience hissed. Oh right, they're sleeping. Ahem… like I was saying. What a weird
turn of events. A life shattering fight turns out to be a beacon of love! And
the task of hiding their love from brock arises. What will happen now?! Well,
read on to find out.
Ash introducing the title: varidian city!
The sun begins to
rise over varidian forest, painting the skies with brilliant shades of red,
blue, purple, and other colors. The sunrays gently graze the face of two
teenage lovers, our friends ash and misty. Misty's eyes blink open. For a
couple seconds she forgets the events of the night before. * WHAT!!!??? WHY IS ASH HOLDING ME!? WHY AM
I HOLDING HIM!? * Then it all comes back to her. Big fight, new bike, crying,
hurt, ash whispers, kiss, love, relief; All the memories of hurt and happiness
come rushing back in a blur of emotions and feelings. She smiles as she starts to
settle into ash's embrace. She gently kisses him. Ash starts to stir awake.
Ash opens his eyes.
As his eyes adjust from the blackness of the inside of his eyelids, he sees a
heavenly site. Misty and him were arm in arm, she was smiling a contented smile
and her eyes reflected nothing but love. He sighed and kissed her. Oh, how long
had he wanted her to look at him like that? How long had he fantasized about
kissing her? Too long. For a while they just laid and watched the sunset
together, wishing this moment would last forever. Misty curled up closer to ash
and he held her tight. But, like always, all times have to end.
Ash and misty heard foot steps in the
distance. They quickly get up and, since they didn't have their pokemon, they
both grabbed a stone. "Who's there!?" ash screams. The footsteps get louder and
faster and they hear brock's voice. " Guy's it's me! Where in the world have
you two been!? "Ash and misty relax and laugh in stupidity. "Ash got us lost!"
misty says as brock bursts trough the trees. "Oh, that's what I thought." Brock
states. "Hey! I did not!" ash defends himself. (Good actors, no?) "Yea, sure
ash" brock says nonchalantly. Ash growls a bit but drops the matter. Ash and
misty pickup camp while brock gives them their pokemon. Togepi coos in misty's
arms as she tickles him. Ash smiled and rubbed pikachu behind the ears. Pikachu
looked at his trainer and asked " pikachu pi kachu pikapi?! Pika kapi pik
…pi…kachu pikachu…(are you ok ash?! Your looking at misty like… oh…don't tell
me… you guys…)" ash nodded and replied "I'll fill you in later…" pikachu gave
ash a playful punch in the arm. "Pikachu! (You bad boy!)" Ash smiled and
preceded packing.
Packing was over and
the crew was back on the road. Ash and misty lagged behind (holding hands when
brock wasn't looking) and brock wondered why they weren't fighting yet. "Hmmm…"
he said. Misty guessed what that was about and whispered to ash to start
another fight. So brock was contented and his suspicions were dismissed. Soon
they arrived at the varidian city pokemon center.
They settled in a room and chose beds. "We
got one room and there's only two beds. So, I guess ill sleep with ash, and
misty can sleep in the other bed." Brock says. "No!" misty says quickly.
"Um…yea…I'll sleep with ash, and brock, you can have the other bed." Brock
looks surprised and doesn't hold back in asking why. "Why, may I ask, do YOU
want to sleep with ASH?" misty got a nervous look on her face and said "ummm…
I…ahhh… need…" she shot ash a 'HELP ME HERE!' look and ash quickly said,
brightly, " Because we need some on
to take care of togepi and pikachu during the night. I did it last time and
misty before that. It's your turn. And I WILL NOT wake up to crying all night!"
Brock accepted that and they settled the room. "That was brilliant! Thank you!" misty whispered in ash's ear. "Well, it was true." Ash replied with a smile. Misty gave ash's hand a quick squeeze and set a second pillow on the bed they were sharing. Brock went down stares as soon as everything was done and ash and misty put there pokemon in the pokemon nursery. "So what do you want to do?" ash asked politely. "Well, I heard of a new attraction in the newspaper a couple of months ago. A new garden maze has been set up for the summer. Complete with benches and a fountain in the middle with a perfect view of the moon and the sky. They call it 'The maze of love'…" misty winked at him and ash agreed to go.
Ash and misty paid the entrée fee and walked in the maze. Well, with ash's horrible sense of direction they got lost. (Witch wasn't bad because they kept coming up on people kissing, laughed, poked the people in the side, and ran before the people could see them.) By the time they made it to the middle it was dark. Ash and misty sat down on a bench facing the fountain. Misty laid her head on ash's shoulder and scooted closer. Ash put his arms around misty and kissed her forehead. "The moon is so beautiful tonight. And the stars…" Misty trailed off with a sigh. "Nothing is as beautiful as you." Ash said. Misty sighed again. " I love you so much ash. I don't deserve someone like you." Misty said.
Ash tilted her head up to look at him. "What do you mean by that?" ash asked, gently. "All the time we traveled together, all I did was make fun of you, yell at you, and hit you. Yet after all that, you still love me. I hurt your spirits, sometimes. And I always said you could never make it to be a pokemon master. Yet, you still love me. After everything I did to you, After all the hurt I caused you, after all that, you stayed strong. And you're here, right now, holding me, protecting me from the world. Here you are, kissing the person who did nothing but ridicule you for the past year. You love me. I don't deserve you…"
Ash gently stoked her cheek. She did do a lot of things to him. She had crushed his spirits and hurt him. She had rendered him unconscious a few times. "How could I not love you? You're kind, caring, and sweet. I would give up training, my hopes, and my dreams if it meant you'd be happy. I would die if it meant you'd be safe. What would I do if I couldn't be here right now; holding you in my arms, and having you look at me with your heavenly, blue eyes full of love and compassion? What would I do? How could I live if I had never felt your touch, sending shocks up and down my spine? What would I do if I had never tasted your tender kiss? I would have no life, no dreams, and no one to give my heart to. If I had never seen your eyes, staring at me and freezing me in place… How could I live without you? You're the one that gave me the determination that kept me going, you're the reason I have beaten two leagues. Misty, if anything, I don't deserve you."
Misty bit her lip. She couldn't believe ash had actually said that. When, all the sudden, did he become so romantic!!?? The romantic part of her was screaming 'ohhh!! He's so sweet!! I love him!!' * say something misty! * She told herself. She took a deep breath and tried to say something. " Oh ash…" that was all she could get out before her throat refused to say anything and her mind screamed that she can't cry. She bent up as ash bent down. They kissed passionately. They pulled apart and they looked into each other's eyes. No one could have been able to describe the feeling she felt inside. It was like total bliss mixed with love, compassion, awe, sadness, joy, and many others. Her heart was racing and her mouth was dry.
Her eyes shined. The feeling she was feeling inside shone in her eyes like wild fire. They sparkled and shined, full of love. This was it. The time she had been waiting for her whole life. He was the one, the person who was going to end her pain. He would love her like no one ever had. She could trust him. He would fill that place in her heart that had been missing since here parents died, and her sisters had always made it bigger. She sighed a happy sigh and lay on his chest, holding him tight. " I'll never lose you. Will I ash?" she asked, in a whisper, with her eyes closed. She felt ash stroke her hair and say, simply, " never."
After a few minutes, ash said, quietly, " we'd better get back. Any longer and brock will call the police for a missing persons report!" "Yea, and get thrown in jail for hitting on an officer!" misty said as she stood up. They both laughed and walked out. "This time I'll follow the map!" ash said. "What!? You didn't follow it earlier! Idiot!" misty yelled at him. Well, they made it out and walked back to the pokemon center, where brock was…getting kicked across the room?!
Nurse joy and officer jenny were both standing, side by side, looking angrily at brock. Ash chuckled as the officer said, "Forget about missing persons! You're under arrest for hitting on an officer of the law! Come on you pervert! 'Would you like to come to my place tonight!' Honestly!" ash and misty laughed at brock and misty said " hello? Officer? Sorry, but we're the people this man was talking about. So you don't have to take him to jail. We'll deal with HIM!" by the sound of that last sentence; officer jenny gladly left brock to them. On her way out she asked them where they had been. " Um… we were at the maze of love…" ash whispered. "Oh…" the officer said. She giggled as she walked out the door.
"Now brocky… come with us now… were going some were private, someplace were screams cant be heard…" brock didn't like the deathly sound in misty's voice. Nor did he like how ash cracked his knuckles and grinned evilly. He stared to run but misty grabbed his collar and dragged him upstairs. In their room misty hit brock with her mallet a few times and ash had fun pretending to punch him, that didn't last long. Misty hit ash with her mallet for being an idiot and he managed to make it to his bed before falling unconscious. Misty shook her head and pushed brock onto his bed.
With both of them out cold misty sat on the bed ash was on and thought of something to do. She pulled out her diary and started to write in it.
*** Dear diary,
Today has been wonderful, that is, until brock embarrassed me in front of nurse joy and officer jenny! I can't believe him!! Ash is so wonderful. We've only known our feelings for each other for one day and already he has me hooked. He's caring, sensitive, romantic, oh, he's everything I've wanted and more. We can cry, we can laugh, we can argue, we can love… that's the part I like most… when we love. I love the way he loves me. Oh wow… he's the best. He's the one. He's going to fill that hole in my heart…he already has…I want to spend the rest of my life with him. And I KNOW he feels the same. Well I'm going to take a shower. Goodnight. *** She put her diary away and went to take a shower.
Ash woke up soon after misty started her shower. He heard the water running and shook his head. * I swear, she gets home and takes a shower! Well, that's misty. Hmm, Misty: kind, loving, Sweet, tender, smart, beautiful, strong, skilled with a mallet, tomboy, young lady, giving…in other words: perfect. She's perfect in every way…to me. Wow, how could a girl like her ever love a boy like me? She always brings out the best in me when I'm around her… she makes me the man I've always wanted to be. Even if she is a little mallet crazy. * Ash chuckled and sat up. * Finally, were finally together. It's even better than I've ever imagined. She's more wonderful than my pitiful imagination ever thought. I love her every move, every smile, every wink, every hug, every kiss…I'm going to memorize every move she makes, every sound her heavenly voice makes. I'm going to memorize her smell, her eyes, her hair, her likes and her dislikes, everything. I'm going to memorize her, everything about her, so I'll have her when she's not there. Huh… * ash sighs happily and pets pikachu.
Misty turns off the
water in the shower and gets out. * That felt good. I should wake up ash and
tell him to take a shower. Brock can take one when he wakes up tomorrow
afternoon. Note: thank Mrs. Ketchum. That double-concussion-smash will give ash
and me some time alone. Togepi told me he wants to sleep with nurse joy
tonight. I'm so relived that nurse joy said she'd be happy to. Peace and quiet
for one night. * She got dressed and stepped out of the bathroom.
Misty smiled at ash.
He was already up and getting his shower stuff together. * He's so perfect… *
she thought. "Hi ash." She said, softly. Ash turned around. "Oh, hi mist. Done
already? Well, if you don't mind, I'm going to take a shower too." He smiled,
and misty's heart melted. "Of course not. Go ahead." She said, breathlessly.
His smile got bigger and he kissed her cheek as he walked by. * Oh my gosh,
he's so…so… He's just PERFECT! How did
he hook me like this? What was that he called me? Mist, that's what he said.
Oh…I like that. It's so romantic…he's so romantic… * she sat down on the bed
and looked at the ceiling. How had he made her fall in love with him? He's not
anything like her fantasies she had had when she was a small girl. He's not
muscular; he's not the most handsome guy in the world, he's not really smart,
he's not really mature… he is anything but those things.
* What am I thinking?! Ash is the best anyone can have. I used to
think someone had to be smart and mature and good looking on the outside for me
to fall in love. I was so wrong. Ash is handsome on the inside. When I see him
my heart pounds and I'll do anything he wants me to. When he kisses me I go
crazy and my whole body fills with joy. No, ash is the perfect boy. Not the guy
I had always thought would be… ash is the one I have been waiting for my whole
life. I love him so much… *
Misty heard the water turn off and she
looked, expectantly, toward the door. A couple of second's later ash walked out
in his pajamas. When they saw each other they both smiled and ash sat on the
bed next to misty. "What are you thinkin' about mist?" ash asked. Misty smiled
sweetly and replied " You of course. What else would I be thinking about?" ash
chuckled and put his arms around misty. Misty looked into ash's eyes and just
stared. Finally she spoke, "since when did you start calling me mist, ashyboy?"
she wondered. Ash smiled, "since
tonight." He kissed her forehead and they held each other, both thinking about
the other. "Want to go for a walk?" ash asked. Misty smiled "Sure. Why not?"
ash patted pikachu, who snickered, and they walked outside.
They walked, hand in
hand, along the sidewalk. Misty's stomach growled, "Ash, we haven't eaten all
day. Maybe we should go back and get something to eat." Ash nodded and they
walked back to the pokemon center. "Well, that sure was a long walk! Two
seconds, and your stomach growled!" ash said, once they got their food. "And
you weren't hungry too?!" misty said, looking at the ten orders he got. Ash
glanced down at his food and blushed deeply. "Well…um…I was to busy looking at
you to notice!" he said. Misty laughed and started eating her food.
Once she was finished she looked to see
how ash was doing. "Um…ash…I don't think your face should be purple…OH NO!
YOU'RE CHOKING!" Misty ran over to ash and did the hemlock maneuver on him.
"Come…on…breath…" she panted. ** ''Hack!''** Ash coughed out an onion. "
I specifically said NO ONIONS!" ash said in disgust. He turned to misty, " Dang
woman! Took you long enough to notice!" misty bit her lip to stop herself from
starting a fight. The last fight they had she almost lost ash and she promised
herself not to do that again. She looked at the floor and turned away.
* What? This isn't
the response I had expected. Normally she would have started a fight, now she's
looking down, as if she's afraid of something. I've got to apologize. * Ash touched
misty's soft shoulder. "Hey, I didn't mean it like that. Thank you. You saved
my life. I appreciate it. Why are you acting like this? The old misty would
have started a fight." Ash inquired. Misty turned around to face him. Her
throat was tight with a mixed feeling of anger and sadness. "Why? Because the
last time we fought, I almost lost you…" misty said. Ash rubbed her shoulders.
"Ok, I'm sorry." Ash said. Misty smiled. "That's ok, you did look funny.
Perfect haunter imitation."
She laughed and ran to the stairs, with ash close at her heals.
"Why you little! I'll get you for that!" ash said jokingly. Misty turned around
and stuck her tongue out at him. "Just try and catch me haunter boy!" she
teased as she ran up the stairs. Ash chased misty all the way to their room.
Misty burst in the room and dived on the bed. She turned to face up just as ash
landed over her. She smiled evilly "whatcha gonna do now…haunter boy!" she
stuck her tongue at him again. Ash smiled "I'm gonna…TICKLE YOU!" he said as he
started to tickle her. "Ash…stop…no…hahahahahahaha!" misty busted out laughing,
rolling side to side, and trying to get away. "Ash…hahahaha…. please!"
Misty managed to push ash away, giving her
enough time to tickle HIM instead! Once they had both been tired out, they laid
on the bed, side by side, panting. Misty looked at ash and smiled. "Haunter
boy…" she teased. "Hey!" ash said. They both laughed. Then, all the sudden,
they got shocked. "PIKACHU PI! (I WAS SLEEPING!)" Pikachu squealed.
(Literally)"Sorry…pikachu…we didn't mean to wake you up..." ash said,
scorched. "Pika. (Ok.)" Pikachu went back to sleep and ash and misty changed
the sheets. "Well that was fun." Misty sighed. "Yea. Haunter boy, geez!" ash
said. Misty giggled and sat on the bed.
Misty patted on the bed, indicating ash to
come sit down next to her. Ash smiled and sat down. As he put his arms around
her, misty sighed, a sleepy sigh. "You tired?" ash asked. Misty smiled and
nodded. "Ok, me to." Ash turned off the lights and lay down next to misty.
"Goodnight ash, I love you." Misty said. "Goodnight misty. I love you too." Ash
yawns and turns to face misty. She was already looking at him, with sleepy yet
loving eyes. He smiled and they kissed. They put their arms around one another
and slowly elapsed into sleep.
Misty was running in a forest, screaming
ash's name. "Ash! Where are you! Ash! Oh god, help me! Ash! Where are you!" she
ran and ran, trough an endless forest of colors, shapes, and wonders. But she
didn't care about all that; she had to find ash. He couldn't leave her now…not
ever. She fell down, almost dead from exhaustion. * He said he'd never leave
me…he said he loved me…oh, ash…why… * as her eyes closed for the last time, she
sees a shape in front of her. It was a human form with a pikachu on its
shoulder. "Foolish woman. Did you think I loved you? Did you waist your every
once of strength making me happy? How could I be happy when I have to look at a
face like yours? You hag. Thanks for nothing…mist."
Ash stepped to be where she could see him
better. She sobbed uncontrollably. "Stop crying!" ash yelled as he kicked her
repeatedly. Misty forced herself to stop. Ash kicked dirt in her eyes and spit
on her hair. "Come father. I'm done here…" ash said to Giovanni, who was
watching. "Good work son. I'm glad you're back in the family business." As ash
and Giovanni walk away misty whispered, " I want …to tell you what… I'm feeling
…and to say that…I love you…ash…"
Misty snapped awake. She sat up. Her skin
was moist and clammy. She started shaking, violently. She was panting. * That
dream…not again… it had never that bad before…I'm scared… * misty started to
cry. Tears rolled down her cheeks like water. She wanted help. She wanted to be
reassured by ash that he would never leave her, that he would never hate her…
Misty's sobs got louder and she started shaking harder. She felt a hand on her
shoulder. She didn't care if it was ash or a robber. She threw herself in to
ash's chest and cried. "Misty…" ash started. "Just hold me…please…if you don't
hate me…"misty sobbed.
Ash held misty close to him, like a little
child who had a bad dream. * What did she mean by 'if you don't hate me'? I
don't hate her. How could I? What got her so afraid? * He rubbed misty's back
and kissed her forehead. "Misty, I love you. I would never hate you." Ash said.
Her sobs grew quiet and her shaking lessened. She pulled away from him and
looked in his eyes. "Are you sure about that ash? You don't hate me? You wont
leave me in a forest to die, cold and lonely? You wont kick dirt in my eyes and
spit in my hair? Please…if you wont…show me…I need to know that you really love
me, please…" she trailed off, and clenched her hand into a fist, to stop it
from shaking.
Ash didn't know what to do. What had
happened? What made her so scared? How could he prove that he really loved her?
"Misty…" he whispered. He took her hands in his and leaned his head on hers.
"You know I would NEVER do that to you. Whatever you dreamed, forget about it.
Dreams aren't real. I would never hurt you. I would die first. Look at me." He
tilted her head up so he could look in her eyes. They were full of hurt, loss,
and abandonment. "Oh mist…" ash's heart practically broke in half at the pain
in her eyes. He leaned forward till his lips barely touched hers. "Mist…I could
never hurt you…never…" he whispered.
Misty's heart jumped for joy as ash
started kissing her. It was a kiss full of love and compassion. * He does love
me…I'm not a useless hag like the ash in the dream had said.* She leaned into
the kiss and started kissing him back. She wrapped her arms around him, pulling
him closer to her. Reluctantly she pulled away. "Ash…oh ash…I was so scared…I
thought you hated me…I thought I had lost you forever…it was so horrible…" she
trailed off thinking about what had happened. "Tell me, what happened? What
scared you so much?" ash asked gently. Misty looked deep into ash's eyes and
started telling him the dream.
" I was running trough a forest of colors
and shapes. I was almost dead from exhaustion, but still, I ran and ran,
screaming your name. Finally, I collapsed. I was dieing, as I closed my eyes, I
saw someone walk up to me. It had a pikachu on its shoulder. It was you. At
first I was relived and happy. I thought you loved me. Then you said you hated
me and you never loved me and you said I was a useless hag. And when I started
to cry you yelled at me to stop and kicked me over and over. When I stopped
crying you kicked dirt in my eyes and spit in my hair. Then you said you were
done…to Giovanni. You said he was your
father. And as you two walked away, I said, as I died, 'I want… to tell you
what… I'm feeling and… to say that, …I love you… ash.' Then I woke up. It
seemed so real that I broke down and started to cry. It had never been that bad
before. I used to have this dream every night but we were so out in the
wilderness that when I cried no one heard."
Ash rubbed misty's back, and they lay back
down. No words had to be said. Misty was safe now and ash would protect her.
They both were safe and misty knew that ash did love her. The rest of the night
misty's dreams were filled with love and happiness. And so were Ash's. That
dream never plagued her thoughts ever again.
The next day ash woke
up with the sun blazing in his eyes. He was about to get up, when he noticed
the girl that was holding him. Misty had a smile on her face and her arms were
around ash's stomach. His back was to her and he was holding her hands. Ash
sighed and, carefully, turned to face her. He took her hands from around his
waist and held them in his. Bringing her hands to his face, he kissed them and
got out of bed. Ash smiled at the sleeping figure in his bed and went to get
dressed. When he got back pikachu jumped on his shoulder. "Pikachu pika pikapi!
(I want to go for a walk ash!)" Pikachu said. Ash laughed and said, "sure, let
me leave misty a note." He wrote a note and put it beside misty.
Pikachu ran in front of ash and back to him, and then in front of him again. The normal morning walk. Ash sighed and looked at the sunrise. * The sunrise is so beautiful. I wish misty could see this. I swear! Everything is reminding me of misty these days. Huh…but she's worth it. She's worth anything. * Ash smiled and continued his walk. "Hey pikachu!" ash said. "Pika? (What?) Pikachu asked. "Think fast!" ash yelled as he threw a bottle of ketchup into the air. Pikachu jumped, with the grace of a cat, and caught the bottle. "Pikachu!!! (Touch down!!!)" Pikachu yelled happily. "Good one Pikachu!" ash said, throwing up his arms.
They heard someone behind them clap and laugh. Ash spun around and smiled. Misty was running to catch up to them. When pikachu saw misty he ran and jumped in her arms. "Kapi! (Misty!)" He yelled, happily. "Hey pikachu, good catch." She said. Pikachu jumped down and handed misty the bottle. Misty threw it in the air and pikachu caught it again. This time pikachu sat down and started eating the ketchup. Ash chuckled and misty walked up next to him. She rubbed his shoulder and smiled. "How did you get out of bed without waking me up, ashyboy?" she asked. Ash smiled. "I'm a cat!" "Yea, sure..." misty said. "Meow!" Ash said. Misty laughed and kissed his cheek. "Prrrrr…"Ash joked. Misty laughed again and pikachu tugged on ash's pants leg. They walked back to the pokemon center and pikachu went to the nursery.
"Hey mist, I've got to go to the poke mart. If I'm going on Mt. Silver I'm, going to need a lot of potions and revives. Wanna come?" ash asked. "Sure. Maybe I should get some for me and brock." She agreed and they walked to the local poke mart. Ash bought what he needed and misty got a few items also. When they got back brock was downstairs pestering nurse joy. Ash and misty walked up to him and pulled him away from nurse joy. "Brock, I swear, you're pitiful. Here, were going to Mt. Silver this afternoon. You're going to need these." Misty said as she handed brock his things. "Thanks. Maybe we should go pick up our pokemon." Brock said. Ash and misty agreed and they picked up their pokemon.
With their pokemon with them and rested, ash, misty, and brock leave to the pokemon reception gate. And, from there, it's on to the hardest challenge of ash's pokemon journey: Mt. Silver.
Well folks! The time has
come! Ash and the gang are on to mount silver, the place only the best trainers
go. There are strong pokemon there, but with his pokemon by his side, ash can
do anything! Little do they know, what they will find there! Well, till next
time, STAY TUNNED FOR THE NEXT EXCITING EPISODE OF…POKEMON!
Hey…I didn't get interrupted! Yes! Ow! Watermelons hurt you know! HMMF!
To be continued…