Pumpkin fights—Chapter 6

Disclaimer: I don't really think there's a need for these, I just enjoy writing them. (Don't own pokemon!) Hehe. .

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.

A/N: Ah. So it ends. I mean, this is only a six chapters long story, and this is chapter 6, so you can do the math. The end is finally here, It's been a long journey everyone! And I hope that everyone that had the chance to read this enjoyed the ride.

This is the last chappie, enjoy!

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Chapter 6

She couldn't believe how restless she was. After two days of insomnia, one night of sleep had cured all of that. She couldn't even remember when the last time she had slept as profoundly as that, and it was impressive, considering the conditions; she had slept in the cold night, in a beach, with only a blanket covering her, no pillow, getting a mouthful of sand. And yet, she had felt safe, completely safe and undisturbed.

After eating Brook's breakfast, and snuggling with Togepi who had been missing her greatly, they had resumed the walking, and stopped for lunch only. At night, they decided to set up the camp, and as Misty and Ash tried to set up the sleeping arrangements, Brock cooked them some dinner, trying to ignore their pointless fight over who should sleep next to the tree that had a bump almost shaped like a pillow, and was surprisingly soft, too. Misty decided to let him win the argument; not without hitting him over the head with her mallet a couple of times, just for fun. She was restless, and assumed she wasn't gonna get much sleep that night.

So she faked a few yawns after dinner, and rolled out her sleeping bag., slipping into it. Apparently, her faked sleepiness had some effect over Both Brock and Ash, who found themselves yawning, and going to sleep as well. She waited about half an hour, until she could hear them breathing slower, and was sure they were asleep. Brock hadn't taken away their flashlights that night, and for that, she was glad of, for the new camping place was rather far from the lake.

As she stepped onto the sand, she noticed no sign of Gary, but wasn't surprised, if anything, she was a bit disappointed. She was feeling a bit more disappointed than she would have liked. Misty assumed Gary had either outwalked them or got left behind. Maybe he had switched tracks and mentally cursed him for hypothetically not saying goodbye.

Jogging to the Lake side, she walked by the soft waves, making sure her sneakers didn't get too wet. Perhaps she had walked 100 mts forward, but she found him sitting in the sand, staring absently at the sea. Her eyebrows jumped up, surprised. "Hey, you are a fast walker" She joked.

Gary's head jerked to her, almost surprised he hadn't seen her coming. "Would rather have my car, though", he gulped as Misty took a seat next to him and stared into the sea, hoping she didn't notice him tensing up.

"What happened to that car of yours?" She asked tilting her head

Gary shrugged "Wrecked it" Misty's eyebrow shot up, surprised "What? How?"

Silence. He seemed to study his response, of which Misty took notice. "You know…" He gulped "racing" He was gathering all his might to appear smug. She remained silent studying him.

"I don't buy it"

A tense moment settled in between them. They maintained eye contact silently daring one another to break it. Gary was the first one to look away, rather embarrassed. "Some stupid Charmander crossed my path, so I tried to dodge it, yeah it—didn't work too well. For my car, that is. The Charmander's fine."

Misty smiled, and turned away, looking back at the lake. They must have spent at least 5 minutes in comfortable silence like that, staring at the waves. "You know, we'll probably reach the forest's exit tomorrow afternoon" She announced.

Gary paused. "I know"

"Are—Are you going to stay at the Pokemon center?"

He seemed apologetically uncomfortable. "I'm going straight to the research lab, they've implemented dorms there". The silence returned. They were realizing it was the last time, or night, they would meet in that beach. She couldn't deny she felt nostalgic. She constantly picked up a handful of sand and let it run through her fingers back into the ground idly.

Turning her eyes away from the falling sand, she returned her focus to Gary, but missed him tensing up again. "Gary?"

Heartthrob. He almost winced and stared down 'You did NOT just do that' he silently scolded at his stomach, which had rebelliously flipped over for no particular reason. He cleared his throat, but his voice was still a bit hoarse. "Yeah?"

He was avoiding eye contact, and she was just taking notice of that. "Um… I misjudged you, I'm sorry. I thought you were this egotistical immature jerk with a head so big it needed wheels. Since Ash hated your guts back then, maybe I should have considered the source" it came out a weird mix of nervous, amused, and rushed, but he smiled nonetheless. Her eyes widened; he was genuinely smiling, perhaps it had been the first time he had smiled wholeheartedly. Somehow, he realized this, and quickly dropped the smile, turning suddenly serious.

"Doesn't matter" He shrugged.

She frowned for a moment, and then dismissed it, shaking her head. "You still owe me"

It seemed to have been enough to mentally kick him back to his own self "I owe you nothing, you tart"

She gaped "What! I've been juggling all this time to keep you covered, Ash And Brock still think I'm crazy!"

He smirked. "You are crazy!"

"I am not, you dork!"

"Twerp" He replied

"Moron"

"Social disaster"

"Overt coward" She yelled back

His mind reeled for comebacks "Violent tomboy"

She frowned "Brainless cave m—" She left the sentence unfinished, not by choice. It had been beyond his control, the impulse was stronger than him, he swiftly kissed her, capturing her lips in his. It was unexpected to both Misty and him, but most unexpected was the blast of emotion he felt, almost made him wonder if he had just had a heart attack, or if his stomach had virtually exploded. So he pulled away, opening his eyes wide, surprised of what he had just done, only to find Misty looking just as perplexed. He was barely even breathing but he managed to let out a breath.

"I have a knack to make things more complicated" He finally managed to say, sheepish, trying to ease the tension that had settled in between them.

But she was still flabbergasted, and let out a shaky breath. The longest seconds Gary had ever lived went by. He winced at her silence. "Um, look, Uh, I—I'm , I'm sorr—" His stuttering was interrupted by her this time. She kissed him, taking him by surprise, but he welcomed it nonetheless, and ran a hand through her hair as they eventually parted, resting their foreheads against one another. "Come with me" Gary blurted out trying not to look embarrassed. Too late for that.. Misty blinked and backed off to get a better look at his face. "Wh... Gary, I can't just leave them" She replied.

"We—We'll talk to them, they'll agree" He suggested. Misty paused, contemplating the fact that he seemed eager to face the ones he had been avoiding these past few days—for her? She smiled. Before she could even utter a response, he continued ranting "you'll have plenty of time to train, we'll travel lots, we'll keep in touch with them…" She seemed to contemplate this. "I don't know" She said smiling.

Gary continued on rambling "You know, free food in labs, we get to go to all these interesting places…"

"I—"

"…. Great heating system…"

"Gary, stop!" She yelled out. Gary stopped ranting trying to look charming. Misty smirked. "Let's say the morning is Decision-making-time "

"Fine" He nodded leaning back on the ground.

"Gary?"

Heartthrob. He couldn't believe it still had the same effect on him. "Yeah, pumpkin?"

Misty smirked. "Two things. One: You still owe me"

Gary looked at her playfully, pretending to be offended, sitting up again.

She smiled. "Secondly: Don't call me pumpkin"

Gary laughed, and kissed her forehead lightly. "Yes, pumpkin" He chuckled and tried to avoid the punch in the head without succeeding. Lying in the sand, rubbing lightly his head, he saw Misty still glaring at him with murder in her eyes and a wry smile.

He found himself smiling back.

It was the beginning of a very interesting—If not perfect relationship.

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Who cares: I care! XD I've always thought that they were much a better couple than pokeshipping (Ash and Misty) I was never really too fond of Ash, I always thought Misty was smarter, and needed someone more mentally challenging. And they look so cute ;;

Author's Note: C'est finite, Aurevoir, Aloha, Ciao, Adios, Goodbye, this is the end of this story. I hope you all liked it, and please review telling me what you thought of the ending, or of the storyline in general, or the characters, I tried to keep them as in character as I could, given the situation, of course.

Review my lovelies!

Might write an epilogue sometime.

Kisses!

Xxxxx

Midnight Mist