I think the past chapter was a bit rushed around the time skip Dx. And the story is nearing its end (not very long was it Dx) I think next chapter will be the last. So let my small drama story come closer to is end!

Chapter 4: Misunderstood

"Thank you Ash for the nice dinner." I smiled and pulled Misty into a hug.

"It was nothing, don't worry about it." Misty returned the hug for a few seconds before separating from me.

"I don't know how you can be so forgiving to me. I mean I did all those things to you and I wasn't fair at all. I could have done more and…"

"Misty be quiet." I said which surprised her. "I told you that I forgave you for everything."

"But why are you still trying to be my friend. I don't deserve this…"

"Because Misty, once a friend always a friend." She gave me a soft smile before getting her purse.

"Thank you Ash… just thank you." And with that Misty walked out the door. I sat down on the couch with a happy smile on my face. It took two months of being too scared to do it, but I finally patched things up with Misty. And now that that relationship was fixed I could work on a new one. I got my shoes on and was about to go out the door when I heard a banging on the door. When I opened it I was greeted by the angry face of Zoey.

"What did you do to Dawn?" She yelled as she threw a punch at me. I instinctively blocked it just for me to almost get kneed between the legs.

"What do you mean? I didn't do anything to Dawn." Zoey ignored me as she tried to kick me in the face. I stepped back away from the punch and got ready to lunge forward when I stopped myself. Fighting with Zoey wasn't going to help me at all. "Zoey I don't want to fight you."

"Or maybe it's that you can't hope to beat me." My competitive side sparked up at that though I quickly pushed it back down.

Suddenly it dawned on me (no pun intended xD) that maybe she saw me with Misty and thought we had hooked back up. "Listen Zoey, I think it was a misunderstanding. I was with Misty and she probably thought we were going out together again."

"And why should I believe you Ash?"

"Because friends believe each other, and you know I wouldn't do anything to hurt Dawn." At that Zoey calmed down though only a bit.

"Then why did she come to me crying?" She said before launching another kick that I blocked.

"I told you. It was a misunderstanding! I was going to go to her house and ask her out before you came in here!" Zoey instantly stopped the next punch she was about to throw.

"Are you lying to me Ash?" I nodded my head no. Slowly a small came to her face. "Then it was all a misunderstanding?" I shook my head yes and she sighed. "Man, that's a relief, and here I thought I was going to have to take you out."

"We'll have to see about that later." I said while giving her a challenging smirk. Until then, let's go see Dawn." She nodded and we both set out to find Dawn. "By the way…" I said while we were lightly jogging to Dawn's house. "How did you get so good in fighting?"

She laughed before turning towards me. "I took karate for a few years." Darn can't have a leg over anybody can I?

Dawn's POV

I was currently crying in my favorite spot, the forest clearing. I couldn't really blame Ash for wanting Misty back. I mean, over the last few months she had changed. She was much kinder and treated everyone better, especially Ash. And to add to that she looked like she had gotten even more beautiful. Come to think of it Ash liked Zoey a bit too. Maybe he would like me better if my hair was red. I giggled a bit before I went right back to crying. This has got to be the worst day of my life.

"Dawn are you okay?" I turned to see Kenny looking down at me. I was surprised to realize that I didn't notice him. He was in his black and white kendo outfit which meant I had spent about two hours here since they didn't stop till seven.

"Ya, I'm alright…"

"I told you Ash was a bad guy. Didn't I tell you?"

"Hey don't bash Ash." I snapped which surprised him. "He's still my friend."

I turned from him which caused him to smirk. "Then why did he leave you here crying?" My eyes widen at his words. I didn't want to believe them but, they held so much truth in them. Then I regretted my thoughts.

"No, I'm the bad friend. I'm here crying when I should be celebrating that Ash and Misty fixed their problems." I could tell that Kenny was surprised at those words.

Kenny just shrugged before saying, "Well that doesn't matter. He still wasn't the man for you." I was about to tell Kenny to be quiet when I felt Kenny grab me. "Like I told you plenty times before the only guy who's perfect for you is me!" I twisted out of his grasp but not before he tried to force me into a kiss.

"What are you doing Kenny?" Kenny just smirked before walking towards me.

"I'm about to show you how I'm the only guy for you." I looked into his to see none of the annoying brat I knew. This Kenny, with his dark and somewhat beady eyes, scared me. I started to back up as he kept getting closer.

"Kenny you should stop this." I said while I kept backing up.

"Why? Don't you want me to show you how I'm the perfect guy for you?" I kept backing away from him until I hit a tree. Now my panic was rising. But right before he got to me a saw a blur of purple and Kenny was backing up.

"You okay, princess." The man said the last part with some sarcasm. I looked up to see Paul standing in front of me. Paul belonged to one of the ruling families of the Sinnoh region. His family was next in command if something happened to mine. Of course that meant that he was raised by his parents to hate and despise me. Though it didn't work entirely on him, and even less on his brother, he still didn't particularly like me, though we did get along pretty nice, though we did have arguments. However he was extremely popular in school and was the captain of the kendo club.

"Why are you here Paul?" Kenny shouted to Paul obviously not expecting him to be here.

"I can't let my princess get hurt. Besides I think men who have to force themselves on girls are weak, hopeless losers." And with that Paul pulled out his wooden sword and pointed it at Kenny.

"What did you say?" Kenny growled as he pulled out his own kendo sword. His blade was bigger than Paul's. I remember him telling me about different weapons. Maybe I should have taken his advice and taken kendo class.

"You held me little punk." Kenny roared, which came out much more intimidating than I thought it would, before rushing Paul.

Ash's POV

Darn she isn't here…" Zoey and I finally reached Dawn's home just for us to realize she wasn't here. "So what should we do know Zoey?" I asked the redhead causing her to shrug.

"I don't know where she would be right now."

"Hey Ash, long time no see!" Me and Zoey turned to see May and Brock running towards us. Along with May was her little brother Max. Almia Academy allowed people of all grades to come. There were all kinds of grade students though we normally stayed apart. Sometimes we would run into Max when we were with May since they stayed in the same house.

"Hey, May how you doing?" I replied as the three of them came up to us. "Hey do any of you guys know where Dawn is?"

"Sorry Ash, I don't have a clue." I turned to Brock to get much of the same answer. I didn't even ask Max seeing as he was here so little. Darn. Are all people with brown hair this useless? I joked to myself as I slowly began to think of places where Dawn could be. One place kept running through my head over and over.

"Come on Zoey I know where she is." I began to jog towards my favorite spot.

"Wait Ash!" She said while trying to catch up with me."Where are we going?"

I smiled before giving my answer. `"Where everything starts is where everything ends."

"I don't understand." Zoey whined as we kept jogging.

"Why, we are going to the forest clearing aren't we Ash?" I jumped a bit when I saw Brock, May, and Max running along side us.

"Hey who told you guys to come?" I yelled at them as I continued to jog.

"Hey, I want o see why you look so eager to find Dawn." Brock said before laughing. "Probably going to ask her out aren't you?"

"How did you know?" I yelled back as I picked up my pace.

This time May replied, "Because Ash, when you get excited to do something you start jogging." She did have a point. I rarely ever jogged because of my heart condition. That didn't keep me from sighing though. Well it's not going to be easy to ask her out if I have all these people with me but hey, the more the merrier.

Dawn's POV

Watch the two of them fight with their swords was amazing. Paul was much cooler then I ever imagined him being. It was if he knew exactly what he was doing. On the other hand, Kenny attacked with so much strength that Paul couldn't just block. I now could see why Kenny's sword was so much longer than a normal one, it was meant for smashing opponents down. Of course Paul was much better and within minutes he knocked away Kenny's blade.

"Trying to force yourself on a girl, how low can you go Kenny? You dare call yourself a perfect man? I've seen five year olds that would make better husbands than you." Paul turned away from the fuming Kenny when I saw a malicious glint in Kenny's eyes as he reached for something in his pocket.

"Paul, watch out!" He quickly turned his body just to get a throwing knife stuck in his right arm. He grunted from the pain which caused him to drop his wooden sword.

"Who's the man now Paul?" Kenny asked with smirk.

"Sure isn't the punk how used a metal weapon and preformed a sneak attack." Paul spat out causing Kenny to growl.

"Shut up! A man does what ever he needs to get what he wants!" He yelled at Paul which just caused him to laugh.

"No, a true man admits when he loses. He doesn't pull off cheap tactics like using metal weapons in a kendo fight."

"So you want to be all high and mighty Paul? Then act like that after this!" With that Kenny kicked Paul right he had been stabbed. Paul buckled over in pain as Kenny laughed. "I finally beat the high and mighty Paul! And now I get my prize." He started to walk towards me just for him to cry out before toppling over.

"Who said I was down, wimp?" We both were amazed to see Paul standing with his blade in his left hand. Kenny smirked before picking up his own kendo sword. Sadly, I knew the second round would not go over well for Paul. The two of them went at it and I could clearly see the difference. Paul's grip on his sword was much weaker than before and every blow Kenny landed on Paul's sword pushed him down. It didn't help that Kenny was mostly attacking at Paul's right side, making it that much harder for Paul to defend himself.

"See Paul the difference between us is that I'm willing to fight for what I want. But what happened to you? You use to be just like me. And why are you even protecting her? If she dies or goes missing don't you stand for next in command?" Kenny said while once again trying to hit Paul's arm.

"Why did I change you ask?" He smirked before giving his answer. "I changed because I meet a wimp named Kenny." Kenny's face turned red before he picked up the speed of his attacks. Even though Paul was obviously losing he still kept laughing.

"Come on Kenny, you still can't take me down with an injured arm?" I suddenly knew what he was doing, though it was a very dangerous game. He was trying to bait Kenny into making a stupid mistake so he could win. Of course if Kenny got mad enough and Paul messed up, well then that would suck for Paul.

"Come on Kenny. Show me that manliness you were talking about." Kenny eyes grew even darker as he began to attack even faster. Kenny was mad but not quite as mad as to do stupid stuff. However the look on Paul's face somehow told me that Paul had one last thing to say. "Hey Kenny I have a question. How are you going to show Dawn how good of a man you are? I hope it's not through sex because you can't be more three inches, little man."

Kenny screamed while Paul laugh, and I had to admit it was slightly funny. However while Paul was laughing, Kenny back up and grabbed another throwing knife from his pants. "SHUT UP!" Kenny screamed before flinging it at Paul. Thankfully Paul moved his body before it hit. Instead of him having a dagger in his chest he had another cut arm. "Make a joke now!" Kenny screamed while getting closer.

"I only have one thing to say… Yo mama!" Kenny screamed again as Paul laughed. "What's wrong? Can't take a junk little man?"

"Just shut up and die!" With that Kenny lifted his sword over his head to smash Paul in.

"STOP!"

Ash's POV

Something felt wrong as we got closer to the forest clearing. There was a horrible silence, one that everyone but Zoey noticed.

"Ash be prepared, something's not right." Brock said in a steady voice, though I could feel the anxiety flowing off of him.

"I'm with Brock Ash, something doesn't seem right." May said a little shakily. I nodded to both of them as we continued to the forest clearing, just to be greeted by a horrible sight.

There was Paul, two blades sticking out of both of his arm kneeling with Dawn behind him. The worst part of all was Kenny though, his eyes dark with hate towards the purple haired boy. Paul just kept laughing even though we all knew Kenny was about to kill him. He was laughing as if he had actually won the fight even though he was about to die.

"Just shut up and die!" Kenny yelled before going to bash Paul's head in.

"STOP!" I yelled as I ran into the forest clearing tackling Kenny out of the way of his target. He turned to glare at me, hate filling his eyes.

"You're the one that tried to take Dawn from me… THIS IS YOUR FAULT!" He ran at me with his kendo sword up while I got into position to fight him, when my heart lurched. I fell to my knees cursing my self. I had over did it when I ran from my house, to Dawn's house, and then all the way here.

"Oh no you don't!" I turned to see Brock get between me and Kenny and punch him in the face. Kenny's body flew back though he quickly got back up. He swung his sword at Brock, and though Brock tried to dodge back he wasn't fast enough. Brock howled in pain as he all heard a snapping noise, making all of us wince.

"Shows how much of a man you are Kenny, using a weapon when someone else doesn't have one. How long can a punk like you go?" We all turned to Paul. Everyone knew him talking like that when he was defenseless was stupid though he did have a point. However because of his words no one noticed that Zoey was sneaking up behind Kenny until it was too late. Instead of a punch in the face or kicking him in the chest like she would have in a normal fight she went for the one-hit KO. Kenny screamed as Zoey kicked him between the legs. All of us winced even though none of us liked him as of the current moment. He fell to the ground rolling and shrieking in his unbearable agony.

"Dawn you okay?"" May said as she helped Dawn to her feet. I turned to see Zoey helping up Paul and I went to help up Brock with Max's help. Once we all got up Dawn pulled out her cell phone and called the police.

"Man, talk about a big mess." I said as I fell to the ground just to get nudged by Brock.

"Hey Ash didn't we come here for something?" I looked up at him puzzled which caused him to scowl. "I didn't get my arm broken for you to forget!" Then it came back to me, why I was here. I laughed before walking to dawn. When she saw me she turned from me which made me sigh. I kept walking till I was in front of her.

"Hey Dawn."

"Yes?" She replied meekly while keeping her face turned from me. I put my hands on her face and turned her face to mine.

"Dawn, will you be my girlfriend?" I said quickly, finding these words very embarrassing to say. However the words lit her eyes up.

"But I thought you was going out with Misty again!" She replied. Even though she said that, I could see hope burning in her blue eyes.

"That was a big misunderstanding Dawn. I was just trying to patch up our friendship that's all." I said and I watched as a small smile came to her face. "So am I going to get an answer?"

Instead of answer she just pulled me into a kiss. Though it wasn't very forceful, I could feel that she was putting her all into it. "Of course I'll be your girl friend." She said happily while pulling me into a hug. I hugged her back and everyone and everyone clapped just a bit, except one person.

"Um you two." We all turned to see Paul leaning against a tree. "It's all nice how the guy got the girl of his dreams and visa versa, but it really does suck that I'm bleeding out of my arms like this. So um, can we hurry this little moment?"

We all laughed as we waited for the police came. Today was the start of a new relationship with Dawn. I may not be the best guy out there and she might not be with me forever, but as long she was with me, I would do my best to be the perfect man for her.