Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon… how many times do I have to say it? lol
Finally I've Fallen
A/N: Misty-20, Ash-19, Josh-21. This chapter is going to seem not so pokeshippy… but don't give up hope! Trust me when I say this is going to be a poke shipping story! I'll even make it Christmas related later on! So please read! Thank you!
Chapter 1The colorful sky pleasantly greeted Misty on her morning tour of the pool. She had installed a glass roof because the effects it had on her pokemon could sometimes benefit her during battles. She dipped her feet into the pool and she felt the coldness spread throughout her body. Shivers went up her spine, but she let the feeling go. Misty looked different now. Her hair was only half up in a ponytail, still to the side, but today she just let her hair hang down to her shoulders. She wore a cute yellow top, and a white skirt that went down to her mid-thigh. A light breeze ruffled her skirt, and she wrapped herself up in her arms. From the depths of the pool she saw Dewgong swim up to greet her.
"Dew-gong."
"Good morning to you too!"
She patted the pokemon on its head, and smiled to herself. Time had flown by since her adventures with her friend Ash Ketchum. Misty wandered around the halls of her gym and decided that it would be best if she did something. So she found herself back at the entrance to the gym, at the receptionist desk. For some reason, her sisters had found it so convenient to just leave her all alone in her gym, no one there to even help her out. Misty found herself a pad of paper and a pen, and she began to write.
'Ash-
It's been so long since I've seen you last. What have you done to yourself? I hope that just because I wasn't there, you didn't get yourself drowned or something. We had so much fun back then, and look at us now! I never see you, you never call… you never even seem to care. But I guess that is your life, it's not like you called your mother all the time when I was with you. No, don't think that! I'm not your mother! Well, anyways… I just wanted to say I miss you… you dense little brat… I hope you can come back soon one day. We have so much to catch up on! And maybe we could have that rematch I promised so long ago in this very gym.
-Misty'
She looked over the letter and smiled to herself. What had happened to her feelings that day he left? Of course they had been crushed; she loved the guy. But time passed by, and she began to rethink those feelings. How could she have known it was love? All it had been was a mere crush, nothing more. Ash obviously didn't feel the same way, and on that day when she met up with him in the Hoenn region, sure, he seemed happy to see her. But he had new friends. She was a part of his past, and as she waved away to him, she knew deep down that it just wasn't meant to be. So she moved on, what else could she do?
After looking over the letter about a gazillion times, she finally sighed, folded it, and inserted it into an envelope. She was about to write 'Ash' on the front, when suddenly the bell rang and someone walked in. Her heart went dead right on the spot. He was so much taller, and she couldn't believe her eyes. His hair seemed so much more… groomed was the word, and his eyes so much more experienced. And his clothes, they made him look so much older. Right on the spot, her heart melted. So this is how it felt to be in love. She had been right all along.
The man walked up to the desk casually with a gorgeous smile on his face. Misty smiled back, but she just couldn't get the words to come out of her mouth. Instead, he spoke first.
"Hi."
So simple, and yet Misty was glad she was sitting on a chair, because it made her go weak at the knees.
"Hi."
Their eyes couldn't separate from each other. He finally came to a stop in front of the desk, and he leaned his elbows on it. They were inches away from each other, and Misty was just hoping he would kiss her right then. He had already completed the job of sweeping her off of her feet. Instead though, he reached out one of his hands, and tucked some of her hair behind her ear. Inside her heart was beating so fast, she was wondering why he hadn't asked her what that loud thumping noise was.
"My name is Josh. Could you get a battle with the gym leader here for me?"
Her smile vanished immediately. Josh? Who was this Josh? Why wasn't he Ash? From his jet black hair, and his eyes, she could have sworn it was him. Her thoughts made her wander, and Josh could tell there was something wrong.
"What's wrong?"
"Huh?"
Misty snapped out of her trance like mode, and she looked into his eyes again. God, he was beautiful, but this wasn't Ash. So? She bit her lip and thought about this. Here was this gorgeous guy, and she had no clue who he was. But she felt such a strong connection towards him. And she could still feel her heart beating a hundred miles an hour. It was done, decided. Misty smiled at him; his face still inches away. A new boost of confidence welled up inside of her.
"You say you're Josh right?"
"Right," he said smiling again.
"Well, I'm Misty, your opponent for today."
He took a step back and he had a completely shocked expression on his face.
"What? You're the gym leader here?" he leaned in again, "no way!"
"You bet. So how about it? You know you are so going to lose!"
Josh took a step around the desk, and now he was standing right next to Misty, who had found the strength in her knees again. His face leaned forward, and their eyes were what seemed like an inch away from each other.
"How much you want to bet?"
Josh smirked at her, and instantly her heart overrode her mind. He was something she wouldn't want to miss out on. She returned his smirk.
"A gym badge good enough?"
He stepped back and held out his hand in the direction of the arena.
"Good enough. Shall we go see then?"
"Yes, we should! Follow me."
As she passed by him they looked into each other's eyes, and it was like a spark attraction. While she walked towards the pool, she could feel his presence inches away from her back, and she smiled to herself.
On her desk was that blank envelope just sitting there.
..:-:..
Misty got on her platform and Josh got onto his across from her. The sun was now right above them, and the pool glistened, and reflected its sunlight onto the two trainers.
"You know the rules right?"
"How could I not? Two pokemon?"
"Why yes! How on earth could you know that?"
Misty was shocked at herself, she was being so different than she normally was. She was actually flirting with this guy, and from the looks of it, he was flirting back. This made her feel so good inside, but right then she had to concentrate on the battle.
"Wait, there is no referee."
"Oh don't worry, there won't be a need for one, because I'm going to cream you."
"Nuh uh, you just wait Misty. Shall we start?"
"Go right ahead."
"Come on out…"
Josh smacked himself on his head as one of his pokemon came out of its poke ball, when he didn't call it out. Misty laughed to herself. So he had had the same problem as she did with Psyduck?
"It's not funny!" Josh yelled from across the pool.
"Oh really? Why, I'm sorry then. Come on out Dewgong!"
Her pokemon rose from the depths of the pool and it did a flip in the air as it came up. Josh's Golem flinched backwards, but stayed its ground.
"This isn't fair Misty!"
"What's the matter Josh? Afraid you're going to lose?"
He regained his cool composure, and smirked.
"No way Misty. I can still win! Golem, use Earthquake attack!"
The pokemon nodded and it stomped on its platform. The water began to splash around from the impact, but Misty just smiled. She didn't even have to say anything, Dewgong was already up in the air, and when the waves subsided, it jumped into the water and disappeared. Josh was still smiling though. Misty didn't understand why though, in a few seconds she would have half of the battle won.
"Dewgong, come up and blast it!"
Josh didn't do anything though, he just stood there smiling as Dewgong sprung out of the water, and sent a blast of water right at Golem, knocking him out instantly.
"Looks like this battle is mine Josh!"
"I wouldn't be too confident Misty. Golem return! Come out Venasaur!"
The gigantic pokemon tried its hardest to keep itself on the little platform. Misty stifled a chuckle, as she saw Josh beam proudly. He had obviously done a lot of training with his pokemon. But that didn't matter; Misty already had this battle in the bag.
"I'll let you take the first move again, Josh."
He smiled at her and ruffled his black hair. Inside Misty's heart thudded like crazy against her chest, even though he was all the way on the other side of the pool.
"Really Misty? How kind of you! But this battle is mine."
Josh looked up at the glass roof above, and smiled to himself. Misty knew what he was going to do; all of her opponents thought that it would benefit them, but it never did.
"Venasaur! Use solar beam on Dewgong!"
Misty was the one now who stood there smiling while the huge pokemon gathered its solar energy. Josh saw the smile on her lips, and was now having second thoughts about his decision, but there was nothing he could do about it.
"Dewgong! Ice beam now!"
The pokemon nodded and just as Venasaur's solar beam shot at Dewgong, Dewgong's ice beam enclosed it, and it followed the beam straight to Venasaur's head. The huge pokemon toppled over and it fainted.
"Hahaha! I won! Told you so Josh!"
He smiled and put his head down while he recalled his pokemon.
"Great job Dewgong!"
She knelt down by her pokemon and smiled genuinely. Josh's heart melted as he looked at how beautiful she was. The sun gleamed on her ginger head, and her white skirt flowed gently as she walked up to him. He was now an inch away from her.
"What did I tell you Josh? You can't beat me!"
He smiled at her, and inside her heart melted just as Josh's had.
"I guess I was just too distracted."
Misty felt a light blush spread across her cheeks. They stood there in silence, smiling at one another, until finally they heard the ring of the doorbell. Misty led the way again, and once again, she felt him even closer to her this time. When they got to the reception area, they saw the mailman at the door. Misty smiled and waved as she greeted him.
"Hiya Misty! You've got lots of mail today!"
"Oh wow! That is a lot! Thanks Fred!"
"Sure thing! See you tomorrow!"
"Okay! Bye!"
She had completely forgotten about the letter she wrote. When she got to the desk, she just flopped down all of the bills and payments. That's all they were, right? Her attention focused back to her guest. He was still smiling at her, and from the corner of her eye, she could see him looking at her. A faint blush spread across her cheeks again.
"Misty?"
"Yeah Josh?"
"I wanted to know… do you like ice cream?"
Her head began to spin around, and she felt so much happiness that she could burst right then and there. She beamed at him.
"Yes, why do you ask?"
"Well then, we should go get some? Shouldn't we?"
She nodded, and he took her hand in his. They walked out of the gym, and she turned the sign around, so that is said 'Closed'. Luckily, there was an ice cream cart not too far away from the gym.
"A double vanilla scoop for me… and…"
"A double mint scoop for me, no chocolate bits though."
Misty took her ice cream cone and began to lick at it quickly. After a few seconds of this, she looked up to see Josh smiling and laughing at her. Misty wiped her mouth with a napkin, and then she when Josh's eyes were closed because he was laughing so hard, she pushed the ice cream right into his mouth. Unluckily though, he had closed his mouth right when she did that, so the ice cream squished on his face. Misty's eyes popped out, and now she was the one laughing.
Josh wiped away the ice cream, and gave her a smirk.
"Oh, so you think that's funny?"
Misty shook her head, but she was still laughing.
"Okay then. What about this?"
He took his ice cream cone, and did the same thing as she had done. His target didn't land on her mouth though. The ice cream splattered all over her left cheek. The coldness stopped her laughter at once.
"Josh!"
She shrieked and she began to panic. He chuckled to himself as he tried to calm her down.
"Misty… Misty just calm down… come on…"
He grabbed her arms, and so she stood still. He let go, and took a napkin, and gingerly wiped off all the ice cream on her cheek. Josh tossed the wet napkins aside and caressed her cheek with his hand.
"See… it's all better now…"
His touch sent shivers up her spine, and the distance between them disappeared. His eyes were an inch away from hers, and she lost all of her self-control. The next thing she knew, his lips were on hers, and for the first time in her life, she thought she was in love.
She pulled back quickly at this thought, and gently smiled at him. Misty kissed his cheek, and she let his arm wrap around her shoulder as they began to walk away. Her smile vanished as thoughts of the person she thought she had loved came back to her. She looked up at him, and she could have sworn she saw Ash's face instead of Josh's. Misty shook her head; no, it was Josh. She bit her lip, and let herself melt into his warmth.
Maybe it was time to move on after all.
A/N: Please don't hate me for putting in Josh… he's important… and you'll see why soon enough! Please review! I would appreciate any comments! And I'll reply back too!
NEXT: Yeah, more of Josh, but please keep reading! Ash will come into this fic soon enough!