A Jewel in Water

Part 16

"So, Elliot." Ash smiled.

"Ash…" pleaded Elliot, "Please don't tell anyone!" Ashs' face turned serious.

"Come on. Why would I tell anyone? As you know, I have secrets that I don't want spilled as well!" Ash cried, "But I just want to know why you did it." Elliot looked sceptically at Ash. Ash sighed. "And no, I will not use this to make you my gay lover. Didn't you hear, I already called someone else for that." He clarified. Elliot still didn't look convinced but he softened up a bit.

"…fine. I'll tell you." Elliot started, but surprise surprise, something interrupted.

Misty was blubbering and Paul was looking at her disdainfully.

"Come on Misty! Stop crying! I thought that consoling you would do it, but you aren't co-operating at all!" he was exasperated. Then he tried another tactic. "This is my last day you know. I might not be back for a while after this."

She looked up at him and stopped crying. However there was still a large frown on her face.

"Okay, I'm sorry, I'll stop. I'm just being a bit emotional here."

"Don't tell me it's that time of the month!" said another approaching voice.

"Can you get much more rude?" asked Misty as Rudy came into view. Rudy smiled at her and attempted to sit next to her. He succeeded, but she moved closer to where Paul was now standing. He took no notice.

"Ah, you didn't get it all off." Paul stated. Rudy's smile was wiped off of his face and he unintentionally touched his face.

"Can you blame me? That Ash used some tattoo ink or something!" Rudy defended himself.

"You do know how tattoos are made, don't you?" Paul asked. Rudy decided to ignore this and turned his attention towards Misty. There were some tears on her face. He pulled out a handkerchief and wiped her tears away. Misty turned to look at Paul with a desperate look on her face. But Paul mistook this and sighed.

"Okay, fine. I'll leave to go pack then, and leave you two alone. Geez, get a room." And he stalked off. Misty was close to dying at this point. The last thing she needed right now was to be consoled by her stalker.

"Rudy, sorry, but I'd rather be alone" she tried to shrug him off gently. He didn't take the hint.

"But how can I leave you when you are in this state because of this fiend!" he cried shocked. He took her hands and looked into her eyes.

"HELP ME." Thought Misty. Then came the maid, with Misty's release forms. Or release phrase.

"Princess. We have a problem." Misty got up like a shot. Whatever the problem was, it had to be better than being comforted by Rudy. But he wasn't going to let her go easily. This was the first time that he had gotten close to Misty for a long period of time. Every single time there were interruptions. He was keep to her very closely until they were alone again.

Back with Ash, there was a sudden roar which helped Elliot escape the interrogation and he ran to the door to see what the source of the noise was. There was a great orange beast being shooed back outside and a girl shaking her head as the beast growled.

"Such a childish rule. Why can't unpermitted Pokémon allowed into the castle." Elliot turned around but Ash had been paying no attention and had walked into the Pokémon Paradise in the next room. He knew that Elliot was not going to tell him anything truthfully right now. The way Elliot ran out of the room so fast when there was a noise that sounded like that someone was dragging furniture across the floor. That didn't seem to be anything to get too excited about. They were just rearranging the castle. It was nothing to run out in excitement for.

"Come on guys, you need to eat now, almost dinner time." He called. As if they needed any cajoling. As soon as Ash had given each Pokémon their respective food he was about to leave to go join the rest of the guys when he felt a tug on his leg. It was Caterpie. Maybe what Misty did to it traumatised it more than he thought. He smiled and crouched down to its level.

"Okay, eat. I'll wait." The Caterpie became very excited and scoffed all its food down within seconds. Then it appeared back next Ash. "Slow down there!... Wait a second… with a bit more training… that's it! Come on!" he grabbed it and put it on his shoulder. He then got up quickly and ran straight out of his room, but when he reached the top of the stairs he found something that surprised him. In a good way.

"Who are you?" asked Brock, who had been called out by his curiosity again.

"It's no use Brock. We already tried that. She'll just go, 'It's so childish' and not tell us." Kenny sighed.

"Well, why would I tell you? Anyway I'm here to see someone." Misty came over and joined the fray, with Rudy close behind.

"Excuse me, may I ask why you decided to come and disrupt the peace of my castle?" Misty asked sternly. The young girl looked at her and blinked. All eyes were on the girl.

"I'm sorry, it was childish of me wasn't it?" she admitted and smiled sheepishly.

"I wouldn't quite say that, but could you tell me why you're here?" Misty pressed. Then she heard a roar outside of the castle. "What on earth have you brought here?" she cried.

"Well that's it. I need to return something, but when I went over to his place, they said he was away."

"Who said?" asked Brock. She turned to face Brock and scowled. "I'm talking to someone here."

"I can't deal with these young annoying types." He said to May and Elliot who were both standing next to him the entire time. The both tried not to smile, but they were still focused on what was happening at the moment.

"Who did you need? Why would you come over here?" Misty was getting a bit stressed. Rudy was looking expectantly at her, as if to hurry this thing up.

"Ah, yes, sorry. I wanted to speak to Ash." She finally informed.

"Why is everyone coming here for him?"