A/N well, guys, I want to do a one-short for Christmas that's set in season 1 or 2, guys and girls with a lot of pokeshipping for you and some NaruSaku as well, which I hope that you all love. After all, I did want this to come out sooner thanks to the Last, which I hear is not doing well, but hey, I could be wrong. I wanted to make this since I will be busy in the next few weeks, so I thought I would do this for you all.
Christmas special
Snow falling heavily outside, beautiful ice crystals were swirling in the frosty night air. Inside it was warm and warm, the room buzzing with conversation and cheer. Ash raised an eyebrow, looking outside the window and then back to the crowd inside. His heart hammered anxiously in his chest, and that's also slowly accompanied by a warm feeling that made him strangely happy.
But what was causing those feelings? Could it be Christmas? Was it the excitement of getting presents and the joy and fun of the party? Maybe it was the delightful snow and the impatience for day to break so he could play in it.
There's a feeling I'm getting.
I just can't explain.
Making me glad tonight
Maybe it's Christmas,
Maybe the snow
Maybe the mistletoe
'No.' Ash answered himself, knowing that those weren't the reasons for his unexplainable excitement. Something suddenly caught his eye, and his heart skipped a beat. He knew this must be the reason! He turned to see the object of his emotions.
His eyes widened, and he felt his face turn red. 'This is what's making me so happy?' The noise from the party was now distorted and faded. All Ash could see was the mistletoe, and all he could hear was his heartbeat.
Slowly, step by step, he walked towards the mistletoe, drawn to it like a Venomoth to a flame; he looked over as he saw that Naruto was trying his best to get Sakura under some mistletoe, making him laugh lightly.
"Come on, Sakura-chan," Naruto said with a grin crossed over his face. "It's a party, so come on and dance."
On the other hand, Sakura was not falling for the trick Naruto was trying to pull as she saw where he was trying to take her. "No, you don't Naruto, I know what you're trying to do, and I won't fall for it, you hear." She said with a huff and crossed her arms over her chest.
Naruto just gave the girl a playful grin at her as he pretended like he didn't know what she was talking about while acting innocently. "What are you talking about, Sakura all I want is a little dance," Naruto replied, still trying to act innocent.
However, Sakura just looked over to where Misty was and knew the redhead was looking at her, and all Sakura could do was hope that Naruto saw Misty was there right now. "But Naruto, there is something you need to know." Sakura started as she looked at her team-mate and friend. "Misty is already there, and I think that she is waiting for Ash so shouldn't we let them kiss," Sakura said as she gave Naruto a grin as she knew that he had stopped. "And we both know how Ash is, so shouldn't we try to help them."
Once she had said, this Sakura saw the sly look that Naruto had in his eyes and knew that his inner prankster thought of something to use on the two. "Oh Sakura-chan, why did you have to go and say something like that?" he asked and looked over to Ash, and saw that he was doing the best that he could to keep away from Misty and the mistletoe. "Alright, Sakura-chan I'm in. It's time for Operation let's get them to kiss is a go." Naruto said as he punched a fist into the air.
Misty's sea-green eyes scanned the party, picking out familiar faces in the crowd. One of the Nurse Joys, Brock-unaware that Joy was behind him, Professor Oak, Tracey, and many other faces, but no Ash. Wondering where the reckless Pokémon trainer could be, she searched for him.
During her search, the mistletoe caught her eye. She stared at it, her heart thudding with a yearning ache and color appearing on her cheeks. 'Ash…' The secret hidden in her heart screamed to get out, splashing her with a powerful wave of emotion.
There's a secret I'm keeping that no one can hear
I'm feeling deep in my heart
Maybe this Christmas my true love will show
Under the mistletoe
Ash had made it to the mistletoe and stood under it, not knowing what to do now or why he was there. Who exactly am I waiting for anyway? He wondered and looked around. The noises of the party had returned, and so he was more aware of his surroundings.
Jolly Old St. Nicholas
Before the night is through
There's something very special that I'd like to say to you
Merry, Merry Christmas
And I'd like you to know
Misty just smiled as she too looked around as her Pokémon were also enjoying the party. "Now you be good Togepi," Misty said as the little egg Pokémon gave her mother a happy chirp.
I'm hoping that I meet someone under the mistletoe.
On the other hand, Sakura smiled at her two friends that she had gotten to know since coming to this world and smiled as she saw that Misty was standing under the mistletoe and knew what she was planning, and she couldn't help but smile at the redhead. "Hi Misty, this sure is an awesome a party, huh," Sakura said as she moved over to her friend, as Sakura made sure that she didn't get caught underneath this damn mistletoe herself as that was the last thing she needed right now.
Misty just giggled as she nodded at Sakura and looked over to Naruto. "I see that Naruto tried to get you under the mistletoe?"
Sakura just looked at Misty with a shocked face. "Oh come on, Misty, that is not funny, you know," Sakura said as Misty saw the girl's face starting to go red.
However, all Misty could do was laugh even more than before as she looked at Sakura, as Sakura raised an eyebrow at her orange-haired friend as she wondered what was so funny. "What's so funny Misty?"
Misty crossed her arms as she looked at the pink hair girl with a cheeky smile. "Oh, Sakura, I can tell just by how red your face is right now," Misty replied with a grin forming. "We girls know, after all."
With one last smiled, Misty left Sakura as she needed to be ready.
Now there's a crowd at the party
Our friends are all here
Everyone's warm and bright
Maybe I'll meet him where hearts are aglow
Under the mistletoe
Maybe I'll just stand here
And no one will know
I'm under the mistletoe
"Wow. This party sure is crowded." He said aloud and noticed the food on the tables. "Hey, wait a minute! There are Christmas cookies over there! Let's go get some Pikachu!" Ash said excitedly, his eyes becoming bubbly.
"Pika!" Pikachu agreed with equal enthusiasm as Ash left his post and started towards the food. After he had taken only a few steps away from the mistletoe, Misty appeared suddenly.
"Hi, Ash, glad I could catch you." Misty greeted as she gave a smile to him, hoping that this would work.
Ash almost jumped in surprise, and he became anxious. "Oh, hi, Misty." He said nervously. He was still cautious of the mistletoe a few steps behind him and started to sweat. 'Of course, it was Misty. I was waiting for why me. But I can't do this.'
"Great party, right Ash?" She continued and took a step forward while Ash, in turn, took a step back.
Ash froze as he realized what Misty was trying to do. She was trying to push him back under the mistletoe. "Yeah, we were just going to get something to eat." He said dismissively, looking past her at the food.
"Did you see Nurse Joy?" She asked, changing the subject.
"Y-Yeah, maybe you should go tell Brock." He joked, putting his hand on the back of his neck. Please? He begged silently.
"Yeah, maybe not Ash, that is the last thing we need," Misty said with a raised eyebrow.
"Anyways, may we please pass you? We're pretty hungry." He finally asked.
"Oh... Sure." Misty sounded disappointed. She tried to step aside, but Ash was already going in that direction. Ash attempted to move to the other side, but Misty moved to get out of his way. It was just an awkward process that lasted only for a little bit before Ash finally broke past Misty and went to the tables.
'Whew, that was close.' Ash sighed with relief as he got his food. 'I almost got caught under the mistletoe.'
Misty had spotted Ash from walking under the mistletoe; she was staring at seeing this happen. Her heart skipped a beat and surged with hope as he just stood under it. It was as if he was waiting for her. She walked towards him, Butterfrees fluttering in her stomach.
She reached him when he was a couple of steps away from the mistletoe, walking somewhere. When she got closer to him, the panic was evident on his face. She just didn't know if the fear came from being shy or that he didn't want to get kissed.
'This may be my only chance, and he's so close!' Misty thought and sneakily started to push him back towards the mistletoe. Frustration hit her when he caught on to her plan and refused to budge.
She became hurt by how desperately he wanted to get away from her, so Misty couldn't hide her tone of hurt and disappointment when he asked to get past her.
Jolly Old St. Nicholas
Before the night is through
There's something very special that I'd like to say to you
Merry, Merry Christmas
And I'd like you to know
I'm hoping that I don't get caught under the mistletoe
After he got past her, she stared after him sadly. 'Maybe he just doesn't know how I truly feel about him.' She tried to cheer herself up, hopefully. 'He may find out, you just never know….'
"These cookies are delicious!" Ash said through his cookie filled mouth, shoving another handful into his mouth
"Pika pi!" Pikachu agreed as he stuffed his face in turn.
Ash swallowed his last mouthful of cookies. "Let's go tell Brock about these cookies!" Pikachu jumped on Ash's shoulder, and the two went to look for their friend. Brock was standing among the crowd with his head down as he moped.
"Hey, Brock, what's wrong?" Ash asked as he reached him.
"Pika?" Pikachu asked curiously.
"Nurse Joy rejected me," Brock said sadly.
"Hmm? I thought you would be used to that by now. Come on! You should go and get some Christmas cookies. They should cheer you up!"
Jolly Old St. Nicholas
Before the night is through
There's something very special that I'd like to say to you
Merry, Merry Christmas
And I'd like you to know
I'm hoping that I don't get caught under the mistletoe
Brock was unsure for a second, but then his head suddenly popped up, and he grinned excitedly. "Maybe I can share a cookie with Joy!" He danced off.
Ash blinked and then shrugged, looking for more people to tell about the cookies. Everyone seemed to have cookies on their plates. Ash frowned, disappointed as he wanted to spread cookie joy. Then Ash saw Misty without a plate and smiled. Maybe he could spread cookie joy after all. He walked towards her, forgetting what had happened earlier.
Now there's a crowd at the party
Our friends are all here
Everyone's warm and bright
Maybe he'll find out
You just never know
On the other hand, Naruto was getting ready as he looked over to Sakura as the two ninjas nodded as Sakura was already holding another mistletoe in her hand. Mainly it's just in case Ash decided to run off from Misty. The two already had a radio on them so they could communicate with each other.
"Alright Sakura-chan I'm ready, what about you?" Naruto whispered into his radio.
With a light laugh on the other side, Sakura just gave a light giggle. "Well I'm all set got some more mistletoe from Mrs. Ketchum, and she was more than happy to help when I told her what we are planning," Sakura said as Sakura was already on the ceiling as she began, too look around the party for her to targets and soon smiled as she saw them. "Naruto, I see them remember we need to wait," Sakura said with a whisper.
Maybe I'll stand here.
Maybe I'll go
Ash looked around once more as he saw Naruto talking, but with whom it was, he had no idea as he needed to be on the lookout for Misty.
"Alright, Naruto, I can see them. They're getting closer to each other," Sakura said with a grin on her face watching what was going on.
Maybe this Christmas
I might let him know.
Misty was looking around and began to wonder what happened to Sakura as she had last seen her talking to Ash's mum, and that was the last time she had seen the girl. "I just wonder where Sakura went off too," Misty asked as she looked around the room and only saw Naruto, who looked like he was saying something, but with the music on, it was hard to hear what he was saying.
Maybe this Christmas
I might just get, Uh oh.
When Misty saw him walking towards her, her face brightened. 'This is it.'
"Hi Ash, did you get something to eat?" Misty asked when Ash reached her. "Uh, yeah-" Ash started, about to tell her about the cookies but pausing when her expression changed.
She stared at him with half-closed eyes, a soft smile on her face. "Um, Ash?" She asked sweetly. "Did you realize we're standing under the mistletoe?"
"Huh?" Ash asked dumbly, looking up to see the plant of doom in between them. "WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" He screamed with wide eyes and a scarlet face.
"Ash! Where are you going?" Misty yelled angrily at Ash as he bolted away.
"I'm going to get some Christmas cookies!" Ash called without stopping.
"You just got some cookies!" Misty snapped.
"I-I know, come on, Pikachu!"
"What's his problem, Pikachu?" Misty growled, glowering at Ash.
"Pika." Pikachu twitched his ears.
"Come on, Pikachu!" Ash yelled as he looked down at his friend.
"Uh, Ash Watch out for-" Misty tried to warn him but was too late.
Ash wasn't looking where he was going and ran right into a table, stumbling and falling face-first into the cake while also knocking over some of the other food.
"Never mind..." She said.
Watching the two trainers, Sakura and Naruto sighed what they saw and knew that they needed to put their plan into action before Ash ran away. "Hey, Ash, let me help you up." He said as he looked up to Sakura and gave a little nod and a smile.
Sakura nodded as she moved to where Ash and Naruto were and watched as she saw Misty making her way over to the two. "Ash, are you alright?" Misty asked as she moved closer to him.
"Yeah..." Ash began as he started to get up and saw the frown that was on Misty's face. "I'm alright."
"Well, good, so why did you run off like that?" She asked as she crossed her arms over her chest and gave Ash a little scowl.
On the other hand, Ash just began to get very nervous as he saw the look on Misty's face as he started to back away from her. Ash, not knowing that right behind him, Naruto was smiling away as he saw Sakura right about Ash and Misty with the mistletoe in hand as she made her way above the two.
"Well, Ash, I want to know as well?" Naruto said as he looked over at Ash with a grin on his face. "I mean, I thought that's what I thought is supposed to do kiss the one that under the mistletoe?" He asked with a goofy grin.
"Well, you see Uhmmm," Ash said as he tried the best that he could to at least think of a reason as to why he didn't kiss Misty.
However, all Naruto did was smile more and more, and Misty began to wonder what he was smiling about; and she soon looked up and saw Sakura holding onto some mistletoe and smiling down. "Hey, you two, what's up?" She asked with a grin as Ash looked up, and he soon saw what Sakura was holding.
The moment Ash saw that mistletoe in Sakura's hand, his face went blue as Naruto stopped him from running away. "Sorry, Ash. I'm not one for the rules, but with this one well, I think I will follow it."
When Ash heard this from Naruto, he just shot the blonde ninja a look that said I would be getting you and Sakura back for this somehow, and he was going to make sure that he did as well. But right now, Ash needed to deal with the present situation at hand, and that's Misty and the stupid mistletoe above the two.
He could already see the blush that was slowly forming on Misty's face, and he may not have been that smart, but he could tell that she was a little embarrassed by all this. "Look, Misty, let's just get this over with as fast as we can," Ash said as his face started to go red and looked away, not sure really what else to say.
Misty simply nodded as she looked up at Sakura. Once Ash was not looking at her, she smiled up at her. "Thank you." Misty mouthed to her friend as Sakura quietly smiled back as Misty closed her eyes along with Ash as both moved closer and closer to each other. Now that many of their friends watched the two knowing that their lips would be touching the other within moments, something that was soon making many smiles none more than Delia.
A/N, well guys, that's the end of the chapter a little short, I know, but I was debating a long time on if I should have Ash and Misty kiss. Still, in the end, I thought that they should, and all thanks to our two ninjas lol and yes, I know many of you hate me right now for not showing or, in this case, telling the kiss lol but hey later on the really will kiss same with Sakura and Naruto you all need to wait for it is all.
Update note: I fixed this chapter on 02/10/21