Disclaimer: I don't own Pokémon or the song in this story, except the parts after the original song ends. 'Nuff said.
A/N: Here's the last part of the trilogy, complete with new verses! :-) I've been busy with Christmas presentations and other stuff so I didn't have a lot of time to spend on this story, but I'm quite proud of it. Enjoy! (The letters in the brackets represent the person who's singing that part – No mark means unimportant/together)
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*(A)*
There's a feeling I'm getting I just can't explain
Making me glad tonight
Maybe it's Christmas, maybe the snow
Maybe the mistletoe
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Ash Ketchum stood in a corner of the room, a glass of fruit punch in his hand. He felt rather happy to be back in Pallet Town, away from the hassles of Pokémon training for a while. Professor Oak was holding a Christmas party at his home. Trainers and professors alike attended.
"Sure is nice to be home huh, Pikachu?" he commented to the little yellow Pokémon on his shoulder.
"Pikapi!" Pikachu replied happily.
Ash gazed out the window. Everything was covered in white, making the place feel serene. He looked back at the people in the room. Most people were gathered in groups, chattering merrily. There were spots where people generally avoided, marked by a certain familiar plant hanging from the ceiling. A few young men hung around those areas hopefully. Ash saw that one of them was his good friend Brock.
*(M)*
There's a secret I'm keeping that no one can hear
A feeling deep in my heart
Maybe this Christmas my true love will show
Under the mistletoe
***
Misty Waterflower stood in the middle of the crowded room, watching quietly. She looked up at the dangling mistletoes. There was something enigmatic about them, almost as if they were beckoning to her.
'Yes, I'm coming…' she thought to herself with a slight grin. She giggled at the sight of Brock's forlorn face after being rejected by a girl for the umpteenth time.
Misty looked up at the mistletoes again. Somehow, deep inside her, she just knew that today is the day.
"Today's going to be special," she said to her baby Pokémon. "Can you feel it, Togepi?"
Togepi trilled cheerfully in reply. Misty smiled to herself and walked off, looking for something to do.
***
Jolly old Saint Nicholas before the night is through
There's something very special that I'd like to say to you
Merry merry Christmas, I'd like you to know
(M) I'm hoping that I meet someone under the mistletoe
***
Misty sighed, unable to find the person she was looking for. But then, she spotted him and her face brightened. 'There he is!' She picked up her pace and made her way through the crowd.
***
Now there's a crowd at the party, our friends are all here
Everyone's warm and bright
(M) Maybe I'll meet him where hearts are aglow
Under the mistletoe
(A) Maybe I'll just stand here and no one will know
I'm under the mistletoe
***
"Boy, this party sure is crowded," Ash commented, looking around. His eyes widened when he noticed something. "Hey, wait a minute, there's Christmas cookies over there! Let's go get some, Pikachu!"
"Pika!" his Pokémon buddy smiled as he immediately made a beeline for the cookies.
"Hi Ash!" a familiar voice said cheerfully.
Ash looked up and saw that Misty was standing right next to him. He suddenly felt very nervous for no apparent reason. "Oh, hi Misty."
"Great party, huh?"
"Yeah, we were just going to get something to eat." Ash tried to sound casual. 'Hey, what's wrong? Why am I feeling like this?'
Misty tried to start a conversation. "Hey, did you see Nurse Joy?"
"Yeah, maybe you should go tell Brock," Ash said jokingly, seeing that his friend is starting to get desperate.
Misty didn't think it funny. "Maybe not…"
Ash decided that it was time to get away. "Anyway, can we squeeze past you? We're pretty hungry…"
"Oh, sure, okay…"
After a difficult squeeze, Ash managed to make his way out.
"That was close…" he commented.
"Pi?" his yellow friend looked at him quizzically.
Meanwhile, Misty remained within the crowd. She sighed in disappointment, but wasn't ready to give up yet. She looked at the nearest mistletoe, its reflective surface glistening.
Somewhere else, Ash had met up with Brock.
"Any luck yet, Brock?" he asked, mouth full of cookies.
"No," his friend replied dejectedly. "I'm getting hungry, I guess I'll go grab some food…"
"See ya later," Ash said, stuffing another cookie into his mouth. He looked around. 'Hmm… nobody's looking at me…' "Hey, let's hang around here for a while, Pikachu!"
***
Jolly old Saint Nicholas before the night is through
There's something very special that I'd like to say to you
Merry merry Christmas, I'd like you to know
(A) I'm hoping that I don't get caught under the mistletoe
***
Ash finished the last of the cookies in his hands but just stood there, deciding to copy Brock.
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There's a crowd at the party, our friends are all here
Everyone's warm and bright
(M) Maybe he'll find out, you just never know…
Under the mistletoe
(A) Maybe I'll stand here, maybe I'll go
(M) Maybe this Christmas I might let him know
(A) Maybe this Christmas I just might get—
***
'Should I stay or—' "Uh oh…" Ash froze as Misty approached him. He knew he had to do something to get away, but he suddenly forgot how to give commands to his body.
"Hi Ash, did you get something to eat?" Misty asked cheerily.
"Uh… yeah…" Ash's eyes darted around nervously. 'Please don't let anyone see us here…'
Misty wasn't exactly very cool herself. At the moment, she didn't show it but she was having an internal conflict on whether to go for it, or to play safe. She chose the former. "Um Ash, did you realize we're standing under the mistletoe?"
"Huh?" Ash was entering total panic, not knowing what he wanted to do. 'This is great! No wait, I'm not ready for this!' "WAAAAAAAA!!!!" Before he realized it, he bolted.
"Ash, where are you going?" Misty asked, feeling both relief and disappointment.
"Uh… I'm getting some Christmas cookies!" he shouted the first thing that came to his mind.
"You just got some cookies!"
"Y-yeah, I know. C'mon, Pikachu!"
"What's his problem, Pikachu?" Misty asked the electric rodent, who merely sat there.
"Pika pika!" the little Pokémon looked up at her incredulously.
"Come on, Pikachu!" Ash called out to his Pokémon again, while still walking quickly backwards.
"Ash, look out for the…!" Misty started to yell a warning.
Ash turned his head just in time to see a cart that was bringing out an assortment of titbits a few inches away from him before… "WAAAA!!!!" ~CRASH~ he bumped hard into it, causing it to overturn.
"Never mind…" Misty finished, cringing. She sighed and walked away. 'I guess he doesn't like me…' she thought sadly. She also heard angry shouts, followed by frightened ones and running footsteps. 'But it's Christmas, try to think about happy things!'
*(Je)*
There's a great plan I'm making it's simply divine
I'm a genius you see
Maybe this Christmas we'll get the twerps so
Thanks to the mistletoe
***
Jessie waited impatiently behind one of the huge potted plants. 'What's taking those two so long?'
Quite soon, James and Meowth slipped behind the plant as well. "Okay, we've done as you told us to," James announced.
"I don't get it," Meowth complained. "Why are you actually helping those twerps?"
"No, I'm helping us," Jessie explained in annoyance. "The twerps' situation is making things even worse for us, so I plan on fixing it."
"Well, it is Christmas time, so count it as a present from us!" James added. This earned him a thrashing from Jessie.
"I still don't see how this can help us!" Meowth grumbled.
"Don't worry your little brain, Meowth." Jessie told him. "Let the mastermind do the thinking."
"Hey, the twerps are right where we want them!" James exclaimed gleefully.
Misty had caught up with Ash, who still had bits and pieces of food in his hair and clothes. They were standing right in the middle of the room, with nobody else near.
"Do your stuff Meowth!"
"One mistletoe trap, coming up!" Meowth aimed the remote at the spot where Ash and Misty were standing, and pressed the button.
All of the lights went out. At the same time, a floating mistletoe equipped with small flashing lights positioned itself over its 'victims'. Two hovering spotlights shone on them. There were exclamations of surprise, followed by various types of gasps as people saw what was happening.
***
There's someone here preparing double trouble for us
But maybe it's not so bad
Looks like we're trapped here with nowhere to go
Under the mistletoe
***
The horrified couple stood frozen, not quite comprehending what was going on just yet. Everybody's eyes burned on them, nobody spoke except for a few encouraging shouts which sounded quite feeble in the large room.
Ash's heart jackhammered. He couldn't run this time: the whole town and beyond was watching. He scanned the people's faces and spotted three certain people nearby, grinning.
"Look, it's Team Rocket!" he shouted, pointing.
"Nice try, Ash!" Brock's voice called out from somewhere.
More people were starting to chant encouragements. A low murmur of voices at first, getting louder.
Ash turned around to tell Misty how ridiculous everything is, but he lost his voice the moment his eyes locked with her cerulean ones. He tried to look away, but couldn't.
Slowly, the two of them inched closer.
'Waitaminute, everybody's watching!'
'Does it matter?'
Ash pushed aside all doubts and brought his lips to Misty's. She was shocked at first, but gave in.
The crowd went wild, but neither of them heard.
"Hey, this ain't too bad after all!" Meowth commented, laughing. He pushed another button which launched several hidden mini-rockets. One of them showered confetti over the couple, the rest exploded to produce small fireworks.
After who knows how long, Ash and Misty pulled apart, both with huge smiles on their faces. They became aware that the lights had come back on, and the loud cheering around them, but one voice stood above the rest.
A weeping Delia rushed over and threw her arms around the couple. When she finally left, other people came to congratulate them.
"Hey, looks like you finally managed to do something before me, Ash," Gary came forward and said in his usual snobbish voice. "But then again, it's probably because I'm too busy with my training to deal with girls."
"Thanks Gary, I'll take that as a compliment." Ash replied, still grinning goofily. Nothing can spoil his mood just then.
Soon, Team Rocket came up to them. "Haha, my plan worked!" Jessie announced exultantly.
"You're behind this?" Misty demanded.
"Well, you weren't paying much attention to us during our last few encounters." Jessie said, looking at Ash. "You spent more time sneaking glances at that girl, and then asked your Pokémon to deal far more damage than necessary. Since you're too scared to do it yourself, we simply had to do it for you…"
"Not to mention you two look simply cute toget— Ouch!" James received a wallop.
"Anyway, we'll be nice and leave your Pikachu alone… for now. Ta ta!" With that, the trio left the place.
"So… Mr. Pokémon Master was sneaking glances at me?" Misty asked mischievously, grinning with joy.
"Um…" Ash's face went as bright as a Magmar. "Hey, let's go get some more food!"
***
Jolly old Saint Nicholas before the night is through
There's something very special that I'd like to say to you
Merry merry Christmas, I'd like you to know
We're hoping that we'll meet again under the mistletoe
There's a crowd at the party, our
friends are all here
Everyone's warm and bright
Maybe next Christmas more magic will flow
Under the mistletoe
***
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A/N: Merry Christmas, everybody!