(A/N: Hey, the start of this fic is actually based on the episode
"Farewell.and Setting off!", which your probably aware is the episode when
Misty departs, as well as Brock. Remember this fic is only based upon the
episode and I have changed a few parts of the episode plot very slightly.so
think before you start posting flames, saying, that this and that..doesn't
happen in that episode, because believe me I've read the synopsis and seen
the screenshots, so I'm quite aware, thank you!)
Chapter 1: Heading back to the Unexpected
"Well Guys! Viridian City Poke'mon Centre is just over this hill!" Brock exclaimed
"Great!" Misty smiled "that means I can finally take a rest from all this walking."
"Hey, check out this view!" came the excited voice of none other than Ash Ketchum, who was standing on the Hilltop pointing at the spectacular view below
Misty and Brock made their way to the top of the hill, standing next to Ash, and looking down onto the view below them. The three stood there for a moment, it was strange standing just above Viridian City. Misty looked down below at a small road not far from the Poke'mon Centre. It was that road which she had angrily chased after a young boy, now known as Ash Ketchum, after he'd borrowed her bike and his Pikachu had destroyed it. She wondered what he was thinking, until her thoughts were broken by Ash shouting, "C'mon Guys, I'm starving!" as he ran madly down the hill in the direction of the Poke'mon Centre.
"Ash! Wait for me!" Brock called chasing after him
"Uhh.and me!" Misty panicked, heading after them, Togepi held tightly in her arms
The three of them entered the Poke'mon Centre and walked up to the desk, except Brock, who ran up blushing at the sight of Nurse Joy.
"Nurse Joy!" Brock leaned over the desk and took her hands "Remember me?!" he smiled
The Joy behind the desk laughed, shocking Ash and Misty who stood behind Brock. Normally Brock startled or was shot down by women when he flirted with them, like that.
"I think you must be mean my cousin" she gave a polite smile "I only started work here a few weeks ago and I .don't remember seeing you.."
"Oh but you're even more beautiful than the other Joy! Maybe we could go for a roman-" Brock started but was cut short as Misty dragged him away by the ear.
"Times up Romeo." she sighed quietly still dragging him away by his ear
"Ahh! Not the ear, not the ear." Brock groaned
"Hey, you look familiar" Nurse Joy said noticing Ash for the first time "Your name isn't Ash Ketchum is it?"
Ash looked somewhat taken aback by this
"Uh..Well yeah, it is" he said giving a side glance towards Misty and Brock, who were now back beside him
"So, it is you!" she smiled "I've heard a lot of good things about you from my cousin" she smiled again "she says you're a very promising poke'mon trainer, even if you did destroy the Poke'mon Centre on your last visit"
Misty and Brock both sweat dropped hearing this, while Ash gave a nervous laugh, rubbing the back of his head.
"So," Nurse Joy moved swiftly on "who are your friends?" she asked looking at Misty and Brock
"I'm Brock! And I'm hoping to become the world's best Poke'mon Breeder!" Brock blushed and attempted to lean over the Poke'mon Nurse's desk again to take her hands in his, but was stopped by Misty who flung her arm out in front of him.
"And I'm Misty" she gave an embarrassed smile "I want to become a great Water Poke'mon trainer, my family run a Water Poke'mon Gym in Cerulean City"
Nurse Joy clasped a hand over her mouth.
"Y-your sister's left a message at this Poke'mon Centre for you, they have something important to tell you, I think you'd better take a look for yourself"
Misty, looking quite shocked followed by Ash and Brock, accompanied Nurse Joy to the videophone at the far end of the Centre. She slowly sat down in the seat in front of the phone as Ash and Brock looked over her shoulders at the three faces of her sisters that had just appeared on the screen.
"Like Hey, Little Sister!" the three of them waved smiling at her though the screen
"Like you'll never guess what like happened to us, the other week." Smiled an excited blonde haired figure, known as Daisy
"Yeah," piped up the purple haired girl, named Violet, to Daisy's right "We like totally won-"
"A World Trip!!" the other two chimed in.
"Yeah, from the Supermarket Lotto, how lucky is that!" Violet continued "So-"
"So," a girl with pink hair interrupted.
"Lily!" Violet said a little annoyed
"Sorry, Violet, I'll take it from here, k?" Violet gave a small nod
"So, anyway, we like need someone to take care of the Gym, while we're gone!" she smiled sweetly "Hope you don't mind!"
"Bye, Little Sister!" the three of them waved giggling as the video link was cut.
Misty sat there, frozen with shock. She could hear Ash gulp and feel Brock's heavy breathing on the back of her neck.
"How come they always get to do all the fun stuff." she complained, sitting rather stiffly in the seat
Ash looked as though he was about to say something but stopped as Nurse Joy came walking towards them, pushing along a very familiar looking bike.
"Remember this!" the Poke'mon Nurse smiled brightly "We managed to fix your bike and thought we'd keep it safe here, in case you were ever in the area again."
Misty stared at the bike.
"M-my.bike.." She whispered, giving a small smile
Ash grinned almost ecstatic as he punched the air
"All right!" he cried grinning at Misty "Now maybe you'll quit bugging me abou-"
"THAT BIKE WILL NEVER BE AS GOOD AS IT USED TOO!" Misty yelled straight in Ash's face, making Togepi sink further into it's eggshell and Pikachu duck further behind Ash's head, as Ash took a step back.
". Geez Misty, I was just.." Ash's voice trailed off as Misty ran off out of the Centre.
Ash turned to Brock, a little worried.
"I..think we should just leave her, for a bit.she'll come round soon enough.." Brock told Ash
Misty ran through the forest only stopping when it hurt too much to keep going, finally she was so breathless she had to stop.
"Didn't Ash understand?!" she thought "Probably not, judging by the way he acted about my bike."
She sighed sitting down on a nearby tree stump, and hung her head sadly; Togepi gave a small chirping sound.
"How much further could she have gone! Brock"
"I don't know, we'll just have to keep looking, Ash" Brock replied as they entered a small wooded area "Wait who's that!" Brock pointed to a lonely looking figure sitting on a tree stump
The two of them ran up to the figure.
"Huh.Misty, what are you doing here?"
"What do you think! Mr. Poke'mon Master" she shot back at him
"Look Misty I'm really sorry about.."
"SORRY ABOUT WHAT!" she yelled beginning to lose her temper again
"I'M SORRY FOR BEING AN IDIOT, OK!"
"Hey, guys break this up, ok" Brock said calmly trying to break up the argument "Fine Ash! I'll accept your apology." said Misty beginning to sob, a tear rolling down her cheek, which she quickly wiped away. "I just, I don't-" she started
"It's ok, Misty, we can just forget about this, right"
"I guess.." She said looking up at Ash
All of a sudden Misty stood up "I'm going to get my bike," she announced "Wait here."
Ash and Brock both nodded and a few minutes later Misty was back with her bike, Togepi in the small basket at the bike's front happily jumping up and down excitedly.
As she rode slowly on her repaired bike Ash and Brock walked along side her, Pikachu enjoying the view as they went along. Misty glanced at the two trainers beside her; she'd noticed a few differences about them. Ash hadn't washed his face this morning, Brock's hair wasn't as neat as it usually was and come to think of it, she was a bit surprised and relived that Brock hadn't fallen for any of her older sisters, but she didn't feel like bringing any of that up, right now.
"Thanks Pikachu, you're a Pika pal!" Misty called across happily to Pikachu from the other side of the Gym
"Hey what are you doing, that's my Bike! "I'm borrowing it, don't worry I'll return it someday.." The young trainer called back as he rode off in the storm
"Eww! Get that disgusting bug away from me!" Misty shrieked at the Caterpie as it fondly rubbed its head against her leg "It's so gross!"
A tall muscular man with bleach blonde hair pulled Misty into a hug "Hey my next opponent's a real cutie!" he smiled, Misty blushed. "Um.I'm not the challenger, Ash is"
Misty hugged her newly evolved Poliwhirl "Why would I want a Totodile that does what ever it wants, when I can have a totally dreamy Poliwhirl, that evolved just for me!"
"I'll give this half to my sisters, this to Brock's family, this quarter to Togepi and Pikachu." Misty smiled as she counted shared out her chocolate reward, from the Seaking Contest, among friends and family.
"Hey, what about my share!" Ash cried starting to argue.
Misty and Brock just laughed
"All, you think about, is food, Ash!" she replied
Misty watched as Ash laughed excitedly at earning his last Orange Islands' Badge as the three of them sat on Lapras' back, crossing the calm ocean.
"uh.well you like Water Poke'mon Misty, why don't you keep Psyduck?" "Why would I want such a boring poke'mon!" Misty looked at Brock, as she suddenly tripped, losing one of her poke'balls as it rolled out onto the ground and stopped in front of Psyduck. Psyduck tapped the ball and was sucked inside
"Oh.Brock! this is all your fault." Misty moaned "My..fault?"
"You're the one who said Oh, just leave it to me Nurse Joy, I'll take care of it..."
Ash was standing at Misty's right, Pikachu on his shoulder, as he smiled. Tracy directly behind her, Brock at her left, smiling happily and Misty right in the middle, showing the brightest smile of all.
Misty shut her eyes tight and opened them again. All these happy memories, made her realize how lucky she was to have Ash and Brock..and even Tracy, when he was there. Walking further on, Misty knew she was going to miss Ash and Brock a lot. Her eyes began to tear up, but she kept blinking trying to hold back the tears. She realized how much she was going to miss her two best friends, no more going on journeys, or seeing cool poke'mon , or meeting new people. She'd never forget the day she met Ash Ketchum, it may have seemed that the only reason she tagged along with Ash was because of her ruined bike, but that wasn't the reason and she was sure Ash knew that too.
She took a deep breath "Ash?.." she started
Ash turned round, giving her a slightly puzzled look, as this was the first time she'd spoken since they'd left the forest.
Misty felt her cheeks tinge pink, at speaking out so suddenly like that, she had been so immersed in her memories, that she hadn't even paid the slightest bit of attention to Ash and Brock's conversation.
"What.is it, Misty?" asked Ash
Her cheeks turned a deeper shade of pink "I.uh.I just wanted you to know that..I haven't been travelling with you for my bike."
"You've not!" Ash blurted out, being his innocent self
Brock frowned at him.
"No, Ash.I travelled with you.because i-i wanted to be friends."
"That's why I joined you on your journey too, Ash" Brock smiled
"Heh.." Ash rubbed the back of his head, nervously "Guess I must be pretty popular!"
Misty and Brock both collapsed, at Ash's stupidity, making him sweat drop embarrassedly
As the three travelled further, they reached a point where the path was split into three separate points. Ash and Misty both looked at each other, then slowly shook hands.
"Until the day we meet again!" they declared, both smiling
"Ahh!" came the panicked cry of Brock, waving his arms about wildly "I can't believe it! I'm supposed to be heading back to Pewter City!"
He turned to Ash and Misty, who were both looking at him, like he was a complete maniac
"I, uh have some stuff, I need to sort out there.you know family matters"
"Oh." Misty's face softened, as did Ash's
"Well!" Ash piped up "I'm gonna miss you, Brocko!" Ash smiled as they gave each other high fives
"We'll see each other again.." Brock said seriously "All of us will be together again, I'm sure of it."
Misty smiled at the two of them
Ash waved as he slowly departed, then Misty and Brock both looked at each other.
"A-Ash, wait!" Misty called after him, as she started to run, Brock behind her
Ash stopped, and turned around
"I don't..ever want you to forget our friendship, Ash" she smiled "So, I want you to have this." she handed him a pink and red handkerchief "I know it's not-"
"It's perfect!" he smiled
Misty blushed slightly and awkwardly put her hand on his shoulder
"Ash, I want you to have this, from me" Brock chimed in handing him a knife and a fork
Ash gave a small laugh "Thanks, Brock. I'll never forget you guys!" he sniffed a little as he turned to go
"Goodbye!" he waved, when he was further away from them "See you again, some day!" Ash called back, tears running down his cheeks as he broke into a run towards Pallet Town.
"Well, I guess this is goodbye.." Misty said as she faced Brock
"Yeah, I guess so" Brock said sadly, before doing something completely unexpected, he bent down slightly, kissing Misty on the cheek.
"Goodbye, Misty" he said quickening his pace as he went
".Bye." Misty said, standing there stunned at his actions. She remained there for a few more minutes, before getting on her bike, and giving Togepi a small smile as she started peddling. She let her tears roll down her cheeks, she didn't care, there was no one to see her cry. One thing she knew for sure though was, that she would never forget the day she met Ash Ketchum.
Chapter 1: Heading back to the Unexpected
"Well Guys! Viridian City Poke'mon Centre is just over this hill!" Brock exclaimed
"Great!" Misty smiled "that means I can finally take a rest from all this walking."
"Hey, check out this view!" came the excited voice of none other than Ash Ketchum, who was standing on the Hilltop pointing at the spectacular view below
Misty and Brock made their way to the top of the hill, standing next to Ash, and looking down onto the view below them. The three stood there for a moment, it was strange standing just above Viridian City. Misty looked down below at a small road not far from the Poke'mon Centre. It was that road which she had angrily chased after a young boy, now known as Ash Ketchum, after he'd borrowed her bike and his Pikachu had destroyed it. She wondered what he was thinking, until her thoughts were broken by Ash shouting, "C'mon Guys, I'm starving!" as he ran madly down the hill in the direction of the Poke'mon Centre.
"Ash! Wait for me!" Brock called chasing after him
"Uhh.and me!" Misty panicked, heading after them, Togepi held tightly in her arms
The three of them entered the Poke'mon Centre and walked up to the desk, except Brock, who ran up blushing at the sight of Nurse Joy.
"Nurse Joy!" Brock leaned over the desk and took her hands "Remember me?!" he smiled
The Joy behind the desk laughed, shocking Ash and Misty who stood behind Brock. Normally Brock startled or was shot down by women when he flirted with them, like that.
"I think you must be mean my cousin" she gave a polite smile "I only started work here a few weeks ago and I .don't remember seeing you.."
"Oh but you're even more beautiful than the other Joy! Maybe we could go for a roman-" Brock started but was cut short as Misty dragged him away by the ear.
"Times up Romeo." she sighed quietly still dragging him away by his ear
"Ahh! Not the ear, not the ear." Brock groaned
"Hey, you look familiar" Nurse Joy said noticing Ash for the first time "Your name isn't Ash Ketchum is it?"
Ash looked somewhat taken aback by this
"Uh..Well yeah, it is" he said giving a side glance towards Misty and Brock, who were now back beside him
"So, it is you!" she smiled "I've heard a lot of good things about you from my cousin" she smiled again "she says you're a very promising poke'mon trainer, even if you did destroy the Poke'mon Centre on your last visit"
Misty and Brock both sweat dropped hearing this, while Ash gave a nervous laugh, rubbing the back of his head.
"So," Nurse Joy moved swiftly on "who are your friends?" she asked looking at Misty and Brock
"I'm Brock! And I'm hoping to become the world's best Poke'mon Breeder!" Brock blushed and attempted to lean over the Poke'mon Nurse's desk again to take her hands in his, but was stopped by Misty who flung her arm out in front of him.
"And I'm Misty" she gave an embarrassed smile "I want to become a great Water Poke'mon trainer, my family run a Water Poke'mon Gym in Cerulean City"
Nurse Joy clasped a hand over her mouth.
"Y-your sister's left a message at this Poke'mon Centre for you, they have something important to tell you, I think you'd better take a look for yourself"
Misty, looking quite shocked followed by Ash and Brock, accompanied Nurse Joy to the videophone at the far end of the Centre. She slowly sat down in the seat in front of the phone as Ash and Brock looked over her shoulders at the three faces of her sisters that had just appeared on the screen.
"Like Hey, Little Sister!" the three of them waved smiling at her though the screen
"Like you'll never guess what like happened to us, the other week." Smiled an excited blonde haired figure, known as Daisy
"Yeah," piped up the purple haired girl, named Violet, to Daisy's right "We like totally won-"
"A World Trip!!" the other two chimed in.
"Yeah, from the Supermarket Lotto, how lucky is that!" Violet continued "So-"
"So," a girl with pink hair interrupted.
"Lily!" Violet said a little annoyed
"Sorry, Violet, I'll take it from here, k?" Violet gave a small nod
"So, anyway, we like need someone to take care of the Gym, while we're gone!" she smiled sweetly "Hope you don't mind!"
"Bye, Little Sister!" the three of them waved giggling as the video link was cut.
Misty sat there, frozen with shock. She could hear Ash gulp and feel Brock's heavy breathing on the back of her neck.
"How come they always get to do all the fun stuff." she complained, sitting rather stiffly in the seat
Ash looked as though he was about to say something but stopped as Nurse Joy came walking towards them, pushing along a very familiar looking bike.
"Remember this!" the Poke'mon Nurse smiled brightly "We managed to fix your bike and thought we'd keep it safe here, in case you were ever in the area again."
Misty stared at the bike.
"M-my.bike.." She whispered, giving a small smile
Ash grinned almost ecstatic as he punched the air
"All right!" he cried grinning at Misty "Now maybe you'll quit bugging me abou-"
"THAT BIKE WILL NEVER BE AS GOOD AS IT USED TOO!" Misty yelled straight in Ash's face, making Togepi sink further into it's eggshell and Pikachu duck further behind Ash's head, as Ash took a step back.
". Geez Misty, I was just.." Ash's voice trailed off as Misty ran off out of the Centre.
Ash turned to Brock, a little worried.
"I..think we should just leave her, for a bit.she'll come round soon enough.." Brock told Ash
Misty ran through the forest only stopping when it hurt too much to keep going, finally she was so breathless she had to stop.
"Didn't Ash understand?!" she thought "Probably not, judging by the way he acted about my bike."
She sighed sitting down on a nearby tree stump, and hung her head sadly; Togepi gave a small chirping sound.
"How much further could she have gone! Brock"
"I don't know, we'll just have to keep looking, Ash" Brock replied as they entered a small wooded area "Wait who's that!" Brock pointed to a lonely looking figure sitting on a tree stump
The two of them ran up to the figure.
"Huh.Misty, what are you doing here?"
"What do you think! Mr. Poke'mon Master" she shot back at him
"Look Misty I'm really sorry about.."
"SORRY ABOUT WHAT!" she yelled beginning to lose her temper again
"I'M SORRY FOR BEING AN IDIOT, OK!"
"Hey, guys break this up, ok" Brock said calmly trying to break up the argument "Fine Ash! I'll accept your apology." said Misty beginning to sob, a tear rolling down her cheek, which she quickly wiped away. "I just, I don't-" she started
"It's ok, Misty, we can just forget about this, right"
"I guess.." She said looking up at Ash
All of a sudden Misty stood up "I'm going to get my bike," she announced "Wait here."
Ash and Brock both nodded and a few minutes later Misty was back with her bike, Togepi in the small basket at the bike's front happily jumping up and down excitedly.
As she rode slowly on her repaired bike Ash and Brock walked along side her, Pikachu enjoying the view as they went along. Misty glanced at the two trainers beside her; she'd noticed a few differences about them. Ash hadn't washed his face this morning, Brock's hair wasn't as neat as it usually was and come to think of it, she was a bit surprised and relived that Brock hadn't fallen for any of her older sisters, but she didn't feel like bringing any of that up, right now.
"Thanks Pikachu, you're a Pika pal!" Misty called across happily to Pikachu from the other side of the Gym
"Hey what are you doing, that's my Bike! "I'm borrowing it, don't worry I'll return it someday.." The young trainer called back as he rode off in the storm
"Eww! Get that disgusting bug away from me!" Misty shrieked at the Caterpie as it fondly rubbed its head against her leg "It's so gross!"
A tall muscular man with bleach blonde hair pulled Misty into a hug "Hey my next opponent's a real cutie!" he smiled, Misty blushed. "Um.I'm not the challenger, Ash is"
Misty hugged her newly evolved Poliwhirl "Why would I want a Totodile that does what ever it wants, when I can have a totally dreamy Poliwhirl, that evolved just for me!"
"I'll give this half to my sisters, this to Brock's family, this quarter to Togepi and Pikachu." Misty smiled as she counted shared out her chocolate reward, from the Seaking Contest, among friends and family.
"Hey, what about my share!" Ash cried starting to argue.
Misty and Brock just laughed
"All, you think about, is food, Ash!" she replied
Misty watched as Ash laughed excitedly at earning his last Orange Islands' Badge as the three of them sat on Lapras' back, crossing the calm ocean.
"uh.well you like Water Poke'mon Misty, why don't you keep Psyduck?" "Why would I want such a boring poke'mon!" Misty looked at Brock, as she suddenly tripped, losing one of her poke'balls as it rolled out onto the ground and stopped in front of Psyduck. Psyduck tapped the ball and was sucked inside
"Oh.Brock! this is all your fault." Misty moaned "My..fault?"
"You're the one who said Oh, just leave it to me Nurse Joy, I'll take care of it..."
Ash was standing at Misty's right, Pikachu on his shoulder, as he smiled. Tracy directly behind her, Brock at her left, smiling happily and Misty right in the middle, showing the brightest smile of all.
Misty shut her eyes tight and opened them again. All these happy memories, made her realize how lucky she was to have Ash and Brock..and even Tracy, when he was there. Walking further on, Misty knew she was going to miss Ash and Brock a lot. Her eyes began to tear up, but she kept blinking trying to hold back the tears. She realized how much she was going to miss her two best friends, no more going on journeys, or seeing cool poke'mon , or meeting new people. She'd never forget the day she met Ash Ketchum, it may have seemed that the only reason she tagged along with Ash was because of her ruined bike, but that wasn't the reason and she was sure Ash knew that too.
She took a deep breath "Ash?.." she started
Ash turned round, giving her a slightly puzzled look, as this was the first time she'd spoken since they'd left the forest.
Misty felt her cheeks tinge pink, at speaking out so suddenly like that, she had been so immersed in her memories, that she hadn't even paid the slightest bit of attention to Ash and Brock's conversation.
"What.is it, Misty?" asked Ash
Her cheeks turned a deeper shade of pink "I.uh.I just wanted you to know that..I haven't been travelling with you for my bike."
"You've not!" Ash blurted out, being his innocent self
Brock frowned at him.
"No, Ash.I travelled with you.because i-i wanted to be friends."
"That's why I joined you on your journey too, Ash" Brock smiled
"Heh.." Ash rubbed the back of his head, nervously "Guess I must be pretty popular!"
Misty and Brock both collapsed, at Ash's stupidity, making him sweat drop embarrassedly
As the three travelled further, they reached a point where the path was split into three separate points. Ash and Misty both looked at each other, then slowly shook hands.
"Until the day we meet again!" they declared, both smiling
"Ahh!" came the panicked cry of Brock, waving his arms about wildly "I can't believe it! I'm supposed to be heading back to Pewter City!"
He turned to Ash and Misty, who were both looking at him, like he was a complete maniac
"I, uh have some stuff, I need to sort out there.you know family matters"
"Oh." Misty's face softened, as did Ash's
"Well!" Ash piped up "I'm gonna miss you, Brocko!" Ash smiled as they gave each other high fives
"We'll see each other again.." Brock said seriously "All of us will be together again, I'm sure of it."
Misty smiled at the two of them
Ash waved as he slowly departed, then Misty and Brock both looked at each other.
"A-Ash, wait!" Misty called after him, as she started to run, Brock behind her
Ash stopped, and turned around
"I don't..ever want you to forget our friendship, Ash" she smiled "So, I want you to have this." she handed him a pink and red handkerchief "I know it's not-"
"It's perfect!" he smiled
Misty blushed slightly and awkwardly put her hand on his shoulder
"Ash, I want you to have this, from me" Brock chimed in handing him a knife and a fork
Ash gave a small laugh "Thanks, Brock. I'll never forget you guys!" he sniffed a little as he turned to go
"Goodbye!" he waved, when he was further away from them "See you again, some day!" Ash called back, tears running down his cheeks as he broke into a run towards Pallet Town.
"Well, I guess this is goodbye.." Misty said as she faced Brock
"Yeah, I guess so" Brock said sadly, before doing something completely unexpected, he bent down slightly, kissing Misty on the cheek.
"Goodbye, Misty" he said quickening his pace as he went
".Bye." Misty said, standing there stunned at his actions. She remained there for a few more minutes, before getting on her bike, and giving Togepi a small smile as she started peddling. She let her tears roll down her cheeks, she didn't care, there was no one to see her cry. One thing she knew for sure though was, that she would never forget the day she met Ash Ketchum.