A Jewel in Water
Part 17
A/N: Not too interesting, but made quite a few name errors which could have ruined one of my 'pair' plots! Keep reading to find out what it is ;)
The girl with the violet hair blinked a few times. "What do you mean, 'why is everyone coming for him'?" she asked slowly.
"Let's just say you aren't the first uninvited guest in this castle, due to him," Misty lazily clarified.
"Isn't the better question why are you here for Ash?" Dawn piped up. But this sudden 'attack' on the girl seemed to be the breaking point.
"Look! All I did was come here to return something! I've been running around for over a week trying to make sure that Ash gets his stuff back, and to thank him personally for letting me use it! But I finally find him, I get shouted at to no end!" This situation also seemed to have a negative effect on Brock too.
"No, you look! You come in here, in a less than peaceful manner, and you expect us to be completely cool about it! Think about your actions; you may call us childish, but what you are doing now surpasses that and takes it to a new level!" he bellowed at her ad the rest of the crew stood and watched him. Tears built up in the girls eyes, and she opened her mouth to say something but was interrupted by the trouble maker himself.
"Brock! I thought you were supposed to be a ladies man! What are you doing making them cry?" Ash said in a half jokey, half serious tone. But before Brock could reply Ash continued. "Iris," he said solely, the apologetic tone seeping out. Misty's anger had been building and building. Why? Why had Ash suddenly come here and messed up her life? He seemed to like her, then hate her, and now suddenly he was acting like he owned the place and let uninvited guests enter. Her anger was on the brink. There was only a fine line that she needed to cross before she kicked Ash out of the castle. But Ash had noticed this. He glanced at Misty whilst he was walking down the main stairs and her eyes were red. He initially thought that there was no need to make an impression on Misty, as their relationship was an impressionable one, but then she didn't even remember him! She had erased him from her mind! Other than Brock's plan to 'get' her, he had quickly made a plan to make sure the she would remember him, or even trigger some past memories, but all it did was make her mad and upset. This wasn't what he wanted to do to her. Maybe he needed to take a break from here.
"Right guys, there's nothing to see here, you can leave," Ash addressed them all. He then turned to Misty. "Princess, would it be possible to talk to you briefly after this," he said in a low tone, expecting her to instantly deny him of the chance. Misty looked severely at him, her lips but a thin line on her pale-with-anger face, however she nodded at him and took leave.
"I'll be waiting in the lounging hall," she said as she walked away, and Rudy followed her close behind.
"You can leave too you know," Ash repeated to them.
"Actually, I'd rather stay," replied Kenny. There was no way that he was going to miss something as interesting as this.
"Iris!" cried Dawn suddenly.
"I guess the penny has finally dropped," sighed Ash "But the other penny-," he stopped talking and looked over at Brock. Brock looked at Ash warningly, and Ash knew that this meant that he could no longer continue the conversation in this direction. He turned his attention back to Iris, but she was in a choke hold thanks to Dawn.
"Iris! I missed you! How have you been! You've changed so much! You look like a little lady now!" Iris looked over at Ash, as to try and complete the task that she had set out to do, whilst being sidetracked by Dawn.
"Don't worry, I know what you came for. I'll check on him outside," and with that Ash left through the main doors with Brock on his tail.
"They are like the Misty and Rudy Duo," Paul sighed as he watched them go. Kenny eyed him suspiciously. Now as well as Misty he was after Ash or Brock? Paul really had to sort out his relationships.
"Don't want to be in there?" Ash asked Brock whilst making their way out.
"You know what happened." Brock stated simply, subsequently changing the topic afterwards, "Unlike me when it comes to you and Misty."
"Hey you know what happened this time! I made her angry, and all these visitors for me aren't helping the cause!" Ash justified.
"Not that! I'm talking about why Misty has suddenly made you vanish from her planet and why when you found out, which must have been today, you didn't seem to be either hurt or angry! You just treated it like a game!" Brock cried. Ash stopped walking and turned to Brock with a serious look on his face. This surprised Brock.
"When you left to further your breeding career a lot happened Brock." But before Brock could question Ash, a huge roar erupted from the Charizard that was waiting in a nearby area, whilst being watched by a few security guards.
"Charizard!" Ash cried as he rushed over to hug the Charizard, leaving Brock slightly frustrated and exasperated.
"Chicks, eh?" he muttered, "Give me a good Pokémon any day."
"So basically, you borrowed Ash's Charizard to train your Haxorus and you just wanted to return it?" Dawn clarified.
"Well it would be childish of me to just let it fly off without me giving Ash my thanks! Who knows, it may have resulted in his 'Master' title being lost!"
"I think the word you are looking for is 'rude'," Paul corrected.
"Well, can't change a habit of a lifetime, can you Paul?" Dawn said to him.
"Good one DeeDee!" Kenny cheered whilst raising his hand up for a high five, which Dawn followed through.
"Hmph. Immature." Paul muttered. Meanwhile, on the sidelines Elliot and May were watching.
"Aww, young love." May giggled.
"Young love, is it?" Elliot muttered absent-mindedly, when May realised she was standing next to him and started blushing as a result. What an awkward conversation she was going to have if she didn't change the topic! But Elliot really had other things on his mind. If May was standing this close to him, no matter how much he had changed if Ash had already discovered his identity, then he needed a really good disguise. But the problem was that how was he going to get a disguise whilst still looking like 'Elliot'?
The silence between May and Elliot was elongating, and before she could think of anything to say he spoke up:
"Sorry May, I need to leave for a bit. But I'll be back soon! See you later, okay?" Elliot said as he left her side. May couldn't help but get her hopes up. 'See you later'? Was that a promise?