Ash untangled himself from Misty as the sun woke him. He carefully woke up
Pikachu and began to dress for the day.
"Leaving without saying goodbye?" Misty asked when he moved to leave the room.
"Misty." He answered. "I didn't want to wake you up."
"I want to say goodbye." She commanded as she moved to slip on her socks.
He nodded. "I'll make sure Brock is up." He said as he left the room.
Brock hadn't woken, which was remedied by Pikachu, and the two boys waited at the door for Misty to come down.
She did and they stepped outside into the cold morning air. They could see Lance's Dragonite flying over the town to prepare himself for the day. Misty shivered and turned to Ash. "I'll see you in a month?" She asked.
"It'll take however long it takes." Brock answered.
Misty sighed at this.
"Misty." Ash asked. "Do you love me?"
"Yes, I. . ." She began hurriedly until Ash stopped her.
"And I love you." He said and gave her a light kiss. "As Brock said, it'll take as long as it takes. But I'll love you the entire time."
"You'll come back to me?" She asked, barely holding tears back.
"How about this?" He teased. "I promise to return here when it's done. If you stay here in Pallet, I'll come back to you."
Misty nodded and pressed her face to his shoulder, releasing her tears. "I don't want you to leave." She cried.
"I don't want to leave you either. We've been together since we were ten. But I know we'll be together again." He answered with a smile as he held her close.
They were interrupted by a cough from Brock. "We'd better go. Lance's Dragonite landed over there. We may be preparing to leave."
The couple pulled apart and gazed into each other's eyes, still holding the other in their arms. Ash lifted Misty's chin and pressed a kiss to her lips. She returned the gesture and the kiss became more and more passionate. They eventually parted and Brock could almost hear a sigh from both.
"I'll be back." Ash whispered and brushed her cheek tenderly as he pulled away.
Misty nodded and leaned back against the doorframe, releasing a few more tears, as Ash and Brock walked away.
Just as they reached the peak of the hill, Ash turned back to look one last time. He gave a moment to think of turning back when he saw Misty crying lightly and gazing up at the sky, as if he were already traveling through it. He wanted to comfort her, promise they would stay together forever, but he knew he and his Pokèmon were needed on the mission and regretfully turned and continued down the path.
*****
"Good. We're all here." Lance said as Brock and Ash joined the other sixteen league members. "What took you two so long?"
Brock grinned as he answered. "Ash couldn't say goodbye."
A few of the men chuckled and most of the women smiled when he blushed.
"Alright, we need to figure out transportation." Lance ordered to stop the chuckling. "Who has Pokèmon we can ride?"
Gary called out his Pidgeot, as did Falkner while Ash called out Charizard. Jasmine and Koga lifted a Pokèball each, but didn't release the Pokèmon inside.
"So we have nine seats?" Lance asked. "Alright." He tossed two Pokèballs and two more Dragonite formed, joining the one already waiting. "Now there's eighteen. There's enough for us. Everyone choose a ride, three to each Pokèmon."
Brock and Ash immediately moved to Charizard and were surprised when Misty asked to join them. Ash nodded and Brock lowered a hand to help her up.
The others ordered themselves quickly. Lt. Surge, Bugsy, and Jasmine on the first of Lance's Dragonite's; Clair, Whitney, and Chuck on the second; Lance, Karen, Aya on the third. Koga, Sabrina, and Falkner on his Pidgeot while Gary, Will, and Bruno sat atop Gary's.
They took off immediately upon seeing the others settled and, after a few minutes, found a comfortable speed for the six Pokèmon to travel at as a group, Charizard attempted to quickly adjust to having three human riders rather than the two and a Pokèmon he was used to.
********
As the sun began its descent from its peak, they finally landed on the island. Lance took a moment to test the water and confirmed that it was poisoned, which made Ash feel slightly better about Lance not allowing Misty to join the team.
********
"Now remember you two, only say double and League Champions." Lance told Ash and Brock as they prepared to enter the building they'd identified as the Team Rocket base. They nodded and grinned to each other. Lt. Surge signaled that the power was cut inside and the two friends leapt into action.
"Prepare for trouble." Ash said.
"And make it double." Brock answered.
The rocket members stared in confusion, why did Jessie and James cut the power just to practice their motto.
"To protect the people from devastation."
"To unite them all within the nation."
"To defend the value of truth and love."
"To extend our fame to the stars above."
"Ash." He called out, finally stepping into the light Lt. Surge's Raichu provided.
"Brock." The man answered, joining him in the beam of light.
"League Champions, defending rights at the speed of light."
"Surrender now or prepare to fight."
"Pikachu." The mouse called, jumping into his master's shoulder.
"Vulpix." The fox added, moving in front of Brock.
"You know what to do." Ash ordered, as the rockets were still confused about the quartet in their base.
"Pika." Pikachu answered, leaping up and releasing his electricity on the unsuspecting thieves.
"Come on." Brock called, leading the other leaders into the base to defeat any other rockets.
Ash and Pikachu moved among the members that had been defeated in the main room, removing any Pokèballs from belts.
The others came back quickly, reporting that all Team Rocket members were now in the room, relieved of their Pokèmon.
"I can tell the leader isn't here." Lance said, searching all the faces for some clue.
"You'll never find Giovanni." One of the rockets sneered. "This island is covered in jungle. He'll just hide in one of the other bases and avoid you the whole time."
Bugsy smiled as he pulled a Pokèball from his pockets. "We'll find him there too. Go Venonat."
Koga smiled and explained for Ash and any others who didn't understand. "Venonat uses its eyes like radar. It will be able to lead us to anyone who happens to travel through the jungle."
"Alright, as soon as we find your leader, Team Rocket is gone. Make your own way back to the mainland and make your own life." Ash told the thieves. "Brock, Jasmine, tear this building apart." He ordered.
Everyone moved and the building quickly collapsed. The 'League Champions' followed a small group of the criminals further into the interior of the island.
*******
"Stop." Bugsy whispered. "We need to back up."
"Why?" Lance asked, stepping up behind the gym leader.
"They're setting up camp for the night. You can see the smoke from their campfire." Bugsy answered.
Lance moved back to the group and filled them in. "Then we should set up camp at that clearing we passed." Clair suggested.
The rest of the champions agreed and they quickly traveled back. "They probably know that we're following them." Bugsy said as he joined them. "They aren't even trying to cover the smoke or hide the noise they're making."
"They either know we're here or think their safe." Bruno answered. "I don't think we should give ourselves away with a fire."
Koga nodded as the others protested lightly, but the insistence of Koga, Lt. Surge, and Bugsy convinced them.
"If we don't have a fire, how am I going to cook dinner?" Brock asked.
The others looked at him for a moment before Ash answered. "We'll just have to have dinner cold."
Brock nodded and pulled a small cooler from his backpack to everyone's surprise. He failed to notice and handed cans out.
The group ate silently for the most part.
When she finished, Misty stretched and let out a yawn. She blushed when the others stared at her. "Sorry, I'm not used to getting up so early." She admitted.
"You better." Will told her. "We'll be setting up camp late and waking early every day while we're on this island."
"I know." Misty answered. "I'll adjust quickly, but for now, I'm going to sleep."
Jasmine, Clair, Whitney, Sabrina, and Karen agreed and followed her in setting out their sleeping bags.
"We need to set up a watch. If Team Rocket knows we're here, they may try to come in the night and steal our Pokèmon." Koga said. "If the rest of you are tired, I will stay up the night and watch tonight."
The group agreed and began planning the next night when Ash felt Pikachu jump onto his shoulder.
"Pika, pikachu pika pika chu." The mouse said.
"What'd he say?" Chuck asked.
"Repeat that a bit slower." Ash asked his friend. Pikachu did and Ash brightened. "Brock, release Vulpix. Clefairy come over here." He called.
The three Pokèmon met and talked for a bit before Pikachu turned back to Ash. "Pika."
"We won't need to set up shifts. These three Pokèmon will stand guard through the night and during the day they'll ride in our backpacks to rest." He communicated.
"But won't Team Rocket just steal them?" Falkner asked.
"If they're smart, they'll know that both teams Brock and I encountered on my journey tried to steal Pikachu. Neither got away with it for more than a day." Ash answered.
"Alright with you, Whitney?" Falkner called.
"Sure." She answered, already sounding half asleep.
"Alright then. Thanks Pikachu." Will said.
"Pikachu pi cha chu." The mouse answered.
"He says that we're the ones who have to walk by day. He and the other Pokèmon can just sleep away." Ash translated.
*******
"It doesn't look like we'll get back in a month Misty." Ash said to the sky.
"Why are you looking at the sky when you're talking to me?" A voice asked.
Ash spun around, throwing Pikachu to the ground, and spun back just as quickly. "I was talking to Misty, my Misty." He told her.
"Right." Misty answered sadly.
"Sorry Misty." Ash said and stood up, Pikachu leaping to his shoulder. "I'm heading back to camp."
"Why not stay here with me?" She whispered seductively as she wrapped her arms around his chest.
Ash worked his mouth for a bit until Misty tried to lower him to the ground. He jerked from her grasp and nearly ran from the clearing, Pikachu having to run to catch up.
"Darn." Misty said as she pulled the towel tight around her waist.
"I would get dressed before following, Brock is there." He called, holding in a chuckle when she returned to the river with an 'eep'.
**
Ash returned to camp and smiled when the group turned to him.
"Well." Brock said with a smile. "What were you doing?" Sabrina shot him a glare and his smile disappeared.
"I was talking with Misty." He answered.
"Just talking?" Karen asked with a grin, which earned her the same glare from Sabrina.
"There isn't much else you can do with a girl that's an ocean away." He answered, utterly confused between Sabrina's glares and the questions.
"Oh that Misty." Brock said. "We really should find something else to call her since there's a 'Misty' with us too."
"Why not her Chinese name?" Gary offered. "Rikka." Ash nodded.
"Why are you using my Chinese name?" Misty asked as she entered the campsite. Ash and the others groaned.
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I'll use Rikka in the story whenever the 'League Champions' are talking about Misty, but when the focus changes to Misty in Pallet Town, I will say Misty. I'll try to make it clear which one it is. I think that answers your question Nova.
This is the start of the 'evil chapters' but I didn't fit in the scene that would make it truly 'evil' but I'm sure you can see where it's going to come from.
I'm also going to try to have the characters tell you how much time has passed. Though there will be jumps between minutes, hours, days, and months. If I think it isn't clear, tell me.
Did anyone like my version of the motto? I actually started to think up ones for all the combinations I was planning to have but that idea was crushed when I realized how many pairs there were. I'm not a poetic guy, my teachers are lucky if they get the simplest poem from me for an assignment.
For anyone that might have wondered, Aya has become the leader of the Fuchsia Gym. I can't see Koga or Aya having children so she took over when Agatha named Koga to replace her in the Elite Four. And Lorelei left the group without a word, and possibly changed her name to Prima to throw them off. It's my explanation for the name change in the translated version. Will took her place.
I'm sorry about the last chapter, if it seemed awkward, I wrote it when I first got the idea for these chapters and was still working out my awkwardness in writing then. The rest of these chapters are all originals though so that shouldn't happen again.
If anyone noticed, the biggest influence for these chapters was cultnirvana's 'Let Love Be Your Energy' I just gave them clues leading to it before TR struck. I'm also going to take an idea I saw in stories that Trish writes. Both of these two influences are in my favorites and I would definitely recommend reading LLBYE.
Something that's annoying me, my profile tells me that I'm on the favorite list of 5 members but I can only find two. Could the other three of you tell me that I'm on your list somehow. If you don't want to leave a review, I have normal IM, and there's always e-mail, just tell me please.
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"Leaving without saying goodbye?" Misty asked when he moved to leave the room.
"Misty." He answered. "I didn't want to wake you up."
"I want to say goodbye." She commanded as she moved to slip on her socks.
He nodded. "I'll make sure Brock is up." He said as he left the room.
Brock hadn't woken, which was remedied by Pikachu, and the two boys waited at the door for Misty to come down.
She did and they stepped outside into the cold morning air. They could see Lance's Dragonite flying over the town to prepare himself for the day. Misty shivered and turned to Ash. "I'll see you in a month?" She asked.
"It'll take however long it takes." Brock answered.
Misty sighed at this.
"Misty." Ash asked. "Do you love me?"
"Yes, I. . ." She began hurriedly until Ash stopped her.
"And I love you." He said and gave her a light kiss. "As Brock said, it'll take as long as it takes. But I'll love you the entire time."
"You'll come back to me?" She asked, barely holding tears back.
"How about this?" He teased. "I promise to return here when it's done. If you stay here in Pallet, I'll come back to you."
Misty nodded and pressed her face to his shoulder, releasing her tears. "I don't want you to leave." She cried.
"I don't want to leave you either. We've been together since we were ten. But I know we'll be together again." He answered with a smile as he held her close.
They were interrupted by a cough from Brock. "We'd better go. Lance's Dragonite landed over there. We may be preparing to leave."
The couple pulled apart and gazed into each other's eyes, still holding the other in their arms. Ash lifted Misty's chin and pressed a kiss to her lips. She returned the gesture and the kiss became more and more passionate. They eventually parted and Brock could almost hear a sigh from both.
"I'll be back." Ash whispered and brushed her cheek tenderly as he pulled away.
Misty nodded and leaned back against the doorframe, releasing a few more tears, as Ash and Brock walked away.
Just as they reached the peak of the hill, Ash turned back to look one last time. He gave a moment to think of turning back when he saw Misty crying lightly and gazing up at the sky, as if he were already traveling through it. He wanted to comfort her, promise they would stay together forever, but he knew he and his Pokèmon were needed on the mission and regretfully turned and continued down the path.
*****
"Good. We're all here." Lance said as Brock and Ash joined the other sixteen league members. "What took you two so long?"
Brock grinned as he answered. "Ash couldn't say goodbye."
A few of the men chuckled and most of the women smiled when he blushed.
"Alright, we need to figure out transportation." Lance ordered to stop the chuckling. "Who has Pokèmon we can ride?"
Gary called out his Pidgeot, as did Falkner while Ash called out Charizard. Jasmine and Koga lifted a Pokèball each, but didn't release the Pokèmon inside.
"So we have nine seats?" Lance asked. "Alright." He tossed two Pokèballs and two more Dragonite formed, joining the one already waiting. "Now there's eighteen. There's enough for us. Everyone choose a ride, three to each Pokèmon."
Brock and Ash immediately moved to Charizard and were surprised when Misty asked to join them. Ash nodded and Brock lowered a hand to help her up.
The others ordered themselves quickly. Lt. Surge, Bugsy, and Jasmine on the first of Lance's Dragonite's; Clair, Whitney, and Chuck on the second; Lance, Karen, Aya on the third. Koga, Sabrina, and Falkner on his Pidgeot while Gary, Will, and Bruno sat atop Gary's.
They took off immediately upon seeing the others settled and, after a few minutes, found a comfortable speed for the six Pokèmon to travel at as a group, Charizard attempted to quickly adjust to having three human riders rather than the two and a Pokèmon he was used to.
********
As the sun began its descent from its peak, they finally landed on the island. Lance took a moment to test the water and confirmed that it was poisoned, which made Ash feel slightly better about Lance not allowing Misty to join the team.
********
"Now remember you two, only say double and League Champions." Lance told Ash and Brock as they prepared to enter the building they'd identified as the Team Rocket base. They nodded and grinned to each other. Lt. Surge signaled that the power was cut inside and the two friends leapt into action.
"Prepare for trouble." Ash said.
"And make it double." Brock answered.
The rocket members stared in confusion, why did Jessie and James cut the power just to practice their motto.
"To protect the people from devastation."
"To unite them all within the nation."
"To defend the value of truth and love."
"To extend our fame to the stars above."
"Ash." He called out, finally stepping into the light Lt. Surge's Raichu provided.
"Brock." The man answered, joining him in the beam of light.
"League Champions, defending rights at the speed of light."
"Surrender now or prepare to fight."
"Pikachu." The mouse called, jumping into his master's shoulder.
"Vulpix." The fox added, moving in front of Brock.
"You know what to do." Ash ordered, as the rockets were still confused about the quartet in their base.
"Pika." Pikachu answered, leaping up and releasing his electricity on the unsuspecting thieves.
"Come on." Brock called, leading the other leaders into the base to defeat any other rockets.
Ash and Pikachu moved among the members that had been defeated in the main room, removing any Pokèballs from belts.
The others came back quickly, reporting that all Team Rocket members were now in the room, relieved of their Pokèmon.
"I can tell the leader isn't here." Lance said, searching all the faces for some clue.
"You'll never find Giovanni." One of the rockets sneered. "This island is covered in jungle. He'll just hide in one of the other bases and avoid you the whole time."
Bugsy smiled as he pulled a Pokèball from his pockets. "We'll find him there too. Go Venonat."
Koga smiled and explained for Ash and any others who didn't understand. "Venonat uses its eyes like radar. It will be able to lead us to anyone who happens to travel through the jungle."
"Alright, as soon as we find your leader, Team Rocket is gone. Make your own way back to the mainland and make your own life." Ash told the thieves. "Brock, Jasmine, tear this building apart." He ordered.
Everyone moved and the building quickly collapsed. The 'League Champions' followed a small group of the criminals further into the interior of the island.
*******
"Stop." Bugsy whispered. "We need to back up."
"Why?" Lance asked, stepping up behind the gym leader.
"They're setting up camp for the night. You can see the smoke from their campfire." Bugsy answered.
Lance moved back to the group and filled them in. "Then we should set up camp at that clearing we passed." Clair suggested.
The rest of the champions agreed and they quickly traveled back. "They probably know that we're following them." Bugsy said as he joined them. "They aren't even trying to cover the smoke or hide the noise they're making."
"They either know we're here or think their safe." Bruno answered. "I don't think we should give ourselves away with a fire."
Koga nodded as the others protested lightly, but the insistence of Koga, Lt. Surge, and Bugsy convinced them.
"If we don't have a fire, how am I going to cook dinner?" Brock asked.
The others looked at him for a moment before Ash answered. "We'll just have to have dinner cold."
Brock nodded and pulled a small cooler from his backpack to everyone's surprise. He failed to notice and handed cans out.
The group ate silently for the most part.
When she finished, Misty stretched and let out a yawn. She blushed when the others stared at her. "Sorry, I'm not used to getting up so early." She admitted.
"You better." Will told her. "We'll be setting up camp late and waking early every day while we're on this island."
"I know." Misty answered. "I'll adjust quickly, but for now, I'm going to sleep."
Jasmine, Clair, Whitney, Sabrina, and Karen agreed and followed her in setting out their sleeping bags.
"We need to set up a watch. If Team Rocket knows we're here, they may try to come in the night and steal our Pokèmon." Koga said. "If the rest of you are tired, I will stay up the night and watch tonight."
The group agreed and began planning the next night when Ash felt Pikachu jump onto his shoulder.
"Pika, pikachu pika pika chu." The mouse said.
"What'd he say?" Chuck asked.
"Repeat that a bit slower." Ash asked his friend. Pikachu did and Ash brightened. "Brock, release Vulpix. Clefairy come over here." He called.
The three Pokèmon met and talked for a bit before Pikachu turned back to Ash. "Pika."
"We won't need to set up shifts. These three Pokèmon will stand guard through the night and during the day they'll ride in our backpacks to rest." He communicated.
"But won't Team Rocket just steal them?" Falkner asked.
"If they're smart, they'll know that both teams Brock and I encountered on my journey tried to steal Pikachu. Neither got away with it for more than a day." Ash answered.
"Alright with you, Whitney?" Falkner called.
"Sure." She answered, already sounding half asleep.
"Alright then. Thanks Pikachu." Will said.
"Pikachu pi cha chu." The mouse answered.
"He says that we're the ones who have to walk by day. He and the other Pokèmon can just sleep away." Ash translated.
*******
"It doesn't look like we'll get back in a month Misty." Ash said to the sky.
"Why are you looking at the sky when you're talking to me?" A voice asked.
Ash spun around, throwing Pikachu to the ground, and spun back just as quickly. "I was talking to Misty, my Misty." He told her.
"Right." Misty answered sadly.
"Sorry Misty." Ash said and stood up, Pikachu leaping to his shoulder. "I'm heading back to camp."
"Why not stay here with me?" She whispered seductively as she wrapped her arms around his chest.
Ash worked his mouth for a bit until Misty tried to lower him to the ground. He jerked from her grasp and nearly ran from the clearing, Pikachu having to run to catch up.
"Darn." Misty said as she pulled the towel tight around her waist.
"I would get dressed before following, Brock is there." He called, holding in a chuckle when she returned to the river with an 'eep'.
**
Ash returned to camp and smiled when the group turned to him.
"Well." Brock said with a smile. "What were you doing?" Sabrina shot him a glare and his smile disappeared.
"I was talking with Misty." He answered.
"Just talking?" Karen asked with a grin, which earned her the same glare from Sabrina.
"There isn't much else you can do with a girl that's an ocean away." He answered, utterly confused between Sabrina's glares and the questions.
"Oh that Misty." Brock said. "We really should find something else to call her since there's a 'Misty' with us too."
"Why not her Chinese name?" Gary offered. "Rikka." Ash nodded.
"Why are you using my Chinese name?" Misty asked as she entered the campsite. Ash and the others groaned.
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I'll use Rikka in the story whenever the 'League Champions' are talking about Misty, but when the focus changes to Misty in Pallet Town, I will say Misty. I'll try to make it clear which one it is. I think that answers your question Nova.
This is the start of the 'evil chapters' but I didn't fit in the scene that would make it truly 'evil' but I'm sure you can see where it's going to come from.
I'm also going to try to have the characters tell you how much time has passed. Though there will be jumps between minutes, hours, days, and months. If I think it isn't clear, tell me.
Did anyone like my version of the motto? I actually started to think up ones for all the combinations I was planning to have but that idea was crushed when I realized how many pairs there were. I'm not a poetic guy, my teachers are lucky if they get the simplest poem from me for an assignment.
For anyone that might have wondered, Aya has become the leader of the Fuchsia Gym. I can't see Koga or Aya having children so she took over when Agatha named Koga to replace her in the Elite Four. And Lorelei left the group without a word, and possibly changed her name to Prima to throw them off. It's my explanation for the name change in the translated version. Will took her place.
I'm sorry about the last chapter, if it seemed awkward, I wrote it when I first got the idea for these chapters and was still working out my awkwardness in writing then. The rest of these chapters are all originals though so that shouldn't happen again.
If anyone noticed, the biggest influence for these chapters was cultnirvana's 'Let Love Be Your Energy' I just gave them clues leading to it before TR struck. I'm also going to take an idea I saw in stories that Trish writes. Both of these two influences are in my favorites and I would definitely recommend reading LLBYE.
Something that's annoying me, my profile tells me that I'm on the favorite list of 5 members but I can only find two. Could the other three of you tell me that I'm on your list somehow. If you don't want to leave a review, I have normal IM, and there's always e-mail, just tell me please.
Disclaimer: See Author Profile