Disclaimer: I don't own pokemon, or any of its characters

Disclaimer: I don't own pokemon, or any of its characters.

Author's note: I'm not sure but in Japan I think Ash is like 14, Misty is 15, and Brock is like 19. Even if that's not true, that's their ages now. Plus Ash, Misty and Brock can understand Pikachu.

'Something like this' = some ones thought

'Something like this' = Pokemon talking

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Hospitals are never a great place to be, over the next couple of days it would be more evident. Constant noise of people walking by in the hall, emergencies running by with heart monitors beeping. The more the three spent there the more they knew they wanted to leave as soon as possible. The two other beds in Misty's room had been unoccupied, which was one small relief, until one afternoon.

"Do I have to?"

Ash had his arms around Misty's shoulders from behind while she was sitting in her wheel chair near the hospital entrance. Earlier Misty had ordered Brock, Ash, and Pikachu to go to the outside world to "just get a lot of real food" for their dinner.

Misty smiled as she rested her head against his and held his arm back.

"Yes you do."

"But why?" Ash glanced at Brock and Pikachu observing the cuteness of the seen from one of the hospital doors. Misty giggled as she replied.

"Because if your stomach growls any louder it will be the security guards kicking you out instead of me."

"Oh yeah, hungry. Sorry I'm new at this love/hunger management thing." Ash began to let go when Misty reached her arms backwards to stop him.

"Hey I thought you wanted to stop the growling."

"I do, but right now I am the one having trouble with love/hunger management." Misty gave him a light kiss on his arm. Feeling him squeeze her back she continued. "Just, be careful for me it's raining." They both looked out side at the shower the dark uninviting clouds where giving. Ash turned his head to whisper to her ear.

"I'll be back safe every time if you are." Misty turned to him smiling. Ash gently held her face in his hand, "Be right back."

The trainer missed having his love in his arms the second he let go to run over to his waiting friends. He knew Misty felt the same. Indeed feeling this, Misty sighed as she gathered the gleeful Togepi in her arms.

'That dream was just to weird; it must of effected the way I'm thinking. Rain seems more dangerous to me then it ever was.'

As she made a slow u-turn in her wheelchair she shook her head and laughed.

'And it's rained worse.'

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In her wheel chair with Togepi in her lap wheeling back to her room from seeing Ash, Brock and Pikachu off to get an edible meal from the outside world. Misty was in a 'what to do while I wait' situation. Looking up from her view of her cast covered legs suspended over the white blur of the hospital floor tiles. It looked like a medic was coming from her room and he seemed to be talking to someone inside.

"Alright, you should really rest now, I'm heading back to my station. If you need anything just use your call button and your nurse should be right in." The medic walked off and disappeared around the other end of the hallway.

'I guess I have some one to share my room with.'

Misty slowed her self down as she neared her doorway, a little unsure of what to expect. She was hoping for either someone who was nice, asleep, or at least liked pokemon. Asleep was what she wanted at that moment. Slowly wheeling herself through the door, she glanced around to see the bed to her right was still empty. Looking to her left she saw her new roommate. Eyes where confirmed closed, and so she proceeded further to get a closer look stopping at the end of the person's bed, ready to wheel away at any moment.

'Kezzian, Ace.' Misty read the nametag on the foot of the bed. 'So I'm guessing he must be Ace.'

"Hi Misty." Misty jolted in her seat as she heard a voice come from Ace's direction. It was no doubt he, greeting her, using her name. She saw his features, dark brown hair, naturally spiking in the front and on top, cut short and so short on the sides that it almost appeared buzzed. His eyes where of the darkest green she had ever come across. He was lying there; he seemed groggy and just slightly pale. But he sounded sincere when he spoke, not threatening. Calming down a little Misty replied.

"How, how did you know my name?"

"I saw it, on your bed."

"My bed? Oh yeah, hi Ace is it?"

"Yes."

"Hi."

"Hello, I'm sorry for frightening you."

"Hey its ok, I shouldn't be bothering you, you look like you need rest."

"No, not at all. Please stay, I need someone to help me wake up essentially. I'm just here to recover from a minor concussion. It wont be long." Ace propped himself up on his bed and asked with deep interest.

"Tell me, what misfortune have you come across with your bone structure?"

'Wow for some one my age he sure speaks weird.' Misty shrugged as she leaned back in her wheel chair, playing with Togepi's small little arms she smiled.

"I wouldn't call it a complete misfortune. There was a storm the other day and a lot of events lead me to find my self out side during it. I was with a friend of mine under a large tree branch. The next thing I know it falls and I push him out of its path towards earth. My legs take then impact instead and I save him." Misty blushed at sharing her experience with Ash to a total stranger, but something about his serious yet understanding look made anything seem to drip out of her.

"Because you love him."

Looking up at Ace with a questioning look. "More then he'll ever know."

They sat there as Misty studied his face further.

"Ace I feel like we have met before, somewhere."

"Not that I recall. Now you and your friend, you are together, I am sensing after a long awaited time by you. Correct?" Unable to remain questioning Ace's randomness because of sheer mood, Misty convinced herself it was all simply due to him needing some one to talk to.

"Yes." She swore that the look on Ace's face crossed from pleased to worried and back again.

'Man this guy would beat me at being a romantic any day.'

"So what about you? Who would give you a concussion?" Ace looked out a cloud filled window behind Misty's bed and laughed at her query.

"I did not receive this from a person." He looked at her by moving his eyes, seeing her questioning look return he tried to rephrase himself. "What I mean is, the rain caused me to loose my footing on some sediment near the bay."

"Oh I see. That's too bad."

"Yes this rain can be so troublesome. But it's such a complex element to deal with, it's really quite astounding."

"Yeah, my friends are out in it, I hope they come back soon." Misty looked nervously out the rain filled window. Ace replied with a slightly stressed look on his face.

"Don't worry your Ash will be fine."

"What?"

Suddenly a Nurse rushed into the room.

"Miss.Waterflower I'm so sorry. Mr. Kezzian I apologize. The Hospital rules state that males and females under the age of 18 can't be in the same living quarters. The people who run the floor are checking status today. I need to get Mr. Kezzian out of here to the other recovery area a.s.a.p. We need to move or the staff's jobs are at risk." In no time at all three floor hands rushed into the room unlocked Ace's bed from its place and started wheeling him down the hall in which the medic had excited.

Misty wheeled out after them and watched them go. Half way down the hall she heard Ace say in his strange cheerful voice.

"I will be seeing you Misty."

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Everything happened so fast; Misty was back in her room, wheelchair facing the window behind her bed.

"Who was that guy? How the heck did he know Ash's name?" As many times as she could run the meeting of this strange boy through her mind, the less sense it all made. Finally she yawned and rubbed her eyes.

"I really need a good nap."

Since she had an outstanding maneuvering technique for her bulky useless legs. Misty was able to use her, better then average, upper arm strength to put her self onto her freshly made bed with ease. Plopping down on her pillow; Misty held Togepi by her side and just lay there. Even if she didn't really sleep, it felt good to just relax and let her mind go into self-drive. Which eventually lead to thinking of how much she loved Ash.

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A pair of eyes peer out at the ocean waves. They seem to be busy on the inside. Then suddenly they "return" to their glowing state.

'Well I guess we will meet again, against my favor but so be it. I just hope that before we do nothing happens,' the eyes close and then spring open again. 'To you.'

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I Want to say a special thanks to Ash's #1 fan. She helped me with naming Mr. Kezzian Ace. J thank you!!!! Hey go check out this girls fanfic's people they are top notch.

And yes it is a total coincidence that ace's initials are AK ;)