Ch. 9 As Friendship Grows
The next morning, Todd and Tracey couldn't find Ash anywhere, so they set search. But, they were sure they'd find them and knew their friend wouldn't leave them. They were so confident, they hummed and smiled as they walked through town. A Venomoth caught Todd's eye and he went after it to take a picture.
"Hey Todd?" Tracey turned, not hearing him humming, but he was out of sight. Todd was right behind the Venomoth and he perched on a log. Todd heard a noise but stayed still, in order to take a perfect picture. He snapped and the Venomoth flew off.
"Hmm." Todd looked at the photo. "This picture seems unprofessional, in other words, ugly." The bushes rustled again and a red haired, angry, girl appeared.
"So, you think I'm ugly hu?" She growled. "Go Starmie!" She threw a Pokeball and before Todd knew anything else, he was screaming and running from the enraged trainer and her purple starfish.
"Todd?" Tracey asked as he heard his cry and the trainer shouting. They met in front of a small ledge. "What's going on buddy?"
"She's gonna pound me!" Todd yelled.
"Who?" Tracey looked up to see the trainer and her Starmie. "Yikes!" They looked around but there was no escape. "Why do I always have to save your ah!" The Starmie spun and nearly hit them, but a figure jumped out of the bushes and onto the cliff and ultimately knocking the Starmie out.
"Starmie return." The trainer growled and looked up with a gasp as the figure leaped from above the cliff, it was Ash. The duo began to fight and wrestle bitterly.
"It's ok Todd, everything's gonna be fine." Tracey said as Todd peeked out from behind him. "Get her, hit her! Go for the neck, but watch your neck!" Tracey turned to Todd as he came out of hiding. "See, told you he'd come in handy." Ash made another lunge for the girl but she tricked him and pined him. Ash gasped and looked up, both of them panting and leering at each other.
"Misty?" Ash whispered, catching his breath. The girl made a face and helped Ash up. "Is it really you?"
"Who are you?" Misty asked.
"It's me, Ash." Ash grinned.
"Ash?" Misty replied, he nodded.
"Whoa!" They slapped a high five. "How did you?"
"Wow, where'd you come from?" Misty gasped.
"Hey, it's great to see you." Ash laughed.
"What's going on here?" Tracey asked Todd, he shrugged.
"What are you doing here?" Ash asked.
"What am I doing here, what are you doing here?" Misty corrected.
"I said, what's going on here?" Tracey yelled.
"Tracey, this is Misty, she's my best friend." Ash introduced.
"Friend?" Tracey emphasized.
"Yea." Ash said and turned to Todd. "Hey, come here." Todd came up slowly. "Misty, this is Todd. Todd, Misty."
"Pleased to meet you." Todd grinned.
"Pleasure is all mine." Misty smiled back.
"How do you do," Tracey started, then yelled, "Hey wait, time out! Let me get this strait. You know her, she knows you, but she also wants to pulverize him. And, in the end, everyone's ok with it? What am I missing?"
"Relax." Ash patted him and began to clear things up when Misty spoke up.
"Wait until everyone knows you're here, and your mom, what will she think?" Misty asked.
"She doesn't have to know, nobody does." Ash replied.
"Why not, everyone thinks you're dead." Misty said.
"They do?" Ash looked confused.
"Yea, Giovanni told us about the accident with the herd." Misty lowered her voice.
"He did?" Ash gulped. "What else did he tell you?"
"What else matters other than you're alive?" Misty asked confused, then replied,
"That means, you're the Pokemon Master."
"Him?" Tracey cut in. "Misty, do you have your trainers crossed."
"Pokemon Master?" Todd gasped. "Your majesty, I Graveler at your feet."
"Don't." Ash growled.
"Stop that it's grovel, not Graveler." Tracey corrected. "Besides, he's no ruler, are you?"
"No." Ash sighed.
"Ash?" Misty persisted.
"I'm not the Pokemon Master. Maybe I could've been, but that was a long time ago." Ash began to walk off.
"So, you're the Pokemon Master and you never said a thing about it?" Tracey asked.
"I'm still the same guy, ok." Ash turned.
"You have power." Tracey added.
"Perhaps you can give us a moment?" Misty cut in.
"Why, if she needs to talk to you, she can talk to us, right Ash?" Tracey asked.
"Well, maybe you'd better go." Ash grinned.
"There we go." Tracey walked off with Todd. "You think you know a guy."
"That's Tracey and Todd for you." Ash asked but frowned when Misty turned away. "What is it?" Ash came to her.
"It's like you're back from the dead." Misty looked up. "You don't know what this all means to everyone, or to me."
"It's ok now." Ash grinned.
"I missed you." Misty couldn't help but hug Ash. He gasped, confused.
"I missed you too." Ash started to grin and gave a hug back.
"I tell you, this isn't a Kodak moment." Tracey pouted in hiding.
"Sorry." Todd put away his camera, he was cleaning it.
"Not to you, to them." Tracey pointed. "Him, her, alone."
"And that's bad because?" Todd shrugged.
"I see what's going on, but they haven't a clue. They're falling in love and now the bottom line, the Three Musketeers are a duo." Tracey explained.
"Who, what, where, when, why?" Todd looked confused.
"Just look at the twilight, the zone is everywhere. So, with this perfect atmosphere, the disaster of romance is near." Tracey replied.
"Oh." Todd sighed as they could do nothing but watch. Ash took Misty to the beautiful, not gray, part of the town. It was a beautiful garden with a lake, waterfall and pretty flowers and fruit trees. They both had songs of thoughts of confusion in their mind.
Misty: We fell in love tonight. Together believing, that for once we're in harmony, this nice evening.
Ash: How do I tell her, how to make her see, what's happened in my past? No way, she'd never believe me.
Misty: What is he hiding, what's he trying to decide? Why can't he be the master I know he is, like the one I see inside?
Both: We fell in love tonight. Together believing, that for once we're in harmony, this nice evening. We fell in love tonight. Why we had to wait so long, we're older now and not uncertain, that love's in who we are.
"If they fall in love tonight, we can assume. That his fun with us is history." Tracey sniffed.
"Soon our pal will be doomed." Todd sobbed. They watched them disappear into the garden as night came upon them.
The next morning, Todd and Tracey couldn't find Ash anywhere, so they set search. But, they were sure they'd find them and knew their friend wouldn't leave them. They were so confident, they hummed and smiled as they walked through town. A Venomoth caught Todd's eye and he went after it to take a picture.
"Hey Todd?" Tracey turned, not hearing him humming, but he was out of sight. Todd was right behind the Venomoth and he perched on a log. Todd heard a noise but stayed still, in order to take a perfect picture. He snapped and the Venomoth flew off.
"Hmm." Todd looked at the photo. "This picture seems unprofessional, in other words, ugly." The bushes rustled again and a red haired, angry, girl appeared.
"So, you think I'm ugly hu?" She growled. "Go Starmie!" She threw a Pokeball and before Todd knew anything else, he was screaming and running from the enraged trainer and her purple starfish.
"Todd?" Tracey asked as he heard his cry and the trainer shouting. They met in front of a small ledge. "What's going on buddy?"
"She's gonna pound me!" Todd yelled.
"Who?" Tracey looked up to see the trainer and her Starmie. "Yikes!" They looked around but there was no escape. "Why do I always have to save your ah!" The Starmie spun and nearly hit them, but a figure jumped out of the bushes and onto the cliff and ultimately knocking the Starmie out.
"Starmie return." The trainer growled and looked up with a gasp as the figure leaped from above the cliff, it was Ash. The duo began to fight and wrestle bitterly.
"It's ok Todd, everything's gonna be fine." Tracey said as Todd peeked out from behind him. "Get her, hit her! Go for the neck, but watch your neck!" Tracey turned to Todd as he came out of hiding. "See, told you he'd come in handy." Ash made another lunge for the girl but she tricked him and pined him. Ash gasped and looked up, both of them panting and leering at each other.
"Misty?" Ash whispered, catching his breath. The girl made a face and helped Ash up. "Is it really you?"
"Who are you?" Misty asked.
"It's me, Ash." Ash grinned.
"Ash?" Misty replied, he nodded.
"Whoa!" They slapped a high five. "How did you?"
"Wow, where'd you come from?" Misty gasped.
"Hey, it's great to see you." Ash laughed.
"What's going on here?" Tracey asked Todd, he shrugged.
"What are you doing here?" Ash asked.
"What am I doing here, what are you doing here?" Misty corrected.
"I said, what's going on here?" Tracey yelled.
"Tracey, this is Misty, she's my best friend." Ash introduced.
"Friend?" Tracey emphasized.
"Yea." Ash said and turned to Todd. "Hey, come here." Todd came up slowly. "Misty, this is Todd. Todd, Misty."
"Pleased to meet you." Todd grinned.
"Pleasure is all mine." Misty smiled back.
"How do you do," Tracey started, then yelled, "Hey wait, time out! Let me get this strait. You know her, she knows you, but she also wants to pulverize him. And, in the end, everyone's ok with it? What am I missing?"
"Relax." Ash patted him and began to clear things up when Misty spoke up.
"Wait until everyone knows you're here, and your mom, what will she think?" Misty asked.
"She doesn't have to know, nobody does." Ash replied.
"Why not, everyone thinks you're dead." Misty said.
"They do?" Ash looked confused.
"Yea, Giovanni told us about the accident with the herd." Misty lowered her voice.
"He did?" Ash gulped. "What else did he tell you?"
"What else matters other than you're alive?" Misty asked confused, then replied,
"That means, you're the Pokemon Master."
"Him?" Tracey cut in. "Misty, do you have your trainers crossed."
"Pokemon Master?" Todd gasped. "Your majesty, I Graveler at your feet."
"Don't." Ash growled.
"Stop that it's grovel, not Graveler." Tracey corrected. "Besides, he's no ruler, are you?"
"No." Ash sighed.
"Ash?" Misty persisted.
"I'm not the Pokemon Master. Maybe I could've been, but that was a long time ago." Ash began to walk off.
"So, you're the Pokemon Master and you never said a thing about it?" Tracey asked.
"I'm still the same guy, ok." Ash turned.
"You have power." Tracey added.
"Perhaps you can give us a moment?" Misty cut in.
"Why, if she needs to talk to you, she can talk to us, right Ash?" Tracey asked.
"Well, maybe you'd better go." Ash grinned.
"There we go." Tracey walked off with Todd. "You think you know a guy."
"That's Tracey and Todd for you." Ash asked but frowned when Misty turned away. "What is it?" Ash came to her.
"It's like you're back from the dead." Misty looked up. "You don't know what this all means to everyone, or to me."
"It's ok now." Ash grinned.
"I missed you." Misty couldn't help but hug Ash. He gasped, confused.
"I missed you too." Ash started to grin and gave a hug back.
"I tell you, this isn't a Kodak moment." Tracey pouted in hiding.
"Sorry." Todd put away his camera, he was cleaning it.
"Not to you, to them." Tracey pointed. "Him, her, alone."
"And that's bad because?" Todd shrugged.
"I see what's going on, but they haven't a clue. They're falling in love and now the bottom line, the Three Musketeers are a duo." Tracey explained.
"Who, what, where, when, why?" Todd looked confused.
"Just look at the twilight, the zone is everywhere. So, with this perfect atmosphere, the disaster of romance is near." Tracey replied.
"Oh." Todd sighed as they could do nothing but watch. Ash took Misty to the beautiful, not gray, part of the town. It was a beautiful garden with a lake, waterfall and pretty flowers and fruit trees. They both had songs of thoughts of confusion in their mind.
Misty: We fell in love tonight. Together believing, that for once we're in harmony, this nice evening.
Ash: How do I tell her, how to make her see, what's happened in my past? No way, she'd never believe me.
Misty: What is he hiding, what's he trying to decide? Why can't he be the master I know he is, like the one I see inside?
Both: We fell in love tonight. Together believing, that for once we're in harmony, this nice evening. We fell in love tonight. Why we had to wait so long, we're older now and not uncertain, that love's in who we are.
"If they fall in love tonight, we can assume. That his fun with us is history." Tracey sniffed.
"Soon our pal will be doomed." Todd sobbed. They watched them disappear into the garden as night came upon them.