… Yes, I know I took too long on that last one. Why do you think I posted this A.Q.A.P.? I wrote the whole thing the night after I'd posted 5, too… Oh, and five was supposed to be ChikoRita begging for everything, but it changed to her and Misty fighting for Ash's attention ^_^' so it wasn't exactly as planned, but it still fit!! And I realize that chapter was a heck of a lot shorter than most… It was a transition Chap., give me a break!!! And also, I recently found out Chikorita evolves and Brock leaves before Ash makes it to the last Gym (long before!!), but it works better this way!! (Mm…. Whaaa….) And -_-' I didn't make it act that much like Calumon, did I??
I don't own pokémon in general (don't sue me! I need my money for a Japan field trip in April!), but… it's so popular… I'm putting a © on this story's storyline!! So they can't steal it! Take THAT, 4kids…
"Just stay out of my way, Misty!! I know Ash likes me, and he'd be mine by now, if only he wasn't so distracted by you!!"
"Distracted?! He looks to me for help to protect him from you, so you won't be drooling all over him and strangling him with hugs!!" she yelled back.
Obviously, neither of the guys was there at the moment. They were all at the beach by the lake, and the guys were off getting hot dogs, so Misty was taking this opportunity to explain a few things to ChikoRita. Actually, ChikoRita had started it, but…
"You know, Rita, if it weren't for you, we wouldn't be right here, right now. We'd be on the way back to Pallet, with Ash's final gym badge!"
ChikoRita stared in shock. "I… I…"
Human? I Wish… NOT!!
#6*Day3-2: But It Was Then You Had Me Fooled
"No, you're wrong!! Ash couldn't have won that anyway. That Gym leader was just to strong for his pokémon!!"
"All 5 of them… if he'd had 6, he might've won. You do realize that, don't you?"
"Well… Well… he could've gotten another one!!"
"Except you are still technically a pokémon… just in a human body. Ash could put you back in the pokéball if he wanted to. But he's not that mean… He'd have to send you back to the lab to get another pokémon. But since he won't put a human back in it's pokéball, you lucked out. But he didn't."
"No… no, it can't be true!!"
"ChikoRita… Ash does care about you, just in the same way he does for the rest of his pokémon and us… he… he loves you, but as one of his best friends. Not the way you want…"
"No… No…. NO!!!! YOU'RE LYING TO ME!!!!!" she ran screaming away from Misty.
Just as the guys got back.
"Um… dare I ask?" Brock said, confused.
"Don't bother. I'll explain anyway. I was trying to explain to her that Ash only cares about her as a friend, not what she wants…. *Sigh* Why do I seem to be the only one around here who can grasp the idea that the only people and pokémon Ash cares about more than any others are Pikachu and his own parents?"
"Well, Misty that's not entirely true… I…" Ash stopped himself from completing the sentence.
"What, Ash?"
"Um… I forgot what I was going to say…" he lied, blushing slightly.
"Oh…" Misty sighed, staring at the sand. That's what I was afraid of…
"Don't you think someone should go after her?"
"Pi… pi pikachu ka pipi. [Yeah… I guess I will,]" Pikachu mumbled, running off in her direction.
"Hey, Misty I… I think you better leave those explanations to me, from now on. And what all did you say?? I can't believe that that little made her cry…"
"I'm sorry, Ash… I started explaining to her and couldn't stop… I guess I over reacted and… blamed her for your loss at the Gym…"
"Misty? How could you… I can't believe you'd do that…" Ash said in response, forgetting for the moment the time at which he'd been thinking the same thing…
"I was afraid you'd say that… I'm really sorry, ok?" she whispered, tears beginning to fall from her eyes. "I got a little carried away… I'm just under a lot of stress right now… I'm gonna go for a swim," she said suddenly, standing up and running for the lake.
"Misty, wait, I… Dang't I screwed up again, didn't I Brock?"
"I dunno. What I'm wondering, is under a lot of stress from what? Rita couldn't cause that much trouble, especially not for Misty. She's dealt with you for over 3 1/2 years now, I'd think she'd be stress resistant…" he chuckled.
"AND WHAT IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN, SQUINTY?!?" Ash sighed. "But it's probably just some girl thing…"
"Like the fact she has competition now?" Brock suggested, making Ash blush again.
"No… you know what I mean, I'm just not gonna say it. Competition, heh…" he looked out at the lake, where Misty suddenly popped up from under the water, her new haircut softly framing her face. Ash sighed… I'm sorry I was so hard on you there, Misty… I know you're right… it's just if I admitted that, I'd probably blab a few other things too…and I can't let you know, not yet… not until we have this whole mess sorted out…
His thoughts were interrupted by Misty hollering at them from the water. "Pikachu's coming back with Rita, and I've calmed down now, so you guys can come in if you want!!"
"What do we do about Rita?!" Ash yelled back.
"She can use Staryu to stay afloat," she suggested, coming closer and standing up in the waist deep section of the water.
"Ok…" Ash mumbled, trying to avoid staring at Misty, who was wearing a revealing red and yellow bikini. {The one from the Diglett/Dugtrio episode… don't ask how I remember that, it was just the latest older episode I saw… and gimme a break, she's 15 now, and I get those stares all the time and I'm only 14!!} Though he didn't know why he should bother doing so, since most the other guys on the beach were. Shoot, even Brock had commented earlier that she looked pretty, before being wacked over the head with a mallet and told not to even think about it. He picked up her backpack, and was about to dig through it to look for the pokéball, when his mind suddenly advised against it, and instead he tossed it to her.
"What was that for?" she asked, opening the pack to search for Staryu's pokéball.
"I don't wanna risk finding anything I shouldn't," Ash admitted.
"I wouldn't really care… catch," she tossed the bag back to him, sneering in the process.
"Whoa, if looks could kill…" Brock mumbled.
"Shut up, Brock…"
"Go, Staryu!! Here, Rita, you can ride on Staryu since I'm assuming you can't swim…" Misty smiled.
"I can! Just not as a human…" she admitted in response.
"Thought so. Hey, are you two coming in or not?" Misty hollered at the to boys standing on the beach, making sure to glare cruelly at Ash in the process. "Oh, hey Pikachu! Could you watch Togepi for me??"
"Pipipi? Pi, Pikachupi! [Togepi? Sure, Misty!]"
"Thanks!"
As Ash and Brock got out as far as her in the water, Ash noticed her humming that song again… But before he could say anything, she realized he was there, glared at him, and shook her head furiously, trying to stop herself from singing it again.
Did I make her that mad…? That she won't even sing that song when I'm around…?
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Oh, why can't this hurry up, so I can get back to following them? I know I'm here to fulfill a wish to save someone's life… but still! This person's hard to find, and that Chikorita's group is more interesting!! something whined to itself, scanning the rooms of a hospital in Vermilion City. Sometimes having a preset agenda can be annoying…
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"'Listen, Misty, I'm sorry…' no, 'Sorry, Misty, look, I…' no, still no good…" Ash paced back and forth in the pokémon center room they were staying in, waiting for the others to return from their various locales… Suddenly the door creaked open, panicking Ash, causing him to spin around, still staring at the floor, and begin stuttering one of the apologies he'd been practicing. "I'm sorry, I guess I overreacted today… I didn't mean to be that cruel… What I was actually trying to do, Misty…" he looked up. "Oh, hi Brock…"
"Yeah, I was gonna say…" he shook his head, a look of 'he's hopeless' on his face. "She'll be back soon, I'll bet. And it'll all be fine."
"You just don't understand… I feel like I totally killed… something today. I don't know… It's just whatever Misty and I had… whatever kind of friendship it was… I think it's gone…"
"Ash, I know what you're trying to say. She isn't just a friend to you, is she?" Ash blushed slightly. But he refused to hide it anymore, and he nodded slowly. " I knew it. Well, considering the fact that my approach never works on anyone, maybe we can brainstorm so kind of idea?" he suggested.
"I dunno. I… don't think anything could get her to even look at me without sneering again…"
"You know that's just a Misty thing!"
"Brock… you don't get it, do you? It's just…"
"Hi guys! I'm back!"
"Hi Rita…"
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"Pikachu, what can I do?" Ash asked his sleeping companion, looking over at Misty in the next bed over. "She'll probably never speak to me again…"
Misty, unbeknownst to Ash, was still awake and quietly listening to Ash. I'm so sorry, Ash… Nothing's going to be right again until ChikoRita's back to normal, is it? I just wish there was something I could do…No, what I wish is that ChikoRita'd become herself again. She sighed. I can't tell you anything until she is… 'He wanders off, he's just lost without me… doesn't hear a word I say…' she sung the song in her mind as she drifted off to sleep. I'm so sorry…
Gaie!!!! Caffeine is not a good thing for me to have!!! I wrote that whole thing in 25 minutes!!! I couldn't see my fingers move, I was typing so fast -_-' dang'd cappuccino delight slim-fast… Anyway, that's off topic. Just sorta random lol. Oh, and don't ask about calling him Squinty… my friends and I believe he and Tracey don't really deserve names… (Sorta like some peoples' obsession with hating Togepi…) Anyway, just review it, please??? Ja ne to Heiwa!