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Misunderstanding

Chapter 4: That Would Be a Surprise

Misty woke up and looked at the time. She was supposed to have a challenger coming at 8 in the morning. Must be another trainer that's so excited that he has to get here as early as possible. She thought with a fond smile. She used to know someone like that. She frowned. Funny how time passed.

It had been four years since she had traveled with Ash. It had taken three years to get to the point where she wouldn't want to cry when she heard his name.

It had taken two years for him to stop writing to her.

She sighed. The last letter she had gotten from him was in her room in its usual spot. Things had gotten better for her. At least better then the day she stopped traveling with him. But it had been hard. She wasn't still as upset, but it was hard to not think about him altogether. Every once in awhile she wouldn't be able to help herself. Something or someone would remind her of him. Her sisters had learned a long time ago that Ash was a topic that should not come up in conversation.

But sometimes trainers would come in and talk about the Hoenn League, the Sinnoh League or the Grand Festivals and they would mention Ash or May and she would have to think about him. The last time she had seen him was when she had traveled with him after the Hoenn League. They hadn't really talked though. The group was so big that they didn't need to. There were other people to talk to.

At first she hadn't liked May though. That was when they had gone to the Mirage Kingdom. She had heard a lot about her from Ash and she had thought that he had liked her and vice versa. But at one point she had gotten to talk to her.

(FLASHBACK)

"So May. You've been traveling with Ash for awhile now, right?" She asked.

May had looked up at her with a funny expression on and Misty's face didn't change. May laughed and nodded. "I guess." She said. "Why do you ask?"

Misty looked at her for a moment. From the glint in her eyes, she knew. How she knew, Misty wasn't sure. She sighed and looked down. "How do you know what I'm getting at?" she asked.

May laughed. "It's easy to tell when someone's in love when you watch as many romantic movies and shows as I have." She told her. Misty jumped up.

"In love!? Are crazy!?!?!" She screamed. They had been off to the side talking quietly and when she screamed everyone had looked over. She chuckled nervously. "Hehe, I'm not in love with Psyduck. Tracy used to say the same thing!" She said to cover up though it sounded dumb to her own ears. Why would her and May be talking about Psyduck?

Max and Brock still stared, looking suspicious but Ash had turned away, taking her excuse. Thank god he's that dense. She had thought to herself. Then she turned back to May who was just laughing.

"Whatever. But the point is, I don't like Ash that way. We're just friends." She assured her. Misty looked at her for a moment and then crossed her arms.

"Oh." She said quietly. "Not that I care or anything!" She added on.

(UH, END OF FLASHBACK)

Ever since then her and May had gotten closer. She still hadn't admitted to liking Ash or anything but it didn't really matter. She knew May knew. The same way she knew how May felt about a rival of hers that she talked about all the time but refused to say she had feelings for. Misty had to chuckle just thinking about it.

She had gotten ready while she had been thinking. She was wearing a yellow hoodie without sleeves and denim shorts. It was spring so it was starting to get warmer now. It also rained a lot. She didn't really like the rain anymore.

She had her hair in its familiar side ponytail. Her bright red hair was still the same length and everything. Even now that she was fifteen, she hadn't changed it a bit. She wasn't a girly-girly so she wasn't really into fashion and hair and make-up or anything. That was her sisters' department.

She walked out of her room and into the main hall to wait for her challenger. She yawned and sat down in a chair nearby. Suddenly the doorbell rang and Misty stood up. "Wow, they're prompt." She mumbled. She walked to the door and opened it. She didn't even get a chance to see who it was before she was tackled.

"Misty! I've missed you so much!" May squealed.

Misty hugged her back for a moment before pulling away to look if it really was May. And sure enough, it really was. She was really confused. Then she noticed for the first time that someone was behind May. She looked behind her and saw a boy around the same age as May and he had emerald green eyes and hair to match. She looked back at May.

"Hi May. I've missed you too but what are you doing here?" She asked confused.

May laughed and shrugged. "Is why we're here really important? You should just be happy you're getting a visit!" She said happily.

Misty smirked. "Speaking of "we", who is this?" She asked looking at Drew. She knew it was Drew from what May had told her about him but she just wanted to mess with May. May blushed because of Misty's expression. "Uh, this is Drew. You've probably seen him on TV and stuff." She said quietly.

"Ohhhh. This is Drew!" She said knowingly. "Well I don't need to know him from TV since you told me so much about him already!" She said which only made May blush even more. Misty held in her chuckles and held out a hand to him. "I'm Misty, but you probably already know from May's screaming, and it's very nice to meet you." She said very formal. He took her hand and shook it quickly.

"Uh, yeah, nice to meet you too. Umm, if you two don't mind, I think I'm going to go outside to train with my Pokemon for a little while." He told them as he turned to leave.

"Wait!" Misty said quickly. "If you were looking for a place to train you should've just said so. This is a Pokemon Gym after all. We have a huge field right through those doors right there. I mean, there are a lot of pools but you can always practice around them or if you have water Pokemon, in them." She told him. He nodded and went through the doors she had pointed to.

Once he was gone Misty turned around. "Well, he's a man of many words." She said with a chuckle. May laughed. "It's just because he doesn't know you. And because he doesn't want to pick on you I guess. He never had trouble when talking to me if he wanted to be mean." She said with a frown. Misty just laughed.

"May, if a guy likes you; they like to be mean to try to cover it up. They like to tease girls they like. They know the right to say to piss you off. Guys are just weird like that." She said with a shrug.

May just looked at her with something like disbelief on her face. "This is coming from you?" She asked.

"Yes! What's the problem with my advice?" She said with a frown.

"Nothing!" She said quickly. "It's just that maybe you should listen to your own advice." She mumbled.

"What did you say?" Misty asked. She hadn't heard her.

"Oh nothing. Anyway, did you eat breakfast yet? We should go eat some if you didn't." She said with a smile.

"Oh I can't. I have a challenger coming today any minute now." She told her.

"No you don't."

Misty looked at her funny. "What do you mean? How would you know?" She asked.

She smiled sheepishly. "Well, we called the gym to tell you we were coming and your sister answered. I just started saying how I was coming to visit and she asked what time and I told her and then she said, "Thanks for calling, good luck getting your badge." and then she hung up before I could tell her that I wasn't a challenger." She explained.

Misty laughed. "Ok, in that case, let's just have some breakfast." She said with a smile. They went into the kitchen and Misty made some pancakes. Before long they were both sitting at the table eating and talking.

"So May, why are you really here?" She asked. "I love that you're visiting but there has to be some reason you're back in Kanto."

May sighed. "I really didn't want to ruin this." She said to herself with a frown.

"Ruin what?"

"Ruin our visit! But I guess it can't be helped."

"What is so bad that you can't tell me?" She was a little worried now.

"Well, it's not really news; it's more of a question and a favor."

Misty looked at her funny. "What is it??"

May looked down. "Well, in two days it's Ash's sixteenth birthday and I bet it would mean a lot to him if you were there." She said quickly, still looking down. (A/N: I know Misty is older than Ash, or the same age or whatever she is, but I wanted to make her younger. Sue me!)

Misty just stared at her for a moment. Of course she had known that it was Ash's birthday in two days but she hadn't planned to go see him or anything. She bite her lip, not sure what to do. "I don't know May." She said slowly.

"Oh come on! You know you want to see him again! And I'm sure he'd be really happy if you were there. His mom is throwing a huge surprise party! Imagine how surprised he'd be if you were there! His mom had asked me to come here to get you. I would've told you earlier but I was afraid if it was over a letter you wouldn't want to go. I wanted to be here to convince you that it would be fine!" She said with a smile.

Misty smiled faintly. "I still don't know May. I think I'd need to think about it." She said with a frown.

"That's ok!" May exclaimed. "We'll be leaving tomorrow so you just need to decide by then."

Misty stood up. "Umm, you can finish up eating; I'm just going to go upstairs for a little while. I'm not really hungry anymore." She got up and put her plate in the sink before leaving the kitchen as May watched her go up the stairs sad that she had upset her friend.

Misty went into her room and closed the door slowly behind her. She walked over to her desk and sat down at it. She sighed. She didn't know what to do. She knew that hearing about Ash hurt but she could handle that. Could she handle seeing him though? That was completely different. She wasn't so sure. Her eyes began to wonder over to a certain piece of paper that she had opened and looked at so many times before. She picked it up and unfolded it. This letter was from two years ago. She had sent a letter back but she had never gotten another one. It was around the time he had just gone to Sinnoh. She wondered why he hadn't sent another letter back. She always wondered that. She sighed and looked down at the paper in her hand.

"Dear Misty,

I just made it to Sinnoh. It's beautiful here and there are some awesome Pokemon here that I've never seen before. I only just got off the boat and already I've seen so many Pokemon and new things. I can't write much right now but I'm glad you're Gym is running fine too. Write me back soon so I can tell you more about Sinnoh as soon as I learn about it some more.

From, Ash"

Misty never got to hear about Sinnoh…

She had looked at this letter so many times before. Just looking for some kind of hidden meaning in it. Something that would tell her why this had to be the last letter. One word that sounded cold or mean or like he didn't want to talk to her anymore.

She always found nothing.

Her eyes filled with tears. She wiped them away with one hand before they could overflow. The letter had enough tear drops on it already. She looked at the letter one last time. She had practically memorized it by now.

Then she folded it up again and put it back in its usual place, but she was still looking at it.

She got up and went into her closet and found a back pack. She filled it with clothes and supplies and last but not least, she picked up the letter off the desk and slipped it inside. She put the backpack in the corner of her room and went down stairs to tell May her decision.

She realized that she had to go. If she didn't go and see him, she'd never know why. She deserved to know that much. She hadn't changed that much since she had stopped traveling with him. She shouldn't be afraid to see him. She wasn't a coward. She could and would face him.

No matter what happened.

Sorry it took me an extra day. I try to update daily but I had to leave my house yesterday and I didn't want to write the chapter in a rush and then it would turn out like crap. I didn't want that so now at least I like the chapter. Well, anyway, review!!