Me: well, it has been a long time since I've done this.

Ash: Yeah, four months.

Misty: Yeah, what have you been doing anyway?

Me: Well, I have been very busy, you know, with other stories anyway. Can one of you do the disclaimer?

Misty: Thedarkpokemaster does not own Pokémon. If he did, I would be with Ash and still be with him in the show.

Legend: "Talking"

"Thinking"

Chapter 8 the Misty mermaid

It was just yet another day with Ash and Co, and they were on their way to Misty's hometown. The rezone they were heading to Cerulean city was because Misty's Horsea was ill, and Brock told them that Horsea might need a bigger swim. So Misty called her sisters and told them that she was coming to see them.

Soon the three of them had arrived at the Cerulean Gym. "Well, guys, we're here, Ash the Cerulean Gym. The place looks amazing!" Misty said as she and the rest of her friends ran up to a billboard next to the Gym.

Misty then smiled, knowing that her Horsea can have a nice long swim. It was then that Pikachu noticed the billboard and then pointed to it.

"Hey, what's the matter, Pikachu?" Ash asked, looking at his friend.

"Hey, check out that billboard it looks like there is some kind of show!" The three trainers then looked at the billboard. It showed a picture of a mermaid and a prince and some Pokémon like Starmie, Staryu, Goldeen, Horsea, and a Seel.

"Fantastic! Exciting! Underwater ballet!" Brock said, reading the billboard A/N that is what it says, watch the episode.

"So it's an underwater ballet, and a Pokémon show sounds like fun!" Ash said as he started to get excited.

But that was not all. "And look, guys, a famous underwater star in her glorious return to Cerulean city!" Misty said as she clenched her right fist.

"She's beautiful!" Brock said as he went all crazy for the girls once again.

But Ash was not looking at the billboard picture of the mermaid but a redhead next to him. "Not as beautiful as a redhead, I know!" Ash thought to himself with a smile

That was when Ash saw something; he may act like an idiot at times, but Ash could be smart when he wanted to. "You know if her hair were just a little bit different, that girl would almost look just like you, Misty!" He said, still looking at the billboard.

Misty only laughed as she gave a light blush, and sweatdrop went down the left side of her face. "You know now that I think about Ash is right; she does look like me!" Misty then blushed to herself as she looked at the prince; she imaged that it was Ash.

While the two young teens were thinking about each other, Ash was thinking of Misty as a mermaid. However, and Misty was thinking about Ash As the prince. Brock just got a closer look at the mermaid and smiled at the picture.

"I would swim the deepest seas if I meet a mermaid just like her!" Brock said to himself.

While Pikachu just got all confused about what was going on, everyone went into the Gym. "Everybody, I'm home!"

When Misty said this, her three sisters came running up to her; all three just went around her asking her questions. Like where she had been all this time or what had taken her so long since they thought she was coming straight here after she had called them.

It wasn't long until Misty's three sisters saw her friends at the door. "Hey, you three remember me?" Ash asked the three.

While Brock, on the other hand, just went all goofy on them. "You girls look great!"

As this was going on, Misty went to take her Horsea to the big pool that her family had. Once her Horsea was in the pool, Misty smiled to herself as this was where she had battled Ash. A part of her wondered who would have won the battle if Team Rocket had not come and intervened with their battle. But that didn't honestly matter anymore since she had gotten a lot closer to Ash since then and found him to be brave and caring for his friends.

Just then, Ash and Brock came up to her. "Hey Misty, it looks like Horsea is getting better already?" Ash asked.

"I hope so!" Misty said.

Just then, Misty's sisters came into the room, and all surrounded Misty. "Like, come on, Misty, we need to get ready for the show!" Violet said.

"You need to like start rehearsing," Daisy said.

"Rehearsing what?" Misty asked as she had no idea what her sisters were on about as she looked at them.

Lily then pointed towards the poster. "Well, duh, rehearsing this, of course! It's the water show that we are doing!" She said to her little sister.

"Oh, the show, I love that you're performing it. Is there anything me or the guys can help you with costumes, maybe?" Misty asked while she crossed her arms together.

Misty sisters were slightly confused at what she had asked them, but Ash asked them something before they could say anything. "By the way, we'd like to see the show too?" Ash asked.

But Brock wanted to know something else, and that was who the girl that would be playing the mermaid was. "Hey, is that famous underwater star arrived yet? I really do want to meet her?" Brock said.

It was then that the three sisters smiled. "You've already met her!" Lily said.

"Yeah, she's like already here!" Violet said.

"Really, who is it? And what do you mean we know her?" Brock and Ash asked at the same time, but Brock was more excited than Ash.

Both Lily and Violet then put their hand on Brock's and Ash's heads and moved them so they were looking at Misty. "That's her."

To Misty, this was a complete shock when hearing this. "Who me?" She asked as she pointed her finger at herself.

"You bet!" Lily said before Violet finished for her.

"Presenting Misty the star of the underwater ballet, the magical mermaid!" Violet said while Misty just screamed at the top of her lungs.

Sometime later, Pikachu and Togepi looked at the fish in the tank; they then looked at Misty, sitting at a table with everyone else. "You must be crazy to think I'm no ballerina!" Misty said in protest.

"Please, Misty, you have to do it?" Lily asked.

"Yeah, look, we're in a jam. We've been doing these water shows for a long time now, and we just can't seem to draw in the crowds like we used to," Daisy said to Misty.

"The stadium has been like empty for like hardly anyone comes to see us anymore!" Lily said.

But Misty didn't care about that at all. "When are they going to grow up already? I mean, come on, they need to do their jobs!" Misty thought to herself.

"So we like decided to try something new to try one of our water ballets underwater!" Violet said.

"And that's when we got your call. It's almost like creepy! The whole thing was like meant to be," Daisy said.

Misty was not happy by this at all or what Daisy said: "Well, it wasn't meant to be with me!" Misty said angrily at what they wanted her to do.

It was then that her sister started to try and make Misty feel guilty. "All those people are going to be so disappointed!" Lily said as she started to try and make Misty feel guilty while her arms were around the back of her head.

"Well, that's too bad!" Misty yelled.

But Lily just went on. "And the kids they were looking forward to seeing this too!" Lily said as she still had her eyes closed.

"And we like advertised you on the radio and the T.V too!" Daisy told her.

"And we already sold the tickets are already totally sold out!" Violet said.

Ash, on the other hand, was well being Ash. "Can I get a seat?" He asked while Misty had her arms crossed.

"I am not doing this!" Misty said once again. "But the first performance is tomorrow," Daisy said.

Hearing this just shocked both Ash and Misty was shocked by what Daisy said to them. "Please, Misty, please do it for us!" Daisy begged.

"Just give it a shout Misty!" Ash said to her.

"Sure, Misty, I bet that you can pull it off!" Brock told her, trying to give her engorgement.

"You understand how important this is?" Violet said as she held on to Brock's hands. "You would never turn you back on your home town, would you?" Lily asked as she held on to Ash's hand.

Both sisters used the old waterworks to get them on their side to get Misty to do what they wanted. "Please, for the sake of the Cerulean Gym, please, Misty, we really need you!" Daisy said with tears in her eyes.

"I'll do it!" Misty said as she lowered her head down.

At this point, both Lily and Violet shouted. "We got her!" as they jumped for joy.

"We could always get our baby sister to do whatever we wanted!" Lily said.

"Yeah, this is like a total flashback!" Violet said as both she and Lily started to laugh.

But Daisy wasn't finished yet. "Well, that's not like the only trouble we have, Misty. You see, we need someone to play prince of the show, and since the three of us are the villains," Lily said.

"The trouble is the prince has to kiss the mermaid, and we don't like really trust anyone else to do it, so we thought that Ash could do it," Violet said.

"Yeah, and since Brock is like so much older than you and Ash is your boyfriend, then this is perfect for the two of you," Daisy said.

"Wait, you're saying that you want Ash to be the Prince!" Misty yelled in shock as she asked her sisters this.

"And Misty and I have to kiss!" Ash yelled, knowing that he would not watch the show but now be in the show.

The three sisters just laughed at this and looked at then two. "You bet you two will be the stars of the show!" The three yelled.

Later on, after convincing Ash to help out, everyone was around the pool where Horsea was playing, but little Togepi was getting close to the edge. But the baby Pokémon was about to fail, and Pikachu saw this and went to help the egg Pokémon. But Togepi didn't fail in the pool but walked away just as Pikachu got to the pool, but soon Togepi came back, and As Pikachu tried to get hold of the young Pokémon, he fell into the pool.

While this was happening, Daisy and her sisters told both Ash and Misty what would happen in the play. "Ok, let's start the rehearsal; this is an awesome story!" Violet said as she had a fake sword in one hand and a script in the other.

"Violet was our scriptwriter as always," Daisy said.

"Ok, so the story goes, the magical mermaid was relaxing peacefully with her Pokémon Seel when three evil villains suddenly appear!" While Violet was reading the script, Misty was sitting down, not too impressed at all. At the time, Violet said three evil villains that her sisters came up to her with their fake swords.

"We tie you up and try to make you tell us where the sunken treasure is? But when you don't tell us where it is, we get really rough on you, sis!" Lily said to Misty with a playful smirk.

"Can we use a stand-in for this?" Misty asked only for Violet to hit her head with the script.

"Don't get cutie!" Violet said to her while Lily was playing with her rubber sword.

At this point, Daisy had pulled Ash onto the scene. "Alright, Ash, I'm going to show what you need to do as the prince," Daisy said.

It was then that Daisy started to show Ash what he needed to do when he played the prince. "Like alright, Ash, this is what I need you to do!" Daisy said as she gave Ash another fake sword.

"Now Ash, when the three of us tie Misty up and start asking her where the treasure is when she Misty says no, that's when you come in to save her," Daisy said as she showed Ash what he had to do, which was fighting the three off.

"Alright, Ash, now I want you to do it!" Daisy told him as she went over to her sisters.

However, Ash and Misty were both too embarrassed by this. "I can't believe I'm doing this," Misty thought to herself.

With that, the three older sisters surrounded Misty once again until Ash came in and started fighting them off. In the end, Ash managed to drive them off as it said in the script, then as he was told to by Daisy or forced to, Ash and Misty then had to hug each other.

Violet then started to read the script once more. "The magical mermaid and the prince fall totally in love and raise a whole lot of Seel, and they live happily ever after!" Violet said.

With that, Brock and Seel started to clap at this. "Well done, you two!" Brock said to them both.

"Alright guys, I think that's it for the day but don't you two forget that you both need to kiss at the end," Daisy said to them before she and everyone else left the room.

Later After everyone was in bed, Ash was in Misty's room talking to Misty about what they should do. As neither of them wanted to kiss each other, they were friends with Misty's sisters, who kept thinking that they were going out. When Misty was in the bathroom getting ready for bed, Ash was already and waited for Misty so they could talk.

While Misty was in the bathroom, Ash kept thinking about what he and Misty were going to do. "What should Misty and I do? I mean, a part of me wants to kiss her, but another part of me tells me not to do it that it may ruin our friendship. What am I going to do? I just wish I knew!" Ash thought to himself.

But he then remembered the costume that Misty was going to have to wear in the show, and Ash just blushed at the thought. "Misty does look nice in her mermaid outfit!" Ash said to himself, hoping that Misty didn't hear him.

While Ash thought of what he and Misty should do about the kiss, Misty was having a shower, also trying to think. "What should I? I mean, should Ash and I kiss, but I wanted it to be with something I truly love," Misty thought to herself.

Once Misty was done drying her heir Misty, she then got into her nightclothes; she was about to open the door to her room when she heard Ash say something about her mermaid outfit was looking cutie on her. Misty could only blush at this, but she decided to get this talk over with already.

"Hey, Ash, so have you thought of what we are going to do yet?" Misty asked as she walked into the room.

Ash just looked at her since this was the first time he saw Misty with her hair down like this. And he couldn't help but love the way it looks so much so that he couldn't hear Misty calling his name. But Ash was snapped out of it when Misty moved closer to him and put her hand on the right side of his chick.

"Ash, what are we going to do about this kiss then?" She asked, looking into Ash's eyes.

"I'm sorry, not yet, but I'm sure that together we'll think of something. After all, I don't want to take your first kiss away," Ash said to her.

Misty was touched by what Ash said to her that he didn't want to take something special like her first kiss from her.

For the next hour, Ash and Misty talked about what they should do; they thought of a few ideas, but they knew none would work. At least not the way they wanted it to be so that the people watching would believe them.

So, in the end, they both knew that they had to kiss each other. "Come on, Misty, let's just try to make the crowd happy tomorrow since they will be little kids too," Ash said to her as he went and set his sleeping bag up before going to sleep with Misty also went to sleep ready for the big day.

The next morning fireworks were going off over the Cerulean Gym, and a large crowd was making their way to the Gym. Daisy could see the many people coming to the Gym to watch the show; everyone was helping; even Brock wanted to help.

"Hello and welcome to the Cerulean Gym's new water show!" Daisy said over the intercom.

Lily and Violet were helping everyone when Violet was talking to Lily. "Just look at all the people Lily?" Violet said, looking at her sister.

"This is going to be our biggest show ever!" Lily said.

Meanwhile, in the Gym, Daisy gave out the tickets to people and told them where to go. "Thank you; the entrance is right this way. Please enjoy the show," Daisy told them as she handed some pamphlets to them.

Daisy was so happy that she was crying. "I am like so happy that we tricked Misty and Ash to do this!" Daisy thought to herself.

With more and more people sitting down and Misty and Ash could see them, Misty was already in her mermaid costume. Ash was about to go and get changed to when he decided to check on his friend.

"Hey Mist, how are you doing?" He asked her with a smile on his face, but he was nervous on the inside.

"I'm doing fine, Ash. It's just, well, look at all the people!" Misty said to him as she looked at her.

When Ash saw her, he noticed that Misty was wearing a sea-neck less and earrings and a pink seashell bikini, and he then looked at her mermaid tail, which was a light blue that also had a star on the side. Ash just blushed at the sight of her?

"Wow, Misty, you look good. You look like a real mermaid!" Ash told her only to make Misty blush even hard than Ash did.

"Thanks, Ash! Well, you better get your costume on." Misty said to him with a smile.

Before Ash left, Misty told him one thing that would make them both feel better. "Don't worry, Ash. I know we can do this!" She told him.

With everyone seated, the show soon started with a recording of Daisy telling the audience what was going on. "Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for waiting now; our underwater ballet, the magical mermaid, performed by the talented Cerulean sisters and our little sister's friend, is about to begin!" Daisy said.

With that, a class pool started to rise from the battle arena so all the people watching could see inside. Everyone could see all kinds of water Pokémon inside thanks to the spotlight on the Pokémon in the pool.

"Once upon a time in a beautiful, peaceful lagoon lived happy water Pokémon who spent many playful hours with their lovely friend the magical mermaid!" She said as at that time Misty showed herself on a diving board.

With people applause her, Misty then dived into the water with a mighty splash and started swimming with the Pokémon in there. Everyone watches Misty as they saw her swimming with the Pokémon Misty then held Seel's flippers and danced with her sister's Pokémon while Goldeen and Seaking were swimming around her.

With her dance over, misty then went into a cave to get some air, so she took a deep breath and swam back outside. All the little kids were happy to see the mermaid once more, everyone loved the show, but Violet, Daisy, and Lily were happy that they liked it. All three were in the villain's costumes, but they were all looking at Misty to see how she was doing.

"Wow, just look at them, you two; they just love her!" Daisy said to the other two.

"I wish I were the mermaid; now she has a much nicer custom than mine!" Lily said.

Just then, without any of them knowing, Team Rocket came to them from behind. "We can play the villains," Meowth said, who was wearing a swan-like costume around his waist.

"We'd be perfect for the part!" Jessie said, who was wearing a blue soldier's outfit.

"And we wouldn't even have to act!" James said who was wearing a ballerina's outfit, a pink one.

With that, Team Rocket tied the three sisters up and got ready to steal all of the water Pokémon they had. While this was going on, Ash was almost finished with his costume and ready to save Misty.

At this point, Misty got to a large pink shell, where Misty pretended to go to sleep as the shell started to close. With that done, she got out an underwater mask so that she could breathe until the shell opened once more.

Just then, back on the diving board when the spotlight came on and showed Team Rocket while everyone thought they were in the act. However, Brock knew better than that and went off to tell Ash and let him know what was going on.

"Meowth! (Laughs) It looks like the real bad guys have shown up!" He said, laughing.

"What do you mean bad? Nobody is better at stealing water Pokémon than us," Jessie asked as she had her hands on her hips.

"And the next time we steal men's clothes!" James said, a little embarrassed.

With that said, both Jessie and James took out their breathing masks, and both dived underwater. The two then started to swim towards where Misty was within her pink shell, and Misty still didn't know what was going on yet.

As the two got closer to where Misty was, Horsea knew who it was, and as Misty's pink shell opened up, Horsea went to tell her. When the pink shell opened, Misty already had her breathing mask off and saw Horsea telling her something.

It was only then that Misty saw that Team Rocket was about to say something to them. But since she was underwater, bubbles just came out of her mouth, and she had to put her breathing mask on. "What are you doing here?" She asked the two.

It was at this point that the two started the motto, each perfuming ballet moves.

Jessie: "Prepare for trouble!"

James: "And make it double!"

Jessie: "To protect the world from devastation!"

James: "To unite all peoples within our nation!"

Jessie: "To denounce the evils of truth and love!"

James: "To extend our reach to the stars above!"

Jessie: "Jessie!"

James: "And James!"

Jessie: "Team Rocket, blast off at the speed of light!"

James: "Surrender now or prepare to fight, fight, fight!"

Meowth: "Meowth! That's right!"

Once their motto was over, the crowd loved it and thought it was part of the show, but Team Rocket loved it. So they just took it all in knowing that someone loved their motto.

"They love us; we're killing them!" Jessie said, waving her arms.

"I always knew that I was destined for greatness a Starmie is born!" James said.

"Ha, now they'll get to see what Team Rocket do best, and that's to steal the show!" Meowth cried out as he pushed a button to make the large Meowth head balloon come crashing into the stadium.

Everyone was shocked to see this, but they still thought it was part of the show while Misty now knew what they were going to do.

"And now for the grand finale, bring up the water Pokémon!" Meowth yelled to the two.

"Right!" That was all Jessie and James said as they throw a net over the Goldeen? Once the net was over them, Jessie and James started to pull the Goldeen towards them.

But Misty had also grabbed the net so she could stop the two. "Hey, give them their not your Pokémon!" Misty yelled.

"Why don't you make like a good little mermaid and swim away!" Jessie yelled.

While this was going on, Ash was told by Brock what was going on. "Brock, you try to find Misty's sister while Misty and I take care of Team Rocket!" Ash said to him as he took off to the stage with Pikachu.

Once there, Ash dived into the pool, ready to help Misty out. "Knock it off!" Ash yelled at Team Rocket.

"It's them again!" James said.

"Well, we'll show them! Go Arbok!" She yelled, throwing her poke ball with that Arbok started to attack Ash and Pikachu.

Misty seeing her friend in danger, sent her Pokémon to help. "Go, Horsea!" She yelled as Horsea went charging for Arbok.

The ordinance, however, just loved this even more as they now got to watch a Pokémon battle too.

"Horsea bubble attack!" Misty said, and Horsea used its bubble attack on Arbok, but the snake Pokémon just used its tail on the attack.

"Arbok wrap attack!" Jessie yelled as Arbok used its tail on Horsea, but Misty told Horsea to use a smokescreen. With Arbok not able to see, this gave Seaking the chance to attack Arbok by using its horn attack.

With that done, Horsea went back to Misty, and she knew that Horsea had not been feeling too well. "Don't worry, and I know that you haven't been well! Seaking use Horn drill!" Misty yelled.

When Misty said, the horn on Seaking's head started to go like a real drill and started to attack Arbok from all sides. While Seaking was doing this, Ash went to Misty to see if she was alright and that Team Rocket didn't hurt her.

"Good job Misty!" Ash said to her as he saw the work she had put into Seaking.

"Thank my sisters they trained Seaking!" She told him.

By this point, Arbok was getting very angry at the Seaking at what it was doing to him. James did try to send out his Weezing to help out, but it just ran out of air. By this time, Brock had found Misty's sisters; they saw what was going on and decided to help out and send Misty Psyduck out too. But they soon found out that it couldn't even swim; even Psyduck was shocked at this at went to the surface at fast as it could. While everyone laughed, Misty's sisters were just embarrassed by her Pokémon.

It didn't take long for Ash to send out his Squirtle to help Seaking out. Misty even sent her Starmie to help out, too. However, Arbok was getting outnumbered by this point and was now getting attacked on all sides. However, this made the snake Pokémon even angrier at the three Pokémon.

Arbok started to chase all three water Pokémon until the three were trapped in front of a rock with nowhere to flee. Misty knew she needed to do something to stop Team Rocket from taking all their Pokemon and had it looked like it was now all over for the three, that was until Seel came in front of Arbok to protect his friends.

Everyone was shocked at what Seel was doing, but Team Rocket just laughed. "That weak baby thinks it can stop us!" James said, laughing at Seel.

"Finish it now, Arbok!" Jessie ordered with that Arbok went right for Seel.

But something else happened; instead, Seel started to go around Arbok, making a whirlpool around the snake Pokémon. Misty told Seel to use a headbutt on Arbok twice before Misty told Seel to use Aura beam on Arbok. Misty's sisters were shocked at what their Seel could do, but everyone was going to be even more shocked soon since Seel started evolving.

As a bright white light surrounded Seel and soon Seel was now a Dewgong, everyone was shocked at this, and Ash looked Dewgong up in his Pokédex. With Seel now evolved into Dewgong, Misty ordered Dewgong to use Ice beam on Team Rocket, and the three were then soon frozen in the ice.

Ash and Misty slowly got every last Pokémon out of the pool so that Pikachu could finish Team Rocket off. Ash also had to help Misty out of the pool by holding her like he would be doing if he married her.

Misty only blushed at this, and the audience loved this part the best of all, thinking it was still part of the show. "Well, at least they like the show even with Team Rocket messing it up," Misty thought smiling.

Ash also had a smile, but he saw that everyone was now safely out from the pool, making him smile, and then looked at Pikachu.

Ash told Pikachu to give Team Rocket a thunderbolt, which Pikachu did happily? But since Team Rocket was underwater, the ice all three were still trapped in was broken, and they were sent flying but only for a short time before coming back down. But Dewgong used its tail to send them flying right at Meowth, who didn't want his friends crashing into him, but Meowth wasn't lucky, and his friends did crash into him, sending all of them blasting off once more.

With Team Rocket now gone, the ordinance, even a few of the Kids were telling Ash to kiss the mermaid. And Ash and Misty both knew that they had to do this since it was what the script told them to do, and the ordinance wanted to see them kiss.

"Well, Misty, I guess we have to do it!" Ash told her with a smile.

Misty also smiled. "I think your right, Ash!" She said to him.

Soon both of their lips moved closer and closer to each other until the lips meet each other. The two were in shock that it felt so good and somehow so right kissing each other they didn't even know why they were trying to get out of this now.

With the kiss going on, most people just cried in happiness at the love the two had for each other. Brock saw something else; his two friends were kissing each other, and he was shocked since they didn't even want to do it.

Once the show was over, both Ash and Misty were back to their normal clothes; the two just walked to the Gym entrance. They just looked at each other and blushed; they couldn't stop thinking about the kiss they did.

Misty decided to break the silence that was going on. "So umm, Ash, that was a nice kiss!" Misty said as she blushed.

At this, Ash too couldn't help but blush at what Misty said. "Thanks, Mist. You were good too." He told her before the two had reached the entrance of the Gym.

Ash and Misty were shocked at how many people came to see the show and were shocked at what Daisy had told them. That they found themselves booked for the next five months, but Daisy told the two that Lily and Violet would take it in turns to play the mermaid. But there was another problem; they didn't have enough Pokémon, so they decided to take some of Misty's. Like her Horsea and Starmie, Daisy tried to take Togepi, but Misty didn't want her Togepi to go, but she did try to give them her Psyduck. But all three said that they were not that desperate Daisy did try to get Pikachu, but Ash wouldn't let that happen either.

With Misty saying goodbye to her sisters, Ash and Co were once again off to Viridian City so that Ash could get his last badge. However, as Ash and Misty walked, the two didn't say a word to each other; they just blushed, knowing that their first kiss was very good even if at first they didn't want it, they genuinely liked it in the end. And they were both happy that they did it in the end.

A/N well, this took me another week to do, and I hope you like it, so please review and let me know what you think of it.