AN: Fifth chapter now! Wow…well, wow to me at least. This chapter is the
last (sniff). It'll probably be pretty long, though. I think I'm ending
this a little too quickly…but this idea requires me to end this fic fast.
Mastermind Matchmaker, AKA Brock
Chapter Five: A Weird Way to End Things
'Oh, man…this CANNOT be happening…' Ash thought. 'Ok. Calm down. Let's think this through, Ash. Right. Okay, point number one: I'm lost. Point number two: I'm lost with Misty. Point number three: I'm lost with Misty, and we're alone in a deserted forest. Point number four: I'm doomed.' As sighed. 'Well, that was a reassuring pep talk to myself.'
Misty noticed Ash's sigh, and asked: "Well, what should we do now? Noctowl will eventually realize that we're not behind him, but by then it'll probably be too late."
"Yeah…Well, maybe we'll get lucky and stumble across Team Rocket anyway."
What Ash and Misty didn't know was that Noctowl had talked to Pikachu earlier on that day. He had agreed to get Ash and Misty lost in the forest near where Team Rocket was. They also didn't know how true Ash's last statement was. Of course, who would find who first?
1 *Team Rocket*
"Sigh… James, would you just DIE if you didn't have breakfast for once?"
"Um…yes?"
"That was NOT the answer I wanted to hear."
"Oops." Jesse sighed. 'Oh well,' she thought, 'James will be James.' She was just about to make TR's breakfast. But how was she supposed to make it when they didn't have any food? She sighed again. This morning, things were NOT going her way. At least, not right now.
"So James, since you're the one who wants breakfast so much, what should I make, and, more importantly, how the heck do I make it?" Meowth intervened and said, "Well I saw some vegetables near those bushes over there."
"Uh…thanks, Meowth. I guess."
"No prob!" So Jesse walked over to a patch of bushes and started rooting around [no pun intended] for some edible roots and/or veggies.
*Ash and Misty*
Ash and Misty were trying to find their coordinates on a map, but to no avail. Neither of them had any map-reading skills, so things weren't going very well. Suddenly Misty looked up and whispered to Ash, "I think I heard something."
"Really?" Ash whispered back. "What?"
"I don't know…I think something about breakfast and…uh…James?" Ash looked at Misty and vice versa. "Team Rocket!" They both exclaimed.
"Wait, Ash! We have to be quiet!"
"Oops. Well you yelled too!"
"I know. I have to be quiet also."
"Well, Misty, what should we do?"
"I have no idea, Ash…" She looked at the ground as if it would provide some sort of answer. And it actually did.
"Ash! Look!" Misty pointed at a little red object.
"What's so great about tha- Hey! That's the same kind of mushroom that I accidentally ate and choked on!"
"Yup. And are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Misty grinned.
"I think I am this time, Mist."
*Team Rocket*
"Oh! And here's a radish…and a carrot…" Jesse was intently digging through the bushes (and the ground) for any sort of edibles. She was making great progress, too. "James, Meowth!" She yelled, suddenly angry.
"Eeep!" James squeaked, scared at the fact that he had no idea at all why Jesse was suddenly mad.
"You guys are the ones who wanted breakfast, so you guys better come over here and help me!" Jesse yelled again.
"Okie, Jess!" Meowth scampered over to the bushes where Jesse was working.
"Well, James?"
"Er, coming!" James yelled, a little too loudly.
"Good. Now help me, right here. I can't seem to pull this carrot out of the ground." James went and knelt down so close to Jesse that both of them immediately got nervous.
"Uh…o-okay! So, uh, where's the carrot?"
"Right here." Jesse pointed to her side, the one opposite of where James was. James reached over to pull it out, and their cheeks accidentally came into contact. He shot back up and blushed. Jesse was blushing too, but was turned the other way.
"Uh…um…James! Are you or aren't you going to get this carrot?!?"
"I will." James said quickly, and yanked it out, being careful not to make the same mistake he just made. "Here! Got it!"
"Wonderful, James! You actually pulled a carrot out!" Jesse said sarcastically.
"Thanks!" James was completely oblivious to her sarcasm. It seemed that the uncomfortable moment when their cheeks brushed one another never happened.
*BROCK!*
For the last couple of days, Brock had been watching Team Rocket and Ash + Misty very closely…with some help from Golbat, of course. Now he was in a tree, overlooking both TR scrounging for their breakfast and Ash and Misty planning something behind the bushes. "Perfect!" He chuckled. 'This is going so well, I can hardly believe that I thought of it! Ah…with my knowledge of matchmaking and romance, this'll be a snap!' Suddenly he heard a snap coming from the branch he was on. 'God, no…' [sorry that wasn't a very long Brock, part, ppl! But just wait until the end!]
*Ash and Misty*
Ash and Misty had observed the whole TR incident. They were crouched behind some bushes behind Team Rocket's camp. Ash had the little red mushroom clutched tightly in his hand, ready to spring into action. What action, you ask? Why, to drop it in their soup, of course. Hopefully, James or Jesse would choke on it and the other would have to do CPR or something on their partner. Really? Ash and Misty have sick minds? Well, we'll see. When Ash and Misty came upon their plan, they both colored a bit at that memory of Ash doing CPR on Misty. But, they quickly shoved it aside and worked on the details of their plan.
"Okay, Ash. When they both have their backs turned, sprint out and drop the mushroom in the soup."
"Roger. Over and out." Misty hit him on the head. "This isn't a 1960 war movie! Just do it!"
"Okay, okay…yeesh."
Ah! The window of opportunity! Team Rocket all had their backs turned. Ash ran out into the site, and quickly threw the little red object into the stew. He paused for a second, making sure it sank out of sight within the soup, and ran back, panting a tiny bit.
"Wow! That actually worked!"
"Yeah (pant). It did (pant)." Ash gasped. Misty grabbed his hand, and to his surprise, started dancing around. Ash blushed fiercely. Okay, so it was a victory dance, but hey! This was MISTY who was dancing around with him. What was up with that? He was enjoying it, though, and at that moment, knew for sure that he had fallen-and hard- for Misty. Before this he thought it was just a tiny crush, and didn't think twice about it most of the time. He also realized that Brock knew this before he did. He smiled, and twirled around the clearing with his best friend, and now, even more than that.
Misty was incredibly surprised that she did that too. 'What the heck came over me? I mean, sure, he's my best friend, and even more than that, but…" She stopped. Where had that revelation come from? Oh well. She sighed inwardly. It was true, she just never wanted to admit it. But now it was a fact that was hard to miss or shove to the back of her brain.
By now, they had stopped dancing, but were just holding each other's hand and pondering over their new- found feelings. Soon they realized that they were holding hands, and quickly let go as if the other's hand was a hot coal. Their faces were still the color of a rose. YES, a RED rose.
*Team Rocket*
"Aha! Finished!" Jesse proudly proclaimed.
"YAY! BREAKFAST!" James and Meowth scrambled to get bowls to hold the piping-hot vegetable soup. Once Jesse had poured each a third of the concoction, they started eating it. Jesse calmly sat down, then ate it with the same vigor as her partners. Suddenly…Meowth started choking! Jesse and James didn't notice it at first (they were too occupied with their food), but then noticed that it was really quiet.
"AH! Meowth, what's wrong?!?" James yelled, concerned about the cat pokemon.
"James! He's choking!"
"EEP!!!"
"Come on, Meowth, breathe! BREATHE!"
[okay, now I'm not gonna tell you that the scenes are switching. They're merging now, anyways.]
The commotion had alerted Ash and Misty that their plan was working. Their blushes almost gone, they eagerly looked at the TR camp…and saw MEOWTH choking. "DA*M!" They both yelled at the same time.
Jesse and James heard the swear word yelled VERY LOUDLY, so they abandoned Meowth and ran out to find-who else?- the twerps looking very mad.
"HEY! AREN-GACK!" Meowth coughed up the vegetable culprit and, after he had recovered, looked at the scene that was slowly unfolding before his very eyes. Both sides were looking very confused and mad.
"What are you twerps doing here?!?"
"Ahhh…"
"WELL?!?" Ash and Misty were at a loss. 'Oh well,' they thought, 'might as well tell them the truth. That'll put them in an uncomfortable situation, anyway.'
"For your information, we were playing matchmaker for you guys!" Misty yelled back. But before either Team Rocket members could retort, they all heard a loud crack and someone fell out of a tree. "Darn those stupid trees…so weak. YOU NEED MORE NUTRITION!" Brock yelled, waving his fist at the tree he was just hiding in.
"BROCK?!?" Everyone (but Brock) yelled, shocked. Jesse and James were putting two and two together, and were getting extremely mad.
"I get it now." Jesse said calmly. But had sweat dripping down his face, and Ash and Misty we're getting extremely confused.
"You told both the twerps and us to play matchmaker for each other. You tricked us!" Jesse yelled. Ash and Misty got mad now too.
"And Pikachu wasn't HELPING us! He was helping YOU!" Ash yelled. "Hey…by the way, where is he?" With impeccable timing, Pikachu scampered out of some shrubs underneath the tree that Brock used to be hiding in.
"Pika pipi pikachu chuuuuu!!" Pikachu told Brock, pointing in every direction. Then he noticed Brock's silence and found himself looking at Ash's really pissed off glare.
"Pika…?" The electric pokemon laughed nervously.
"Oh, hey, buddy. There you are." Ash glared at Pikachu. So did everyone else, besides Brock. Then everyone stopped glaring.
" Well, I guess your plan didn't work so well, Brock." Misty smirked. Brock put his hand behind his head and laughed.
"Guess not! But you guys we're SO naïve!"
"Yeah," Misty and Jesse said, then smiled, not realizing what they were saying. "But that's what I love about Ash/James so much, anyway!"
Brock smirked.
Misty and Jesse blushed, realizing what they just said.
Ash and James' jaws nearly dropped to the floor. Then Ash smirked, and said to Misty, "If I'm so naïve, then how come I've already realized that I've completely fallen for you?" Misty's jaw dropped this time. Before she could recover, Ash ran over and tackled her and started tickling her. They were laughing and blushing incredibly hard.
Brock smirked again. "Oh, get a room, you guys." Both of them stopped to glare at him. "This is what you wanted, isn't it?" Misty said.
"Well, actually, I wanted Jesse and James to get together too…" The TR partners blushed. Then Jesse said,
"Oh, the heck with it." And she tackled James too, but stopped to glance at her partner seductively. James gulped, but then smirked, making him have the fourth smirk in about 5 minutes. "You know what I love about you Jess?"
"What?" She said, and was about to say something more, but stopped. She paused for a couple seconds, and grinned. She was about to say something, but stopped again- this time because she was interrupted by Brock.
"Would it hurt if there was some lip-action involved?" James, Jesse, Ash, and Misty paled. Pikachu sweat-dropped.
"PERVERT!"
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AN: YAY! END! Thanks for reading, guys! I'll try to start another fanfic soon, but it probably won't be a Pokemon one. Anyway, I hope you liked the results of this fic!
-kat
Mastermind Matchmaker, AKA Brock
Chapter Five: A Weird Way to End Things
'Oh, man…this CANNOT be happening…' Ash thought. 'Ok. Calm down. Let's think this through, Ash. Right. Okay, point number one: I'm lost. Point number two: I'm lost with Misty. Point number three: I'm lost with Misty, and we're alone in a deserted forest. Point number four: I'm doomed.' As sighed. 'Well, that was a reassuring pep talk to myself.'
Misty noticed Ash's sigh, and asked: "Well, what should we do now? Noctowl will eventually realize that we're not behind him, but by then it'll probably be too late."
"Yeah…Well, maybe we'll get lucky and stumble across Team Rocket anyway."
What Ash and Misty didn't know was that Noctowl had talked to Pikachu earlier on that day. He had agreed to get Ash and Misty lost in the forest near where Team Rocket was. They also didn't know how true Ash's last statement was. Of course, who would find who first?
1 *Team Rocket*
"Sigh… James, would you just DIE if you didn't have breakfast for once?"
"Um…yes?"
"That was NOT the answer I wanted to hear."
"Oops." Jesse sighed. 'Oh well,' she thought, 'James will be James.' She was just about to make TR's breakfast. But how was she supposed to make it when they didn't have any food? She sighed again. This morning, things were NOT going her way. At least, not right now.
"So James, since you're the one who wants breakfast so much, what should I make, and, more importantly, how the heck do I make it?" Meowth intervened and said, "Well I saw some vegetables near those bushes over there."
"Uh…thanks, Meowth. I guess."
"No prob!" So Jesse walked over to a patch of bushes and started rooting around [no pun intended] for some edible roots and/or veggies.
*Ash and Misty*
Ash and Misty were trying to find their coordinates on a map, but to no avail. Neither of them had any map-reading skills, so things weren't going very well. Suddenly Misty looked up and whispered to Ash, "I think I heard something."
"Really?" Ash whispered back. "What?"
"I don't know…I think something about breakfast and…uh…James?" Ash looked at Misty and vice versa. "Team Rocket!" They both exclaimed.
"Wait, Ash! We have to be quiet!"
"Oops. Well you yelled too!"
"I know. I have to be quiet also."
"Well, Misty, what should we do?"
"I have no idea, Ash…" She looked at the ground as if it would provide some sort of answer. And it actually did.
"Ash! Look!" Misty pointed at a little red object.
"What's so great about tha- Hey! That's the same kind of mushroom that I accidentally ate and choked on!"
"Yup. And are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Misty grinned.
"I think I am this time, Mist."
*Team Rocket*
"Oh! And here's a radish…and a carrot…" Jesse was intently digging through the bushes (and the ground) for any sort of edibles. She was making great progress, too. "James, Meowth!" She yelled, suddenly angry.
"Eeep!" James squeaked, scared at the fact that he had no idea at all why Jesse was suddenly mad.
"You guys are the ones who wanted breakfast, so you guys better come over here and help me!" Jesse yelled again.
"Okie, Jess!" Meowth scampered over to the bushes where Jesse was working.
"Well, James?"
"Er, coming!" James yelled, a little too loudly.
"Good. Now help me, right here. I can't seem to pull this carrot out of the ground." James went and knelt down so close to Jesse that both of them immediately got nervous.
"Uh…o-okay! So, uh, where's the carrot?"
"Right here." Jesse pointed to her side, the one opposite of where James was. James reached over to pull it out, and their cheeks accidentally came into contact. He shot back up and blushed. Jesse was blushing too, but was turned the other way.
"Uh…um…James! Are you or aren't you going to get this carrot?!?"
"I will." James said quickly, and yanked it out, being careful not to make the same mistake he just made. "Here! Got it!"
"Wonderful, James! You actually pulled a carrot out!" Jesse said sarcastically.
"Thanks!" James was completely oblivious to her sarcasm. It seemed that the uncomfortable moment when their cheeks brushed one another never happened.
*BROCK!*
For the last couple of days, Brock had been watching Team Rocket and Ash + Misty very closely…with some help from Golbat, of course. Now he was in a tree, overlooking both TR scrounging for their breakfast and Ash and Misty planning something behind the bushes. "Perfect!" He chuckled. 'This is going so well, I can hardly believe that I thought of it! Ah…with my knowledge of matchmaking and romance, this'll be a snap!' Suddenly he heard a snap coming from the branch he was on. 'God, no…' [sorry that wasn't a very long Brock, part, ppl! But just wait until the end!]
*Ash and Misty*
Ash and Misty had observed the whole TR incident. They were crouched behind some bushes behind Team Rocket's camp. Ash had the little red mushroom clutched tightly in his hand, ready to spring into action. What action, you ask? Why, to drop it in their soup, of course. Hopefully, James or Jesse would choke on it and the other would have to do CPR or something on their partner. Really? Ash and Misty have sick minds? Well, we'll see. When Ash and Misty came upon their plan, they both colored a bit at that memory of Ash doing CPR on Misty. But, they quickly shoved it aside and worked on the details of their plan.
"Okay, Ash. When they both have their backs turned, sprint out and drop the mushroom in the soup."
"Roger. Over and out." Misty hit him on the head. "This isn't a 1960 war movie! Just do it!"
"Okay, okay…yeesh."
Ah! The window of opportunity! Team Rocket all had their backs turned. Ash ran out into the site, and quickly threw the little red object into the stew. He paused for a second, making sure it sank out of sight within the soup, and ran back, panting a tiny bit.
"Wow! That actually worked!"
"Yeah (pant). It did (pant)." Ash gasped. Misty grabbed his hand, and to his surprise, started dancing around. Ash blushed fiercely. Okay, so it was a victory dance, but hey! This was MISTY who was dancing around with him. What was up with that? He was enjoying it, though, and at that moment, knew for sure that he had fallen-and hard- for Misty. Before this he thought it was just a tiny crush, and didn't think twice about it most of the time. He also realized that Brock knew this before he did. He smiled, and twirled around the clearing with his best friend, and now, even more than that.
Misty was incredibly surprised that she did that too. 'What the heck came over me? I mean, sure, he's my best friend, and even more than that, but…" She stopped. Where had that revelation come from? Oh well. She sighed inwardly. It was true, she just never wanted to admit it. But now it was a fact that was hard to miss or shove to the back of her brain.
By now, they had stopped dancing, but were just holding each other's hand and pondering over their new- found feelings. Soon they realized that they were holding hands, and quickly let go as if the other's hand was a hot coal. Their faces were still the color of a rose. YES, a RED rose.
*Team Rocket*
"Aha! Finished!" Jesse proudly proclaimed.
"YAY! BREAKFAST!" James and Meowth scrambled to get bowls to hold the piping-hot vegetable soup. Once Jesse had poured each a third of the concoction, they started eating it. Jesse calmly sat down, then ate it with the same vigor as her partners. Suddenly…Meowth started choking! Jesse and James didn't notice it at first (they were too occupied with their food), but then noticed that it was really quiet.
"AH! Meowth, what's wrong?!?" James yelled, concerned about the cat pokemon.
"James! He's choking!"
"EEP!!!"
"Come on, Meowth, breathe! BREATHE!"
[okay, now I'm not gonna tell you that the scenes are switching. They're merging now, anyways.]
The commotion had alerted Ash and Misty that their plan was working. Their blushes almost gone, they eagerly looked at the TR camp…and saw MEOWTH choking. "DA*M!" They both yelled at the same time.
Jesse and James heard the swear word yelled VERY LOUDLY, so they abandoned Meowth and ran out to find-who else?- the twerps looking very mad.
"HEY! AREN-GACK!" Meowth coughed up the vegetable culprit and, after he had recovered, looked at the scene that was slowly unfolding before his very eyes. Both sides were looking very confused and mad.
"What are you twerps doing here?!?"
"Ahhh…"
"WELL?!?" Ash and Misty were at a loss. 'Oh well,' they thought, 'might as well tell them the truth. That'll put them in an uncomfortable situation, anyway.'
"For your information, we were playing matchmaker for you guys!" Misty yelled back. But before either Team Rocket members could retort, they all heard a loud crack and someone fell out of a tree. "Darn those stupid trees…so weak. YOU NEED MORE NUTRITION!" Brock yelled, waving his fist at the tree he was just hiding in.
"BROCK?!?" Everyone (but Brock) yelled, shocked. Jesse and James were putting two and two together, and were getting extremely mad.
"I get it now." Jesse said calmly. But had sweat dripping down his face, and Ash and Misty we're getting extremely confused.
"You told both the twerps and us to play matchmaker for each other. You tricked us!" Jesse yelled. Ash and Misty got mad now too.
"And Pikachu wasn't HELPING us! He was helping YOU!" Ash yelled. "Hey…by the way, where is he?" With impeccable timing, Pikachu scampered out of some shrubs underneath the tree that Brock used to be hiding in.
"Pika pipi pikachu chuuuuu!!" Pikachu told Brock, pointing in every direction. Then he noticed Brock's silence and found himself looking at Ash's really pissed off glare.
"Pika…?" The electric pokemon laughed nervously.
"Oh, hey, buddy. There you are." Ash glared at Pikachu. So did everyone else, besides Brock. Then everyone stopped glaring.
" Well, I guess your plan didn't work so well, Brock." Misty smirked. Brock put his hand behind his head and laughed.
"Guess not! But you guys we're SO naïve!"
"Yeah," Misty and Jesse said, then smiled, not realizing what they were saying. "But that's what I love about Ash/James so much, anyway!"
Brock smirked.
Misty and Jesse blushed, realizing what they just said.
Ash and James' jaws nearly dropped to the floor. Then Ash smirked, and said to Misty, "If I'm so naïve, then how come I've already realized that I've completely fallen for you?" Misty's jaw dropped this time. Before she could recover, Ash ran over and tackled her and started tickling her. They were laughing and blushing incredibly hard.
Brock smirked again. "Oh, get a room, you guys." Both of them stopped to glare at him. "This is what you wanted, isn't it?" Misty said.
"Well, actually, I wanted Jesse and James to get together too…" The TR partners blushed. Then Jesse said,
"Oh, the heck with it." And she tackled James too, but stopped to glance at her partner seductively. James gulped, but then smirked, making him have the fourth smirk in about 5 minutes. "You know what I love about you Jess?"
"What?" She said, and was about to say something more, but stopped. She paused for a couple seconds, and grinned. She was about to say something, but stopped again- this time because she was interrupted by Brock.
"Would it hurt if there was some lip-action involved?" James, Jesse, Ash, and Misty paled. Pikachu sweat-dropped.
"PERVERT!"
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AN: YAY! END! Thanks for reading, guys! I'll try to start another fanfic soon, but it probably won't be a Pokemon one. Anyway, I hope you liked the results of this fic!
-kat