Chapter 2

Summary: Many things in life are rather unexpected. Only some of them are ever foreseen, and almost all of them are rarely wanted. What happens when Misty meets by accident Gary Oak, there are many ways two personalities can clash with violent and usually fun outcomes. The distance between love and hate is very, very narrow.

Disclaimer: If I owned Pokemon, I would have made Misty the main character. XD. She raawks.

A/N: To those who came back for the second chappie, Hullo! ). I'll try to make this fic short, I'll try my best to keep it under 6 chapters. So stick around!

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Eye bags so big they could actually hold things within them. She could feel them clinging to her eyes, pulling her eyelids down. Misty was dozing off, feeding togepi which was resting in her arms, chirping happily as she took bite of the pokemon food lying in Misty's hand.

Steps were heard. Brock had just made breakfast and He and Ash returned reeking of fried eggs. "Hey Mist" Ash greeted. "What'cha doing? You know, besides feeding togepi rocks"

"What!" She looked down at her hand and sighed in relief since nothing bad had happened. In the middle of the pokemon food in her hand there was a rather large rock that could have harmed the little pokemon. "Oh… Sorry Ash, I just didn't get too much sleep last night" she glared at him "I'm surprised you actually could. And heck. You snored too!"

Ash sweatdropped. "Yeah, sorry 'bout that. Why haven't you eaten breakfast yet? You look awfully pale" Brock walked over to them and sat down next to Ash. "You know how scared Togepi is with eggs for breakfast Ash" Brock stated with a hint of humour in his voice, which quickly vanished as he experienced the powerful glare he was getting from Misty.

"So what's the plan for today?" Misty asked, throwing the rock away, at some bushes. She just wanted to get out of that place. As he said only the night before, 'Not like we're going to the same place', well… Only a little more witty and a bit less polite. 'God! How can he be such a jerk! No wonder Ash and he were rivals' Her trail of thoughts was interrupted.

Ash was sprawled on the ground, hovering in top of map, with Brock to his side. "I think we should just follow this path, it's the shortest one" Brock said calmly. Ash nodded in agreement. "Yeah, but it's right through the forest, remember how she gets about bugs". To this, Brock nodded slowly, as if remembering some long forgot fact. "You know Misty, I'm starting to think you aren't listening to us" Ash sweatdropped as he tilted his head.

Misty snapped out of her trance a bit harshly. She tensed up and looked everywhere around her "Huh? What?" Brock only frowned. "Sure you're okay there, Misty?" he asked casually. Misty nodded quickly. "Yeah, I had a unexpected night, that's all—" Folding gently the map Brock sat up as if ready to listen to her story. Misty smiled admiring Brock's listening skills. He had always been a good friend. She sighed. It was as a good time as any to tell them about it. "Well, I couldn't sleep last night with Snorlax snoring so loudly so I got up—"

A thud was heard as an apple fell near her right foot. Weird. She didn't even know she was under an apple tree. However, she disregarded it. "I decide to go for a stroll in the beach that's near" Another thud, only this time closer to her upper thigh. Another apple fell almost in her leg. She frowned and before she could make something out of it, a final thud was heard as an apple fell right on her head, throwing her head forward in pain. 'This is no apple tree!' She finally reacted clenching her fists. As she looked to her side she could make out a flash of Oak's hair hiding near the beach. She just sighed, letting out some steam. Brock who was still contemplating her almighty bad luck was smiling apologetically. "You ok?"

Misty rubbed her head. "Yeah, I just remembered… you know. Apples are god for remembering stuff… like gravity. I… did that on purpose, yeah" She stammered. "I remembered Togepi needs a bath" She said picking up the happy egg besides her "Be right back" Just as Brock and Ash went back to packing up the camp and clearing out any trail of their stay there, since it was a rule to preserve the environment, Misty took Togepi firmly and stalked over to the beach entrance.

"OAK!" She yelled out obviously irate. Gary Oak was sitting on a rock eating the last apple he had left as ammo. "What the hell do you think you're doing?" She said, her free hand flying to her waist. She raised an eyebrow "Well…?"

Gary sighed. Preparing himself to utter the words he needed to utter. "Look—Misty, I… I need a favour"

"Oh! This is just to rich, No way mister!" Damn her curious nature. She unclenched her fist and tilted her head as she always did when she was curious. Something she had picked up from Ash. "What is it?"

Gary rolled his eyes "Look, I think it would be cool…" He threw his head to the side cracking his neck. Asking for a favour was obviously hard for him "If you didn't tell Ash or the other guy I'm here?" Misty blinked. She hadn't seen that coming. She eyed him suspiciously until a something lit in her hazel eyes. "Gary Oak…" she started, her voice picking up. "Are you still avoiding Ash after that ONE tournament he beat you on that fight?" His silence granted, this only seemed to amuse her further. "I thought you guys left in good terms with one another! You know, no 'I'm gonna get you' or some other macho crap"

"It's NOT macho crap, you Harlot!" He sighed again. 'Not a good idea to insult those you need favours from' He thought bitterly. Some silence swept by, the awkwardness increased by Misty's feet tapping the sand impatiently.

"If…" She started "IF I do this—You're going to be in debt, Oak"

His eyes wavered. "How?"

She shrugged. "I might make you my slave"

The grin returned to his face, lighting his entire expression up. "Kinky" He raised an eyebrow trying to annoy her ever more. She gaped at him "Not THAT kind of slave you perv!" His smug expression wasn't going anywhere though. "Riiight" He said sarcastically. Misty slumped her shoulders, there was obviously no reasoning with someone as pig-headed as him. "You know what? Forget it. I'm going to go tell Ash right now, I'm sure he'll want to say hi"

"Wait, Misty—" He stood up and grabbed her arm. As she turned to look at him expectantly, he gritted his teeth and clenched his free fist. "I—I'll be good" Misty gaped at him. It sure seemed hard for him to utter a request. She couldn't even imagine how hard it must be for him to utter an apology. She tilted her head as if doing math in her head, calculating outcomes. She shrugged "Sur—wait. How do you know my name?"

"Uh—You told me last night?"

Misty smirked. 'No I didn't, for all you know I could be named Pumpkin' However, victory with Gary Oak was not getting a comeback. So she decided not to press the issue further. "Fine, Oak, I agree. Just you wait, You. Owe. Me" With that, she turned around and walked back to the entrance of the beach. She winced when Gary yelled after her a loud "Bye pumpkin!" and would have clenched her fists if she hadn't been holding an oblivious Togepi in her arms. "Jerk"

As she got to the camp, she saw everything packed to go, including her stuff "Wha…" She smiled genuinely "Thanks guys" Picking up her backpack, she stuffed her sleeping bag into it, and the trio resumed their trip. It was a 5 day walk through the forest, since they were taking the longest road to keep her away of the bug-fest. Walking in the middle of Ash and Brock she felt truly at home.

If only she hadn't met Gary that night she would have been at peace, as well.

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Author's Note: I tried to make it a bit longer and well—Thicker than the last one. Hope you liked it. It's more of a "set-up" chapter, I believe.

Maia's Pen: That was a very generous review! You made my day. I'm really glad you liked it and hope you continue on reading. Hehe, This isn't a one shot, But I'll try to keep it short. I don't have enough spare time to make a really long fic. And yes! Egoshippers should really stick together. XD Make a community or something. Don't you think?

MagCat: Thanks for liking my fic, I'm trying my best at the Gary/Misty scenes. It's hard to keep them witty all the time. tries to avoid pokemon question -- hehe, okay you got me, I don't really know much of Pokemon at all. XD I don't really watch the show. I love toying with the characters though- Hehe.

Beyondlove: I'll try to answer them. ahem Gary has a tan sleeping bag because when he got his they were almost out (You know, clearance). YES! The sand IS wet, But that's nice! Will Misty ever sleep? I havn't decided on that yet. Uh.. yeah. Muahaha! Thanks for reviewing.

Catstar91: I hope you come back! I updated chapie number 2, so I also hope you had fun reading it. XD I'll try to update regularly.

Angel1989: HEY! I checked out your story, you write very well, I'm impressed! Though not a pokeshipper, I can definitely encourage you to keep on writing! Welcome to this site!

And yes, That's it for now. I hope you liked the chappie, once again, I already have chappie 3, but it needs some polishing yet. And yes, Gary has a lot of apples

Review! I can always use more advice and confidence! XD

Til next time!