"Well that was a waste of time." May sighed, collapsing on her bed when they reached their room in the Pokemon Center.
"I hope they're alright," Cilan said, frowning and climbing into his own bed.
"They'll be fine, this is Misty we're talking about," Brock reassured, but Jayme sweat dropped.
"I'm kinda worried about Gary, I mean, she was chasing him with a hammer... Should he be okay?" She smiled nervously, still sweat dropping.
"Well, Brock and I have survived it I dunno how many times so I think Gary will manage." Ash chuckled, climbing into the double bed he got all to himself. "It's so... Peaceful..."
"If you all weren't lazy and stopped to eat pizza we probably would've found them," Drew said to everyone, rolling his green orbs.
"Excuse me you had some of the pizza too!" May defended, pouting at her rival. "I could've eaten them slices..."
"Whatever, Red." Drew rolled his eyes again, a slight smirk on his face.
"It's mostly Gary's fault, everyone knows not to piss Misty off," Iris laughed, tying her long hair in a ponytail for the night.
"True," Tracey agreed and chuckled, picking up his sketch book. "I gotta do some new sketches, we need to get out more early tomorrow..."
"Oh, I'd love to see them!" May gushed, her hands clasping together. "I saw some of the ones you sent to Professor Oak and they were awesome!"
A sheepish blush spread across the Pokemon watchers cheeks as he grinned at his friend. "Heh, thanks May!"
She grinned back and tugged her bandanna off her head, pulling the duvet over her completely. "Night guys!"
"Nobody's listening to you."
"Obviously you are, Drew, if you replied."
"Ugh whatever..."
"Well, I'm listening to her," Iris said stubbornly, sticking up for her new friend. "Night, May!"
May smiled inwardly to herself, glad she and Iris had hit it off quite well. "Goodnight!"
Drew rolled his eyes again, climbing up to the top bunk. "Night ladies..." No reply.
"Night Drew..."
Drew face palmed, it was Brock who had replied to him.
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"Ugh where are we?" Misty sighed after finally stopping to chase Gary. The researcher inhaled deeply and held his head.
"How many times do I have to say; I don't know!"
"Arceus Gary, keep your pants on!" Misty rolled her eyes. She stopped walking and glanced around, biting her lip. "We obviously lost track of the others and it's getting late..."
"You don't say," Gary mumbled sarcastically, shoving his hands back in his pockets. "Ugh why did you have to chase me?"
"It's not my fault you ran so quickly... Screaming like a little girl..." She held back a laugh at the end, especially when Gary shot her a look.
"We should look for the Poke Center, that's where the others most likely are," he suggested, ignoring her comment on him screaming like a girl.
"It's getting late, doesn't the Poke Center close at like half ten?" Misty asked, taking her bag off her shoulder to grab her Pokegear. "Crap, it's quarter past!"
"Quarter past what?"
"Ten, dumbass!"
"Oh... Damn, where'll we go?" He asked, cursing under his breath.
"It's not that big of a deal, surely you've stayed outside before." Misty rolled her eyes again, looking ahead and shivering. "The only thing optional is the forest..."
"Make sure there's no bugs," Gary teased, sticking his tongue out at the former gym leader.
"Shut up..." She mumbled, glancing around her as they made their way in the forest. Tall trees surrounded them as soon as they stepped in along with bushes and small patches of grass that eventually led to a full field of it. "Will this do?" She asked once they reached the field, thankful there was only a few bushes within sight.
"I guess." He shrugged, planting himself on the soft grass. "I wish I had a sleeping bag though..."
"I don't care. Now shut up and let me sleep."
"You are one charming man..."
"Gary!"
"Er, I meant woman!"
"You better have..." Misty muttered, turning over on her side and away from him.
Eventually, the two had fallen asleep, that was until the shaking of a bush disturbed Misty from her sleep. The tired red head propped herself up on her elbow, frowning at the moving bush.
"Crap..." Her eyes grew wide, it could be a wild Pokemon, and worse than that a bug Pokemon! She scampered quickly to her feet and towards Gary, poking him in the side repeatedly.
He groaned and whacked her arm away, she kicked him in return. He cracked one of his eyes open, frowning at his friend. "What do you want?"
"There's something in the bush!" She hissed quietly, pointing at the still moving bush.
Gary blinked a few times to try and get the drowsy feeling away from his eyes, slowly making his way up on his feet.
"Hurry up!"
"I am!" He rolled his eyes as she hid behind him, slowly making their way towards the bush. Gary crouched down beside it, separating the bush in half so he could get a look at what was causing the noise.
Misty crouched down next to him, curious at what it was. A quick flash of pink was saw, Gary just pulled the leaves further apart, trying to get a look at the Pokemon.
"Fairy?"
Misty gasped as a small Clefairy stood in front of them, a confused look on it's face. "Aw!" She gushed, sitting on her knees to get at the same level as the Pokemon. "Hey there, cutie!"
"You woke me up for this?" Gary grumbled, causing the Clefairy to look at him.
"Isn't it the cutest?!" Misty grinned, clasping her hands together.
"Fairy!" The Clefairy chanted, waving one of its hands at Gary.
"Uh... Misty, what's it doing...?" Gary sweat dropped, looking at the Pokemon in front of him. It used its other hand to wave it at Misty, a pink glow coming out of it as it chanted its name.
Misty and Gary shared a confused look, they had never seen this happen before!
"Clefairy!" With one last cry of its name, the Clefairy sent a more powerful wave at Gary and Misty, knocking them both unconscious.
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"I'm glad we're leaving early today," May said as the gang walked down the same hill they had just the day before, a smile on her face.
"That I agree on," Brock smiled, his hands behind his head.
"Alright, so to find Gary and Misty, we just need to go where they went," Ash said, Cilan sweat dropped and nodded at him.
"Well that's how most people find stuff..."
"I think they went this way," Iris said, jerking her thumb in the left direction as they reached the bottom of the hill.
"Really? I'm pretty sure it was this was..." Cilan rubbed his chin, pointing at his right.
"I think it was right too," Jayme said, standing next to Cilan.
"I'm with Iris on this one," Brock told Jayme, standing by Iris' side.
"And Brock is usually right, so I'm going with Brock," Ash said and shrugged.
"I'll go with Cilan if only Jayme's going with him," May said, Drew nodded at her.
"I'll go with you."
"Which leaves Tracey..."
"I'll go with Iris," he said, standing next to that group.
"Alright, meet us back here at say... Four thirty?" Cilan asked, everyone nodded in agreement. "Great, see you all then! C'mon guys!"
"I guess I'll lead us this way," Brock suggested, frowning when a forest came to sight. "That's weird, we were only in the city a few seconds ago..."
"Does it matter?" Iris grinned, running into the forest right away.
"I guess not." Brock shrugged, following after the excited girl.
"I'll go ahead and climb a few trees to see if I can spot em," Iris called to Brock, he gave her a thumbs up and nodded.
Ash and Brock glanced around themselves in the forest, curious of what was around them. Almost immediately, Iris rushed back to the group. "I found them!"
"Great! Where are they?" Ash grinned, running towards Iris.
"Still sleeping I think, but just in the forest a little. Come on guys!"
Tracey and Brock shared a look but ran after the dragon trainer anyway, relief flooding over them when they spotted the two lying on the grass.
"Misty! Gary!" Ash yelled, shaking Misty's shoulders then poking Gary. "C'mon Mist, wake up!"
At the same time, both Gary and Misty's eyes flew open. Instead of looking around themselves, their eyes met and they smiled.
"You look really pretty, Misty..." Gary smiled, shyly taking her hand.
"Um..." Ash sweat dropped, felling a pang of jealousy. That and they were acting like he wasn't even there!
"You're pretty okay looking yourself, Oak..." Misty smiled back, a visible blush on her cheeks.
"What's going on?" Brock hissed to Ash, finally reaching them.
Ash stared blankly at his friends, his hands slightly clenched. He has always hoped Misty liked him, but she always said he was to dense to understand what love was... But that wasn't exactly true, he liked playing dumb because if was easier than actually dealing with his feeling... Like now, he felt like his heart was shredding.
"I love you too, Gary..."
Those five words made him snap back to reality, he looked back up at the two, still holding hands. They were looking at each other like they were the only ones on the world...
"Let's go," Ash said sternly, taking a hold of Misty's free hand and pulling her off the grass. She frowned and whipped around to glare at him.
"What do you want, Ketchum?"
"Um... Um... Brock, help...?"
Brock's widened eyes set on Ash, then back at Gary. "He does know he has a girlfriend, right...?"
"Of course I do," Gary scoffed, taking Misty's hand again and pulling her from Ash. "She's right here!"