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Mrs. Ketchum heard the door close as she was walking toward the front of the house; she came into the foyer and gasped when she saw Misty standing in the house.
"Misty? Is that really you?" Misty looked up to Mrs. Ketchum, a smile was soon on her face as Mrs. Ketchum ran up to her and pulled her in a tight hug, "It's so good to see you Misty! You're looking quite well since the last time I saw you!" Mrs. Ketchum exclaimed, Misty hugged her back and replied,
"It's good to see you too! How have you been since your operation?" Mrs. Ketchum let Misty go and took her hand,
"Let's talk in the kitchen so you won't just have to stand there." They seemed to just ignore Ash, Brock and Pikachu, who were standing right behind them, it was usually common when the two ladies were together, and so they were used to it,
"Well I better get Misty's room a bit more comfortable, you guys do what you want." Ash said as he picked up Misty's suitcase and walked upstairs to his room. Brock and Pikachu; having nothing to do, went outside to walk around and get calm after what had just happen and to shake the fear that something else was going to happen. * * * *
Misty and Mrs. Ketchum were sitting at the kitchen table, talking about Misty's unfortunate run in with that evil man earlier that day.
"Are you sure you're alright dear?" Mrs. Ketchum asked Misty, who was doing all she could to keep herself together. Her hands shook slightly on the table and tears ran down her face. "It's going to be alright Misty; the good thing is that nothing happened to you." Misty wiped her tears and sighed,
"But...... but I don't know what will happen to Ash because of all of this...."
"What do you mean?" Mrs. Ketchum asked, Misty shifted nervously in her chair,
"I know he saved me from that horrible event....but I never saw him look so angry in his entire life....he seemed to be a whole different person! I don't want him to change because of me!!!" She started to cry, Mrs. Ketchum calmed her down,
"It's alright Misty, of course Ash would be mad after seeing what that man had almost done to you, no one would be able to take anything like that well."
"But......before I didn't think he cared about me anymore......why now?"
"Misty he's always cared for you, even when you were gone. He's always loved you and even if you were gone for six months and he tried to hate you, but everyone knew that he couldn't. He tried to forget, but he couldn't forget you."
"R-really?" Misty asked incredulously. Mrs. Ketchum nodded her head,
"Would Ash really bring you back here after saying he hated you and wanted nothing to do with you? No he wouldn't have, and now he's going to protect you no matter what, remember that Misty, because it is the truth." Misty took a second or two to think about that, and then wiped her tears away, Mrs. Ketchum was right, if he didn't still have feelings for her then he wouldn't have brought her back. It also meant that he believed her situation, which she was glad for that. Soon Ash came into the kitchen, he walked right over to the table and pulled Misty out of her chair, turning to his mother,
"If you'll excuse us mom, I will be taking Misty to her room." He smiled at Misty as he led her up to his room; he stopped in front of the door that led into his room.
"Just before you left, I decided to fix up my room since I thought we were going to be living here together, I hope you like it." He opened the door and they both walked in. At once Misty gasped and looked around the room; the walls were painted a beautiful light blue color and most if not all the items in the room reminded her of her childhood that she had spent traveling with her two best friends. On one of the dressers was a picture of Ash Misty and Brock when they were just starting their adventures, and one was from about a year ago, and she also noticed the engagement ring that was apparently for her lying on the dresser right next to a picture of her and Ash that had been taken not too long ago. Ash walked up behind her and put his arms around her waist. "So, do you like it?" Misty turned to face him,
"Like it? I love it!!!" She hugged him tightly, "I'm so glad I got this second chance, someone up in heaven must really like me!" They both laughed as they walked further into the room, Ash sat down on his bed while Misty stood by the dresser and looked at the pictures of her past, she remembered the good times that the three of them had and wished that their lives were like they were in the past. After a few moments her gaze fell onto the ring, it was absolutely breathtaking, and only if she had told him about what was going on before she could have already been married to him and never have left. She took the ring and slipped it on her left ring finger. She walked over to the bed and sat down next to Ash, who was looking out the window and the beautiful sunset. She leaned against him and held his hand, the diamond on her ring shining with the light of the sunset, Ash noticed the ring on her finger and looked to Misty,
"Misty, I don't think we should be thinking about marriage right now. We need to figure out who kidnapped you and why. When all of that is figured out, then maybe we can think about marriage."
"But Ash, I ran away from that place in order to be with you, as long as you're here with me I can face anything. Please don't deny me that." She replied as she gave him a small kiss on the lips. Ash put his arms around her, letting out a heavy sigh.
"You're right, I'm glad I have you back with me. Earlier today I didn't think we would be close if that man would've gone through with his plan, I still didn't think so afterward. But luckily for me you proved me wrong." Misty snuggled close to Ash and closed her eyes,
"Well I'm glad I did. I didn't want you thinking you were responsible for anything that might have happened to me. I still need to tell you how I got kidnapped." Ash, at the mention of her telling him about what happened, squeezed her a bit tighter, not really wanting to hear but interested.
"Alright, I want to hear everything that happened." Misty sighed, and then recalled everything that she remembered.
"Well, to tell you the truth, it wasn't just the six months; I had been receiving threats about six months before I was kidnapped and only realized after six months that this person was serious."
"Misty then why didn't you tell me about this if it went on for a whole six months before you got kidnapped???" Ash asked her,
"Just listen for a minute. I didn't believe anything would happen to me, and I didn't want to bother you with anything lame since you seemed so swamped with work for the league and all...besides I thought it was just one of my fans or something. But after about three months the letters would start to get more and more vicious, this guy, he told me what he was going to do to me after he got a hold of me, and all of his plans to get you out of the picture. After six months of this I finally decided to tell you about it. Do you remember the last night we spent together?" Ash recalled the event,
"Yeah, you seemed very worried or preoccupied with something. I tried to get you to tell me what was wrong but you refused......"
"After a while I decided that I was going to tell you......I was just about to tell you......" Ash cut in, remembering everything that happened after that.
"......then the phone rang. Gary said he wanted me to come over his house quickly to test something out......I let you go home by yourself......" He trailed off, seeming very distant; he looked at Misty, who still had her eyes closed, tears now ran down her face. "Oh Misty, if I had only known......I wouldn't have left you! I'm so sorry!!!"
"It's not your fault. I should have told you before things got out of hand, I knew you would have protected me but I'm didn't want to bother you."
"Well that's not going to happen again, and you're not going to live in the past again. From now on I'm going to protect you like I ought to. You're going to stay with me so I can keep a close eye on you." Misty smiled,
"Well, that's one thing that we can both agree upon." She looked into his eyes, and leaned forward and kissed him passionately. Ash felt himself get lost in the moment, but after a few seconds, he pulled away before he got too involved.
"I'm sure you're very tired after the day you've had. I'll let you get some sleep." He let go of Misty and stood up, Misty quickly stood up also,
"What?! No you can't leave me here by myself!!!!" Ash turned and looked to her, smiling at her like he always had before. That alone had almost made her forget everything that was going on.
"Don't worry, I'm gonna pull out an air mattress and sleep in here with you. You're not going to be alone anymore, but get some rest. If you need me just call me and I'll be right up." Ash left the room, Misty felt tears in her eyes, for some reason, just hearing those words from him made her feel so much better. She couldn't go to sleep now. She quickly ran out of the room and down the stairs to where Brock and Pikachu were sitting on the couch. Misty sat down on the couch as Pikachu ran to her and sat down on her lap, curling into a ball and quickly falling asleep. Brock sat next to her,
"So Misty, ya feel any better?" He asked
"Yeah, thanks to the two of you. Thank you so much Brock for taking me in a few weeks back, I didn't know what I would have done if you weren't there."
"It was no problem. I'm just glad you came back to everyone." He checked his watch and sighed, "But unfortunately for me I missed a photo shoot today and I'm going to get killed by my agent, I can see it now."
"I'm sorry; you wouldn't have missed it if it wasn't for me." Misty replied, lowering her head, Brock patted her on the back,
"Don't worry about it, I'll give them and explanation that'll be good enough for them, but just in case I'll let them call me." He rested his head on the back of the couch, "I thought this modeling thing would really make the ladies want me, but it was a bit too much!" Misty laughed, then replied,
"Oh yeah that reminds me, I remember seeing one of the modeling shows on TV while I was captured. You looked fantastic and it made me feel like nothing was happening at all."
"Well of course I had to look fantastic, but I certainly didn't FEEL like it after knowing that you were kidnapped and that Ash had not known anything about it."
"Thanks for keeping it a secret, I'm very grateful to you, and hopefully I won't be leaving again now that I'm back."
"Now that Ash knows what's going on, he'll probably kill anyone that gets close to you before you're taken away from him." Misty agreed,
"You're right; I'll have to make sure that I'm not taken from him then." Soon after that Ash came out of the Kitchen, Pikachu woke up from his light nap and ran over to him, jumping on his shoulder. He turned to Brock and Misty.
"Guys I'm gonna go see professor Oak for a moment, there's this tournament a few days from now that I have to attend. I'll be back as soon as I can." Misty stood yup,
"I'll go with you, I need to get Togapi before he forgets who I am all together." Brock stood up,
"Well if you both are going then I'm not staying here by myself." The three of them left the house and went to professor Oak's lab, not knowing of what troubles awaited them there.
Mrs. Ketchum heard the door close as she was walking toward the front of the house; she came into the foyer and gasped when she saw Misty standing in the house.
"Misty? Is that really you?" Misty looked up to Mrs. Ketchum, a smile was soon on her face as Mrs. Ketchum ran up to her and pulled her in a tight hug, "It's so good to see you Misty! You're looking quite well since the last time I saw you!" Mrs. Ketchum exclaimed, Misty hugged her back and replied,
"It's good to see you too! How have you been since your operation?" Mrs. Ketchum let Misty go and took her hand,
"Let's talk in the kitchen so you won't just have to stand there." They seemed to just ignore Ash, Brock and Pikachu, who were standing right behind them, it was usually common when the two ladies were together, and so they were used to it,
"Well I better get Misty's room a bit more comfortable, you guys do what you want." Ash said as he picked up Misty's suitcase and walked upstairs to his room. Brock and Pikachu; having nothing to do, went outside to walk around and get calm after what had just happen and to shake the fear that something else was going to happen. * * * *
Misty and Mrs. Ketchum were sitting at the kitchen table, talking about Misty's unfortunate run in with that evil man earlier that day.
"Are you sure you're alright dear?" Mrs. Ketchum asked Misty, who was doing all she could to keep herself together. Her hands shook slightly on the table and tears ran down her face. "It's going to be alright Misty; the good thing is that nothing happened to you." Misty wiped her tears and sighed,
"But...... but I don't know what will happen to Ash because of all of this...."
"What do you mean?" Mrs. Ketchum asked, Misty shifted nervously in her chair,
"I know he saved me from that horrible event....but I never saw him look so angry in his entire life....he seemed to be a whole different person! I don't want him to change because of me!!!" She started to cry, Mrs. Ketchum calmed her down,
"It's alright Misty, of course Ash would be mad after seeing what that man had almost done to you, no one would be able to take anything like that well."
"But......before I didn't think he cared about me anymore......why now?"
"Misty he's always cared for you, even when you were gone. He's always loved you and even if you were gone for six months and he tried to hate you, but everyone knew that he couldn't. He tried to forget, but he couldn't forget you."
"R-really?" Misty asked incredulously. Mrs. Ketchum nodded her head,
"Would Ash really bring you back here after saying he hated you and wanted nothing to do with you? No he wouldn't have, and now he's going to protect you no matter what, remember that Misty, because it is the truth." Misty took a second or two to think about that, and then wiped her tears away, Mrs. Ketchum was right, if he didn't still have feelings for her then he wouldn't have brought her back. It also meant that he believed her situation, which she was glad for that. Soon Ash came into the kitchen, he walked right over to the table and pulled Misty out of her chair, turning to his mother,
"If you'll excuse us mom, I will be taking Misty to her room." He smiled at Misty as he led her up to his room; he stopped in front of the door that led into his room.
"Just before you left, I decided to fix up my room since I thought we were going to be living here together, I hope you like it." He opened the door and they both walked in. At once Misty gasped and looked around the room; the walls were painted a beautiful light blue color and most if not all the items in the room reminded her of her childhood that she had spent traveling with her two best friends. On one of the dressers was a picture of Ash Misty and Brock when they were just starting their adventures, and one was from about a year ago, and she also noticed the engagement ring that was apparently for her lying on the dresser right next to a picture of her and Ash that had been taken not too long ago. Ash walked up behind her and put his arms around her waist. "So, do you like it?" Misty turned to face him,
"Like it? I love it!!!" She hugged him tightly, "I'm so glad I got this second chance, someone up in heaven must really like me!" They both laughed as they walked further into the room, Ash sat down on his bed while Misty stood by the dresser and looked at the pictures of her past, she remembered the good times that the three of them had and wished that their lives were like they were in the past. After a few moments her gaze fell onto the ring, it was absolutely breathtaking, and only if she had told him about what was going on before she could have already been married to him and never have left. She took the ring and slipped it on her left ring finger. She walked over to the bed and sat down next to Ash, who was looking out the window and the beautiful sunset. She leaned against him and held his hand, the diamond on her ring shining with the light of the sunset, Ash noticed the ring on her finger and looked to Misty,
"Misty, I don't think we should be thinking about marriage right now. We need to figure out who kidnapped you and why. When all of that is figured out, then maybe we can think about marriage."
"But Ash, I ran away from that place in order to be with you, as long as you're here with me I can face anything. Please don't deny me that." She replied as she gave him a small kiss on the lips. Ash put his arms around her, letting out a heavy sigh.
"You're right, I'm glad I have you back with me. Earlier today I didn't think we would be close if that man would've gone through with his plan, I still didn't think so afterward. But luckily for me you proved me wrong." Misty snuggled close to Ash and closed her eyes,
"Well I'm glad I did. I didn't want you thinking you were responsible for anything that might have happened to me. I still need to tell you how I got kidnapped." Ash, at the mention of her telling him about what happened, squeezed her a bit tighter, not really wanting to hear but interested.
"Alright, I want to hear everything that happened." Misty sighed, and then recalled everything that she remembered.
"Well, to tell you the truth, it wasn't just the six months; I had been receiving threats about six months before I was kidnapped and only realized after six months that this person was serious."
"Misty then why didn't you tell me about this if it went on for a whole six months before you got kidnapped???" Ash asked her,
"Just listen for a minute. I didn't believe anything would happen to me, and I didn't want to bother you with anything lame since you seemed so swamped with work for the league and all...besides I thought it was just one of my fans or something. But after about three months the letters would start to get more and more vicious, this guy, he told me what he was going to do to me after he got a hold of me, and all of his plans to get you out of the picture. After six months of this I finally decided to tell you about it. Do you remember the last night we spent together?" Ash recalled the event,
"Yeah, you seemed very worried or preoccupied with something. I tried to get you to tell me what was wrong but you refused......"
"After a while I decided that I was going to tell you......I was just about to tell you......" Ash cut in, remembering everything that happened after that.
"......then the phone rang. Gary said he wanted me to come over his house quickly to test something out......I let you go home by yourself......" He trailed off, seeming very distant; he looked at Misty, who still had her eyes closed, tears now ran down her face. "Oh Misty, if I had only known......I wouldn't have left you! I'm so sorry!!!"
"It's not your fault. I should have told you before things got out of hand, I knew you would have protected me but I'm didn't want to bother you."
"Well that's not going to happen again, and you're not going to live in the past again. From now on I'm going to protect you like I ought to. You're going to stay with me so I can keep a close eye on you." Misty smiled,
"Well, that's one thing that we can both agree upon." She looked into his eyes, and leaned forward and kissed him passionately. Ash felt himself get lost in the moment, but after a few seconds, he pulled away before he got too involved.
"I'm sure you're very tired after the day you've had. I'll let you get some sleep." He let go of Misty and stood up, Misty quickly stood up also,
"What?! No you can't leave me here by myself!!!!" Ash turned and looked to her, smiling at her like he always had before. That alone had almost made her forget everything that was going on.
"Don't worry, I'm gonna pull out an air mattress and sleep in here with you. You're not going to be alone anymore, but get some rest. If you need me just call me and I'll be right up." Ash left the room, Misty felt tears in her eyes, for some reason, just hearing those words from him made her feel so much better. She couldn't go to sleep now. She quickly ran out of the room and down the stairs to where Brock and Pikachu were sitting on the couch. Misty sat down on the couch as Pikachu ran to her and sat down on her lap, curling into a ball and quickly falling asleep. Brock sat next to her,
"So Misty, ya feel any better?" He asked
"Yeah, thanks to the two of you. Thank you so much Brock for taking me in a few weeks back, I didn't know what I would have done if you weren't there."
"It was no problem. I'm just glad you came back to everyone." He checked his watch and sighed, "But unfortunately for me I missed a photo shoot today and I'm going to get killed by my agent, I can see it now."
"I'm sorry; you wouldn't have missed it if it wasn't for me." Misty replied, lowering her head, Brock patted her on the back,
"Don't worry about it, I'll give them and explanation that'll be good enough for them, but just in case I'll let them call me." He rested his head on the back of the couch, "I thought this modeling thing would really make the ladies want me, but it was a bit too much!" Misty laughed, then replied,
"Oh yeah that reminds me, I remember seeing one of the modeling shows on TV while I was captured. You looked fantastic and it made me feel like nothing was happening at all."
"Well of course I had to look fantastic, but I certainly didn't FEEL like it after knowing that you were kidnapped and that Ash had not known anything about it."
"Thanks for keeping it a secret, I'm very grateful to you, and hopefully I won't be leaving again now that I'm back."
"Now that Ash knows what's going on, he'll probably kill anyone that gets close to you before you're taken away from him." Misty agreed,
"You're right; I'll have to make sure that I'm not taken from him then." Soon after that Ash came out of the Kitchen, Pikachu woke up from his light nap and ran over to him, jumping on his shoulder. He turned to Brock and Misty.
"Guys I'm gonna go see professor Oak for a moment, there's this tournament a few days from now that I have to attend. I'll be back as soon as I can." Misty stood yup,
"I'll go with you, I need to get Togapi before he forgets who I am all together." Brock stood up,
"Well if you both are going then I'm not staying here by myself." The three of them left the house and went to professor Oak's lab, not knowing of what troubles awaited them there.