The Hearts of Wind and Water an AAML Fanfic. Ash: 16 Misty: 17 Brock: 20 Dawn: 10 Pikachu: ??? Nurse Joy :22 Team Rocket : who knows Misty's sisters: who cares Chapter 1 It has been two years since Misty Waterflower said good-bye to her friends, Brock and Ash. As the Gym Leader of Cerulien City, she has many responsabilities, especially to her sisters, who were now back from their world travels and having a hard time finding jobs after returning home. For the time being they are living off of the money Misty is making from defeating travelers. However with the number of travelers decreasing every year. And that was because more and more young trainers are focusing more on becoming top coordinators then pokemon masters. But... I digress, we are getting off topic, so let us now return to Misty who is in her room thinking of when she used to travel with Ash and Brock. It was about noon on a particularly warm summer day.Their had been no trainers coming to the gym in the past week or so and the bills Misty was recieving in the mail were only growing. The Gym wasn't in good shape and needed some repairs...and a fresh coat of pait wouldnt hurt. "Unfortunately" Misty said "we just dont have the money to fix the gym, and go shopping, at the same time." As you can imagine her sisters were growning about this like Ash did when he went without food for 24 hours, which was exactly what Misty thought. She continued."Look if we had the money to shop im sure the gym wouldnt look like it was falling appart." she explained. All her sisters could say was."But Misty, we like need to go shopping for some new clothes, we dont wanna be seen in last seasons apparel now do we?" "THATS ALL YOU THREE EVER THINK ABOUT!!!" Misty exclaimed. "Well its like, not its our faults the gym isnt doing so good." her sisters tried to say, but of coarse Misty had an answer for them."WELL IF YOU HAD GOTTEN JOBS BY NOW IM SURE WE WOULDNT BE IN THIS PROBLEM NOW WOULD WE!!" Of coarse Misty was right about that. "look I dont have time for this"Misty said trying to calm down,"i'll think about shopping later but for now you three should get back out there and look for some jobs if you really want to go shopping. "Im going for a swim ill take care of the bills later." as she said putting the bills and the money she had earned in the safe. As she walked away to the main pool in the Gym, Daisy and her two remaining sisters stared at the safe with an evil grin... It was about two hours later that Misty had finished trying to cool off in the pool. With some sucess. "It was just the heat getting to her" Misty thought as she got out of the pool. (seeing as the gym was in such a state of disrepair, its only natural the the AC wasnt working.) She was heading for her room upstairs when she heard a vioce from outside that said "MailCall." 'Ah great' Misty thought. 'More bills to pay.' Oddly enough their was no bills in the mail, instead their was just one little letter. Misty however didnt notice she just assumed it was another bill and decided to put it in the safe with all the other bills for now. Thats when she noticed that the text looked hand written, not printed by a machine. But instead of reading it right away she decided to put it to the side and pay the bills that she was so dreading. When she went and opened the safe, their was no money just a letter from her oldest sister, Daisy. The letter read.. "Dear little sis, Sorry about this but we just cant wait to go shopping any longer, so we borrowed the money. we will see you later and hope to have enough money left over to get a bite to eat. Talk to you later. Sincerely Daisy." This short little letter, with its few words, were the final straw! "I'VE HAD IT WITH THOSE THREE! THEY NEVER THINK AHEAD!! I JUST CANT TAKE LIVING WITH THEM ANYMORE!!!" Misty said with her anger building. She was about to blow her top off when she remembered the letter she recieved."Well maby it will be from some guy saying I won the lottery" she sarcastically said to herself turning over the letter. But what she saw was not addressed from any lottery group. It was addressed to: "Misyt Waterflower" from: "Ash Ketchum." Misty couldnt believe it. After a year of not hearing from him, he suddenly, out of the blue, decides to send Misty a letter. It had been so long since she had heard from Ash, that she could hardly keep her eyes from welling up with tears. She quickly ran back to her room, turned on the bedside light, and opened Ashs' letter. She knew instantly Ash himself had written in because he had crossed out the words Dear, Hi, Hey, and Hellow, in the begining. But the letter went like this. Dear Misty, Im sorry that i havn't written or talked to you reciently, its just that i have been busy with training and all. Im still gonna be the world number one pokemon master. By the way Pikachu, and Brock say hi, but the last I heard you were doing great as the new Gym Leader, I hope you are beating a lot of strong challangers. Its taken a while but i finally got my sixth badge, and now Me,Brock, and Dawn(she's the newest person to the group, and she's a little nieve,Whatever that means. But she wants to be a coordinator like May, I still dont understand why someone would want to be a coordinator over a pokemon master,) and we are on out way to Snowpoint City, the weather up here is so cold im suprised i dont have frostbite already Its really getting on Dawns nervs because she is only wearing a thick coat but she's still not used to the cold. To be honest i think Dawn is getting on Brocks nervs a little because of all of her whining. I know if it way you, you would be yelling in my ear about how this is my fault that we are up here in all this cold just so i can win a badge. I told Brock that if he was so bored of the snow maby we should go and pick you up so it wouldnt be so boring here. He just stared at me with a little bit of an open mouth. When i asked him what was wrong he just turned away and said "nothings wrong" Well i better wrap this up the letters running out of room. So i just wanted to let you know i miss you and i wish you were here. Love Ash Could it be... did Ash just confess his feelings in that one little four letter word? Misty was on the brink of breaking down in tears. She hadnt felt this happy since....well since she and Ash first met. The way Ash had described Misty was so true she thought. She knew she would be yelling at him for dragging her into that cold if she was in Dawns place. It was then that she realized what Ash had wrote. Rereading the letters end it said. "i miss you and wish you were here. L-O-V-E Ash. As Misty tried to despirately reread the letter she noticed that her tears were starting to fall all over the letter. Attached to the letter was a picture of a snowy background with Brock, frying pan in hand, cooking over a hot fire. Misty could practically smell the stew from her room. Also in the picture was a girl with blue hair that Misty guessed to be Dawn, and in the center with one arm stretched out, Pikachu on his sholder, stood Ash with a the same big-old smile that she missed so much. It was then that her heart felt like it had dropped into her stomach, and she wished so hard to be by Ashs' side once again. No, it wasnt just that she wanted to be next to him, she wanted to be with him. 'Oh Ash why did i leave you?' She thought over and over, with tears running down her eyes. "How could i have been so stupid?" It was then that their came a knock at the main entrance, and a familiar voice called out "Hey Misty are you here? its Tracy. Mrs. Ketchum asked me to come over and see how you were doing." Misty, half sobbingly came down from her room greeting Tracy."Whats wrong Misty?" Tracy asked, concerned for his old traveling companion. "Tracy I need some advice" Misty said. After telling him her story from that morning Tracy said. "Well i dont know what to do, but your sisters shouldnt have taken the money like that." Misty replied, "Your right but I dont want to close down the Gym. It would leave them homeless, even if they did sorta make me take the job of leader against my will, and they did leave the gym in this state when they left, AND THEY DID TAKE ALL OF MY MONEY THAT TOOK ME MONTHS TO EARN!!!" Tracy could tell Misyt was getting upset just thinking about it. "You know what Tracy? Forget my sisters! They never did anything for me that didnt benfit them more. So im going to go to Ash even if it kills me!" Misty said with a fire in her eyes. The same fire that burned in Ashs' eyes. Tracy knew right then and there what Misty was gonna do. As Misty went to packin her things in a bag tracy asked, "Do you even know where Ash is? And how are you going to get there? Your sisters took all of your money, remember? In the same order Tracy asked his questions Misty answered, "Snowpoint, I'll ride on Gyrados's back if I have to, and i didnt forget thats why im going to go and ask Prof. Oak or Mrs. Ketchum for some money to catch a ferry to Sinnoh, from their... i dont know, but ill think of something. As Misty finished packing the things she would take with her (which included about 10 different outfits, two different types of shoes, her pokemon, and all the pokefood she could carry.) and went for the keys to the gym. She turned to Tracy and asked, "Tracy? Could you take care of the Gym for a while, just until my sisters come back. After that you can leave and not come back because I dont plan on coming back ever again." Tracy added, "But Misty, what about your sisters? Without money wont they get kicked out of the gym?" To that Misty added, "Well thats their problem, they should have thought about that before they went and spent their money on clothes instead of their home." 'thats right their home. Its not my home, not any more. My home will be with Ash,' she thought quietly to herself. As she walked out of the Cerulian gym for the very last time, she heard "Good luck Misty, I hope you find Ash," Not even turning around she put one hand up in the air to say goodbye. It was then that Tracie got an idea. He would send a letter to Ash and hope that it would get there in time. It was all he could do to help Misty, because he knew that she was very much, in Love. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- Chapter 2 It was about five in the afternoon a few days after Misyt had recieved the letter that Ash had sent her. Truth be told it wasnt the main thing on his mind, just getting to to Snowpoint took most of his focus, but Misty was on his mind. They had just reached the edge of the small town and had seen what they were looking for. A building with a red roof, and a pokeball sign on it. With this sight the three young travelers yelled "Horray!!" except for Brock who yelled "Im coming my nurse joy!" Though they were close it was another 20 min before they reached the pokemon center. With a sigh of relief ash said,"oh thank god for heat." With a small smile Nurse Joy welcomed them to the pokemon center in Snowpoint City. Of coarse before Ash could answer her Brock was already trying his luck with one of his patented pick-up lines. Unfortunately for him Nurse Joy responded, "Im sorry but you see....im already in a relationship." This left Brock in the fetal position in the corner of the pokemon center. Back to what Ash was about to say,"Hi im Ash, this is Dawn, and of coarse you already met Brock." However, unlike any of the other Nurse Joys this one asked Ash, "Ash...as in Ash Ketchum?" So you've heard of me have you, Ash said with his currently over inflating ego. " "Well, no, not until today anyways." replied Nurse Joy. With Ash's ego now poped like the baloon it had swelled like."I recieved a letter for you" Nurse Joy stated. She went back behing the reception desk and pulled out the letter and a clip board for room rentals. "I figured that since you just got into town you would want a room, am I right?" Ash nodded and grabbed the clipboard. After signing his name under the rental agreement he took the letter and opened it. it said: Dear Ash If your reading this message like I hope you are I have to warn you. Misty, after reading the letter you sent her, decided to go to you in the Sinnoh region. She already knows that you are in Snowpoint and she is on the way. By the time you read this, she will have left two days ago for Sinnoh. She has plenty of Pokefood but not much real food for herself, Also she dosnt have any sleeping bags or a tent so she will be exposed to the elements untill she gets their. I really hope she makes it, it will be about two or three weeks before she gets there so stay there and keep an eye open. Best regards: Tracy It was after reading the letter that Ash turned as white as the snow outside. Pikachu asked (Whats wrong? Ash, are you ok?) "Misty...." that was all he muttered before he had dropped the clipboard and ran outside into the waist deep snow in hopes of finding some sign of Misty. Brock followed in quick persuit of his terrofied friend who proceeded to yell, "MISTY!!!, MISTY!!!" Ash stopped, it gave Brock all the time he needed to grab his friend and ask him why he was calling Misty's name. As Dawn approached Brock from behind she gave him the clipboard with the letter tightly fastened to it. After reading the letter Brock said "Look Ash, the letter says that Misty just left two days ago. It will be about two weeks before she gets here so lets get inside and wait for her. "o-ok" Ash said, reluctintly turning toward the Pokemon center. After they had made it back to the pokemn center Brock felt compelled to ask Ash questions, questions that had been on his mind for a while now. "Hey Ash, why did you run out into the snow like that after reading about Misty. Ash was shaking, and not just because of the cold, "B-Because i w-w-was worried about M-M-Misty, because s-he is my f-f-friend." he said. hoping that Brock would believe him, however Brock wouldnt be content with that answer. "wrong, im your friend, but I dont think you would be willing to go into waist deep snow for me like that." Brock knew he was right. "Hey Ash?" Dawn asked, "Do you have anything with misyt like a photo?" (Inside shirt pocket) Pikachu proclaimed. "Trader" was Ash's only response. (Im not a trader Ash but I am both Dawn and Brocks friend, so they have at least some right to know, and besides i dont think you have been completely honest with yourself.) Now Ash could think of nothing to say. "Hey let us see the picture" Dawn asked *sigh* "oh alright, just be careful with it" As he handed over the picture he felt as though something was pulling on his very heart. "wow" Dawn was supprised to see how close Ash seemed to be with Misty. "If you were this close to her, why did you let her go?" "Because...." Ash tried to explain, but he was at a loss for words."because.....I didnt want ....to get in her way of being the Cerulian Gym leader." "WRONG!" proclaimed Brock. Ash was stunned, "huh? What do you mean by wrong?" "I mean" Brock statred to explain "ive seen how you looked at Misty, and i know that you didnt ask Misty to stay with you was because you were afraid that she would say no." Ash was stunned at this accusation however he knew that it was true. Deep down he could feel what he wanted to say rising in him until he could hide it no more. "ALRIGHT I ADMIT IT OK!! I DONT JUST LIKE MISTY I-I- I LOVE MISTY!!! I think she's funny, smart, beautiful, and i wana stay with her for the rest of my life!!!! Everyone...even Ash was supprised with what he had said...He loved her, and now he could never deny it, even to himself. "Well now at least we all know how you feel, come on Ash its late we should all go to bed" commented Dawn. "Alright ill see you guys later." With that Ash grabbed his bedroom key from Nurse Joy and went to his room. It was later that night that Ash heard a knock at his door, he expected Dawn or Brock but instead it was Bunearry. (C-Can i come i-in) "Sure Bunneary", Ash replied (D-Do you mind i-if I s-spend the n-n-night with you and p-p-pikachu?) asked Bunneary timidly? "I dont mind and Pikachu's already asleep." With that Bunneary curled up next to Pikachu (You know I heard what you said through the pokeball and I hope that this Misty girl gets here soon.) "Why do you care so much Bunearry?" Questioned Ash. (Because i know what it is like to be in love, and to be away from that love for a short time. I cant possible imagine being away from Pikachu for that long.) "You know Bunneary, im glad that you fell in love with Pikachu, you know I think that Pikachu really likes you" With that Bunneary began to blush, even Pikachu in deep sleep started to blush a little. The last thing Ash thought before he fell asleep was that the bed, the sheets, and even the soft pillow, they all felt wrong, they felt too big, but their was someone that could all make it fit and she was on the way. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- Chapter 3 It was now about a week or so after Misty first recieved Ash's letter. She was able to borrow enough money from Prof. Oak to catch the express ferry to Sinnoh, which was good, because Misty was tired from the journey and wanted to rest for a few days. She had decided to forego the port at Vermillion city and take the one at Veridian City because it was smaller and she didnt want to be reminded of the Saint Ann incident. It had taken a considerable amount of time and effort but she managed to reach Veridian City, though it was tempting she dicided it would be better to not stop at the Pokemon center there and keep going. When she finally got to the port she noticed it was slightly bigger than last time but it had remained, for the most part, unchanged. After a brief talk with the ticket salesman she was able to recieve a ticket at a discount for sweet talking to him, this was, of coarse, just a way to lower the price of the ticket. After leaving the salesman Misty took notice of the ticket and that the name of the ship she was going to be on was "Saint Ann 2" 'You've got to be kidding me!' Misty thought. As she trudged her way to the Saint Ann 2 Misty didn't notice the shadowy figures staring at her from the alley. Once she had stepped aboard the Saint Ann 2 Misty was almost overcome with emotion. It looked almost exactly like the Saint Ann, she could practically hear Ash and Brocks voices as she remembered how they reacted to seeing the origional Saint Ann. After Misty recieved the room, which was on the opposite side of the St. Ann from her last stay, she started thinking about Ash again and now she realized that she would have to tell him how she felt about him. She tried to find the words so that she would be ready when they came face to face. "Hi As....Hey....Ash I...I love you A....ARGH, WHY CANT I SAY IT!! He's not even here and i cant say it." After trying a couple more times she felt the ship move which ment it was about to leave shore. She figured that since she wouldnt be coming back, at least for a while anyways, she'd go topside and watch the ship leave port. Before she even made it topside she noticed the smell of food. Misty's mouth was drooling, she hadnt eaten anything in nearly two days and could smell the food from the buffet, but she wasn't the only one. The three shadowy figures had been following Misty until they too smelled the buffet after which point a man with short blue hair, a woman with long red hair and a meowth that could talk were in their place. These there could be none other than team rocket. The three trouble makers reached the beffet before Misty did but not by much..Infact she was right next to them in line when she first noticed Jessies long hair, Jessie was not oblivious to this, infact she was nervous because she thought that Misty would catch on soon, which she did. "Theirs only one person in the world who has hair like that." Misty said with a mostly dull face, she didnt know it but Misty was partially glad to see the familiar sight of Team Rocket. "alright you three, what are you doing here, I thought you would still be trying to unsucessfully take Pikachu from Ash? It sent chills down Team Rockets spine to have been found out so quickly. "H-how did you know it was us? I thought our deviant, desguises were undedectable." whined James. Unaware of the scene these four were making. Well it would have been if it wasnt for Jessies hair, but thats besides the point. "so why did you come back to Kanto? Finally figured that you could never get Pikachu?" "Of coarse not!!" yelled Jessy angrily. "We were about to get blasted off by that twerp boyfriend of yours when instead of a regular thunderbold attack he told that Pikachu to use one of its charged-up Thunders. And with that we got sent flying into the middle of the ocean. We eventually floated back to the port in Veridian when we noticed you." "So you decided to follow me, and try to take my Pokemon instead huh?" accused Misty. "Well i got some information for you." "First, My boyfriends name isnt twerp its Ash!" "Second, if you think ill let you take my pokemon so easily, your sadly mistaken!" However Team Rocket were still stunned with the fact that Misty had just called Ash her boyfriend. "y-you mean he really is your boyfriend?" Misty's face now as red as a sunburnet voltorb, " W-W-Well y-yeah, at leash h-he will be w-when i t-t-tell him how i f-feel." "B-but right now if you think im gonna hand over my pokemon then you'll have to beat me first." with that Misty called out her Gyrados. At the very sight of it, Team Rocket went running into the depths of the St. Ann 2 in fear. After they had disappeared Misty remembered why she was outside... to get some food, and boy was she ever hungry. About an hour after Misty was adaquetly filled. She was too tired to move so she returned to her room to sleep off her meal, and hopefully think of a way to tell Ash what it was that she so wanted them both to feel. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- Chapter 4 Its was week two after Misty recieved Ash's letter... After the first week Ash, Brock, and Dawn decided it would be good to go sight seeing around the town, and of coarse to win Ash's seventh badge. They had already visited the temple in the northernmost part of the town, but they were turned away at the door because apparently none of them were "the chosen one" which was odd because Ash was usually the "Chosen one" for just about every world crisis. However instead of putting up a fight Ash just calmly walked away. It was starting to concern Brock, Dawn, and even Pikachu at how calm Ash seemed to be. It was about the third day in the second week that Ash had won the Snowpoint badge, but it was during the gym battle that he couldn't wait for Misty any longer. He wanted too mych to see her to just sit around for the next week and a half for Misty, so after the battle he took his tired pokemon to the Pokemon center for treatment. It was after his pokemon were healed that Ash called the Charizific valley and asked to have his charizard sent to snowpoint. Brock instantly knew what Ash was going to do. "Ash i know your worried about Misty but think about what your doing before you regret it." implied Brock. "I know brock its just....I cant wait for her any longer. So as soon as Charizard gets here im going back to Floaroma town and wait for here there." "If im not back in about a week go ahead to Sunyshore City without me, Im sure me and Misty will catch up with you guys eventually." "No Ash," replied Brock "You and Misty are my friends and I cant just leave you alone out their knowing theirs a chance you could die. We'll stay here no matter how long it takes." "thanks." that was all Ash could say to one of his oldest traveling companions, and closest friends. It was a day and a half later that Charizard arrived in Snowpoint and Ash was going to stick to his plan, He was going to ride Charizard all the way to Flouroma town. However what Ash did not know was that Misty had already passed Floaroma town and was starting on route 217, the hardest part of the trip by far. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- Chapter 5 The St. Ann 2 was about to land at Canalave city when Misty was confronted by Team Rocket. Misty, not even concerned, easily polished them off with one pokemon. After the ship docked Misyt headed directly west without stopping at the pokemon center. He headed streight to Eternia city and only stopped their once and asked Prof. Oak to to send her one of Ash's fire pokemon because it was gonna be cold and she only had water pokemon. She was a woman on a mission. Nothing short of death itself was gonna stop her. At first the snow was only shin deep so Misty thought she would be abot to handle it, however, as the day went on and it continued to snow it got harder to keep walking but none the less she pushed onward with Cyndaquil at her side. It took longer than she thought it would to get past Mt. Cornet but she eventually made her way to route 217. And now with Abomasnow and many other ice pokemon in the way it was not going to be a easy journey. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- Chapter 6 Ash had finished packing all the supplies he would be taking hoping that the journey would be short because the temperatrue was dropping and now he was sure that Misty would be at least at the begining of route 217. He set off with his Charizard Hoping to find Misty ok. As Ash circled over route 217 he looked for any sighn of Misty, even the sight of her fiery red hair would be enough to make him jump from Charizard's back to the ground below. It took Ash and Charizard about three hours before they found the first signs of Misty, it was only her trail in the snow but it was more than enough to keep Ash going. As night fell he had become very concerned about Misty because her trail was going cold and now he resorted to yelling "MISTY!!" even at the danger of attracting the attention of Abomasnow. As he continued to call his lost loves name he suddenly heard a small, weak voice. It was calling his name. "ash, ash" As he ran towards the voice all kinds of images ran through his head, until he finally found Misty laying face down into the snow. His first instince was to grab her, hold her tight, and make sure that she was alright. Not far from where Ash had found Misty both Pikachu and Charizard found a little cyndaquil. Pikachu, knowing this Cyndaquil called out (Ash its Cyndaquil, quick bring his pokeball!!, hold on Cyndaquil it will all be alright) Though weak, Cyndaquil tried to warn Pikachu(B-be careful A-A- Abomasnow a-angry) with that Cyndaquil passed out. After Ash had called back cyndaquil he asked Charizard if he could carry both Him and Misty, to which he replied (No, if it was just her maby but, im still not strong enough to carry two people.) "Well thanks anyways Charizard, now return" With that the fiery dargon returned to its pokeball. When Ash's attention returned to Misty he noticed that she was shaking violently and that she was extremely cold. "H-Hang in their M-Misty!! D-Dont leave me!" Ash gently shook her in order to wake her. "A-Ash? Oh Ash I m- missed y-you." Smiling meakly into the face of the one she loves. "H-Hold on to me Misty. C-charizard cant carry us b-both so i-i'll have to c- c-carry you" Ash said blushing madly as he picked her up. Misty too was blushing, but not just because Ash was holding her close to him, but also because she was embarrassed to admit that she secretly wished that he would always hold her like that. "H-Hold on M-Misty, w-w-were alm-most there" Ash could see the lights from Snowpoint, however he knew that it was going to be about an hour before they made it to the pokemon center. He was closing in when from under the snow Pikachu heard the sounds of a growling pokemon. With a blinding fury a wild Abomasnow jumped out from nowhere. With a terror filled gaze Ash knew he could do nothing against the Abomasnow because he could not reach his pokeballs nor did Pikachu have the power to take down a full-grown Abomasnow. Then, from out of the sky fell Team Rocket gell to the ground with a thud. Ash, thinking quickly while the Abomasnow was distracted, mada a break for the city, hopeing that the Wild pokemon had been distracted by Team Rocket. Now, after he had got away Ash realized that he was only about twenty minuets away from the pokemon center, and from help. The wind was picking up and the snow was begining to fall harder. Suddenly Ash felt Misty shaking in his arms as she was fading in and out of conciousness. "Hold on Misty, we'll be there soon. Dont leave me Misty....i need you...I love you..." At that time Brock and Dawn were sitting in the lobby of the pokmon center, waiting for their friend and his love to walk in through the doors. The wind was picking up and the snow was coming down even harder than it was before. "I think im gonna go check on the bath" said Dawn with a nervous tone in her voice. "dont bother, im sure Nurse Joy is taking care of it." Brock was too woried about his friends to even care about Nurse Joy at this point . "Yea i guess your right" Just then the doors opened and a Half-frozen Ash carrying a sickly and almost dead Misty walked into the center. Brock and Dawn ran to greet their friends, but before they could get to them, Nurse Joy had gotten in their way with a scared look on her face. "These Two have hypothermia. Get them to the bath now!!!" With that Brock and Dawn guided Ash who was still carrying Misty in his arms. Though Misty was barely awake she knew what was going on, and she just felt glad to be in the warmpth of Ash's arms as he refused to let her go. As everyone headed to the room in the back of the pokemon center Ash was curious as to where they were taking him. As they entered Nurst Joys private bathroom. Their were lit candels surrounding the bathtub, and the tub was filled with hot water and had a slight coating of bubbles on the water. "I d-dont u-unders-stand w-wh-whats going on?" he stared absent-mindedly at them. "Well" began Dawn "We all figured that since you and Misty, by the way Misty im Dawn and its nice to meet you im sure we will become good friends, would be gold when you got back that it would be a good idea to have a bath waiting for you when you got back. "Well Ash," stated Brock " I guess we'll leave you to the rest" and with that everyone except Ash and Misty made their way to the door. "B-but wait. theirs only one tub." We know" said the large group. Ash now as dense as a rock kept saying, "b-but theirs only one tub." Dawn now frustrated with how dense Ash was being marched right up to him and said. "Listen, Ash, I know you like Misty, and Misty im more than sure that you like Ash! So, you two, one tub, Figure it out!!" and with that she stormed back to the doors, only to turn around and say "Now both of you stay in here until your both better and until then this door is going to be locked." Ash just stood there with Misty in his arms...its not like they hadnt contemplated this, infact they even wanted it, however it seemed like it was just going too fast. And with that the door was slammed and locked leaving both Ash and Misty so embarrassed that their faces looked like glowing cherry tomatos. "well if you want, i could try and talk the others into letting me leave so you could take a bath." Ash said while trying to find anything to focus on. Ash put Misty down on the toilet seat but, she was reluctant to let him go. "N-No Ash! w-what i mean is...i-i dont m-mind if....b-because i-i I love you." Ash looked deep into Misty's deep turquoise eyes, they leaned in close to each other, and then their lips met and they held each other in a gentle embrace. They didnt care if it was going too fast, their harts told them that it was alright, that they were in love and nothing should stop them. Ash had taken off his jacket and shirt. He was helping Misty out of her clothes and she couldn't help giving him a look over. Once they were out of their clothes Ash helped Misty into the warm tub, and as the warmth flooded over them the only thing they felt was flesh pressed against flesh. Misty looked into Ash's soft, brown eyes and gently kissed him on the lips. "I love you Ash Ketchum" "And I love you Misty Waterflower." And with that Misty layed her head down on Ash's chest and slowly dozed off into a quiet sleep. The End. Or is it?