Misty Waterflower: Relationship Consultant

Chapter Four

By: eek!

Disclaimer: *Sigh* If only I owned the characters! This is my storyline though. Mine! All Mine! Mhahahahaha!

Blurb: I am so very very very very very sorry for the delay! I had a hectic two weekends. These chapters might take longer but always check on Friday or Saturday for updates.

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"Gaah! Look what she, like, did!!!" shrieked the oldest of the sensational sisters, clutching her aching neck, "I've got nail marks all over!" Violet and Lily were comforting the distraught Daisy, while Ash pulled Misty back. Normally, Misty's heart would have skipped a beat, but she had yet to realize Ash's hands were wrapped tightly around her waist.

"Come on, Daisy, be reasonable," said Violet as she examined her sister's nail red marks, "they'll go away soon."

"Or look like hickeys," suggested Lily. At this Daisy took out her compact to get a better look at the offending marks.

"Misty you are, like, so going to pay for this."

"Pay for what? Preventing you from ruining my reputation?!?" Misty lashed out, "My social life can't get any worse, and here you are messing up, and in front of my friend! You deserve what you get!" After this Misty walked out the door in huff, leaving the four people speechless.

"Hey Mist! Wait up!" Ash called after Misty's retreating figure.

"It's hopeless Ash, she has a huge case of PMS..." Lily said mournfully. However, Ash totally disregarded Lily's remark and ran after Misty.

"Ash? Do you..." Violet shouted, but stopped as Daisy put a hand on her shoulder.

"Foolish boy."

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"Miisstyyy.....You walk too fast!" Ash ran towards Misty's retreating figure which moved quickly along the wooden boardwalk. The boardwalk bordered a large lake which contained the Cerulean marina. The man-made lake had a large dam that kept the water from following too fast out of the mighty Mount Moon River that eventually found its way to the sea.

"Come on Misty," Ash sputtered, putting his hand on her shoulder, "What's the matter? You can tell me, I'm your friend." This statement made Misty freeze in her tracks as her whole body tensed up under his touch.

"Friends?" she quietly murmured, her voice barely audible.

"Misty?" Ash asked cautiously. Misty then spun around to face her purse, her eyes filled with rage, "What does the word 'friend' mean to you, Ash Ketchum?"

"What Mis-"

"It's some one who cares, who sticks with you, who you can confide in, and someone who doesn't leave you for one minuscule fight over the damn ketchup bottle!"

"That fight wasn't a small one Mis-ty," Ash countered, "you called me names, you smacked me around, you-"

"That's what happens in every one of our fights!" Their eyes were now locked in contempt as they finished the argument that they had started so long ago. Honestly, Misty thought that if this day would have ever come, she would have broke down crying. But with every statement she got stronger, and she felt a strange sense of satisfaction the longer they went at each other.

"And then you told me," Misty continued, "that you never wanted to see me ever again."

"That's a lie!" Ash protested, his angry voice rising.

"Ash-"

"I didn't say that!"

"Ash listen to me," Misty quietly commanded, the tone of her voice dropping to become the opposite of Ash's, "Whether or not you remember or choose to remember what happened is one thing. But I heard what I heard, and when I saw you with Casey, all happy and everything, I assumed that you meant it. You can't expect to have a good relationship after everything that went on between us."

An unnatural silence followed Misty's speech as a cool breeze rustled the leaves on the trees, which appeared to be the only thing moving. Misty looked up at Ash and observed that, although he was two feet away from her, his mind seemed to be hundreds of miles away. The afternoon sun beat down furiously on the pair like a hot lamp in an integration room, in which Misty confessed the feelings that she had been keeping secret for five years.

As Ash gathered up the courage to speak once more, there was a huge explosion. When the smoke cleared a gaping hole was in between Ash and Misty, and three familiar figures floated down in a Meowth balloon laughing manically.

"To protect the world from devastation."

"To unite all peoples within our nation."

"To denounce the evil in truth and love."

"To extent our reach to the stars above."

"Jessie."

"James."

"Team Rocket blasts off at the speed of light!"

"Surrender now or prepare to fight!"

"Meowth that's right!"

"Oh God."

"Come on, Team Rocket, Misty and I are in the middle of something!" Ash yelled up at the balloon that carried the much despised trio.

"Aww, come on! This wouldn't a be Pokemon fanfic if we weren't included," Meowth exclaimed happily. Tormenting the twerps was their favorite pastime.

"Well as you can see," Ash said in a matter of fact tone, "Pikachu isn't here, so you can leave now. James then gave a comical mock pout,

"What's wrong with visiting our favorite twerps?"

"Can't you see James? Their having a lover's spat1" Jessie cooed.

"We are not!"

"Yea!" added Misty, "we are having a serious conversation about serious stuff!" This caused Jessie and James to break down laughing.

"Oh Ash!" squeaked James, trying to do his best Misty impression, "You came!"

"What is it Misty?" asked Jessie who played along as Ash.

"I'm la- Epp!" cried James as he and Jessie were thwacked over the head with a mallet by Meowth.

"As much as we like to taut the twerps we's got to get down to business!" scolded Meowth.

"That's right. Smoke bombs!" Jessie commanded. Before Ash or Misty could do anything, a huge launcher dropped out the bottom of the balloon. The bombs rapidly fired out causing a massive cloud of smoke and debris to billow upwards. The board walk was now practically demolished, as Ash and Misty were left floating in the lake along with a few other unlucky strollers.

"Now for phase two!" Meowth exclaimed, pushing a little red button. The remote caused the dam to open, and the waters from the lake cascaded out and created a huge current. Being an expert swimmer, Misty managed to swim over and hold onto an enormous tree, which used to be by the lakeside, and but now almost drowned in the wall of water. Ash however, was not so lucky.

"Hel-" Ash gurgled as he went under the water.

"Ash Ketchum, Pokemon Master you are wanted dead or alive by Team Rocket," James read off of his assignment log.

"Preferably alive so we can collect more dough," said Meowth who was manipulating the robotic arm as he tried to fish Ash out of the water.

"Let's go, Meowth, we don't have all day!" Jessie complained.

"I'm trying! But this guy's as slippery as an eel!"

"Delphi! I chose you!" Misty's new Pokemon emerged from the ball in flash of white light. It had the same build as a regular dolphin, except it was two feet long. Delphi was light blue with a purple stripe down its dorsal side.

"Delphi! Go rescue Ash!" Misty ordered without a moment's hesitation.

"Del!" complied the Pokemon as it swam top speed towards the person to which Misty pointed. It might have been small, but it was a strong swimmer and reached Ash in record time. Delphi then clasped on to Ash's jacket and pulled him to Misty. Misty then used her free hand(and the help of her Pokemon) to drag Ash onto the huge tree limb on which she was sitting. Flipping him over, she began pushing his stomach as water spilled out of his mouth. More and more water came out but he had yet to revive. Misty then knew what she must do. And she lowered herself to him her lips inches away from his.......

"*Cough* *Cough* Blah..." Ash choked on the last bit of water in his lungs as the it flew out his mouth and all over Misty.

"Misty wha happened..." Ash rasped as Misty wiped his spit from her face.

"A lot happened twerp!" Jessie jeered as the Meowth balloon dropped level with the tree branch.

"Here catch," called James as he tossed Ash a Polaroid picture, "smile, you're on candid camera." The picture was conveniently taken and the time when Misty had knelt down to try and revive Ash.

"Eww Misty! You tried to take advantage of me when I was un-"

"You MORON!!! I WAS JUST TRYING TO SAVE YOUR PATHETIC LITTLE WORTHLESS LIFE!!!!!!" Misty exploded.

"Mhahahahaha, priceless," laughed James taking his camera back out.

"Idiot!" Meowth yelled, thwacking James on the head for a second time, "we aren't here to be the friggen' paparazzi, we're here to take out Ash!!!"

"Or capture him for a hefty bonus," Jessie agreed, "Go Arbok!" The purple cobra Pokemon flew out of the its Pokeball with astonishing speed, its eyes gleaming with hatred towards the two in the tree. Unfortunately for Arbok, Jessie didn't have particularly good aim and Arbok wound up head-butting the tree. It did however knock "the twerps" from the branch and down to the muddy ground which from which the water had already passed.

"Dammit," Misty cursed rubbing her aching head.

"Um, Misty?"

"Yeah?"

"Could you get off of me?" Ash requested. Misty looked down to see that she had landed on Ash's back, and hurriedly jumped off so as not to crush the poor man.

"Arbok! Go steal the Pokemon that's flopping around!" Jessie ordered.

"Carbok!!!" the Pokemon screeched, lunging for the helpless Delphi.

"Delphi, Return!" Misty called in the nick of time. Delphi disappeared leaving Arbok to slide into the tree for a second time.

"No fair!" Jessie growled, recalling Arbok.

"According to league rules, you are allowed to recall a Pokemon at any given time unless otherwise stated in the beginning rules," Ash recited from memory.

"Thank you, Mr. Pokemon Master!" Misty replied sarcastically.

"Go, Wobbuffet!"

"You too Weezing!"

"Misty," Ash asked turning to his companion, "lets blast them away 'Team Twerp' style." Misty then nodded in agreement.

"Croconaw!"

"Politoed!"

"Hydro Pump attack!!!" the two trainers commanded in unison. The sheer force of the twin hydro pump sent Team Rocket and all of their Pokemon airborne.

"We're blasting off already?" Jessie whined.

"We didn't even get a whole chapter!" James added.

"And our plans are foiled!" Meowth said dejectedly.

"Looks like Team Rocket's blasting off again!"

***

"Those guys must get lots of frequent flyer miles!" Misty remarked as she watched Team Rocket disappear from sight.

"Poly."

"Yeah *cough*," Ash sputtered as he fell to the ground.

" Ash!" Misty exclaimed, running towards his fallen figure and helping him up. "Let's get you to the paramedics," she commanded gently as she supported him in their trek up the hill towards the flashing lights of the ambulances.

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"So can you tell us in your own words what happened today at the lake?" asked a professional looking news anchor.

"Well first there was this the big explosion..."

"...then the these people came in these dopey costumes..."

"...kinda reminded me of cos-players..."

"See, see, I told you so, Kiyone!" cried Mihoshi as she found her way through the mob of people. Kiyone, however, did not pay attention to her excited partner because she was interviewing Ash, who had just finished telling her the whole story. Ash and Misty were sitting on the back of the van having Ash's wounds tend to, when Mihoshi approached.

"So their names are Jessie, James, and Meowth?"

"Yes."

"And they are from Team Rocket?"

"Yes."

"Didn't they look like they were cos-players?" Mihoshi interrupted.

"Cut it out, Mihoshi," Kiyone warned, "we will keep you informed of any further developments, Mr. Ketchum. Thank you for your time."

"But Kiyone-"

"We are going to look for clues now, Mihoshi," Kiyone growled, pulling her partner away by the collar. Ash then winced as the last of his bandages was tightened.

"You're all done," said Doctor Tofu triumphantly, who just happened to be serving as volunteer paramedic today.

"Thanks."

"Yeah, thank you."

"However, I do want to take Ash into hospital tonight for observations and make sure he doesn't catch a chill from his near drowning."

"Ok," Ash complied uncertainly, "Misty could you take care of Pikachu for tonight, he is still back at your place."

"Alright sure."

"Thanks, I'll call you tomorrow!"

"Sure."

But do guys really mean it when they say they'll call?

End Blurb: Woo Hoo!!! Finally finished!!! I hoped you all enjoyed this chapter!!!! Thanks for all your reviews!!!!

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