Here's another cute one-shot for you guys! I hope you enjoy it!
I never saw it coming. My mother warned me about it. My best friends told me what would happen. All of the signs were placed in plain sight.
Yet I ignored them all.
As I walked along the edge of some unnamed mountain trail, I asked myself the same question I've continuously asked myself ever since I realized it.
Why me, why her, and why love?
When did my thoughts drastically change from Pokémon training to love training? Since when was my next primary goal not the next gym battle, but the next opportune time to get her to smile? How was it everything got so complicated without me noticing?
Also, when did I ever ask myself this many questions, or cared to for that manner?
Looking over my shoulder and past my yellow Pokémon partner, I stole a glance from the girl in question. Misty. That name suited her perfectly. She was a mist that slowly crept upon me, and before I knew it, I was lost in a land known as love.
Lost and without a chance to escape.
But, unlike most mist, this one in particular was comforting and warm. It took away from the loneliness since it was always there, and unlike the ones that made you lost, this mist had actually kept me on a path that would eventually lead me to greatness.
Was that what love really was, or did I lose my mind like the poets in those ancient textbooks?
Either way, if that's what love really was, then maybe…just maybe…it would be something I am willing to chase after. The dream that was the loving mist, Misty Waterflower.
And it's more fun to think of it that way.
As I gazed at Misty's heartwarming complexion, I found myself lost in a trance, as unbreakable as my spirit. Noticing the beauty that was Misty, I couldn't help but question myself again.
How come I never noticed this before?
And as I looked forward, I couldn't help but ask myself another important question.
Shouldn't I be paying more attention to where I was walking?
"AAAAAAAAH!" Ash cried as he plummeted down the mountain.
The sea. An endless splendor of beautiful blue, filled with mysteries man has yet to discover. Unpredictable, tumbling, beautiful waves. As I stood on the edge of land, my ruby eyes was transfixed on the sunset before more, my mind wondering endlessly. I remembered not liking the sea years ago, solely because it was dauntingly endless and filled with dangers. But…I've reconsidered those old thoughts with those of the new, one of more revelation, more experience, and possibly…more intrigue.
I brushed my snowy locks away from my face as it flailed in the wind. Looking up at the sky, forever pondering.
Love. Something so infinite, and yet so welcoming and blissful. So many paths, and yet so many more questions. Unquenchable, insatiable, glorious love. Closing my eyes and releasing a sigh, I question to myself how something so great could also be so evil in its own strange way. I almost laughed at how I used to think love was nothing but sappy nonsense made up by poets with nothing better to do. However…I've learn to cope with its odd ways of working and started to understand what it meant to be in love.
Glancing at the sea again, I thank myself for falling in love every time I glance at the one closest to my heart and soul.
May. A person so uncanny yet lovely. So filled with complexities, yet always bubbling with happiness. Unstoppable, unbelievable, heavenly angel. Grasping the silver locket attached to my platinum necklace, I relished the thought of how this piece of metal with a picture of the loved one in question was the same person who trusted me to have it. To think I used to consider her as some nobody with no means of dignity or grace whatsoever. Now…I'm sure this was the one person, the only person, I planed on giving my affections and heart to over, and over, and over again.
And to think it all ties together. It's funny how open your mind is when love opens its door to you. I shall thank May for that.
"SURPRISE!" May yelled, slapping Brendan's back.
"YIPE!" Brendan jumped out of his skin. Due to the surprise attack, he momentarily lost his balance at the edge of the cliff.
Which was all that was required for him to fall off.
"DAAAAMMMMMMIIIITTT MAAAAAAAAAAA—"
SPLASH!
A romantic. An artist. A trainer. A thief. I am, and have been, many things in my life.
But I've never considered being in love to be one of them.
Until recently.
A team of three. Just the cat, the girl of my dreams, and me. We've traveled, plundered, been through strife and defeat.
Yet my heart has suffered more damage than our reputation.
Jessie…Jessie…why doesn't your heart accept mine? Maybe I'm not being honest with myself openly. There are times I gain the courage to take the plunge and spill my heart out to her. But…just one look at that face…those sapphire eyes…perfectly shaped face…and I'm completely mesmerized.
Because of this, I am both a coward and someone too in love to keep a train of thought.
It seemed to put her in good spirits whenever I played dress up for her, so I did. Acting a fool always made her smile, I had no qualms with that. I've changed myself completely just for her. Hasn't she noticed I'm doing everything for her?
No, perhaps not.
Mere metal with a golden coat captures her attention faster than I ever could.
Is my situation really so hopeless?
As I dug a trench while awaiting the twerps' arrival, I constantly stole glances at the center of my hopes and dreams.
If only I could be recognized by her…
If I could just get a little closer to her…
If I had just one chance of letting her know how I feel about her…
………and if I had realized I had dug myself into an underground river sooner…
SPLASH!
"ARG!" James struggled as he was being swept away by the tide of the river.
And sadly, no one noticed…nor cared.
Night time arrived as three men arrived at a three-way fork in the road, each of them injured, battered, and exhausted. Brendan and James were drenched in water while Ash was covered with cuts, bruises, and dirt.
As they met at the center, they took a good look at each other and released a heavy sigh.
"…You too, huh?"
And that's the end of the one-shot. I decided to go with something a little romantic, and hopefully in character. Tell me how you like it, and also if I should do one for the girls.