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Leave It To Brocko
Chapter 6
"Ash," I hissed, grabbing his upper arm, "You're being way too obvious."
He looked at me, his eyes still glaring, and then, after he realized what I had said, relaxed, unclenching his fists. Looking back at Gary and Misty, still hugging, his face turned into a glare again. I squeezed his arm and he tried to relax, but his jaw was still set and his brown eyes didn't hold their usual happiness. I sighed – Why was Fate against me?
Misty finally released Gary, but kept her hand on his lower arm, looking up at him, a big smile on her face.
"Oh, Gary, I haven't seen you in ages. I'm so happy to see you again! You've got tell me everything about your research. It must be soooo exciting!"
"I'm going to travel with you, we got enough time to talk about my research then," Gary said, a bit shy.
Wait, what? Gary Oak… shy? Never. Gary Oak was never shy around girls… Never. Maybe I heard it wrong. But what if I heard right? That would mean… that would mean Gary actually liked Misty. And that… that would be absolutely disastrous. Oh Ho-oh.
"Oh yes, great idea Gary. I'm going to grab my stuff and then we can leave," Misty exclaimed happily, before skipping – yes, skipping – off to get her bag. And left me in an awkward situation.
"Erm… So, Gary, how have you been?" I asked, since it was clear that Ash wouldn't start a conversation, as he was still trying to stop his jealousy from showing. And failing.
"Good, thank you, Brock. And you?" he answered, looking uncomfortable under Ash's semi-glare. Pikachu was also staring uncomfortable up at its Master, and I could not blame them.
"Fine, just fine. I'm looking forward to go to Hoenn, you?" I lied through my teeth – after all, I was far from fine. I was caught in a war between love and love, and whoever said love hurts, was right. If my plan failed, then persons would be hurt – meaning, I would get smashed by Misty's hammer.
"Yeah, I've only been in Hoenn for a short time, and I would love to see more Hoenn Pokémon."
The conversation died down, and Ash clenching and unclenching his fists was not helping. I desperately tried to think of a topic to talk about, but was thankfully was saved from that task by Misty, who just reentered the room, now holding her red bag.
"Well, I'm ready when you are," she said excited. Her attitude seemed… familiar. Misty had never acted like this, that's for sure, but still…
"I'm ready," I said immediately, wanting to get to the plane, because I had this feeling we were going to miss it, even though we still were on schedule.
Ash and Gary both mumbled their agreements and Pikachu pika'ed happily, jumping on Ash's shoulder.
"Let's go then," Misty said cheerfully. As Misty took the lead I suddenly recognized her behavior. Dawn. Dawn. Dawn acted like this, all bubbly and happy, slightly flirty even. And Misty's sisters… her sisters, those devilish, beautiful young women, had given her the same advice I had given Ash, only she pulled it off better. I mean, Ash had only hinted he liked May, but Misty completely did a one-eighty. She must really like Ash…
We followed Misty outside, Ash and Gary just behind Misty, and me closing the line. Quickly Gary started walking next to Misty, or maybe Misty started walking next Gary, but somehow I ended up with Ash, who was still sulking.
"Ash, stop moping around, man up and fight for your girl," I hissed through my teeth at the younger boy, "Don't let Gary get away with this, think of something."
He turned to me, looking slightly desperate, "But what, Brock? What?"
"I don't know, she's your girl, you think of something," I said, keeping my voice down to make sure that Gary and Misty didn't hear us. I honestly thought Misty and Ash would make a good couple, because they both liked each other, but both also were too much of a coward to tell each other. But if Gary really liked Misty, who was I to step in?
Oh yeah, the guy that meddles in other people's love life and messes up.
Suddenly Ash's face brightened, signaling that he had an idea. I took a deep breath, preparing for the worst.
"Ey, Brock, I have a plan, but I need your help," he started.
"Sure… but what's your plan?" I said carefully.
"You have to distract Gary, get him away from Misty for a minute, and then I'll compliment her," he said excitedly in a hushed tone.
So the boy did have brains. He just needed a strong motivation to use them.
I gave him a thumbs up, signaling him to start his plan. Maybe this could work, as long he didn't mess up.
He gave me a look, remembering me that I had to start the plan. Oops.
"Hey Gary," I called, "Come here for a moment, will ya?"
"Sure," he replied with a shrug.
Gary slowed down to walk next to me, and Ash ran, with a big grin on his face, to catch up with Misty. She seemed either not interested in or completely ignoring him.
"So…" Gary started, "What did you want to ask me?"
"What? Oh yeah," I said, suddenly remembering my task, "well, you see…" I trailed off, trying to listen in on Misty and Ash's conversation.
"You know, Misty, you look really…" Ash thought for a moment, "good."
Good? Good? That's the best he can come up with? He had to say beautiful, gorgeous, fantastic, or at least pretty. But no, he said good… That boy really was stupid.
"Good? Ash, that's just ridiculous," I startled when Gary next to me suddenly spoke up, overhearing their conversation too. Oh yeah, that's right, I had to keep Gary distracted. Whoopsie… From this experience you can draw the conclusion that if Ash doesn't mess up, I do. Sigh.
"I mean," Gary continued, stopping and grabbing Misty's hands, who had turned to him, "Mist, you don't look good, you look drop-dead gorgeous."
Ash's eyes widened in short surprise, before narrowing at the Pokémon researcher. When he clenched his fists, I could almost see his thoughts. You stupid jerk, you just ruined my moment. How dare you to steal Misty from me? How dare you to call her Mist? You're the most treacherous bastard I've ever met, Gary Oak, I'll make you suffer.
Noticing Ash's anger, I quickly made my way to him, readying myself to hold him back. Luckily, he seemed able to control himself, though he still looked murderous.
"Oh Gary," Misty said, blushing furiously and looking away from him, "Th-Thank you, but honestly, it isn't that much of a deal…" she trailed off when she saw him looking at her intently.
"It is, Misty, it is. You're absolutely the most beautiful girl I've ever seen, Misty, really," he said, still looking intently at her, and softly squeezing her hands.
Misty blushed even deeper and looked confused for a moment, before giving him a genuine smile and whispering, "Thank you Gary."
"C'mon," he said, releasing her hands, but then placed an arm around her shoulder, guiding her away from Ash and me, "we have to catch a plane."
They started walking off together, leaving me with a fuming Ash, a scared Pikachu and my own confusing thoughts. What. Just. Happened? Misty was trying to make Ash jealous by flirting with Gary, right? Right. But now was Gary all acting nice and Misty seemed… confused? Was she falling for him? No, she wouldn't fall for him, right? Maybe. Did Gary like Misty? Maybe. What if Gary liked Misty, and Misty was starting to like him back? Was Ash too late? Maybe.
Maybe. There were too many maybe's in here. May be. May. Be. MAY!
May was the solution! When Ash started flirting with May, Misty would forget about Gary – if she even thought about him in the first place – and focus on Ash again. The only thing I had to do was to get to Hoenn as fast as we could, to start the plan.
Misty could not fall for Gary. Misty would not fall for Gary. I will make sure that wouldn't happen.
Right, and now back to the situation at hand. Ash was still angry – understandable – and Pikachu was sitting under Ash's hat, slowly calming down. Why it was upset in the first place I did not know, probably because it thought we would miss the plane, or maybe it was sick because of Gary and Misty's cheesiness. It almost made me barf, anyway.
"C'mon Ash, otherwise we'll miss the plane," I said softly to the boy.
He didn't answer, just started walking, trying to tramp holes in the pavement. I followed, trying to think of a way to calm him down.
"Ash, you lost a battle, not the war," I said reassuringly, when I finally caught up with him.
"Huh?" he said, momentarily forgetting about his anger and looked up to me, confused. Sometimes I forgot I was talking to Ash.
"Never mind," I said, shaking my head. When he continued sulking, I started again.
"Your chance still has to come, Ash, I mean, we aren't even on the plane. And when we are in Hoenn, Misty will be at your feet."
He brightened up a little, but still asked insecurely, "Ya think so?"
"I'm sure."
He gave me a confident smile, and suddenly started walking faster.
"Hey Ash," I called out, "Wait for me!"
"Why are you walking so fast?" I asked when I finally was walking next to him again, instead of behind him.
He smiled, "Well, the sooner we are at the airport, the sooner we are in Hoenn, the sooner Mis- erm… my crush will like me back."
I sighed and shook my head. Ash and his illogical logic.
We caught up with Misty and Gary a few minutes after that, and then quickly spotted the airport.
"The airport!" Ash whooped, and made a run for it, Pikachu hot on his heels.
For a moment – I could've imagined it too – I thought I saw Misty's face darken at Ash's happiness to see the airport, thus to see May. Maybe there still was a chance.
We arrived at the airport, where Ash and Pikachu were waiting impatiently for us.
"C'mon, c'mon, hurry guys, we have to catch a plane," he said, ushering us in.
I glanced at my watch, noticing that we were still on schedule. So far, no problems.
When I looked at the line, I felt my stomach sink. It was long. Scratch that, it was really long. Then, with sudden happiness, I remembered that Ash had already reserved our tickets, and that we only needed to pick them up. I sneaked a peek at the reservations line – only two people. Maybe luck was finally on our side.
"I'm so glad Ash reserved our tickets, I mean, look at that line," Misty said, voicing my thoughts, "And I'm sure you reserved for Gary too, didn't you?" She gave Ash a don't-you-dare-to-deny-that-look.
"Erm…" he said.
She groaned, "Did you forget to reserve our tickets, Ketchum?"
"Er…"
I face palmed. Of course. Luck was never on our side.
Breaking up the argument before it could even start, Gary quickly said, "I'll go stand in the line, we'll need all the time we can get."
"Thanks Gary," Misty smiled sweetly at him.
Gary went to the line and left me with a apologetic Ash and a scornful Misty.
"Guys, what do you think of finding out to what Gate we have to go?" I said, sweatdropping.
"Sure," Ash said, trying to sound cheerful, but failing, and Misty just grumbled something.
Walking over to the information board, I noticed that the line was moving pretty fast – Gary was already in the middle. If we hurried up a little we could still make it.
"Ah, Hoenn, Flight 6, Gate 4," I said after looking at the information board, "That's on the Eastside of the airport."
Gary walked over to us, waving with the five tickets in his right hand.
"Where to go?" he asked, when he reached us.
"Gate 4," Misty piped, giving him another brilliant smile.
"And that's where?"
"South," Ash grumbled sourly.
"Great, let's go," Gary said, not noticing – or ignoring – Ash's bad mood.
Hurrying to the Southside – and subsequently bumping into everybody – our moods didn't improve.
"Gate 5, Gate 6, Gate 7," I mumbled as we reached the Southside, "Where's Gate 4?"
"Dang it, Ash, we had to go to the Westside, not South!" Misty yelled, momentarily losing her cheery attitude.
Glancing at my watch, I said, "C'mon, hurry guys, we can still make it."
Walking fast, almost running, to the Westside, we bumped into more people. Including a few very pretty girls, though no one seemed interested in me. Well, there was one. She blushed when I quickly helped her up, but I didn't have time to flirt, or even say "you're welcome" because we were in a real hurry. Dang Ash and his forgetfulness.
"Gate 8, Gate 9, Gate 10," Gary said agitated, "Dang, where's Gate 4?"
I suddenly realized that Gate 4 was on the Eastside. East, NOT West. Oh Arceus, from all times not to pay attention I had to choose now.
"East," I yelled, "We have to go to the Eastside!"
Usually, everyone would've complained about how they didn't want to cross the airport again, but now, there simply wasn't time for. We raced across the airport, but in the back of my mind, I knew we weren't going to make it.
Bumping in more people, we almost reached the Eastside when suddenly Gary bumped forcefully into a girl. I stopped, noticing that Gary was now lying sprawled over the floor, the girl on top of him. I called out to Misty and Ash to stop, and then ran back to Gary.
"Green?" the brown-haired girl asked confused.
"Leaf?" Gary asked surprised. And when I saw the look in his eyes – full of surprise, but under that surprise lay warm affection – I just knew the situation just had gotten more complicated.
Ash and Misty arrived, huffing and puffing, and then suddenly the way to Gate 4 cleared, showing me how the doors of the Gate closed. We had missed the plane.
Brocko, can this situation get any worse?
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