A/N: Sigh.. I just realized these have been Pokemon/Human… Need to do a human/human or pokemon/pokemon next… Also, this was written for SHARK WEEK!
Pairings left: Alakazam/Missingno, May/Blazikan, Brock/Bayleef, Misty/Starmie, Arceus/Volkner, Harley/Giratina, Dialga/GiratinaMisty/Garchomp
Misty/Garchomp
Misty hummed along to herself, taking a brisk walk outside her family's gym for exercise. She had been taking care of the Gym for a long time whilst her sisters were away, but a few months ago, their world trip ended, and they had to come back.
She wasn't exactly all that excited to see them again, but it was nice to know they were safe. They showed her all the pictures they took, mainly scenic places from different regions.
They had brought back tons of fruity souvenirs, they even had so many worthless trinkets, they actually had to use crates to bring them in. (She heard them asking if she could help, but Misty knew better, and ran off to hide before they made her do all the work)
Although, there were some souvenirs she did care about that her sisters had gotten.
They had been nice enough to tape Ash's tournaments from other regions, and the occasional contest he participated in. (Which deeply confused her. Why would ASH of all people be interested in a CONTEST?) She didn't get that guy at all…
She sighed. Her days had been boring as of late, the trainers had been low lately, most likely challenging that new Battle Frontier. Even most people that DID come to the gym came just to see the show. Even Brock had been busy lately, saying he was trying to earn a doctorate to become a pokemon doctor.
The irony was that she hated that she had to come back because of her sisters winning a round-the-world trip, but now she was so bored since they came back, she wanted the trip herself now.
On the plus side, since she was a few years older now, they didn't call her the runt anymore, although they would still tease her by calling her their baby sister. It was better than being called runt, by a long shot.
She stopped when she came around the gym, noticing how weathered the gym looked on the outside. They really needed to get that fixed…
"MISTY!" Misty blinked, seeing her three sisters running towards her, screaming and crying at the same time.
"Wha… What's wrong?" Misty was dumbfounded, what would her sisters be such big crybabies about?
"SHARK! THERE'S A SHARRRK!" She raised an eye.
"A… Shark?"
"YES! IT WAS GONNA GO CHOMP ON OUR SWEET, BEAUTIFUL FACES!" They cried in unison.
If it was a shark, it was most likely a water-type, and they didn't have sharks… "Okay, what did it look like?"
"It… It had a huge star on its head, and a red belly… LIKE BLOOD COLORED!" Daisy said nervously.
Misty growled. "Fine! I'll go take care of that shark. Will that calm you down?" They nodded as they ran off…to the mall.
Misty face palmed. She hated when her sisters got whiny like that. She didn't know if they were genuinely scared, or just wanted to make her get rid of it by herself.
She went in the gym, taking note that everything looked fine, all the lights were on, the multiple water pokemon seemed happy in their tanks…
"Gar!"
Misty turned her head to see a retreating blue tail in the main tank where they performed…
"Yikes, I guess they might've not been kidding around…" She ran around to the entrance to the tank, changed into her swimsuit and grabbed her breather.
"All right whatever-you-are. You're gonna regret scar- surprising Misty the gym leader!" Misty huffed. She wasn't good with issuing threats to something she couldn't even see.
She climbed the ladder to the tank, noticing the large boxes stacked around the base of the ladder, and the boxes on the rim of the tank. (Some of which were quite big)
After reaching the top, she looked around the main tank, seeing nothing out of the ordinary (Minus new props and sea things her sisters brought from their trip), she had to wonder where it could've been hiding, and hesitated, hoping not to have to go against something like an angry Gyrados like when she was young. Water master she wanted to be, but she didn't want be made into fish food before that!
Misty dived into the water, and swam around the tank, cautiously swimming near the top of the water so she could make for break if needed. She looked down at the bottom of the tank all around, until she was certain she just made a lap around the whole tank.
She surfaced, releasing her breather. "Where is it! It's not like it just up and disappeared…"
Misty groaned, it was not a good sign…
She screamed as she felt rigid scales clutch her legs… And bob her under the water, the thing grabbing her down and, oddly enough, pushing her back up to the surface.
"What- what's going on?" She looked down at her legs to see blue arms with a blade at the end… "A- a garchomp!"
She looked down to see that garchomp look up at her, seeing that he had been noticed. He let go of her legs and rose up to the surface of the water next to Misty, giving her a greeting in pokemon speak.
"Gar! Gar- gar chomp gar!"
Misty stared at the land (Irony at it's best, she thought) shark, and remarked, "So… You're the shark my sisters told me to get."
The garchomp tilted his head and swam in a circle around her. He stopped and smiled in front of her. "Chomp!"
Misty raised an eye. "Were you just looking for someone to play with?"
The garchomp nodded.
"Okay… Not sure what you're doing here, but it's not like I was doing anything important."
The garchomp made a happy roaring noise, and dived into the water. Misty put her breather back on and dived in after him. She followed the pokemon down into the pool when it went back to her and tapped her forehead with a claw, smiled, and swam away.
Misty stared for a bit at the retreating pokemon until realizing he had "tagged" her it.
She swam off after the garchomp, swimming through obstacles as the two played an underwater game of tag, Mist having more fun than she had in weeks.
After a bit of chasing, Misty and the garchomp resurfaced for air, the two sharply inhaling the crisp air outside the water-filled tank.
Misty waved for the garchomp to follow her as she swam to the ridge of the tank to sit down. As soon as the garchomp sat next to her, Misty let out a soft sigh. "It's nice to have some fun again. I almost forgot how to fun, if you can believe that." The garchomp tilted his head inquisitively and growled quizzically.
"When I came back to the gym, I was a bit sad to stop traveling with Ash, but I got over it. I challenged trainers, did shows, blah, blah, and had fun for a while." She leaned back and forth. "But… Just a few months ago, it stopped being any fun… Trainers don't come here anymore thanks to that Battle Frontier, and I've gotten kind of bored doing the shows…"
She looked at the garchomp. "And when my sisters came back, I thought maybe I could go hang with Ash, but he already left for Sinnoh…" The garchomp didn't know who 'Ash' was, but placed a claw on her shoulder.
Misty smiled a little. "Thanks… My sisters aren't really much help for my boredom, considering they're worrying about the show and all…"
"My sisters are nice enough when they aren't teasing. Although this one time a bunch of caterpie came in and freaked me out… I kind of wish at times like that Ash was still here so he could get rid of them for me, that doofus… But… He's off on another adventure now, and beggars can't be choosers…"
Garchomp nodded his head, and an idea came into his head. "Gar! Gar- gar!" He splashed back into the water, doing complex swimming patterns in the water.
Misty stared at him doing his underwater acrobatics, and got his idea. "Do you… want to be in the show?" The garchomp swam back up, nodding with a roar.
Misty smiled widely. "That's great!" She then made an evil grin. "I'm sure my sisters will LOVE this…" She grabbed the garchomp by the arm, and dunked the both of them into the tank, preparing for a show that would bring back her spirit –and make Misty's sisters lose theirs.
A/N: Yeah, just an excuse to write something shark-themed. Why not Sharpedo? Because I don't care for sharpedo. D: