Crossing The Line

By: Charizard Disclaimer: I'm not affiliated or own Nintendo, Pokémon, Game Freak, and Wizards of The Coast. I wrote this out of free will and for fun. Brief Description: Ash and Misty discuss his battling skills. He hopes she can give him pointers, but she crosses the line and begins to put Ash down. Will Ash forgive her for what she said? Authors Note: Ash are Gary 15, Misty and Brock are 17. Prologue:

Ash, Misty, Brock and Pikachu are heading back to Viridian City so Ash can get his Earth Badge and hopefully compete in the Pokémon League. Chapter One: Heading Towards Viridian Ash is very excited he's getting near Viridian City. He can't wait to get his Earth badge so he can get into the Pokémon League.

"One more day until we get to Viridian City. I can't wait." Said Ash

"Why are you so excited to get your Earth badge anyways?" Said Misty

"Because, when I do, I'll get to compete in the Pokémon League."

"You Know, The Viridian City gym leader is Giovanni. He's not all that easy like the other trainers."

"I know, but he's no match for Ash Ketchum."

"Stop being so dense and realize that every trainer you come across will not always lose to you!"

"DENSE? Don't even go there Misty. You are the most stuck up person on the face of this earth. You're just like your sisters. Snobby!"

"STUCK UP!? SNOBBY!? OOOHHH! You only care about yourself and your stupid badges!"

"Hey, watch it there. I've risked my life 3 times for these badges. They are not stupid. Besides, one of them is yours. So, does that make you stupid too?"

"Noo...because I gave it to you out of pity."

"PITY!? I won fair and square!"

"DID NOT!"

"DID TOO!"

"DID NOT!"

"DID TOO!"

"DID NOT!"

"DID TOO!"

"DID NOT!"

Brock couldn't handle these childish arguments any more. He yelled at them. "WILL THE TWO OF YOU SHUT UP? Can't the two of you not argue for one day?"

Then Ash and Misty look at each other and simply turn their heads away and reply with a "hmm."

"If the two of you argue once more on the way to Viridian, I'm going to force the two of you to sleep in the same tent tonight. Speaking of that, we're going to stop here and camp out for the night."

Brock had stopped by a beautiful lake about 12 miles from Viridian. The scenery was great, the air was fresh, only if Ash and Misty stopped fighting. They could be enjoying all the scenery.

"Hey Brock," said Ash, "I'm going for a walk along the lake okay?"

"Sure go ahead. Just make sure you're back in an hour for dinner."

"Okay! C'mon Pikachu, lets go for a walk."

"Pika Pika!(Okay!)"

While walking with Pikachu, Ash talks to Pikachu about Misty....

"Hey Pikachu, why has Misty been so mean to me lately? I can't figure it out."

"Pika Pikapi cha, pika pika chu.(Maybe she's upset about something)."

"What would she be upset about? I have done anything to her."

"Pikapi, chu pika pika cha pika chu.(Well, you did call her names earlier today)."

"Yeah, so? She says bad things about me too! Sometimes the things she says almost makes me runaway from everyone."

"PIKA?! Pikachu, pika pika, cha.(RUNAWAY?! I never knew she upsets you that much)."

"Yeah. I wish she would stop. It seems that she gets joy out of upsetting me."

"Pika pikapi pikachu pika pika."(I don't think that Misty would do that out of sheer joy.)

"Maybe. But, when she says those things to me, I feel like someone ripped my heart out, and threw it into the blender."

"Pika, pikachu?(That bad Huh?)."

"Yeah. Plus I kinda have a thing for her..." wait a minute what am I saying "I mean I love her."

"Pika.(I know)."

"What do you mean you know?

"Pikachu, pika pikapi chu pika cha.(Well duh. It's kinda obvious that you do.)"

"I just wish she would realize how much she hurts me and then I can tell her how much I love her."

Meanwhile at the camp...

"Where's Ash? I told him to be here 30 minutes ago." Said Brock

"Who knows." Said Misty

There was a 10 second pause..

"Hey Brock," Said Misty, "Why does Ash act like a jerk all the time towards me? What have I done to him?"

"Well, first off, he has kinda been mean, but on the other hand, you say nasty stuff to him too. I know Ash too well, those things you've been saying to him for the last week, are eating him alive. I'm surprised that he hasn't ran-off."

"Ran-off? Y..you mean like, runaway from us?"

"Yep."

"Why would he?" Asked Misty

Misty began to get worried that he may just do so soon. She wouldn't want that because she loves Ash dearly.

"Well if he does, he won't have to put up with you bickering about how dense he is or how over-confident he can be. If I was in his shoes, I would've ran away by now."

"What should I do to keep that from happening?"

"Well, try and prevent yourself from saying the wrong thing to him. You could also apologize to him about what you've said to him today."

"Apologize?! I don't think so. He started it, not me."

"Actually, you did Misty, you just don't realize it."

"I do...but he sounds just like Gary when he gets confident. I don't want him to be like that. Gary is an insensitive little jerk that only cares about his own self!"

"Whoa Misty, take it easy, you're losing it! I get your point, but why do you care so much about Ash?"

"Well I kinda, sorta like him."

"Kinda sorta? You mean like you are going ga ga for him?"

"Yyyeah I think that sounds better." Said Misty

"Hey Guys, I'm back!" Said Ash yelling

"Hi Ash!" Said Brock and Misty.

"Sorry I'm late, I just lost track of the time."

"It's ok. No big deal." Said Brock.

"Hey Ash, can I talk to you for a sec?" Said Brock

"Sure. Misty, could you excuse us for a moment?"

"Okay. I'll be in my tent with Togepi."

Of course Misty couldn't help but to eavesdrop on the conversation between Ash and Brock.

"Ash, where were you? I got worried that you ran away from us."

"What? I'd never do that. What made you think that?"

"Well Misty was a bitch towards to you today and I was afraid that she upset you."

"She did upset me, but I just went for a walk with Pikachu to talk about her rudeness."

"Has she ever got you to the point when you almost ran away?"

"Yeah. Remember at Fuchsia City when I ran to the Pokémon Center?"

"I remember that. What was on your mind?"

"I was so upset. I was crying, I almost ran away, but the Nurse Joy came by me to see if I was okay. She talked to me and helped me feel better. If it wasn't for her, I would've been gone today."

She couldn't believe what she was hearing. She went back into her tent because she was too upset to hear the rest.

"Man Ash, I've never realized how much Misty upsets you. I mean you do upset her a little bit, but not as much as she upsets you. I hope you never leave."

"Me too." said Misty quietly to herself in her tent.

"Don't worry Brock, I won't as long as Misty can respect my feelings from now on."

"Well Ash, I hope she realizes what she's doing to you."

"Me too. I'm getting tired. I going to go to sleep."

"Okay Ash. See you tomorrow morning."

"Good night Ash, sweet dreams." Said Misty to herself in her tent.

"Good night Misty, I love you." Said Ash to himself in his tent.

They fell asleep, and dreamt about the most wonderful things that could happen to them. Yet did they realize what is to happen in 2 days....