Chapter 59
After Luke comes with them to the Sevestar Region, Ash and Alice introduce him to the others and they are happy to have him. And during the stay, Ash and Alice notice how Helen has fallen for Luke after talking to each other for a while. His team is now consisting of Coalossal, Aurorus, Tyranitar, Regirock, Shuckle, and Minior, and Nihilego is actually from Arceus.
Ash and Alice also have their own Rock Type Team, which is consisted of Alolan Golem, Kabutops, Aerodactyl, Sudowoodo, Shuckle, Tyranitar, Cradily, Relicanth, Bastiodon, Rhyperior, Gigalith, Archeops, Barbaracle, Aurorus, Carbink, Lycanroc, Coalossal, Stonjourner, and the Legendary Pokemon Diancie and Terrakion.
Luke decides to make use of Mt. Fortana which was created by Helen to separate Rotaeel and Fiero City, and he manages to set up some tunnels and passages for them to pass. And he also sets his gym up there. Helen doesn't mind at all, as she enjoys both gyms being really close.
Jewelove also becomes a famous jewel store with Luke joining in, they basically have the Devon Corp sponsoring them. Not only that, Ash and Alice's ability to create accessories from the jewels that they acquired also catches a lot of people's eyes.
Now inside Cerulean City Gym, May, Dawn, Serena, and Lillie are visiting Misty. After the greeting, Misty asks, "Is Ash going to challenge my gym soon or later?"
Lillie sighs, "Misty, Ash is going to save Kanto for last. He is now going for Galar this time. Why do you always think that he will come to your gym and accept your apology?"
Misty frowns a little and says, "And what about you guys? You already earned his forgiveness, and I still haven't. I would want to find him myself, but every time I went to his house, he isn't there."
"Maybe it is because of your attitude towards the whole thing?" May asks. "Ash was not willing to forgive me when I met him after he comes to my Dad's gym. However, I didn't give up on it and I try to prove myself for his forgiveness in the Contest battle."
"Besides, when he forgives Brock, he already says that it is been 8 to 9 years since that whole thing happened. Ash might be different from before, but he is trying to forgive and forget." Lillie says.
"And how do you know about that?" Misty says with a weak laugh. "How are you sure that he won't be angry at me when we met? Compared to you guys, I have been treating him badly."
"Let's change the topic right now, how about we take a rest and do some shopping at the mall?" Dawn asks. "Maybe you should try to forget all those bad stuff right now."
"I hope so..." Misty says as she comes with the four girls to the mall. But much to their surprise, Alice is also at the mall as she is wearing a black colored outfit. Lillie greets them and she says, "Alice, what are you doing here?"
Alice shushes them and says, "I'm doing a mission with Ash, Golly, and Minami. We have a killer inside of the mall."
This causes the five girls to panic a little, Alice takes out the speaker and asks, "Minami, did you get any information?"
"We found the guy, Golly is being the bait to lead her to a secluded place so Ash can shoot him. We can't make any mistakes." Minami says. "Speaking of which, how is the evacuation?"
"We were just doing that until your sister Lillie brings her friends here." Alice says. "What should we do with them?"
"Get them out here as well. We can't risk them being hurt." Minami says as she ends the call.
Alice turns to Lillie and says, "Lillie, please bring them out of the mall right now. We can't risk you guys being hurt by the killer."
"But can't we help out as well?" Lillie asks.
"As much as I want to, we don't want to risk any chances." Alice says.
"Let go of me!" Just then, they hear Golly's scream and Alice rushes to the scene, only to see that the killer already caught Minami and he is holding her with the gun on her head.
"Don't get closer to me!" The killer yells as Alice stops her footing. "If you value this girl's life, drop your weapons to the ground."
Alice grits her teeth as she does what he said, Golly says, "Do you think you'll be able to threaten me like that?"
"Shut up. Don't make me fire the gun." The killer yells. "I have already killed more people and I don't regret killing a beautiful lady like you."
"You're disgusting." Alice says with anger.
"How about we make a deal, if you become my personal slaves, then I'll stop doing what I'm doing right now." The killer says with lust after seeing Alice and Golly's nice bodies. Alice says, "Fat chance. I already have a boyfriend and he is ten times better than you."
"Besides, what makes us think that you won't kill us after you're done with us? You were charged by the police for killing a beautiful woman after you're done satisfying your own needs." Golly says.
"If you want death right now, I'll just do it." The murderer says, but before he can pull the trigger, a bullet shot through his head and he falls limp to the ground, Golly also swipes the gun away and check his breath.
"No breath...he is dead." Golly says.
"Nice work, Ash." Alice says through the speaker, Lillie and the others notice Ash standing on the second floor as he has a gun in his hand. Alice says, "The police will come and take the body away."
"Good, Minami and I will come with you." Ash ends the call as Alice puts the speaker away. Misty turns to Serena and the others and asks, "Can you guys explain to me everything?"
"It is a long story." Serena sighs.
When Ash and Minami arrive, they also notice the girls and he says, "What are they doing here? Alice, did that killer see them?"
"No, they haven't. But it is too late to evacuate them, so I just tell them to hide." Alice says. "Apparently, the Water Gym Leader of Cerulean wanted to apologize to you."
"Really?" Ash says in a cool tone, "Why should I forgive her?"
"But didn't you forgive Serena, Dawn, and May?" Lillie asks. "I mean, why not Misty?"
"From what I've known, it has been 8 years, and never once she has come to me and apologized to me." Ash says while folding his arms. "Every one of them has tried to find me and apologize to me, and they really cared. But what about her? All she did is waiting at her own gym for me to come and then earn my forgiveness right then."
"But if you talk about her like that, then what about me?" May asks.
"Did you forget that I didn't forgive you when I challenged your father's gym? I forgive you because, after that, you'd try to earn it by having a tie with me in the Contest to repay for the ribbon you destroyed." Ash says. "I don't like people who want to earn my forgiveness with a passive attitude."
"Who said I'm passive?" Misty says with anger, and Ash says, "Besides, my anger for Misty is not just how she was controlled by Team Rocket. I want to say you're the complete opposite of Alice, or maybe even Serena and Lillie. You always blame me for something I didn't do when we're traveling together, and you would also mock me every time I lost a battle in our journey."
Misty doesn't know how to argue about that, because what Ash said is true. She recalls all the times they traveled together and how she has treated badly towards Ash. Pikachu didn't listen to Ash when they first travel together, and he is the one who fried her bike. And yet Ash has to take the blame and that's why they start the journey. In Viridian Forest, Ash is just wanting to be friends with Caterpie, and she has been insulting it a lot of times. There are still some more bad memories that she inflicted on Ash, but back then, he didn't seem to care that much.
"If you're thinking that I'm the old me who will always forgive and forget, then you're wrong. Team Rocket's incident made me change, not sure if it is better or worse." Ash says.
Alice squeezes Ash's arm and says, "Ash, please calm down a little. Don't you think you're a little too harsh on her? I mean, both of you were 10 years old back then, and you were bound to be childish back then."
Ash turns to Alice with a small smile and he says, "I'm sorry if I made you worried, Alice. But my anger towards Misty was not because of Team Rocket, it was something from the past."
"I know, I am not saying that you should forgive her right now, besides, I already checked her heart, she really was miserable after realizing what she has done to you." Alice says. "How about this? Next year, you're going to challenge the Kanto League and you'll be facing her for the Cascade Badge. Maybe you two will have a battle just like what May did to you?"
Ash thinks for a while and says, "That sounds like a plan, but it won't be that easy."
He turns to Misty and says, "If you're really sorry for what you've done to me, then prepare your better team when I face your gym, and I want to test how you're really sorry about it."
Misty can only nod as Ash leaves with Alice, Minami, and Golly. Both siblings are staying quiet as it is not their business. Once they are out of sight, Misty asks, "Who are those two besides Ash? They look really like him..."
"They are our siblings, Minami and Golly. Minami is a famous detective, and Golly is also an assassin just like Ash and Alice." Lillie says.
"Wait, siblings?" Misty asks, "You and Ash have become siblings?"
"My Mom died from sickness and we were adopted." Lillie says. "Right now my form is my disguise, but when I'm off, I look just like those two girls."
"Okay..." Misty nods. "But how come you never told me about this?"
"And how come you never told us that you have gone to Brock's wedding?" Lillie retorts back. "So we're equal right now."
"I guess..." Misty sighs, "So should we continue shopping?"
"Of course." Serena says, "That's what we are here for."
Ash and the others decide to head back to Pallet Town, only to see that Professor Cerise bringing Goh and Chloe there as they want to talk.
"There you are, Ash. We need to talk a little." Professor Cerise says.
Ash sighs and he says, "Fine, let's talk inside."
Here is a new chapter, and as you can see, I decide to write about Ash's thoughts about Misty. I know some of them are not that correct compared to anime and some of you guys might think I hate Misty or something. I don't hate Misty, I just don't like her attitude towards Ash. And please don't write any comment about what I said wrong about it. This is just a story and Ash WILL forgive Misty, all he needs is time. I hope you like this chapter.
