VERY IMPORTANT AUTHORS NOTE. Please read if this is your first time visiting this fic. 1.1.2012
As much as I loved this fic at the time, I am not at all deluded by the quality of this work. If I'm perfectly honest with myself, this story is Twilight for Pokemon. And I swear that's not a good thing.
The characters in this story are incredibly OOC. Misty is a strong female character who doesn't back down from a challenge (unless it involves bugs), and was probably a bit of a role model for me growing up, but in my teenage views of romance she turns into a bit of a wussie. She cries a lot for no apparent reason - usually over Ash. There is an actual scene where she shows fear of water - Misty Waterflower who grew up in a freakin' water gym is afraid of water! Can you get worse than that?
Ash isn't much better. Misty's constantly telling him to leave her alone, but he just keeps going. Maybe that's just his stubborn streak, but there's a point where you're just being a doormat.
And the OCs - for the love of god the OCs. We have villains that appear one chapter and disappear the next without any indication. Characters that resemble their television equivalents in name only.
The plot is ridiculous. I never explain why Ash is in University in the same way that Twilight never explained what sparkly vampires were doing in High School. As you can probably tell from this pointed rant, the thing I despise most about Twilight is the fact that somebody published her fanfic (and paid her ridiculous amounts of money to turn it into a movie) and nobody ever published mine.
Anyway, given how bad this is, I wanted to warn people about it A LOT before reading. I should take it down and rewrite it, but there is a part of me that is still proud of this fic - in fact it's pretty awesome for a fourteen year old. That aside, this story bears no actual resemblance to Pokemon or the characters portrayed. It has a lot wrong with it, but it also has it's sweet moments where the characters accidentally turn out right - so try to dwell on those and maybe one day I'll have the inclination to write this one properly.
And now for the story . . .
Disclaimer – I don't own Pokemon. I do not own any song lyrics posted in this story.
Reasons of the Heart – Why do I love you?
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
"Not!"
"Too!"
"NOT"
"TOO!"
"Guys stop," Brock said abruptly. This was a normal everyday occurrence for the gang. Ash and Misty would fight like a couple of two year olds, you would hardly believe that they were both fourteen, and Brock and Pikachuu would do everything in the power to keep the disagreement under control. Usually they succeeded as long as Ash didn't say anything stupid. "Can't we settle this with a nice quietdiscussion and a cup of tea?"
"He/She started it," Ash and Misty replied at the same time.
"Excuse me!" Misty gaped. "I started it?"
"Yeah," Ash replied cautiously.
"Well if I'm not mistaken -" she said calmly pausing for only a second"- YOU'RE THE MORON WHO KEEPS GETTING US LOST!" she yelled at the top of her lungs.
"We're not lost," Ash replied calmly. "If we were lost I wouldn't have the slightest indication of where we are."
"Then where are we brainiac," she asked smugly.
"We're lost in the Viridian forest."
Brock quickly grabbed onto Misty's arms trying to keep her from doing anything that could severely injure herself or others, namingly Ash. He motioned for Ash to move but Ash made not hint of moving form his spot. Misty quickly struggled out of Brocks grasp and stalked over to where Ash was standing.
"Misty isn't this a little rash?" Brock asked cowering away from her.
"Just be thankful I have my priorities straight," she muttered. Kill Ash now, Brock will get his later. "Ash if you weren't such a dimwit we could have been out of here hours ago. Gary's probably long gone," she added just to see Ash cringe.
Ash groaned inwardly at the sound of his rivals name and clenched his teeth. "If you're such the genius Misty, why don't you lead the way?"
"Because you're such a selfish stubborn little twerp and hog the map," she replied raising her voice.
"I'm the selfish one," Ash said nodding his head sarcastically. "You see, I'm pretty sure that I'm not the selfish stubborn little RUNT who has been following me around for the past four years because of some stupid bike." Bad move Ash, VERY bad move.
He saw Misty step back and watched her eyes cloud over but somehow he couldn't react, he was paralyzed. There were so many things he could have called her, idiot, bitch, whore, but no. He called her the one thing he knew would hurt her more than anything, the one really hurtful thing you could ever say to Misty. Runt.
But it wasn't just the word. It was also the fact that he had said it. The one person she cared for more than anything else in the world. Her best friend. She couldn't believe that the only person she had ever loved could hurt her that way and stand there doing nothing, like it didn't matter. Like she didn't matter.
"Fine Ash," she said quietly. "Just forget about the bike. I'll get a new one in Cerulean."
Then she did something that hurt him more than anything ever said in their childish banters. She bent down and she packed her things. He guessed it was only fair; he hurt her so it was payback.
"Good bye Brock, Pikachuu. I hope I see you again someday," she said.
"Togepri" ((Mommy I don't want to go, not without daddy)) the baby Pokemon cried.
"We're not wanted here anymore," she told her quietly her voice on the brink of tears. She bent down and grabbed Togepei in her arms.
"Wait, Misty I . . ." Ash started.
Misty turned and shook her head cutting him off as tears welled in her eyes. "I just thought you should know," she said pausing to keep herself from crumbling into tears in front of him of all people. "It was never about the bike." She quickly ran from the scene tears streaming from her eyes ads he ran Togepei clutched to her chest
Suddenly she's leaving
Suddenly the promise of love is gone
Suddenly breathing seems so hard to do
Carefully you planned it
I got to know just a minute too late
Now I understand it
All the times we made love together
Baby you were thinking of him
Why do I love you?
Don't even want to
Why do I love you like I do?
Like I always do
You should have told me
Why did you have to be untrue?
Why do I love you like I do?
Can't go back, Can't erase
Baby your smiling face
I can think of nothing else but you
Suddenly
(Why do I love you? Westlife)
"What have I done?" Ash asked.
"I'll tell you what you've done," Brock scowled. "You just let the one you love run out of your life without even letting her know how you feel. The only one you'll ever love has gone and it's your own fault."
"She's right," Ash sighed. "I am the brainless moron she always said I was. How could I do this to her?"
"Love makes you do stupid things," Brock told him. "Some stupider than others. Where are you going?" Brock called as Ash began to run off in the same direction as Misty.
"I've got to find her," Ash told him grabbing his stuff and Pikachuu.
"Then I'm coming too," Brock told him.
~ to be continued ~
Oh, right - there's also a song in every chapter. Um . . . I can't really explain that except that I had this whole Pokemon: The Musical in my head. Most of them date this fic - boy bands popular in the early 00s mostly. Blue, Otown, Nsync, Backstreet Boys, A1. If you have never heard of any of these bands, you are probably too young to be reading this fic, seeing as I did give it a PG13 rating. For language and reference to alcohol.
Turn back while you still can . . .