YO EVERYBODY! Emichii here! Thanks! Someone gave me the idea that Drew should come back so that May wouldn't be lonely! Thankyou whoever that was. That was a great idea. So Drew is back! And it's just for you! HI NEO!
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Chapter 5- A cat-fight with nobody
Misty frowned, deep in thought. How come every single time I try to tell someone about what the kidnappers did to me, I'm interrupted? Is something trying to prevent me from telling?
"HI MISTY!" Ash bounded into the room, with Pikachu on his head.
"Hi Ash," she said.
"PIKA PIKA PI KACHU PI!" Hiya Misty! How are you?
"Hi Pikachu," she watched Ash let out a sigh of relief.
"How are you feeling? Are you okay, Mist?" he had a very worried expression on his face.
Sigh. How she loved it when he called her by her nickname.
"I'm okay. The nurses said that I'll be outta here soon. But I'm still pretty tired. And I can't remember anything I say sometimes." she frowned.
That's because she's being two different people. He thought. Ash smiled nevertheless. "Well, get well soon!" he said.
She smiled but the smile faded as she watched him leave the room. Pikachu waved to her and she waved back but she was starting to feel very disappointed. Ash was gone.
"Hi Misty!" May and Max were there to visit.
"Hi May." she replied. "Hey Max," she didn't really feel too happy to see them.
"I hope you're feeling better," Max said concerned. Then his face brightened. "Ash's mum told me to return this to you!" he gave Misty the pokemon in the egg shell.
"Toge Toge Priii!" MISTYYY!
The smile that spread across her face brightened up everybody's day. "Thanks!" she cried.
Max was looking uncomfortable now. "I… I think I need to go to the toilet." he stuttered.
May had been standing there, silent. Her arms were folded across her chest. No wonder Misty makes Ash so happy. Seeing her smile is absolutely blinding.
May and Misty stared at each other. "Hey Misty," she started.
A little warning bell rang off in Misty's head. "Yeah?" she said cautiously.
May gave her a look that could've killed a lesser being. "I just want to tell you to stay away from Ash," she said. "He's mine. He likes me better than you anyway," she sniffed.
Misty retorted, "You wish. I know how it feels to like someone and how much it hurts if they don't return your feelings but I know that Ash loves me and I'm glad. He told me himself. He said that-"
"He said that he liked me," May lied. "So get your hands off!"
Misty stared.
"Okay? Never ever ever even think about him liking you because that's absolutely rubbish," May demanded.
Misty looked at her hopelessly with a funny look on her face, "Who's this we're talking about?"
May fell over, anime-style.
Misty laughed. She reached over and grabbed May's hand. She helped her up, "Whoever it is you're talking about must be really nice, and I hope that he likes you as much as you like him,"
May stared at her. Whether she has or has not got her memories, she's always been so nice to me, and now I'm going to take Ash away from her. She felt so guilty.
Misty smiled at her. "I wish I could get to know you better, May. Where are you from? Why are you here?"
May collapsed into an armchair. It was gonna be a long day.
A few days later:
Ash bounded into the house, "MISTY'S GONNA BE OUTTA THE HOSPITAL TOMORROW! YAAYYYY!"
Delia smiled at her son. "That's great, dear."
Ash ran up the stairs to his room, "I'm gonna get ready to leave, Mum. On my next Pokemon journey."
Brock was in the kitchen, washing dishes, "Really?"
"Yeah. But first I've got to find whoever took Misty. And they're gonna be sorry that they ever laid eyes on her."
"You call that a Pokemon journey?" Brock asked.
"Well, who knows what pokemon we'll see on the way. "
"True true…"
Next morning:
Ash is out of the house at 6am after he has woken everybody else up by yelling: "MISTY'S COMING OUTTA THE HOSPITAL TODAYYYY!"
Even Pikachu couldn't handle being woken up so early. It turned over and rolled off the bed, continuing to sleep- on its head.
"MISTYYY!" Ash burst into the room. His bright smile turned to wonder and a little bit of sadness too.
Misty was still asleep, snoring lightly.
Ash didn't know whether to jump at her and wake her up or to wait for her to wake up. He remembered that Misty usually got grumpy if she got up too early.
So he sat and waited, as patiently as he could for the love of his life to wake up.
When she did, she sat up and rubbed her eyes. "Huh?" She looked at Ash's thrilled face.
"Hey Misty, you're outta the hospital today!" he said.
"Really?"
"Yeah, isn't that great?"
Misty smiled drowsily. "Yeah…" she repeated.
Soon after, Misty was outta there! Ash grabbed Misty's hand and led her back to his house.
"Huh? What?" she asked confused. Obviously, she was still exhausted.
Back at home, Ash jumped around crazily.
"C'mon! Let's go! Let's go!" he cried.
"Wait, Misty just got out of the hospital," Delia explained patiently, "She's not ready to go out on another journey yet."
"Still, I've never seen Ash so jumpy before," Brock said.
"Pika pi kachu pi pi… Pika pi kachu Pikachu?" It's an improvement; don't you love it when he's happy?
"That's true," Delia said slowly, "but I'd hate it if Ash got disappointed."
'What do you mean?" Brock asked.
Delia smiled sadly, "Never mind." She stood up, "Ash, dear, you can go on your journey now. Oh, but do stay for breakfast first… Have you packed yet? Do you need an extra pair of underwear?"
"MUM!"
Brock sighed with relief as the Ash he knew came back.
Pikachu looked at May warily. Pika pi… I don't know…
After stuffing themselves with as much food as they could hold; Ash, Misty, May, Brock, Max and Pikachu finally got out the door.
May, for one, was glad to be back on the road; but Misty? No, she couldn't stand the way Ash talked to her, how worried he was about her, how… disgustingly in love he was?
"Hey sis, you okay?" asked Max.
May ignored him. She didn't know that he knew that she liked Ash. And he didn't know that she didn't know that he knew about it.
"Where are we going?" she asked cheerfully, the question directed to Ash.
"We're going to find whoever kidnapped Misty," he said seriously.
May felt so sad, her heart throbbed again. She knew that Ash and Misty's love was so solid; she could never break it. She buried her disturbing thoughts deep inside and started to feel angry. Why? How come all Ash ever talks about now is Misty? Misty, Misty, Misty! I hate her!
Misty kept rubbing her eyes and yawning. She was so tired.
"Hey Misty, are you okay?" Max inquired.
Misty smiled in spite of herself, "I'm okay…" then she just collapsed.
"Misty?" On instinct, Ash reached over and caught her. He laid her down on the ground, against a tree.
Brock folded his arms, "I told you she was too tired to travel."
"I know," Ash gazed tenderly at the sleeping girl.
May clenched her fists. "I'm… going to be… alone for a while," she said and stormed off.
Ash and Brock didn't even look at her.
She cried, buried her face in her hands and hid behind a fallen tree.
Why did it have to be Misty? Why couldn't it be me?
"Stop crying, May. You look ridiculous. This isn't a soap opera, this is life."
"Shut up!" she said to whoever was talking to her. She wouldn't look at the speaker.
He reached out a hand and wiped away her tears. She looked at him, heart pounding.
"Drew?"
"Hello May."
The green haired guy cupped her face in his hands and pulled her closer, "Why do you bother crying over Ash? You know he loves Misty, you can't do anything about it."
May cried, "Yes, but-"
Drew pulled her close, and she cried into his chest. "I'm sorry, I'm making your shirt all wet." she sniffed.
"Doesn't matter."
He held her until she couldn't cry anymore. She pulled away from him. "I'm sorry, Drew, I"
Drew said, "It doesn't matter whether you're crying or smiling, just know that I'll always be here for you, just like the way Ash stands by Misty."
He got up to leave. May grabbed the end of his shirt, "Thankyou," she smiled through her tears.
Drew wouldn't let her see him blush. He turned away without looking back.
"It was nothing."
May watched him go, and suddenly felt so much better. She stood, wiped her eyes and headed back to the others.
She didn't see the little yellow pokemon watching her.
Misty was still asleep when she came back.
Ash was still there, never leaving her side.
"Oh hey May, you're back." Ash greeted her.
May smiled. Yes, life would go on.
Don't you just love the romance? Drew seems like Drew, but he's lost that competitiveness. But May's problems are not over yet, so don't go. She doesn't realise that Drew secretly loves her so keep reading and reviewing, everybody!
And you do realise that she has a major part in this fanfic?
