Chapter 4: An All New Journey Pt2
I'm going on one final journey…", Ash explained aloud as everyone had just gotten comfortable on the sofa to listen to his explanation of why he had been missing for the past couple of hours.
Everyone just fell over, "What on earth are you talking about…", replied Misty, "What does this have to do with why you were missing?"
Ash spent the next hour explaining what had transpired from the moment Cynthia handed him the new Pokémon to the point where Misty looked like she was about to kill him.
Misty sweat dropped and the last point, with an "eh…heh…heh…heh", finishing with a sigh.
Even Mrs. Ketchum dropped her cup of hot chocolate in disbelief when she heard that her son had finally had his first kiss.
"I'm sorry everyone, but Cynthia had told me not to inform anyone of our meeting I guess for media reasons…", replied Ash, "I never intended to make anyone worry about me so much."
"Pikachu." The little yellow mouse said suddenly holding up a small piece of paper.
"What is it Pikachu?" asked ash.
"Pika"
Ash knelt down to accept he folded paper from Pikachu.
"What, for me? Who is it from?"
"What is it Ash?" misty asked.
Ash unfolded the paper and looked inside at its contents.
"Pikachu." Replied the yellow mouse
"From Mr. Thundertrap, oh that's right we were talking until Misty flew in..."
"Ok better call them back when I finish here, thanks buddy." Replied ash and he rubbed Pikachu behind his ears.
Ash gets back up and finishes what he was saying with everyone.
"But as I said before in the beginning I am going on one final journey, but here's the catch…I want everyone to come with me except for Professor and mom of course since I know that they probably have such busy schedules, after that I plan on taking Scott up on his offer for that frontier brain position and set up a facility in Palette town." "I mean with the money I've earned of the past couple of league tournaments I gotta put something on the land I bought out there."
"Woah…woah…woah…woah… woah…woah…woah… woah… woah… Woah… what land are you taking about young about young man?", questioned Professor Oak.
"You know the vacant lot that's near the ocean on the south side of Palette town", replied Ash?
"Yes, that lot has been vacant since your father disappeared", said Oak.
"Well I bought it with the money I had earned up until just before I departed for Sinnoh, I thought it might be a good investment considering…", Ash trailed off.
"Considering what", questioned Misty?
"Considering I plan to also make it a gym as well, me being both a frontier brain and a gym leader may be fun, of course I meet all of the qualifications to do it except for one, and that's an actual building itself, but I'm sure that I'll figure something out", continued Ash.
"So if you guys are up for one last journey with me, in about 3 months get your things together and meet me in Palette town".
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"Now if you will excuse me I need to make a phone call…", said Ash before anyone could respond to the past couple of statements he had just blurted out as if he had just come up with that in the past hour.
As Ash stepped out of the room to go use the telephone to contact the 'Trap Brothers'. Misty grabbed his arm as he entered the doorway and said, "Ash, did you really mean what you said back there…you know…in the hotel?"
"Misty…of course I did I wouldn't have said it if I didn't mean it… maybe after I get the place built we can…you know…get together?"
"Get together?... together?... gether?... ther?...", the words echoed through her head like an empty hallway.
"Oh Ash I…I…I would love to…get together with you", said Misty cutely as she moved in to plant a peck on his lips.
Ash stood still with a blank look on his face, then immediately exchanged looks with Misty and grabbed her around the waist a lead her straight into a deep loving kiss and followed it with a romantic, "I love you my darling." Misty eyes begun to swell up with tears, she let out a soft, "yes… I love you too."
Ash then leads her back to the sofa in the living room and sat her down right alongside him after everyone had already left, her hands in his and as soon as she hit the cushions she immediately falls asleep right on his shoulder, Ash grabs a nearby blanket cover them both in its warmth and falls asleep as well. Moments later Mrs. Ketchum walks in from the kitchen area and sees the young couple on the couch asleep in each other's arms. She lets out a loving sigh, claps her hands quietly enough to kill the lights and returns to her room to turn in for the night.
As she is enters her room she pulls a rather small looking earpiece for her purse, turns it on and begins talking in an inaudible tone. Moments later she removes the earpiece from her ear and places it back into her purse, lies down on the bed and falls asleep.
What is this new development that has arisen between Ash and Misty, just who did Mrs. Ketchum talk to and what did she talk about, what awaits our hero's in this new region? Find out next time on Events Unexpected.