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aquaflares21- I know! Misty is the jealous type. Hehe. And I didn't make you the 10th reviewer! You did! XD

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StrawberryStoleYourCookie- I'm so glad I impressed you! I always feel like everyone's writing is ten times better than mine so I bet you're writing is great! You should upload some stories! I'd be sure to read them! And if he was in love with Dawn or Misty died, I'd cry while writing it. But we shall see what will happen. Haha.

Disclaimer: I didn't, don't, and never will own Pokemon.

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Misunderstanding

Chapter 6: What She Came For

Misty smiled up at him and patted the bench beside her. He sat down and looked up at the sky. You couldn't see any stars and the moon was covered by clouds. Probably why it was so dark out. He looked over at her and laughed.

"Why'd you go?" He asked.

She smiled. "I don't know. Needed some air." She told him. "Weren't you dancing with that Dawn girl?" She asked, trying not to let her voice sound bitter or anything.

Ash burst out laughing. She glared at him. "What's so funny?" She asked.

"You're jealous." He said simply.

"And you're crazy!" She yelled. "Why in the world would I be jealous?! She can have your stubborn, thick headed, egotistical ass!" She screamed.

He frowned and tilted his head. He looked at the ground but then smiled up at Misty. "Wow. You're too kind." He said but then he stopped smiling and looked at her hard.

"What?" She asked.

"Oh, nothing. Just trying to see something." He said, looking up at the sky, away from her.

She looked at him for a second and then looked at the sky with him. The moon had come out. It was a full moon and it brightened up everything.

Ash laughed and looked over at her. "Why so quiet? It's not like you."

She looked over at him. "I'm just…uh…I don't know. Do I have to be the one talking all the time?" She asked.

"Hmmm. I know a way to get you to talk. Or rather, laugh." He told her, looking at her with an evil glint in his eyes. She looked at him a moment and realized too late what he was going to do. She tried to get up and run but it was too late. He had gotten her. And he was now tickling her.

"Stop Ash! Stop!" She yelled, bursting out into laughter. As she tried to kick and push him off he finally let go but as he let go she accidently pushed him right into the fountain that was right behind them. He fell in the water and Misty put her hands over here mouth, from shock and because she was trying to hold in her laughter.

Ash was looking around at the water and then he looked up at her and smiled before pulling her into the water with him.

She screamed as she hit the water and found herself sitting in the fountain with him. She was about to yell at him but when she turned towards him, he was laughing. He was laughing so hard, she thought he was going to fall over. His laughter was contagious. She broke out into hysterical laughter too. It was too funny. The two of them, both sitting in this shallow fountain of water. They were both soaked and they probably ruined their clothes, but it was too funny to be mad.

She suddenly remembered all the fun times they had had and how she had fallen for the idiot in the first place. She stopped laughing and looked down as tears spilled out of her eyes. At first Ash hadn't noticed but once he finally stopped laughing and looked over at her, he saw her tears.

"Misty…what's the matter?" He asked.

She looked up at him. "Why did you stop writing?! I don't get it! I've tried to guess for so long but I need to know now! Why?!" She screamed.

He looked at her like she had four heads for a second. "What are you talking about?? You stopped writing me!" He yelled.

Misty stood up. "What!? I wasn't the one who stopped writing I answered your last letter! You just never answered me back!" She got out of the fountain and grabbed her bag. She pulled the letter out and unfolded it before showing it to him. "This was the last letter I ever got from you! You never answered me back!"

Ash looked at the letter and frowned before looking up at her. "Misty, this isn't the last letter I sent you." He told her.

She clenched her fists. "Don't lie to me!" She screamed at him and he shook his head.

"I'm not lying! I'm serious! I wrote you another letter!" He told her. "I sent it to Professor Oak's lab like I sent all my letters to you! And you never answered me back!" He told her. He got up and climbed out of the fountain. He went into his jacket pocket and pulled out a piece of paper. He unfolded it and tried to give it to her but she just turned away from him.

"I know what letter it is. I wrote it. And I know that you didn't send me the letter. I called Professor Oak when it should've been there and it wasn't. So stop acting like you wrote me another letter when you didn't! If you stopped writing because you wanted to talk to Dawn and not me then just say it!"

"I'm not lying! And don't bring Dawn into this just because you're jealous of her even though I don't know why you would be!" He yelled.

"I'm not jealous of her! I'm just stating facts!"

"What facts?! The only fact that I can think of that would have anything to do with this is the fact that I'd rather talk to anyone besides you!" He yelled.

Misty recoiled at his words. She looked down at the ground. He would stop talking to her for anyone? She remembered how he had wanted her to leave the day she did leave and without another snappy comment back she turned around and ran through the doors into the party. She ran through the dance floor and out the front of the hall. She could hear him chasing her and feel everyone's stares on her back.

"Misty! Wait! I didn't mean it!" He screamed after her.

She didn't wait or listen to what he said. She just kept running and running as far as her legs could take her. She didn't know where she was going until she realized she was heading for Professor Oak's Lab. She ran through the front doors and looked behind her quickly and saw that he wasn't following her anymore. She went into the back where all the Pokemon were and sat down on a big rock. She realized faintly that it was the very same rock that Ash had sat on a long time ago before they had set out for the Johto Region.

"Oh course. There always has to be something to remind me of him." She mumbled.

"Talking to yourself?" A voice asked.

She turned around quickly and saw Gary standing behind her.

"Jeez Gary. Did you have to sneak up on me like that? Besides, what are you doing here? Weren't you at the party?" She asked.

"I left early. I wanted to finish some research I had been doing earlier today." He told her. "But I should be asking you the same questions."

"Ugh, I don't want to talk about it." She told him with a wave of her hand. A cold wind blew by and Misty shivered, realizing how cold a breeze could be when you were soaked.

"Well, maybe you should change. I mean, you look freezing. Where is your stuff?" He asked.

She smacked her forehead. Her stuff was at Ash's house. "Crap. Uh, it's at Ash's but I'd really rather not go to get it." She told him.

"Well, maybe if you just sat by a fireplace or something with a towel, it'd be ok." He told her.

She nodded. "That sounds good."

She got herself the towel and lit the fire place while Gary went off to do his research. She looked around the room and suddenly felt bad for calling Ash a liar. She hadn't once thought that he might be telling the truth. She looked around again and sighed. There was just no way to know. Gary walked into the room after a bit and sat down on the couch.

"I don't know why you're so hung up on him." Gary commented.

Misty looked up at him quickly. "What are you talking about?" She asked.

He sighed. "I could never figure it out. What's so special about Ash?" He said with a frown. "Why don't you just forget about him?" He asked.

Misty smiled and looked into the fire. "I can't." She whispered.

Gary sighed. "Well, what did he do that you're so mad about then?" He asked.

She sighed. Why not tell him? "I just don't know if he's lying to me. He says he wrote me but I just stopped getting letters from him one day so I don't know what to believe. Letters don't just disappear."

Gary looked up at her quickly. "Wait, a letter? That's what this is about?" He asked.

She nodded, looking down at the ground.

He sighed. "Hold on." He said as he got up and left the room. He came back but this time he had something in his hand. Misty looked at it and he handed it to her slowly.

She looked down at the envelope in her hand and up at Gary quickly.

"Just read it." He told her.

She did what he said and began to read.

"Dear Misty,

Sinnoh is great, just like I said! I just met this girl named Dawn. She saved Pikachu for me. She's pretty nice but it still makes me sad she's here. It's almost like she's here just to replace you, the same way May came out of nowhere in Hoenn. She's nice but I do miss you a lot. Can't write too much now. Brock wants to leave the Pokemon Center so we can get to the next town quickly.

Wish you were here.

Ash."

Misty looked at the letter in shock. The date at the top said it was written two years ago…

"Where did you get this!?" She screamed.

Gary sighed. "I've had it." He told her.

"What do you mean?"

"Well, when I found this letter on Grandpa's desk, I opened it to see why a letter to you would be here. And well, I guess I was jealous of Ash so I just, took the letter. I don't know why." She told her honestly.

"Jealous? Jealous of what?" She asked, confused.

"Jealous because he had you! And the stupidest part was that he didn't even know it! I'm sorry that I caused you guys to fight. At least you have it now."

"Sorry you cause us to fight?! We haven't talked in two years because of this! You ruined so much! This letter has caused so much more than a fight! But I can't stay here and yell at you! I need to find Ash!" She yelled as she ran out of the lab with Ash's letter in her hand. She put it into the little purse along with the other letter that she had thought was his last letter. Then Misty thought of something. Ash had her last letter in his jacket pocket with him. Why would he have that with him? He had no idea she was gonna be there. Why would he just be carrying that around?

She kept running until she made it back to the party hall. She ran inside and the moment she was in the room, everyone was looking at her. She didn't care. She ran to Ash's mom.

"Mrs. Ketchum! Where's Ash?!" She asked out of breath.

Delia looked down. "He left." She told her. Misty was confused.

"Left? Left for where? Where was he going?? It's really important!" She yelled.

"He said something about needing to go where it all started. I'm sorry honey, but I have no idea what that means." She told her with a said smile.

Needing to go where it all started.

I got it!

"I'm sorry Mrs. Ketchum but I've gotta go!" She yelled as she ran out the door.

Where it all started. Where they met. He had to be there. The last time she had run out on him that was where he had gone so it was worth a shot. He had to be there.

He just had to be.

Bet I got some of you again! Didn't think that was gonna happen, did you?? Mwahahaha! *cough* *cough* Well anyway, please review and tell me what you think of this twist! Or if you had predicted it all along! Also, sorry about the Egoshipping if you're not a fan or something. I'm not a fan either but it fit and made sense, so there it was! Well, once again, review! Please!!