Watersplash Couples

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon, but if I did Ash and Misty would be together and Ash would still have Charizard.

Chapter 3

Ash, Misty, May, and Drew sat in the stands and watched the first round. Ash was really nervous. ' Is this why Misty was so reluctant to enter this thing?' Ash thought. He looked at Misty. ' Do I still want to go through with this? Misty is my best friend and this could seriously destroy our friendship and…' "ASH!!! WAKE UP!!!" Misty snapped Ash out of his trance. " What now?!" Ash snapped back. Misty looked angry. "I was trying to tell you that its time for our battle! Maybe I should just quit and make you forfeit the match!!" she shouted. Ash looked shocked. 'Wait a minute, I can use this contest to see if Misty really wanted to be in it or not and what she really thinks of me!' Ash thought. He praised himself mentally for coming up with such a genius plan. " I'm sorry Misty, I didn't mean to snap at you." Ash said. He grinned "Now let's get this started." He shouted. "ALL RIGHT NOW ITS TIME FOR THE MATCH BETWEEN ASH OF PALLET TOWN AND MISTY OF CERULEAN CITY VS JIMMY AND MARINA OF CIANWOOD CITY!!" the announcer shouted over the intercom. LETS SEE WHICH COUPLE COMES OUT ON TOP!! Ash shuddered again at the word 'couple'. Ash had always sort of had a crush on Misty, but never really saw them as a couple before. Then he developed a love for Misty, at first he thought he loved her for her battle skills. The more time they spent traveling together, the more things he found about her that he liked. He liked the way she looked at him, the way she smiled, the way she battled (of course), and the way she was gentle and looked out for her friends. He also knew that if Misty found out about what he thought of her, it could, scratch that, definitely would destroy their friendship. He remembered a talk he had with Brock.

Flashback

Brock was sitting in the forest making dinner. He looked around and saw his two best friends, Ash and Misty. Misty was snuggled in her sleeping bag. Ash was sitting next to the campfire with his arms hugging his legs to his chest. He obviously had something on his mind. "What's the matt…" He cut himself off " … Its her isn't it." Ash looked up rather annoyed. "What?" he asked. "You need to quit thinking so much about her." Brock said. Ash had to say it again. "WHAT BROCK?!" he yelled, disturbing Misty a little. "You should really get your mind off Misty." Ash stared at him. " What makes you think I'm thinking about Misty?" Brock smiled as he stirred the stew a little. " Come on Ash, do you realize how obvious you are?" Ash looked at the ground. "Even if I do like her, she is my friend and there is no way she can like me that way." Brock poured Ash some soup and gave it to him. "This is just something you will have to figure out on your own buddy."

End Flashback

Ash and Misty stood next to each other on a platform on a water battlefield. Across from them stood their opponents Jimmy and Marina. (A/N: Yes, it is Jimmy and Marina from Pokemon Chronicles, I thought it would be a good idea to put them in this fic.) "Go Wani Wani!!" Marina yelled as she threw a ball. "Go Surskit" Jimmy threw his ball into the air too. A Feraligatr and a Surskit burst from the balls. (A/N: I know Jimmy doesn't have a Surskit but he needed a water Pokemon and I couldn't really keep him anchored to the Johto region.) Misty stepped back as she saw the two obviously well trained Pokemon. Ash looked at her. " Hey don't worry about it Misty, we can win this one." He said. Misty smiled " Your right Ash, I shouldn't be getting so worked up about this. Go Starmie" she shouted as she through the Pokeball and Starmie came out of it. "Go Corphish!" Ash said as he called out his Pokemon. Jimmy smiled. " Hey good luck you two!!" he called. Then he got serious. " Surskit use take down on Starmie!!" he commanded. Surskit closed in and hit Starmie. Misty just stood there. ' I can't do this. What if we lose and Ash gets mad at me and never speaks to me again. I couldn't deal with something like that.' Then she felt a hand on her shoulder. " Come on Mist, you can take this, you're an incredible water Pokemon trainer and together we can beat these two." Ash said and grinned. Misty stared at him blankly. Then she smiled. " All right Ash, your right. Lets go! Starmie, use rapid spin on Surskit!!" she called. Starmie started spinning well rapidly and slammed into Surskit, sending it flying into the flying in the wall. Jimmy panicked, " Surskit no!" Ash and Marina must have finally gotten enough of just standing around. " Corphish, use Crabhammer on Croconaw!! Ash called. "Wani Wani, use Mega Punch!!" Marina called out as both the Pokemon launched their attacks. But Croconaw was faster and slammed its fist into Corphish sending it flying backwards. It was about to hit the wall when it was saved by a blue aura that encircled it. Ash looked shocked. He scanned the field to find the cause. What he saw was Misty with a smirk on her face. Then he saw Starmie with the same aura. Then he realized what it was. Psychic.

"Come on Ash, you can't expect me to pull you out of everything, you dork." Misty said with a smile. Starmie brought Corphish back to safety. Ash smirked. " Oh yeah they're in for a battle now!" Ash shouted.

Will Ash and Misty win the battle against Jimmy and Marina. What about May and Drew? Find out in the next chapter.

Sorry this one is not the last chapter and is not as romantic as I would have liked but I hope you liked it and sorry it took a while to post.