(A/N: whoops! This one was kind of long, don't worry, I'll supplement with a smaller chapter, I got a question at the end of this, please review with your answer. Thanks! )
"Misty oh my god you've come back!" Her oldest sister, Daisy, exclaimed as she threw her arms around her youngest sister and squeezed her tightly. Misty was caught in Daisy's big bear hug, but didn't struggle to get free; instead she embraced it, feeling tears rushing out of her eyes.
"It's good to see you Daisy, I've missed you all. Where are Violet and Lily?" Daisy kissed her little sister on the forehead,
"Lily and Violet's husband are visiting Violet at the hospital, Violets due with her baby any day now, you know. She was just pregnant before you left."
"I know." Misty said, smiling, "And look at you! After two children you still look just as young and skinny as ever!" Daisy looked embarrassed,
"Misty! We're only four years apart, I'm not some old woman!" Daisy looked behind Misty to see Brock and Ash, who were standing there quietly. "Brock! Hello, how are you?" She rushed to Brock and hugged him, "How come you don't ever come to see us?" Brock smiled and hugged Daisy back,
"I'm sorry, I haven't had the time to Daisy. Where are your kids at?"
"In the pain pool, playing. You know where it is, go visit them." Brock nodded his head and walked into the building. When Brock was gone, Daisy turned to Ash and suddenly slapped him across his face. Misty gasped and stepped in front of Ash,
"Daisy! What's wrong with you?" Ash rubbed his cheek and looked back to Daisy, contrary to what she had just done, she had a slight smile on her face,
"For six months you mope around, wishing you weren't alive, dammit, can't you smile around your sister-in-law now that you've got Misty back?" She smiled wider, Ash smiled as well,
"Alright, alright, I'm sorry Daisy, you know I mean well." He walked to her and hugged her tightly, picking her up off of the ground, she gasped in shock,
"Ah! Ash put me down! That hurts!" Ash laughed and put her to the ground, she rubbed her stomach, "Jeez, you big brute, you don't know your own strength…" She trailed off; Misty blinked and stepped up to her sister.
"Daisy…is there something you're not telling us?" Daisy looked around, blushing slightly, unconsciously rubbing her stomach,
"Yeah, err…well…I'm pregnant again." She blushed hard. Both Ash and Misty's eyes widened, then Ash smiled, putting his arms around both of the women as he started walking them into the building,
"Wow Daisy, you and Dante have certainly been active over the last few years, I think Misty and I will have to get lessons!" Both of the women gasped, Daisy blushed hard and Misty punched Ash in the gut. Ash chuckled. They walked into the main gym, where there was a giant pool; Brock was in the water, playing with Daisy's two kids, Yuki, age 3, and John, age 6. They took one look at their aunt, who hadn't been there in six months, and immediately swam to the edge of the pool and jumped out,
"Misty!" They both cried as they hugged her with their wet bodies, Misty didn't mind it in the least, she embraced them and laughed as they told her how much they missed her while she was gone. Ash smiled at them and stripped down to his swimming trunks and climbed up onto the diving board, diving into the pool. The kids both laughed and jumped back in to play. Daisy and Misty sat down on some pool chairs to talk.
"Soo…" Daisy started, "How did you and Ash ever make up?"
"Brock helped me a lot." Misty replied, watching Ash and Brock play with the kids, "He refused to give up, even when I felt that it was impossible. Brock's such a great guy." Daisy smiled,
"Yeah, but Ash is too, wouldn't you agree? After all, to believe for so long that you had left him, and now here the two of you are, like nothing happened. I've never seen the guy so happy."
"Yeah…" Misty said as she trailed off and sighed,
"What's wrong?" Misty looked to Daisy, and then spoke in a hushed voice,
"Well, I think Ash might be hiding something from me…" Daisy blinked,
"Like what?" Daisy asked,
"I don't know, I don't know if it's important or not, it's got something to do with a dream that he had last night. He wouldn't tell me a thing about it. It really rattled him, it makes me believe that this has happened more than once."
"Why are you so worried about this? Everyone has nightmares Misty, even you."
"Not so bad as to where you wake up yelling your fiancé's name, or one where you'd clearly lie to hide the truth."
"Or maybe he's trying to make sure that you're protected and worry about yourself instead of him. He's done it before, hidden things from you in order to protect you. Now more than usual, and I wouldn't try to force anything out of him yet, even if you could."
"I…I know…but I'm scared. I want him to stay open with me, especially now with this thing with Gary."
"Gary? Misty, you stay away from Gary!" Her sister suddenly said fiercely, Misty was shocked that Daisy would demand something like that. She was usually the one who liked everyone. Daisy realized that she sounded out of her own personality, she calmed down, "I'm sorry Misty. It's just that something really bothers me about Gary. I don't know what it is, but for your own sake please stay away from him." Misty agreed
"I'd stay away from him too. Ash and Brock have warned me enough in the past. Ash almost got in a fist fight with him too." Misty sighed and watched as Ash played in the water with Daisy's kids, a smile on his face.
"Just look at him Misty, you know he only smiles like that when he's really happy, and you know it, you've brought that happiness back into his life. He wasn't like this weeks ago, you're something special to him." Misty watched Ash, seeing the smile on his face, and couldn't help but smile back. She'd do anything to keep that smile on his face. She was torn from her thoughts when they heard the doorbell rang to the reception building. Daisy moved to get up, but Misty got up first,
"I'll get it, you stay here." Misty said as she quickly headed out of the main gym and to the door as the bell chimed a second time. She opened the door, took one look out and gasped. Standing at the door was Gary's sister, May, and it didn't seem like the woman was there for a chat with the sisters.
"Oh…it's you." May said, the haughty tone of voice that Misty remembered from years ago was still there, even after studying abroad. "Where's Ash, I'd like to see him." Misty crossed her arms over her chest and leaned against the frame of the door,
"You may not." She replied simply,
"What?" May breathed out, she got angry really quickly. The anger rising and clear in her voice, "I don't know who you think you are little girl. NO sister from this backwater gym will deny me of my right to see Ash, now let me in there or I'll…"
"You'll what?" Misty interrupted, "You insult me and the gym my sisters own right in my presence and you have the nerve to 'demand' that I let you in to see Ash? I wouldn't have let you in even if you had asked me nicely." May glared and Misty, and Misty wasn't intimidated. May turned away, as if to leave, but then she quickly turned back, slapping Misty hard. So hard that it brought tears to her eyes. May took the advantage of Misty's shock and ran past her, following the voices to the main gym. She saw Ash drying off himself with a towel and a small grin spread across her face,
"Ash!" She said as he turned to her, he didn't move, so she closed the distance between them. "Ash it's been so long, haven't you got anything to say to me?" She asked, ready to be showered with affection, and she was certainly surprised when she got nothing.
"What are you doing here?" He asked, his face looking all but kind, not like the usual Ash.
"What am I doing here? Why Ash, I'm here to see you! I have seen you in years, is that all you can say?" May replied, looking shocked,
"But apparently years ago when you left, I could never be "man enough" for you. That actually would have hurt me when I still liked you. But at that point, I loved Misty, and at least she, deep down loved me, anything you said or made me believe back then wasn't important when I was with her. And now you come back, for what?" He tilted his head to the side, and then looked behind her, "Oh, and I think someone else has their two cents to put in too." May turned her head and Misty quickly stepped forward, punching May right across the face. May stumbled back, putting her hand to her cheek. Misty's face was red, but she was so angry at the moment that she hadn't noticed it. Brock quickly grabbed Misty's arms and stepped in between the two ladies. He motioned Misty to the side, but she didn't budge. May took her hand off of her cheek and gasped when she realized she was bleeding,
"You bitch! You marked up my face! What did you did me with!" Misty smiled evilly and held up her left hand, the rock from the ring shining in the light,
"Just my left hand, I thought you could handle it. I think it's an improvement to that ugly mug you call a face!" May growled and Misty and clenched her fists,
"May, I think you should leave, unless you want to give your brother an even worse disposition." Ash said, Misty interrupted him,
"No, let her stay, I for one plan on defending the integrity of this gym from the likes of her." Misty stepped out of Brock's way and then back into May's bath. "Well May, how about it? You can beat me right here if you want to try, or you can walk away." Ash rolled his eyes; Misty would never back out of a fight if her pride were at stake.
"Misty please…" He tried reasoning, but she cut him off,
"I know what it is, you're just jealous that someone like me turned out to be this gorgeous right?" She flashed May a smile, and it pissed her off, "I mean, I know I was nothing to look at before, but it wasn't just my time to bloom. And now look at me. Now no man will think of you the same was as I did. I'm the 'beauty of all trainers'. They will always compare you to me." May flared with anger,
"Shut up! This has nothing to do with it! I have you know that I can get dozens more men than you!"
"But you only want one, and he has eyes only for me, that pisses you off doesn't it?"
"SHUT UP!" May screamed, "you think you're so smart and pretty! If you weren't around I could have Ash all to myself!" Misty glared at May,
"I may have left for a while, but I'm back. As long as I'm around, there's no way he's going to you. He wouldn't even consider it, no matter what you tried!" May couldn't take anymore, she ran out of the main gym, Misty waited until she heard the big door slam, and then finally relaxed, shaking her hand.
"Wow Misty, you handled that exceptionally well!" Daisy said after May had gone,
"Who knew her face would be so hard…ow." Misty replied while she shook her hand, Ash finally walked over to Misty and took up her hand, kissing it tenderly.
"You certainly surprised me with that, thanks." He said as he smiled, rubbing her face where she had been slapped, Misty huffed at him,
"I wasn't doing it for you. I did it for myself, man it felt good!" Brock chuckled, then replied,
"Well, we better be careful, she's probably going to go to Gary and cry about what happened."
"Let her, I'll be ready for that bastard." Ash replied, he looked to Misty and then suddenly scooped her into his arms, "But first…" He started toward the pool, Misty gasped,
"Ash? What are you doing?" Ash smiled at her and stopped at the edge of the pool,
"Cooling off your hot head. In ya go!" He said as he tossed her in the pool before she had the chance to object. Misty splashed into the water and came up to the surface later, everyone started laughing. Misty coughed and sputtered out water.
"Ash, you jackass…" She coughed and sputtered some more, Ash held out his hand, smiling,
"I know I am, sometimes I just can't help it." She grabbed his hand and he pulled her out of the pool, her dress clung to her body. "At least you were smart enough to wear a suit underneath."
"So?" Misty pulled off her wet dress; she was wearing a light blue bikini that perfectly showed off the curves of her body. Ash blinked and almost lost his composure, but he turned away in enough time to avoid staring. "Argh, great job Ash, now the only clothes I came with are soaking wet." Daisy took the dress from her sister,
"It's fine Misty, we can go to the roof garden and it can dry off there. We can have some time to cool off after what happened." Misty's eyebrows drew together,
"Roof garden?" Ash smiled at her and wrapped and arm around her waist,
"Yeah, we sorta put it together while you were gone, I think they were trying to make me feel better for what happened. C'mon, let's go show you." They walked to an elevator and to the rooftop garden, when the elevator doors opened; Misty saw a beauty that she had never seen before. The roof had luscious trees, green grass, and was awash in flowers.
"Wow!" Misty exclaimed, "This is beautiful!" Ash smiled and started to lead her away to a few willows that would hide them from everyone else.
"C'mon, let's go lie down and dry off." He said as he was leading her away. Brock, Daisy and her kids sat down at the tables to talk. Ash and Misty walked far out of earshot, with absolutely no one watching them, and Ash knew that Misty would need some time to cool down after seeing May. "Ya know Misty…you didn't have to take it so personal when May was here."
"Yes I did, that bitch deserved it!" Misty said, Ash wrapped his arms around his waist,
"I'm not denying that, just calm down alright, she got what she deserved thanks to you. She probably won't come back ever again."
"I won't settle for 'probably'. I'm not letting her get to you at all." Ash smiled sweetly at her and kissed her lips, silencing her before she could get out her next thought. When he broke away, he held her tightly, whispering in her ear,
"Nothing could take me away from you. You should know that, I belong to you." He kissed her again, cupping her head in his hands, "You know how much I love you. I don't care about May, or Gary, or anything. Hell, if it weren't your first few days' back, I'd ask someone to marry us right now. But I think we should take some time to get a bit closer." Misty agreed with him,
"I also think we should wait until we get to know each other again, I don't want to rush things."
"I haven't changed Misty, and neither have you. No matter what happened before, I'm still your Ash, and you're still my Misty. The only reason why I suggested that we get closer is because of what's going on with Gary, and May, and with your situation…I can't bear to think of what they put you through…I'd go out and kill them all if I knew where they were."
"It isn't as horrible as you think it is Ash. The only reason why I haven't said anything yet is because I know you. They could have just kept me there and you'd still try to kill them for keeping me from you." Ash sighed and rested his head on her shoulder,
"Heh…ya read my like a book…you're right, I want to kill them. I WILL find them, and they'll pay for what they did to you… right after Gary." He added at the end with a slight chuckle. Misty smiled,
"But that can wait…you've got your hands full with me now, and I think I'm going to take up most of your attention." Misty said as she smiled warmly at him, kissing his forehead, "Besides, I won't tell you what happened to me until AFTER you and Gary fight." Ash laughed softly,
"Yeah, that'll be sooner rather than later." He responded as he rolled over on his back, pulling Misty by his side, the willows blocked out the suns rays and protected them from the head,
"Ash?" Misty said quietly,
"Yes Misty."
"No matter what you think about what happened while I was captured, it wasn't the most extreme scenario that I know is in your head. I wasn't raped; they didn't even touch me in that way. They might have beaten me, and threatened rape, but they said they wouldn't unless they found a certain someone, which they never did. It was just empty threats…" She trailed off when she realized Ash was looking away, he replied when she stopped,
"Misty…please, I promise I'll get every one of them. I'll make them pay, that's for sure. But…I can't right now…there's so much going on with us and with me right now…I can't comprehend it all…I'm sorry…" Misty wrapped her arms around him, squeezing him tightly,
"It's alright Ash, you don't even have to go out on some type of revenge spree for me, I want you to just stay by me. I want you to be honest with me as well, what was wrong this morning? I know you Ash; you're hiding something from me. What is it?" Ash couldn't answer back. As much as he wanted to tell her his dream, he couldn't bear to tell her about it.
"Misty I can't…not right now, you have to worry about yourself. I can't let you think about anything else except your own safety. It'll have to wait." Misty huffed quietly, showing her disapproval,
"But Ash-" He cut her off by giving her a gentle kiss,
"No Misty, that's final, I won't tell you until this is resolved. Now just forget about it, I'll be fine." He smiled, trying desperately to convince her, it worked finally,
"Alright..." Misty finally agreed, "But as soon as it's over, you're going to tell me ever SINGLE detail! Do you understand?" Ash smiled,
"Alright, I will." He gave her a kiss, then stood up, "Well, let's go see what Brock and Daisy are doing. Maybe we can spend the night, so you can visit more with your sisters." 'And so I can tell them why you need protection so badly'. He thought to himself. Misty smiled and stood up,
"Okay, if you don't mind that is." Ash smiled and took her hand, leading her back to where Brock and Daisy were.
"Of course I don't, it's you we're talking about here. I never mind when you want to do something." He smiled warmly at her, she smiled back and giggled,
"Hehe, okay, if you say so." As they walked out of the trees, Misty caught eye of her other two sisters, she cried out happily and ran to them, throwing her arms around them and crying with happiness. Finally reunited with each other, they were inseparable the rest of the night as the group went down to eat dinner.
Ash knocked on the door to Daisy's room, hearing her husband, Dante's voice,
"Come in." Ash opened the door quietly, peeking his head in, Dante was sitting in his bed reading, Daisy was snuggled against him, fast asleep, and his kids were on his other side, also asleep.
"Mind if I come in, I need to talk to you…" Dante smiled and closed the book,
"Sure Ash, come on in." Ash opened the door fully and came in, "So, you think now that you're good enough to see us now that Misty is back, huh?" He said as Ash sat down, Ash chuckled slightly, scratching the back of his neck,
"Yeah, sorry about that…I was just so miserable…" Dante nodded his head,
"Understandable. So, what did you want to talk to me about?" Ash opened his mouth to say what it was, and then closed it, he drew his brows together and then scratches his head, deciding to take a difference approach, and he got on his knees and bowed to Dante,
"Please…Dante oh please, you have to help me protect Misty, everyone has to. I don't…I don't think I can do it all on my own…" He bowed his head low, pleading for Dante to help him. Dante blinked in shock, put his book down and asked Ash to get up,
"Ash…where did this come from? Why does Misty need protecting?" Ash told him everything that was going on; Dante blinked again and looked down, then back to Ash,
"Alright, alright. Just stop bowing to me. I'll talk to the girls and convince them to help; I might even have a few of my friends who would be willing to help you out for an autograph or two. But you have to stay by Misty until then okay?" Ash nodded his head and smiled, getting to his feet,
"Really? You'll help me?" Dante nodded and put his finger over his lips to tell Ash to hush as his daughter Yuki stirred slightly.
"Yes…just go to bed." Dante replied at a whisper. Ash nodded his head, getting the hint.
"Okay, thanks…" He left the room.
(A/N: okay here's the question, if I WERE to do a love scene between Ash and Misty, do you want it detailed or not detailed, I'm giving you a lot of power in this, please help me I've offended a few people I don't want to do it again, just say 'detailed' or 'not detailed' with your review, thanks!)