Disclaimer: I don't own pokemon or anything to do with pokemon so please don't sue me!!

I know that Misty comes back for about 3 episodes and that togepi leaves her, cause I'm a sucker for reading spoilers (check out www.tvtome.com). But in my story, they never actually met up again and Misty still has togepi but that will be explained in this chapter.

So finally we arrive at the third chapter, this chapter brings Brock into the story (Brock is my favourite character and I love him to bits, so he had to get a fairly big part and I mean, you can't get a better part than the story being centred around your own wedding). Enjoy. Thank you!

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A Wedding Reunion

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Chapter 3 – A Welcoming Reunion   (don't ask, I'm not good with titles)

There wasn't a single person who wasn't glad to see Misty. Mrs. Ketchum was so glad to see her again that she invited Misty's sisters, Prof. Oak, Tracy, Gary, Brock and Suzie over as a kind of welcome home dinner. Of course, Misty and Brock spent most of the evening catching up with each other. They talked about everything from pokemon to work, relationships and of course Ash.

Brock:  you can't wait to see him can you?

Misty:  no, what about you?

Brock:  I can't wait to see him either, I mean, who would have guessed that he'd become pokemon master in such a short amount of time. It just doesn't feel like it's been 3 years since we last spoke.

Misty:  Suzie was telling me earlier that you asked him to be best man

Brock:  yeah, in the email I sent him I asked him to be best man. He replied saying that he wouldn't miss it for the world, so I assume that means yes, and if we can't trust his word what can we trust? I just hope he read the whole email and knows he's my best man

Misty:  I guess so…anyway, how come you sent him an email and not a letter?

Brock:  well, since he is pokemon master, you never know where he is because of the extra training he does so by sending an email, he was guaranteed to get the message. Although I knew that you are the water pokemon alpha omega, I never realised that you stayed in the whirl islands, so I sent a letter to the Cerulean gym thinking that you went back home, so, sorry.

Misty:  oh that's ok, there's no need to apologise, I never told many people where I was anyway. So other than who's here tonight, is there anyone else I know who'll be at the wedding?

Brock:  yeah there should be some familiar faces, almost every gym leader I know will be there, so I'm sure you'd recognise some of them, there will be some Nurse Joys and Officer Jenny's and…(cut off by Misty)

Misty:  (Misty raises her eyebrows) and here I was thinking that you were just with Suzie…

Brock:  what are you talking about? Of course I'm only with Suz…Hey! Don't you get any funny ideas! (Misty laughs out loud at this) my days of chasing after every Jenny and Joy I see are over, I'm a one woman man, I only have eyes for Suzie now, I'll have you know!!

Misty:  Brock you'll never know how weird it is to hear you say that. (She laughs again) I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend, anyway, continue, who else will be there?

Brock:  My dad obviously and my brothers and sisters, Suzie's parents, her sister, who by the way is maid of honour, more of Suzie's friends and family, a lot of our friends we've met over the years, Jessie and James and…(cut off again)

Misty:  you have got to be kidding me!?

Brock:  Nope! Jessie and James will be there, but they are very different from how you remember them.

Misty:  how so?

Brock: well, they are no longer in Team Rocket, they quit not long after you left 'cause Jessie found out she was pregnant and so she and James decided to quit as they wanted to raise a family (Misty is clearly in shock from hearing this, her eyebrows nearly joined the rest of her hair and her mouth dropped open, Brock starts to laugh at her reaction but can control himself enough to continue). They were married not long after this and opened their own beauty salon for pokemon and for people. About a year ago, they were close to being bought over by one of those corporate giants so they came to us for help, so Suzie and I decided to incorporate their beauty salon to our breeding centre, therefore the 4 of us run it together and Jessie and James take care of all beauty needs of pokemon and trainer. Everyone was as shocked as you are when they quit Team Rocket, including May and Max, even though they only knew Jessie and James for a couple of months.

Misty:  who are May and Max?

Brock:  oh sorry, I forgot you don't know them; they will also be at the wedding. They are a brother and sister who travelled with Ash and I around the Hoenn region. After Ash won the Hoenn League and decided to go home, May and Max wanted to stay at their home in the Hoenn region to continue on with their own training.

Misty: oh I see, I never realised Ash won the Hoenn League

Brock:  Really!? I thought you did.

Misty:  No, at the time, I was still at home, so I didn't here much news about anything.

Brock:  you wanna know something Misty? Ash found it quite difficult to get through the Hoenn League without you.

Misty: I find that hard to believe.

Brock:  no I mean it. Think about it Misty, you travelled around with Ash for 5 years straight, you were the only one who was with him everyday and saw him through every badge and league he was in, because I mean, I came and went and came back again and Tracy didn't exactly stay with you for too long either. Even though he didn't always show it, Ash really needed you and depended on you to help him through it. Although he did miss you, I mean we all did, it really hit Ash hard during the League that you were really gone as you weren't there to cheer for him.

Misty:  so what you're saying is, thoughts of me dragged him down and stopped him from battling as hard as he usually does?

Brock: no you misunderstand Misty, thoughts of you didn't slow him down, in fact it did the opposite because I have never seen Ash battle as hard as he did during that league. He battled extra hard to win, not just to prove that he was a great trainer, but so that he could go home and tell you that he'd won and hope that you'd be proud of him for winning something on his own without help from anyone.

Misty: you really think so?

Brock: I know so.

Misty just stared down at her feet and started to smile at the fact that Ash actually thought of her while he was battling in the Hoenn League. Brock just stared at Misty for a few minutes trying to think of the best thing to say to her as of course only Brock understood the Ash and Misty situation, as he had known them longer than anyone. After a minute or two pondering what to say to her, he felt there was only one thing he could say…

Brock:  do you still love Ash?

Misty:  What!! I …I've never loved Ash!

Brock:  Misty, you may be a very good pokemon trainer, but you're not a very good liar.

Misty:  I…I'm NOT lying!!

Brock:  Misty please! Since the day you met Ash, you've been living in denial about your feelings for him. I've always known how you've felt about Ash; hell even Tracy picked up on it and he wouldn't know what a relationship was if one jumped up and bit him on the ass!

Misty: was it that obvious?

Brock: do you want me to call Tracy here to explain it to you?

Misty:  no, that's ok. Besides, what's the point in trying to love Ash, it's not like he'd ever love me.

Brock: what makes you say that? Weren't you listening to what I just told you about the Hoenn League?

Misty: oh come on Brock! Open your eyes! He only likes me around so he has someone to cheer for him and for someone to listen to his bragging about what a brilliant trainer he is! He's always hated me otherwise!

Brock: no he doesn't, he never has!

Misty: well he doesn't exactly like me now does he! I mean, all we ever did was fight!

Brock is clearly pissed off by this conversation and starts to get ready to leave as he sees Suzie is ready to go.

Brock:  Misty, you're a very blind person.

Misty:  I can see perfectly fine thank you!

Brock: I don't mean physically blind!

Misty:  well what do you mean then!?

Brock: Ash does like you, your problem is, you just can't see that.

Misty: it's a bit hard to tell if a person really likes you if you haven't seen them in four years.

Brock starts to walk away but stops and turns back to Misty with a smile on his face.

Brock: have you ever heard the saying, "absence makes the heart grow fonder"?

Misty looks puzzled by what Brock had just said, but he just smiles as he walks away.

Brock: I guess we'll find out in 4 weeks … it was good to see you again Misty, see ya round. If those two still don't like each other, then I'm really marrying Jessie    next month

          (Brock chuckles to himself and leaves with Suzie)

Feeling confused, annoyed and relieved by her conversation with Brock, Misty thanks Mrs. Ketchum for the dinner and goes back to Cerulean City with her sisters to await Brock and Suzie's big day.

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Well, this is the end of chapter 3, this part actually turned out longer than I anticipated as this was supposed to be with what happens next, so you'll have to read the next chapter to find out happens. If they were together, then this chapter would be too long so I separated them into two chapters. The next part is called "The Night Before" and you'll see what happens when Ash eventually returns.

Hope you enjoyed it and I welcome all kinds of reviews! Thank You!