Disclaimer: No matter how much I wish or how much fairy dust I use, Pokemon
will never belong to me. ;-; I only own a strange little bird, but you dont
want him. ^^ But the characters that were created out of my own imagination
were Racheal, Jason, and Aydee. ^^ Thankyou! ^-^
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Ash let out a deep sigh and allowed the cool wind attempt to dry off his sweat. He had the strangest feeling Misty wasn't asleep. Like she was up partying or something. He leaned over the balcony railing, and sure enough he could see lights on in Misty and Racheal's room. He grinned as an evil thought crossed his mind.
Using the stairs from the fire escapes, he slowly made his way to Racheal and Misty's balcony. As he crossed, he attempted to be as quiet as possible. If someone spotted him on THEIR balcony, he would either be thrown off, shot at, etc. All because he would be suspected of being a burglar. The possibilities sent a light chill up his spine.
"Cant..Look..Down..." He cleared his throat and was silently thankful he made it across without imagining himself falling..Or looking down. Misty's room was only a couple of balconies away, so It wasn't that much of trip.
"Oh the things I do for the simple enjoyment of scaring the living crap out of Misty." He shook his head in amazement.
The short sight of Misty being murdered in his nightmare ran through his head. Seeing Misty alive and well right now would be the best possible thing for him.
Ash got himself seated on the cold ground of the balcony, watching Racheal and Misty happily talking about simple things. What their favorites were, how it is having siblings, boys and more. He enjoyed seeing Misty so happy with someone to finally talk to that's been through most of the things she's been through.
He quietly slid open the glass door about an inch so he could hear them talking better.
"Misty..What was your first kiss like? Interesting much? Is Ash really a good kisser?" Racheal asked, giggling.
'Not the forbidden question..' Misty thought to herself as her eyes looked towards the ground, as if looking for an answer.
"Well...I never.....It never..Well....I didn't....He doesn't...." Misty searched in her mind some kind of explanation. She wouldn't lie.
"You..never got a first kiss?" Racheal smiled comfortingly at her.
Ash grinned. Of course he felt bad for her, but he thought that sometime along their teenage life she had at least gotten a peck on the lips.
"No. I never had my first kiss. " Misty sighed as she looked up and met Racheal's eyes, searching them for any sign that she was going to break down laughing any second.
"It's just that I dont want to kiss just anybody.. I want it to be someone that I love..And he loves me..And just perfect. But I was cursed by my sisters." Misty explained nervously.
"Cursed? They witches, Mist? Want me to make a couple of voodoo dolls? I bet it'll be fun throwing them against walls, even if it doesn't actually do much in reality."
Misty rolled her eyes.
"You don't understand.. They told me... The day I get my first kiss, it would be under a blue moon.. And even Ash said so himself, that a blue moon never comes. In conclusion of this sad memory, I will remain unkissed for the rest of my sad life. The end."
Racheal sighed, running a hand tiredly through her hair.
"And you believed them?"
"Sure I did! I've waited..and nothing ever....."
"You never tried. And do you have any idea how long I was wondering if Ash was a good kisser?" A curious smile tugged at Racheal's lips.
"And hey, you never know. Maybe you'll meet that guy who wants to paint the moon blue just for you. Wouldn't that be awesome?"
"Wouldn't that be humanly impossible?"
"Work your imagination with me here, Mist."
Ash's mouth hung open.
'So that was her sudden craze over blue moons..I wonder how long it would take to paint the moon blue..She would probably like it that way..But then she also needs a guy to kiss her..Like Jason..' He thought as he shuddered at just the mention of his name.
'Or a guy like...Me..I'll kiss her before Jason can ever dream of being five feet within her. I will. I will do her a favor the way a best friend should. Yeah. Best friend. Right. And if she pushes me away and threatens to kill me, I guess I'll just hold a grudge against her for a couple of weeks and claim I was a little drunk. Not that hard.'
He tuned himself back into listening to their conversation.
"Who are you expecting the guy to be? Don't tell me its like one of those blonde-haired guys that to pretend to be a prince and own a unicorn. In other words, Jason." Racheal narrowed her eyes at Misty.
'By gosh, I think someone is agreeing with me.' Ash thought to himself before Misty began speaking.
"Lord, no. I'd rather have my first kiss with my psyduck then with him. He's cute and everything.. But I've seen wild pokemon nicer then him..And with better personalities..."
Ash had to use all of his control to not allow himself to run around the balcony dancing.
'So she does have something in that red head of hers. Oh so many discoveries.' He grinned.
"True, True."
"So..Rach...What are your thoughts on Brock? Like him?"
'No no! Don't change subject now, Mist!' Ash thought angrily in his mind.
"Well..I'm sure he likes me after running into me like that. And I'm not exactly crazy over Ash either. Not after that look you gave me when I told you I would appreciate a small tiny date with him.." Racheal grinned, knowing she just triggered a fight.
Ash listened in more closely at the mention of his name...and..what date?!
"What look?" Misty attempted to seem innocent.
"That 'I will kill you with a spoon if you go ten feet within him, but I'm trying to be nice anyway' look." Racheal almost broke out laughing at Misty's reaction, but Misty soon grew calm as a relaxed smile made its way across her face.
"He's like a brother to me.. That's why Rach..I just don't want to see him with broken hearts and stuff..So yeah, I'm a tad bit overprotective."
"..Just a.. brother?" Ash quietly whispered, but continued to go unnoticed.
"So you dont trust me?" Racheal couldn't help but smile as she raised her eyebrow at her, attempting to be serious as she accused Misty of something they both knew wasn't true.
"Oh no! I trust you! It's just that just incase things don't work out..You know? And lets say he really likes you, but you dont like his personality or something.. And well, you dont like him as much anymore..And he gets hurt and feels really bad..And is really sad.. Oh! I rhymed!"
Racheal rolled her eyes and sighed with exasperation.
"Denying anything when you know your lying won't get you anywhere. It'll just make it more obvious to me and your true feelings."
"You think I don't trust you?" Misty knew it was a cheap shot at trying to keep the subject far off of Ash.
"You know exactly what I'm talking about, Mist." Racheal got up from her sitting position and was about to walk towards the bed when she saw Ash sitting out of the balcony, looking content.
"Heh.." Ash waved at her before she began pointing at the window frantically, not being able to speak. Misty looked up at Racheal and shook her head.
"Is that a pathetic way of making fun of my fear of bug pokemon or som........." Misty stopped speaking as her eyes locked on what Racheal was staring at.
"Truly nice weather out here." Ash said, waving again.
She couldn't recognize Ash through the darkness and automatically assumed it was a crazy thief as fear ran over her body. With shaky hands, she reached over to her pokeballs.
"Sta...Staryu...GO!" Misty stuttered, almost forgetting the name of her own Pokemon.
Ash stood up immediately and opened the glass door, supposedly thinking that if he stood in the light she would recognize him. Wrong.
"ICE MIST! NOW!" Staryu sent a freezing deep mist of ice cold water attacking Ash.
"WAIT!" Ash yelled before he felt his body go numb.
"So..so.. much..for it..it being nice...wea...weather.." Ash managed to say through his chattering teeth.
Racheal looked at Misty in shock.
"Never heard of that attack before.." Racheal mumbled, still being half afraid and half amazed.
"I taught it to Staryu about a month ago. Ash is not the only one teaching deadly attacks....."
Misty and Racheal turned to look at eachother for a short moment before realizing who Misty had almost frozen to death.
"ASH?!" They both yelled in unison.
"Staryu..Eh..return.." Misty felt a fight about to come on.
They both had to carry Ash inside and lie him on the bed since he was practically paralyzed.
"If...only..Pik...Pikachu...were...here.....Star..Staryu...would..be...decor ations...on...a..christ..christmas tree...right..now..." Ash hissed.
"It's not Christmas." Misty snapped as she got more steaming wet towels to pat on Ash, attempting to keep him warm. The warmer he felt, the quicker he would regain sense in his bones and skin.
She felt his angry glare and wasn't in the mood to argue with him.
"Why..oh..why...must you...attack...before..you..even know...who..your....attacking? It's...a..well...known..rule.. to..know...who you...are.. attacking!!"
"Your a spy. A big nosy spy. And if you lived a century ago you would have been hanged for being so incredibly nosy. HANGED! Why were you out there? Attempting to be a pervert, Mr. Ketchum?" Misty yelled, not giving Racheal the chance to yell at him.
"I'd...go...other...pl..places if I..wanted to..to be a...pervert..I just wanted...to..to sc..scare you..a little... I..couldn't sleep.."
"So that gives you the right to scare ME and MISTY half to friggin death?! You know, you deserved having your body numb to the point you could barely speak. You deserved EVERY little ounce of coldness you felt!" Racheal snapped at him as she let herself collapse on the chair, holding her hand to her chest, before continuing speaking.
"Twice in a row today I nearly had a heart attack, Ash! TWICE! It's beyond my knowledge how Misty isn't long gone and buried from how many times you must have scared her! If I don't live through these couple of weeks with you, I will come back to haunt you. I WILL!" Racheal sighed, finally ending her lecture.
Ash didn't know if Misty was more angry at the fact that he was attempting to scare her and spying on her, or that she wasn't getting rid of the numbness. Either way she was frustrated. She tried to be gentle as she pat the hot wet cloth on his forehead, but you could still see anger in her eyes. He would have yelled more at her, but he knew she and Racheal were partly right. Misty wouldn't have said a word to him if she'd only known what kind of a nightmare he had gotten..And how badly he needed to see her alive. And how badly he simply just needed to see her.
"I will get you back for this, Ash Ketchum. You will pay." Misty said mischievously.
"No, Mist. WE will get him back for this. You keep on healing the frozen boy while I think of a plan. I've got one forming in my evil little brain already." Racheal replied with a mischievous smile on her face, almost scaring Ash.
"Come on... I...didnt..mean to.." Now he'd done it. Well, at least his teeth's chattering had slowed down.
"Oh..I'm sorry. I guess we should just completely forget about it then. All since you didn't mean to. How could you not mean to? Were you possessed by Satan and didn't mean to? Would it work if I told you I was being possessed by Satan to freeze you half to death again? Maybe." Misty said in a tone where she was neither happy, nor angry.
"I'm sorry and I will try to think out my actions before doing them." He mumbled like an angry eight year old who'd just got scolded by his mother for spilling chocolate milk everywhere. He figured he would never win this fight anyway, unless he told Misty about his nightmare.
"Hey, Mist.." An evil smile was slowly making its way across Racheal's face.
"Hm?"
"Ash, would you like to go on a date..? You know, to the movies or something?" Racheal waited for a response, and for Misty to give her that jealous look.
Misty lowered her head to the ground and bit on her bottom lip roughly, preventing her from speaking.
"Do you really think this is the best time to ask me on a date? Honestly. The only thing I go do right now is speak. What were you planning? A dinner for two beside a BED? We can scrape the snow off of me and make snow cones together. Great." After Ash said that, he slowly began to understand why Racheal kept on giving him an angry glare.
"Uh.. I mean..Yeah..How romantic...I can't...uh..wait?" Ash said, almost unsure of himself, poorly attempting to make up for what he said the first time.
"Look at me, Misty. Pick up your head, hun. You can do it." Racheal and Ash both waited to see Misty's jealous face as she slowly looked up. By some higher power, she managed to get a somewhat decent smile on her face. But the blazing fire in her eyes towards Racheal made you completely forget about the smile.
"Fun." She muttered.
Racheal cracked up at the expression on Misty's face.
"I'm sorry. I couldn't let that opportunity pass me by, Mist. But, oh God, did you see her face?!"
Ash shrugged.
"I kind of couldn't, since she was looking at you and very interesting carpet..."
"Aww you missed it..Well, she kind of looked like you did when you were watching her dance with Jason. You two were made for eachother. I don't see why I never saw it before." Racheal looked bewildered for a second before giggling.
Misty blushed, trying to ignore Racheal and seem more interested in the warm towel she was holding. Ash tried to make eye contact with her, but she wouldn't allow it.
In only a couple of minutes, Racheal had fallen into a deep sleep, spread out all on the floor. Every time Misty would get up to get more warm towels, she'd have to be extra careful not to step on Racheal.
"You don't have to do this, Mist. Well yeah, you sort of have to, but it was still half of my fault.." He whispered.
"No. It was all of your fault." She still wouldn't make eye contact with him.
He sighed exhaustedly, wanting to run a hand through his hair, but he couldn't.
"Fine. It was all my fault. Feeling better?"
"I've never been more happy in my life." She made sure he heard the sarcasm in her voice.
"I'm sorry. And I think I'm gaining sense in my legs and arms..Finally. Thank you."
"Too bad you can't gain some sense in your brain." She said tiredly, trying to keep her eyes open.
"Forgive me, please?"
"I did. It doesn't mean I can't still be angry."
He hated when she was angry at him..He hated the feeling he got knowing that she couldn't stand him.
"Honestly, Ash..Why were you out there?" She asked after the short pause of silence.
"I told you. I couldn't sleep..and I saw your lights were on, so I kind of just felt like giving you guys a small scare." He shrugged again.
"A small scare? I could barely remember what Staryu's NAME was. Let alone a gentle attack."
"I figured you wouldn't do a small attack. Maybe something simple like water gun, but noo.. You just have to go straight to trying to kill me, right?"
"Obviously. You better uhm..Get some rest so you'll be able to walk tomorrow. I'm not in the mood for carrying you back into your own room." She yawned, and stretched out her tired muscles.
Misty needed a bed for her aching muscles, and unfortunately...Ash was on it. She could have just made him march back into his own bed, but she didn't have the heart for that. Or the energy.
"Fine..I'm in too much pain to care if I'm even sleeping next to an icicle..Ugh.." She said tiredly, trying to move him over enough so she could have at least half of her body lying on the bed.
"Oh how well you can make a person feel at home, Mist."
"You just had to go and get extra dessert for dinner, didn't you?" She said with struggle in her voice.
Part of her just wanted to stop and just stare at him while he slept all night..But her muscles would not allow a second of it. When she was satisfied at how much room she had left to sleep, she lied herself down on the bed, leaving most of the room for Ash.
"Night, Ash." She yawned.
"Goodnight, Mist." He mumbled tiredly.
Before closing her eyes, she attempted to tell what time it was. "5:00AM" It read. She could have sworn it was laughing at her tired face.
"Laugh today..Be trash tomorrow." Misty mumbled, remembering to feel Ash's forehead to make sure he wasn't as cold as before. Looking over his face one last time, she finally settled herself into a deep peaceful sleep.
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Dark clouds slowly made their presence known as every minute passed, shielding the sun from making light in the dark room.. Thunder roared as lightening lit up the sky and the faces of the people occupying the room. Pikachu's eyes slowly opened as he stretched himself out and yawned, expecting to hear Ash to do the same. Nothing. Pikachu slowly sat up and looked around the room.
'Ash..? Eh..Probably in the bathroom or by Misty. What's with the bathroom lately?' Pikachu said to no one in particular.
Pikachu's eyes wondered around the room and found Brock lightly snoring, sleeping on the floor. No one except for Pikachu had gotten enough rest that night.. Well maybe Brock also. Pikachu groaned when he saw the weather outside. They couldn't go anywhere today. It would be too dark in Darken City to go there now with all of the dark clouds..And the storm didn't seem like it would be going anywhere soon. They'd have to stay in the hotel for one more night. Pikachu fell back onto the bed with a big sigh.
'Misty won't ever hear the end of it.' Pikachu said quietly before falling back asleep.
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Ash felt a flash against his face..Not lightening, more like a camera. He woke up and saw Racheal asleep on the floor, so he figured it was the lightening outside. He was half happy when morning came..But too bad the other half of him was extremely angry when he saw the horrible weather conditions outside.
"Unbelievable." He groaned, sitting up to get a better look outside the balcony through the glass door. His eyes wondered towards the clock.
"12:30PM?! How did I sleep that long?! How is it humanly possible to sleep that long?! It'll be dark in Darken City in about two hours! ..Augh..Not like we can go anywhere with this weather.. Just my luck! Stupid luck." He yelled, making Misty almost want to wake up.
"Shut..up.." Misty tiredly pulled a pillow over head in an attempt to block out Ash's whining.
"Aww..Your such a sweety this morning." Ash said in a girlish voice and smiled down at her. The smile phaded away as he looked around the room, trying to find a path where he could leave the room without having to jump all over Misty and step on Racheal a couple of times.
"Please forgive me if I fall on you.." He whispered.
"That's difficult to do this early in the morning.." Misty muttered, being half asleep.
"All right...Here we go..."
The storm silenced, as if it were also watching Ash attempt to climb over Misty. He slowly placed his leg over Misty's legs...And then his other leg.
"I never knew you were so flexible."
He was startled when Racheal spoke, and accidentally fell onto the hard ground, bringing Misty with him as well as a large 'thump' noise followed their fall. She fell directly on top of him and was just as startled as him. Racheal took out her camera and took yet another picture of the both of them lying on eachother.
"Racheal!....ASH! I don't know about you, but this must be the mother of wake-up calls!" Misty almost groaned, trying to get herself back on the bed to rest.
"I was trying to not wake you up! I swear it! Racheal scared the crap out of me cause I thought she was asleep!" Ash explained nervously as he rolled off of Misty and stood up faster then he had ever did in his life. Misty just stood there dumbfounded for a couple of seconds.
"Why are you holding a camera? Why were you taking pictures? No offense, but your beginning to scare me." Ash faced Racheal, hoping for a reasonable answer.
"You'll see." She giggled.
"And then both of you will thank me very, very much." She added. It wasn't a reasonable answer enough for Ash, but he was too tired to argue with her.
"...What just happened? You know what, don't even tell me. I don't want to know. I don't need to know. Let's just leave it at that and pretend nothing ever happened and that I never trashed that camera."
"But you never did trash the........" Racheal stopped speaking as Misty and Ash turned towards Racheal, taking small steps closer to her with mischievous looks on their faces.. She slowly backed away in fear.
"Eh.. How about breakfast? Ash? Remember your dear friend named 'food'?"
He narrowed his eyes at her in response.
"Hmm..Misty...OH MY GOD! IT'S TEAM ROCKET! ON THE BALCONY! THEY'VE CAPTURED PIKACHU!" Racheal tried the oldest trick in the book, and surprisingly enough, it worked. She took her escape route right out the door as Misty and Ash spun around to find no one there. By the time they realized what Racheal had done, they were too tired to chase her around the huge hotel.
"Stupid..Stupid..Stupid..." Misty mumbled before tiredly walking back to the bed and finally noticing the weather.
"Yes, we're going to stay here for one more night... It's too late to go to Darken City anyway.. And I need to see if they can let us extend our time for staying here." Ash answered her question before she even asked it.
"I'm sorry." She muttered.
"You can't control weather."
"No, we would have been there yesterday..If I didn't make you go to the concert." She ran her hand through her hair tiredly, turning away from the view of the dark clouds and rain pounding against the glass sliding door.
"Probably. But I liked the concert more. It was worth it, Mist."
She didn't know how to take that. Did he mean it like he liked the concert itself..? Or did he just like dancing with her up on the stage?
"Thanks. Better go get the extension."
"Right." He walked swiftly out the door, silently thanking Misty he could feel his bones and skin again. His eyes were locked on the ground as he walked, full of thoughts and questions. One of the biggest questions that ran through his mind was 'What just happened?'. He figured that Racheal went to go hide out in Brock's room..And Pikachu was probably worried about him by now, so he made sure he paid them a visit.
He almost stopped thinking when he felt himself run into someone else. Someone else with a chest about as strong as steel to knock him clear off his feet.
He looked up to see who it was before deciding on apologizing. He couldn't believe his eyes..He didn't want to believe them. He could feel his own heart beating rapidly. The fire holding the anger in Ash's eyes was very evident as images of his nightmare flashed through his head.. He wanted nothing more then to beat the man who stood before him with no mercy.
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Yey! Chapter five complete! ^^ Can't think of more to say.. soo err.. I hope the cliffhanger was interesting.. o.O; Ok. I will go work on chapter six now. ^^ Bai!
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Ash let out a deep sigh and allowed the cool wind attempt to dry off his sweat. He had the strangest feeling Misty wasn't asleep. Like she was up partying or something. He leaned over the balcony railing, and sure enough he could see lights on in Misty and Racheal's room. He grinned as an evil thought crossed his mind.
Using the stairs from the fire escapes, he slowly made his way to Racheal and Misty's balcony. As he crossed, he attempted to be as quiet as possible. If someone spotted him on THEIR balcony, he would either be thrown off, shot at, etc. All because he would be suspected of being a burglar. The possibilities sent a light chill up his spine.
"Cant..Look..Down..." He cleared his throat and was silently thankful he made it across without imagining himself falling..Or looking down. Misty's room was only a couple of balconies away, so It wasn't that much of trip.
"Oh the things I do for the simple enjoyment of scaring the living crap out of Misty." He shook his head in amazement.
The short sight of Misty being murdered in his nightmare ran through his head. Seeing Misty alive and well right now would be the best possible thing for him.
Ash got himself seated on the cold ground of the balcony, watching Racheal and Misty happily talking about simple things. What their favorites were, how it is having siblings, boys and more. He enjoyed seeing Misty so happy with someone to finally talk to that's been through most of the things she's been through.
He quietly slid open the glass door about an inch so he could hear them talking better.
"Misty..What was your first kiss like? Interesting much? Is Ash really a good kisser?" Racheal asked, giggling.
'Not the forbidden question..' Misty thought to herself as her eyes looked towards the ground, as if looking for an answer.
"Well...I never.....It never..Well....I didn't....He doesn't...." Misty searched in her mind some kind of explanation. She wouldn't lie.
"You..never got a first kiss?" Racheal smiled comfortingly at her.
Ash grinned. Of course he felt bad for her, but he thought that sometime along their teenage life she had at least gotten a peck on the lips.
"No. I never had my first kiss. " Misty sighed as she looked up and met Racheal's eyes, searching them for any sign that she was going to break down laughing any second.
"It's just that I dont want to kiss just anybody.. I want it to be someone that I love..And he loves me..And just perfect. But I was cursed by my sisters." Misty explained nervously.
"Cursed? They witches, Mist? Want me to make a couple of voodoo dolls? I bet it'll be fun throwing them against walls, even if it doesn't actually do much in reality."
Misty rolled her eyes.
"You don't understand.. They told me... The day I get my first kiss, it would be under a blue moon.. And even Ash said so himself, that a blue moon never comes. In conclusion of this sad memory, I will remain unkissed for the rest of my sad life. The end."
Racheal sighed, running a hand tiredly through her hair.
"And you believed them?"
"Sure I did! I've waited..and nothing ever....."
"You never tried. And do you have any idea how long I was wondering if Ash was a good kisser?" A curious smile tugged at Racheal's lips.
"And hey, you never know. Maybe you'll meet that guy who wants to paint the moon blue just for you. Wouldn't that be awesome?"
"Wouldn't that be humanly impossible?"
"Work your imagination with me here, Mist."
Ash's mouth hung open.
'So that was her sudden craze over blue moons..I wonder how long it would take to paint the moon blue..She would probably like it that way..But then she also needs a guy to kiss her..Like Jason..' He thought as he shuddered at just the mention of his name.
'Or a guy like...Me..I'll kiss her before Jason can ever dream of being five feet within her. I will. I will do her a favor the way a best friend should. Yeah. Best friend. Right. And if she pushes me away and threatens to kill me, I guess I'll just hold a grudge against her for a couple of weeks and claim I was a little drunk. Not that hard.'
He tuned himself back into listening to their conversation.
"Who are you expecting the guy to be? Don't tell me its like one of those blonde-haired guys that to pretend to be a prince and own a unicorn. In other words, Jason." Racheal narrowed her eyes at Misty.
'By gosh, I think someone is agreeing with me.' Ash thought to himself before Misty began speaking.
"Lord, no. I'd rather have my first kiss with my psyduck then with him. He's cute and everything.. But I've seen wild pokemon nicer then him..And with better personalities..."
Ash had to use all of his control to not allow himself to run around the balcony dancing.
'So she does have something in that red head of hers. Oh so many discoveries.' He grinned.
"True, True."
"So..Rach...What are your thoughts on Brock? Like him?"
'No no! Don't change subject now, Mist!' Ash thought angrily in his mind.
"Well..I'm sure he likes me after running into me like that. And I'm not exactly crazy over Ash either. Not after that look you gave me when I told you I would appreciate a small tiny date with him.." Racheal grinned, knowing she just triggered a fight.
Ash listened in more closely at the mention of his name...and..what date?!
"What look?" Misty attempted to seem innocent.
"That 'I will kill you with a spoon if you go ten feet within him, but I'm trying to be nice anyway' look." Racheal almost broke out laughing at Misty's reaction, but Misty soon grew calm as a relaxed smile made its way across her face.
"He's like a brother to me.. That's why Rach..I just don't want to see him with broken hearts and stuff..So yeah, I'm a tad bit overprotective."
"..Just a.. brother?" Ash quietly whispered, but continued to go unnoticed.
"So you dont trust me?" Racheal couldn't help but smile as she raised her eyebrow at her, attempting to be serious as she accused Misty of something they both knew wasn't true.
"Oh no! I trust you! It's just that just incase things don't work out..You know? And lets say he really likes you, but you dont like his personality or something.. And well, you dont like him as much anymore..And he gets hurt and feels really bad..And is really sad.. Oh! I rhymed!"
Racheal rolled her eyes and sighed with exasperation.
"Denying anything when you know your lying won't get you anywhere. It'll just make it more obvious to me and your true feelings."
"You think I don't trust you?" Misty knew it was a cheap shot at trying to keep the subject far off of Ash.
"You know exactly what I'm talking about, Mist." Racheal got up from her sitting position and was about to walk towards the bed when she saw Ash sitting out of the balcony, looking content.
"Heh.." Ash waved at her before she began pointing at the window frantically, not being able to speak. Misty looked up at Racheal and shook her head.
"Is that a pathetic way of making fun of my fear of bug pokemon or som........." Misty stopped speaking as her eyes locked on what Racheal was staring at.
"Truly nice weather out here." Ash said, waving again.
She couldn't recognize Ash through the darkness and automatically assumed it was a crazy thief as fear ran over her body. With shaky hands, she reached over to her pokeballs.
"Sta...Staryu...GO!" Misty stuttered, almost forgetting the name of her own Pokemon.
Ash stood up immediately and opened the glass door, supposedly thinking that if he stood in the light she would recognize him. Wrong.
"ICE MIST! NOW!" Staryu sent a freezing deep mist of ice cold water attacking Ash.
"WAIT!" Ash yelled before he felt his body go numb.
"So..so.. much..for it..it being nice...wea...weather.." Ash managed to say through his chattering teeth.
Racheal looked at Misty in shock.
"Never heard of that attack before.." Racheal mumbled, still being half afraid and half amazed.
"I taught it to Staryu about a month ago. Ash is not the only one teaching deadly attacks....."
Misty and Racheal turned to look at eachother for a short moment before realizing who Misty had almost frozen to death.
"ASH?!" They both yelled in unison.
"Staryu..Eh..return.." Misty felt a fight about to come on.
They both had to carry Ash inside and lie him on the bed since he was practically paralyzed.
"If...only..Pik...Pikachu...were...here.....Star..Staryu...would..be...decor ations...on...a..christ..christmas tree...right..now..." Ash hissed.
"It's not Christmas." Misty snapped as she got more steaming wet towels to pat on Ash, attempting to keep him warm. The warmer he felt, the quicker he would regain sense in his bones and skin.
She felt his angry glare and wasn't in the mood to argue with him.
"Why..oh..why...must you...attack...before..you..even know...who..your....attacking? It's...a..well...known..rule.. to..know...who you...are.. attacking!!"
"Your a spy. A big nosy spy. And if you lived a century ago you would have been hanged for being so incredibly nosy. HANGED! Why were you out there? Attempting to be a pervert, Mr. Ketchum?" Misty yelled, not giving Racheal the chance to yell at him.
"I'd...go...other...pl..places if I..wanted to..to be a...pervert..I just wanted...to..to sc..scare you..a little... I..couldn't sleep.."
"So that gives you the right to scare ME and MISTY half to friggin death?! You know, you deserved having your body numb to the point you could barely speak. You deserved EVERY little ounce of coldness you felt!" Racheal snapped at him as she let herself collapse on the chair, holding her hand to her chest, before continuing speaking.
"Twice in a row today I nearly had a heart attack, Ash! TWICE! It's beyond my knowledge how Misty isn't long gone and buried from how many times you must have scared her! If I don't live through these couple of weeks with you, I will come back to haunt you. I WILL!" Racheal sighed, finally ending her lecture.
Ash didn't know if Misty was more angry at the fact that he was attempting to scare her and spying on her, or that she wasn't getting rid of the numbness. Either way she was frustrated. She tried to be gentle as she pat the hot wet cloth on his forehead, but you could still see anger in her eyes. He would have yelled more at her, but he knew she and Racheal were partly right. Misty wouldn't have said a word to him if she'd only known what kind of a nightmare he had gotten..And how badly he needed to see her alive. And how badly he simply just needed to see her.
"I will get you back for this, Ash Ketchum. You will pay." Misty said mischievously.
"No, Mist. WE will get him back for this. You keep on healing the frozen boy while I think of a plan. I've got one forming in my evil little brain already." Racheal replied with a mischievous smile on her face, almost scaring Ash.
"Come on... I...didnt..mean to.." Now he'd done it. Well, at least his teeth's chattering had slowed down.
"Oh..I'm sorry. I guess we should just completely forget about it then. All since you didn't mean to. How could you not mean to? Were you possessed by Satan and didn't mean to? Would it work if I told you I was being possessed by Satan to freeze you half to death again? Maybe." Misty said in a tone where she was neither happy, nor angry.
"I'm sorry and I will try to think out my actions before doing them." He mumbled like an angry eight year old who'd just got scolded by his mother for spilling chocolate milk everywhere. He figured he would never win this fight anyway, unless he told Misty about his nightmare.
"Hey, Mist.." An evil smile was slowly making its way across Racheal's face.
"Hm?"
"Ash, would you like to go on a date..? You know, to the movies or something?" Racheal waited for a response, and for Misty to give her that jealous look.
Misty lowered her head to the ground and bit on her bottom lip roughly, preventing her from speaking.
"Do you really think this is the best time to ask me on a date? Honestly. The only thing I go do right now is speak. What were you planning? A dinner for two beside a BED? We can scrape the snow off of me and make snow cones together. Great." After Ash said that, he slowly began to understand why Racheal kept on giving him an angry glare.
"Uh.. I mean..Yeah..How romantic...I can't...uh..wait?" Ash said, almost unsure of himself, poorly attempting to make up for what he said the first time.
"Look at me, Misty. Pick up your head, hun. You can do it." Racheal and Ash both waited to see Misty's jealous face as she slowly looked up. By some higher power, she managed to get a somewhat decent smile on her face. But the blazing fire in her eyes towards Racheal made you completely forget about the smile.
"Fun." She muttered.
Racheal cracked up at the expression on Misty's face.
"I'm sorry. I couldn't let that opportunity pass me by, Mist. But, oh God, did you see her face?!"
Ash shrugged.
"I kind of couldn't, since she was looking at you and very interesting carpet..."
"Aww you missed it..Well, she kind of looked like you did when you were watching her dance with Jason. You two were made for eachother. I don't see why I never saw it before." Racheal looked bewildered for a second before giggling.
Misty blushed, trying to ignore Racheal and seem more interested in the warm towel she was holding. Ash tried to make eye contact with her, but she wouldn't allow it.
In only a couple of minutes, Racheal had fallen into a deep sleep, spread out all on the floor. Every time Misty would get up to get more warm towels, she'd have to be extra careful not to step on Racheal.
"You don't have to do this, Mist. Well yeah, you sort of have to, but it was still half of my fault.." He whispered.
"No. It was all of your fault." She still wouldn't make eye contact with him.
He sighed exhaustedly, wanting to run a hand through his hair, but he couldn't.
"Fine. It was all my fault. Feeling better?"
"I've never been more happy in my life." She made sure he heard the sarcasm in her voice.
"I'm sorry. And I think I'm gaining sense in my legs and arms..Finally. Thank you."
"Too bad you can't gain some sense in your brain." She said tiredly, trying to keep her eyes open.
"Forgive me, please?"
"I did. It doesn't mean I can't still be angry."
He hated when she was angry at him..He hated the feeling he got knowing that she couldn't stand him.
"Honestly, Ash..Why were you out there?" She asked after the short pause of silence.
"I told you. I couldn't sleep..and I saw your lights were on, so I kind of just felt like giving you guys a small scare." He shrugged again.
"A small scare? I could barely remember what Staryu's NAME was. Let alone a gentle attack."
"I figured you wouldn't do a small attack. Maybe something simple like water gun, but noo.. You just have to go straight to trying to kill me, right?"
"Obviously. You better uhm..Get some rest so you'll be able to walk tomorrow. I'm not in the mood for carrying you back into your own room." She yawned, and stretched out her tired muscles.
Misty needed a bed for her aching muscles, and unfortunately...Ash was on it. She could have just made him march back into his own bed, but she didn't have the heart for that. Or the energy.
"Fine..I'm in too much pain to care if I'm even sleeping next to an icicle..Ugh.." She said tiredly, trying to move him over enough so she could have at least half of her body lying on the bed.
"Oh how well you can make a person feel at home, Mist."
"You just had to go and get extra dessert for dinner, didn't you?" She said with struggle in her voice.
Part of her just wanted to stop and just stare at him while he slept all night..But her muscles would not allow a second of it. When she was satisfied at how much room she had left to sleep, she lied herself down on the bed, leaving most of the room for Ash.
"Night, Ash." She yawned.
"Goodnight, Mist." He mumbled tiredly.
Before closing her eyes, she attempted to tell what time it was. "5:00AM" It read. She could have sworn it was laughing at her tired face.
"Laugh today..Be trash tomorrow." Misty mumbled, remembering to feel Ash's forehead to make sure he wasn't as cold as before. Looking over his face one last time, she finally settled herself into a deep peaceful sleep.
***
Dark clouds slowly made their presence known as every minute passed, shielding the sun from making light in the dark room.. Thunder roared as lightening lit up the sky and the faces of the people occupying the room. Pikachu's eyes slowly opened as he stretched himself out and yawned, expecting to hear Ash to do the same. Nothing. Pikachu slowly sat up and looked around the room.
'Ash..? Eh..Probably in the bathroom or by Misty. What's with the bathroom lately?' Pikachu said to no one in particular.
Pikachu's eyes wondered around the room and found Brock lightly snoring, sleeping on the floor. No one except for Pikachu had gotten enough rest that night.. Well maybe Brock also. Pikachu groaned when he saw the weather outside. They couldn't go anywhere today. It would be too dark in Darken City to go there now with all of the dark clouds..And the storm didn't seem like it would be going anywhere soon. They'd have to stay in the hotel for one more night. Pikachu fell back onto the bed with a big sigh.
'Misty won't ever hear the end of it.' Pikachu said quietly before falling back asleep.
***
Ash felt a flash against his face..Not lightening, more like a camera. He woke up and saw Racheal asleep on the floor, so he figured it was the lightening outside. He was half happy when morning came..But too bad the other half of him was extremely angry when he saw the horrible weather conditions outside.
"Unbelievable." He groaned, sitting up to get a better look outside the balcony through the glass door. His eyes wondered towards the clock.
"12:30PM?! How did I sleep that long?! How is it humanly possible to sleep that long?! It'll be dark in Darken City in about two hours! ..Augh..Not like we can go anywhere with this weather.. Just my luck! Stupid luck." He yelled, making Misty almost want to wake up.
"Shut..up.." Misty tiredly pulled a pillow over head in an attempt to block out Ash's whining.
"Aww..Your such a sweety this morning." Ash said in a girlish voice and smiled down at her. The smile phaded away as he looked around the room, trying to find a path where he could leave the room without having to jump all over Misty and step on Racheal a couple of times.
"Please forgive me if I fall on you.." He whispered.
"That's difficult to do this early in the morning.." Misty muttered, being half asleep.
"All right...Here we go..."
The storm silenced, as if it were also watching Ash attempt to climb over Misty. He slowly placed his leg over Misty's legs...And then his other leg.
"I never knew you were so flexible."
He was startled when Racheal spoke, and accidentally fell onto the hard ground, bringing Misty with him as well as a large 'thump' noise followed their fall. She fell directly on top of him and was just as startled as him. Racheal took out her camera and took yet another picture of the both of them lying on eachother.
"Racheal!....ASH! I don't know about you, but this must be the mother of wake-up calls!" Misty almost groaned, trying to get herself back on the bed to rest.
"I was trying to not wake you up! I swear it! Racheal scared the crap out of me cause I thought she was asleep!" Ash explained nervously as he rolled off of Misty and stood up faster then he had ever did in his life. Misty just stood there dumbfounded for a couple of seconds.
"Why are you holding a camera? Why were you taking pictures? No offense, but your beginning to scare me." Ash faced Racheal, hoping for a reasonable answer.
"You'll see." She giggled.
"And then both of you will thank me very, very much." She added. It wasn't a reasonable answer enough for Ash, but he was too tired to argue with her.
"...What just happened? You know what, don't even tell me. I don't want to know. I don't need to know. Let's just leave it at that and pretend nothing ever happened and that I never trashed that camera."
"But you never did trash the........" Racheal stopped speaking as Misty and Ash turned towards Racheal, taking small steps closer to her with mischievous looks on their faces.. She slowly backed away in fear.
"Eh.. How about breakfast? Ash? Remember your dear friend named 'food'?"
He narrowed his eyes at her in response.
"Hmm..Misty...OH MY GOD! IT'S TEAM ROCKET! ON THE BALCONY! THEY'VE CAPTURED PIKACHU!" Racheal tried the oldest trick in the book, and surprisingly enough, it worked. She took her escape route right out the door as Misty and Ash spun around to find no one there. By the time they realized what Racheal had done, they were too tired to chase her around the huge hotel.
"Stupid..Stupid..Stupid..." Misty mumbled before tiredly walking back to the bed and finally noticing the weather.
"Yes, we're going to stay here for one more night... It's too late to go to Darken City anyway.. And I need to see if they can let us extend our time for staying here." Ash answered her question before she even asked it.
"I'm sorry." She muttered.
"You can't control weather."
"No, we would have been there yesterday..If I didn't make you go to the concert." She ran her hand through her hair tiredly, turning away from the view of the dark clouds and rain pounding against the glass sliding door.
"Probably. But I liked the concert more. It was worth it, Mist."
She didn't know how to take that. Did he mean it like he liked the concert itself..? Or did he just like dancing with her up on the stage?
"Thanks. Better go get the extension."
"Right." He walked swiftly out the door, silently thanking Misty he could feel his bones and skin again. His eyes were locked on the ground as he walked, full of thoughts and questions. One of the biggest questions that ran through his mind was 'What just happened?'. He figured that Racheal went to go hide out in Brock's room..And Pikachu was probably worried about him by now, so he made sure he paid them a visit.
He almost stopped thinking when he felt himself run into someone else. Someone else with a chest about as strong as steel to knock him clear off his feet.
He looked up to see who it was before deciding on apologizing. He couldn't believe his eyes..He didn't want to believe them. He could feel his own heart beating rapidly. The fire holding the anger in Ash's eyes was very evident as images of his nightmare flashed through his head.. He wanted nothing more then to beat the man who stood before him with no mercy.
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Yey! Chapter five complete! ^^ Can't think of more to say.. soo err.. I hope the cliffhanger was interesting.. o.O; Ok. I will go work on chapter six now. ^^ Bai!
