Déjà Vu
4 minutes after "It's All In Your Head"... (As always, read that before this, "Unexpected Response" before that, and "Too Far" before that. A lot of reading now... ^_^;;)
Misty stuffed the last thing she needed, Ash's hat, into her bag and zipped it up. She flung it over her shoulder and carefully picked up Togepi, who was sleeping on her pillow. She tiptoed to the door and switched off the light, once again being swallowed into the darkness. Too late for her unfortunately.
"Misty? I thought I told you to stop making so much noise and get some sleep!" Daisy blocked Misty's way to the door at the end of the hallway. She glared at Misty, waiting to hear an excuse.
Misty glared back at her. Without a word, she shoved Daisy aside and continued walking.
"Where are you going?" Daisy asked, moving back into the middle of the hallway.
"I'm doing something I should have done a long time ago. This hat has caused me enough grief," Misty replied, opening the door.
"But you just go that hat a few days ago," Daisy said thoughtfully.
Misty slammed the door. Daisy shrugged, not really caring what Misty was doing or where she was going, as long as she could get some sleep.
"Morning Ash! Eggs?" Brock asked, a frying pan in his hand.
"Mmmph," Ash mumbled, in a pitiful attempt to say something intelligent. He ran his hand through his hair, feeling strange because his hat wasn't where it usually was.
"Miss your hat?" Brock asked sympathetically.
Ash started to nod, but quickly shook his head, remembering about how he'd 'lost' it. He sat down on a rock and gratefully accepted the eggs Brock handed to him.
Brock watched Ash eat carefully, trying to figure out what had really happened to his hat. Ash was normally very stubborn, so he wouldn't give up the hat easily. That is, if he was acting like himself, which he wasn't. Brock definitely saw a change in Ash during the last few months.
"Is something wrong Brock?" Ash asked, interrupting his thoughts. Brock realized he'd been staring at Ash and quickly looked at his eggs.
"Just thinking," he replied, hoping Ash would be satisfied with that answer and not ask any more questions.
"Oh," Ash replied, not suspecting a thing.
Misty looked up from her map and frowned. She was beginning to have second thoughts about her decision to find Ash. It was going to be nearly impossible to find him and Brock. She let out a deep sigh while Togepi squealed happily, not noticing it's trainer's frustration. Misty carefully put Togepi in her bag, on top of Ash's hat.
Smoke was billowing up above the trees and Misty sighed again. She wished she had the fire in front of her. She watched the smoke, jealous of whoever had the fire.
Suddenly it hit her-the fire was made by Ash and Brock. She grinned at the smoke, which moved slightly to the left in the wind. Misty began jogging in hopes of finding Ash below the trees that the smoke was above.
"We need more firewood," Brock said, glancing at the fire, which was dying quickly. Their pile of wood had been decreased to a few broken sticks.
Ash nodded. "Yeah."
Brock rolled his eyes. "I'll go get some," he volunteered, seeing Ash wasn't about to go anywhere. "Come on Pikachu, you can help."
"Pikachu!" Pikachu cried. Brock strode off, Pikachu running close behind him.
Ash closed his eyes, wanting to shut out the world and everyone in it. His mind kept drifting back to Misty, but he pushed her memory away every time. It was hard to think about her and what he'd said.
And what she had.
Did she really hate him? Was the only reason she was following him really for her bike? Did she not care about him at all?
"Ash?" a small voice interrupted his thoughts.
Ash's eyes flew open and he leapt to his feet. The voice was all too familiar.
"Misty," he gasped. "What are you doing here?"
"I just came to gi-"
"Go away," Ash said and turned away from her.
Misty frowned. "Do you want your hat?" she asked quietly.
"I said go away!" Ash yelled, crossing his arms.
"What's wrong with you Ash?" Misty demanded, hands on her hips. "Two days ago you wouldn't leave me alone, and now you're giving me the cold shoulder!"
"What's wrong with me?" Ash repeated. "I'll tell you what's wrong! Six months ago my temper got the better of me and I yelled at my friends. I had some time to think after I finished yelling and apologized to two of them. They gave me a second chance. But the other just walks out and abandons me, not even saying goodbye, after all we went through together! The past year was basically meaningless! I spent six months thinking about what I had done and how badly I had screwed up a beautiful friendship until it finally hit me to do something about it. I convinced the two that had stayed with me to go to Cerulean City so I could try to fix the mess I had created. I tell my 'friend' I'm sorry and how I really feel and what reaction do I get? 'I hate you! Go away!' I was devastated! The one person I truly cared about in this world hated me!"
"I never said I hated you Ash," said Misty.
"You implied it! You left me, Brock and Pikachu at that pokémon center with no explanation! You didn't try to get a hold of us at all! You yelled at me at your gym! You said you never wanted to see me again!" Ash accused. He whirled around and glared at Misty. "If you really hated me that much, why didn't you leave sooner?! I went through my own personal hell for six months!"
Misty stood there with her mouth hanging open. "Why are you being so stubborn Ash? I never said I hated you and the only reason I came here was to give you your hat back!"
Ash smirked at her. "Don't you see Misty? This is exactly how you treated me. Didn't let me say anything and wanted me just to get lost."
Misty bit her lip. Ash was right, she had treated him like that. She gazed at the ground sadly.
"So now you know how it feels," Ash whispered, barely audible. "You know what it's like to have your friends suddenly hate you." His eyes met Misty's. "Goodbye Misty."
"Goodbye?" repeated Misty, also whispering.
Ash nodded. "Have a nice life." He started cleaning up his breakfast.
"So you're just planning to leave me here?" Misty asked, glaring at him.
"You did the same to me," Ash replied with a shrug.
"Take your stupid hat then!" Misty yelled, yanking out of her bag after moving a sleeping Togepi to the side.
"Forget it! You kept, so I don't want it!"
"Is that so?" Misty glanced around and spotted a mud puddle a few feet away. "Neither do I!"
Ash turned around just in time to see his hat hit the mud. The wind flipped it over a few times and within seconds, the once proud red and white official Pokémon League hat was covered in mud and resembled a Grimer.
Misty was stomping away from the mud covered hat with a grim look. Ash watched her for a second before he timidly called out her name. She stopped but didn't turn to face him.
"What?" she asked in an angry voice.
"I..." he began.
"Never want to see me again?" she suggested. "That's fine with me Ash, because I feel the same way."
Ash stared at the ground for a moment, then look up with a fierce look in his eyes. "Goodbye!" he yelled at Misty, who had already begun walking again. He'd had second thoughts about going back to see her before, but now he was certain that he messed up by doing that. This was the right decision now. Never see her again.
Ash watched Misty walk away slowly. She disappeared into the wind and the trees.
That was it. She was gone.
And Ash didn't give it a second thought.
4 minutes after "It's All In Your Head"... (As always, read that before this, "Unexpected Response" before that, and "Too Far" before that. A lot of reading now... ^_^;;)
Misty stuffed the last thing she needed, Ash's hat, into her bag and zipped it up. She flung it over her shoulder and carefully picked up Togepi, who was sleeping on her pillow. She tiptoed to the door and switched off the light, once again being swallowed into the darkness. Too late for her unfortunately.
"Misty? I thought I told you to stop making so much noise and get some sleep!" Daisy blocked Misty's way to the door at the end of the hallway. She glared at Misty, waiting to hear an excuse.
Misty glared back at her. Without a word, she shoved Daisy aside and continued walking.
"Where are you going?" Daisy asked, moving back into the middle of the hallway.
"I'm doing something I should have done a long time ago. This hat has caused me enough grief," Misty replied, opening the door.
"But you just go that hat a few days ago," Daisy said thoughtfully.
Misty slammed the door. Daisy shrugged, not really caring what Misty was doing or where she was going, as long as she could get some sleep.
"Morning Ash! Eggs?" Brock asked, a frying pan in his hand.
"Mmmph," Ash mumbled, in a pitiful attempt to say something intelligent. He ran his hand through his hair, feeling strange because his hat wasn't where it usually was.
"Miss your hat?" Brock asked sympathetically.
Ash started to nod, but quickly shook his head, remembering about how he'd 'lost' it. He sat down on a rock and gratefully accepted the eggs Brock handed to him.
Brock watched Ash eat carefully, trying to figure out what had really happened to his hat. Ash was normally very stubborn, so he wouldn't give up the hat easily. That is, if he was acting like himself, which he wasn't. Brock definitely saw a change in Ash during the last few months.
"Is something wrong Brock?" Ash asked, interrupting his thoughts. Brock realized he'd been staring at Ash and quickly looked at his eggs.
"Just thinking," he replied, hoping Ash would be satisfied with that answer and not ask any more questions.
"Oh," Ash replied, not suspecting a thing.
Misty looked up from her map and frowned. She was beginning to have second thoughts about her decision to find Ash. It was going to be nearly impossible to find him and Brock. She let out a deep sigh while Togepi squealed happily, not noticing it's trainer's frustration. Misty carefully put Togepi in her bag, on top of Ash's hat.
Smoke was billowing up above the trees and Misty sighed again. She wished she had the fire in front of her. She watched the smoke, jealous of whoever had the fire.
Suddenly it hit her-the fire was made by Ash and Brock. She grinned at the smoke, which moved slightly to the left in the wind. Misty began jogging in hopes of finding Ash below the trees that the smoke was above.
"We need more firewood," Brock said, glancing at the fire, which was dying quickly. Their pile of wood had been decreased to a few broken sticks.
Ash nodded. "Yeah."
Brock rolled his eyes. "I'll go get some," he volunteered, seeing Ash wasn't about to go anywhere. "Come on Pikachu, you can help."
"Pikachu!" Pikachu cried. Brock strode off, Pikachu running close behind him.
Ash closed his eyes, wanting to shut out the world and everyone in it. His mind kept drifting back to Misty, but he pushed her memory away every time. It was hard to think about her and what he'd said.
And what she had.
Did she really hate him? Was the only reason she was following him really for her bike? Did she not care about him at all?
"Ash?" a small voice interrupted his thoughts.
Ash's eyes flew open and he leapt to his feet. The voice was all too familiar.
"Misty," he gasped. "What are you doing here?"
"I just came to gi-"
"Go away," Ash said and turned away from her.
Misty frowned. "Do you want your hat?" she asked quietly.
"I said go away!" Ash yelled, crossing his arms.
"What's wrong with you Ash?" Misty demanded, hands on her hips. "Two days ago you wouldn't leave me alone, and now you're giving me the cold shoulder!"
"What's wrong with me?" Ash repeated. "I'll tell you what's wrong! Six months ago my temper got the better of me and I yelled at my friends. I had some time to think after I finished yelling and apologized to two of them. They gave me a second chance. But the other just walks out and abandons me, not even saying goodbye, after all we went through together! The past year was basically meaningless! I spent six months thinking about what I had done and how badly I had screwed up a beautiful friendship until it finally hit me to do something about it. I convinced the two that had stayed with me to go to Cerulean City so I could try to fix the mess I had created. I tell my 'friend' I'm sorry and how I really feel and what reaction do I get? 'I hate you! Go away!' I was devastated! The one person I truly cared about in this world hated me!"
"I never said I hated you Ash," said Misty.
"You implied it! You left me, Brock and Pikachu at that pokémon center with no explanation! You didn't try to get a hold of us at all! You yelled at me at your gym! You said you never wanted to see me again!" Ash accused. He whirled around and glared at Misty. "If you really hated me that much, why didn't you leave sooner?! I went through my own personal hell for six months!"
Misty stood there with her mouth hanging open. "Why are you being so stubborn Ash? I never said I hated you and the only reason I came here was to give you your hat back!"
Ash smirked at her. "Don't you see Misty? This is exactly how you treated me. Didn't let me say anything and wanted me just to get lost."
Misty bit her lip. Ash was right, she had treated him like that. She gazed at the ground sadly.
"So now you know how it feels," Ash whispered, barely audible. "You know what it's like to have your friends suddenly hate you." His eyes met Misty's. "Goodbye Misty."
"Goodbye?" repeated Misty, also whispering.
Ash nodded. "Have a nice life." He started cleaning up his breakfast.
"So you're just planning to leave me here?" Misty asked, glaring at him.
"You did the same to me," Ash replied with a shrug.
"Take your stupid hat then!" Misty yelled, yanking out of her bag after moving a sleeping Togepi to the side.
"Forget it! You kept, so I don't want it!"
"Is that so?" Misty glanced around and spotted a mud puddle a few feet away. "Neither do I!"
Ash turned around just in time to see his hat hit the mud. The wind flipped it over a few times and within seconds, the once proud red and white official Pokémon League hat was covered in mud and resembled a Grimer.
Misty was stomping away from the mud covered hat with a grim look. Ash watched her for a second before he timidly called out her name. She stopped but didn't turn to face him.
"What?" she asked in an angry voice.
"I..." he began.
"Never want to see me again?" she suggested. "That's fine with me Ash, because I feel the same way."
Ash stared at the ground for a moment, then look up with a fierce look in his eyes. "Goodbye!" he yelled at Misty, who had already begun walking again. He'd had second thoughts about going back to see her before, but now he was certain that he messed up by doing that. This was the right decision now. Never see her again.
Ash watched Misty walk away slowly. She disappeared into the wind and the trees.
That was it. She was gone.
And Ash didn't give it a second thought.
