Hi everybody, this is the 4th chapter! Read and Review! Oh and this fanfic is AAML! ASH AND MISTY LOVE! Got that? It is AshxMisty! OK? I don't want anyone mixing Misty up with May! I ONLY write Ash and Misty Pokemon fanfic so I'll get really angry if someone else thinks that this is an AShxMay! Emichii!
Chapter 4- A rustling in the grass
"Ash, can't you see that I've fallen in love with you? I've loved you all along! I just didn't realize until now! I don't know why it took so long for me to figure it out! I do love you, Ash! But why? Why did it have to be May?"
Ash stared at Misty.
Misty was on her knees, crying; her tears dripping onto the sand.
"I… I… don't know…" Ash stammered.
Well, what on earth are you supposed to do when a girl tells you how she feels about you but you're not sure about your own feelings?
"I…"
Misty looked away and got up. She couldn't bare to look at Ash (but even if she tried, she wouldn't be able to because her eyes were so blurry) but she swallowed her tears and said in a brave voice, "… Don't worry about it Ash… I'll… I'll get over it…"
She tried to walk away calmly but only managed a few steps before she broke into a run.
Ash's first instinct was to run after her and tell her everything was alright but Pikachu (who had been sleeping on top of the umbrella and then had woken up by the sound of Misty crying) told him to stay put and think about things.
"Pika pika pi kachu Pikachu!" I'll go after her!
Ash, now seated on the sand, whispered, "Hey, Pikachu, you knew all along, didn't you?"
"Pi…" Pikachu said sadly.
Pikachu bounded off to look for Misty, leaving Ash behind alone at the beach,
Ash stared into the distance and thought about Misty. She was everything to him but… how she ever fell in love with him was beyond him.
Why? Why did all this love stuff have to be so complicated?
His thoughts wandered back to Misty. She was the one who cried the hardest for him whenever he was hurt. She was the one with him in all the movies. She was always there for him. And… she was in love with him.
Ash clenched his hands into fists as he remembered Misty looking up at him, tears rolling down her cheeks.
I… I can't stand to see her cry…
But how do I feel?
Ash knew he had a crush on Misty before and when she had left, he was heart-broken. And they say absence makes the heart grow fonder, and he hadn't stopped thinking about her for a second…
And then May came along…
Yeah, what about May? What was she to him?
Ash stared at his clenched fists, Misty… please don't hate me…
Misty ran and ran but she couldn't see where she was going because of all the tears in her eyes. She ran away from the beach and into the bush around the edge of the beach. When she had disappeared behind some trees, she started crying aloud from the pain she felt.
She still couldn't see and she tripped as she ran.
Lying on the ground, she kept crying.
After a while, she heard rustling in the grass.
"Huh?" she asked. "Who's there?"
"Pi-ka-chuuuuu…" responded a weak voice.
So it was a Pikachu, she thought, but it wasn't Ash's Pikachu.
"You can come out of hiding," she called to wherever the voice came from, "I won't hurt you,"
Pikachu bounded off into the grassy area around the beach. He was so deep in thought about Misty and Ash that he didn't see where he was going and ran smack-bam into someone else.
"Pika?" Oh!
"Pika… pika pi!" Huh? I'm sorry!
The two Pikachu looked up at each other.
Pikachu could see that the other Pikachu was very small with smudges and bruised all over its body and its right eye was slightly squinting.
"Pika pi… chu pi…" Pikachu apologized. I'm sorry, I was in a rush.
The other Pikachu smiled. "Pikachu!" That's alright!
"Hey, I promise I won't hurt you! Will you come out now?"
Pikachu's ears perked up. "Pika pi!" That's Misty's voice!
"Follow me!" he told the other Pikachu.
Misty was surprised when two Pikachu appeared from the bushes.
"Hi Pikachu!" she said, "Who's this?"
The other Pikachu hid behind Pikachu.
Pikachu smiled. "Pika pi pika pi chu Pika chu!" This is Misty! She's nice!
The other Pikachu peeked out from behind Pikachu and smiled a tiny smile.
Misty crouched down with the Pikachu. "There aren't any wild Pikachu around this area. Where did you come from?"
"Pika pi chu pika Pikachu!" My name is Chii!
Misty smiled at the Pikachu. "Chii? That's a nice name."
Pikachu looked down at Chii. "Do you have a trainer?"
Chii looked sad as she continued speaking, "Pika pi Pikachu… Pika pi chu kachu pika pika."
When my trainer found out I was blind in my right eye, she dumped me.
Pikachu patted Chii on the back. "Pika pi Pikachu!" We'll find you a good home!
"Until then," said Misty, "You can stay with me."
Chii's eyes sparkled as she climbed onto Misty's shoulder.
Pikachu waved to them as he started bounding away back to Ash. "Pikachu!" I'll be back!
Misty stood up and started heading back to the UTC with Chii. "I guess you've been through a lot, eh?"
"Pika pi…" Yeah…
Misty smiled weakly at Chii. "Hey, I'm glad you'll be around for me to talk to. I'm going through a lot myself."
"Who's this?" asked May as she and Drew returned to the UTC.
Misty was behind the Pokemon Center counter with Chii and Ash was leaning against the counter, waiting for his pokemon to be healed; and trying to pretend nothing had gone on between him and Misty.
"Oh, it's another Pikachu!" Drew cried.
Max came onto the scene then and gasped in delight. "Wow! It's a Pikachu!"
Chii was looking a lot better after being healed at the Pokemon Center and May was enchanted.
"Oh it's so cute!" she ran to Chi and tried to pick her up.
Chi ran behind Misty.
"I guess she's a little shy." Misty laughed.
"I bet Chii and Pikachu are good friends." Ash commented.
Pikachu, who was sitting on Ash's head, waved to Chii.
Chii bounded up Misty's shoulder and then leapt over to Ash's head as well.
"WAH!" Ash looked bewildered as the two Pikachu sat on top of his head.
May giggled.
Misty watched Ash, hiding her own confused feelings.
"Hey, Ash?" May asked.
"What is it?"
"You… you wanna go to the Poke gym to train together today?" May asked.
"Oh, sure!" Ash cried.
Misty watched them quietly as they walked off.
"HI MISTY."
"WHA!"
Drew grinned.
"Don't do that, Drew," she cried, "I didn't know you were there."
Drew said, "Misty, do you like Ash?"
"Yeah! No! I mean yeah… I like him… he's my friend!"
Drew frowned. "You've been looking quite sad these days, ever since yesterday, your birthday."
"…"
He said, "Are you jealous of May?"
"NO!" Misty said. "I'm definitely not jealous! There are lots of things I don't know, but I do know that I'm not jealous!"
Drew shrugged. "Cuz if you are, then I know exactly how you feel. I don't wanna sound really selfish but… I am really jealous that May likes Ash so much."
Misty nodded, "so you figured."
"Uh huh."
Misty smiled at Drew. "Hey, I'm fine. Don't worry about me."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah… I'm sure. I'm perfectly fine," I'll get over it.
"Ok, see you around." Drew waved as he walked away.
"No… I'm not fine…" Misty whispered to herself when he was gone. And I don't think… I can get over it.
Ash was taking a break from training.
May and Drew were deep in conversation so he didn't really have anything else to do.
He had tried to forget everything that had happened yesterday but thoughts of Misty kept drifting back into his head.
But what was he supposed to do?
He still hadn't figured anything out.
Once again he sighed.
Pikachu cocked its head up and stared at Ash. "Pika chu?" Misty?
"Yeah…" Ash said. "I don't know what to do."
Hi! Emichii here! And once again- just reminding you- this is an AAML! Okay, did you like that chapter? Did you like Chii? Heh heh, I always planned to get Pikachu a soulmate and yeah… I couldn't just call her Pikachu or else everything would be too messed up! But why Chii? Originally I was gonna call her CC, like that girl in Chinese Cinderella but it turned out to be Chii. Chii came from the name of the Pikachu I have in my LEAFGREEN game; but the Chi in my game was a guy, so to give this Chii something original, I added an extra i. It's funny, because all my pokemon in my game have funny nicknames! I have a Lapras called ICEY and a really strong Charizard called CHARCOAL and a Pidgeot called PLUM and a Donphan called SHIMBO and a Dragonair called KNIGHT and a Jumpluff called YUMI… and a Togepi called CHITOSE, a clefairy named MUENO, a Sneasel named CHRONO and etc. etc.
Okay, I think I'm boring you now so I'll wrap it up! Read and review!