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Pokčmon or the song lyrics to ‘COMPLICATED’, BY Carolyn Dawn Jhonson.
Author’s notes and shout outs: - This chapter is dedicated to all my
readers and reviewers! {If you come from Fanfiction.net & the Pokémon Tower}!
Special thanks goes out to Classic Cowboy, who helped write this. ^_^
Why is it so complicated?
~Complicated~
I’m so scared that the way I feel,
Is written all over my face,
When you walk into the room, I wanna find a hiding
place,
We used to laugh, we used to hug,
The way that old friends do,
But now a smile and a touch of your hand,
Just makes me come unglued,
It’s such a contradiction; do I lie or tell the
truth?
Is it fact or fiction the way
I feel for you?
It’s so complicated; I’m so frustrated,
I wanna hold you close; I wanna push you away,
I wanna make you go, I wanna make you stay,
Should I say it? Should I tell you how I feel?
Oh, I want you to know,
But then again I don’t,
It’s so
complicated.
Just when I think I’m under control,
I think I finally got a grip,
Another friend tells me that,
My name is always on your lips,
They say I’m more than just a friend,
They say I must be blind,
Well I admit I’ve seen you watch me,
From the corner of your eye,
Oh, it’s so confusing I wish you’d just confess,
But think of what I’d be losing,
If your answer wasn’t yes?
I hate it ‘cause I’ve waited so long for you,
Should I say it?
Should I tell you how I feel?
Oh, I want you to know,
But then again I don’t,
It’s so complicated. ~ Carolyn Dawn Jhonson
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Ash –16 – Misty – 17 – Brock – 19
’thoughts’ *Pokémon speech*
***
Chapter 3: With or Without you (Misty’s thoughts)
Something
was wrong…even the darkness that limited his vision couldn’t hide the feeling
that something wasn’t right…
He shuck his head of any negative thoughts and ran as fast as he could, but
halted only a few feet away from what he thought to be Misty.
Pikachu’s eyes began to water as fresh tears rolled down his cheeks, *Pika chu
pi* he kept repeating between sobs of sorrow…
---
!{Flashback --> Misty…}!
Misty wiped away tears from her eyes and lowered the pen down. She turned over
the photo and took one last look at it, her eyes beginning to fill with tears
once more. Picking herself up she dropped the photo on the side-unit she lifted
her things and Togepi, hurling her bag out the window soon following its path
when she climbed out of it. She started to run as soon as she picked up her
bag, making her way through the darkness of the trees. She stopped and turned
her head back in the direction of the Pokécentre. Taking one last look at it
before continuing her long trek.
It was going to be hard making it on her own now, she was so used to Brock
cooking and taking role of ‘Parent’ to the younger teens…her thoughts soon
turned on to Ash…the boy who had a hold of her heart, but didn’t and will never
know the truth. She sighed slightly, “Looks like we’re on our own now, Togepi”
---
It was a little past 11am by the time she got the chance to rest up near a
spring she found by mistake, because she couldn’t remember passing it while
they travelled a few days back. Her thoughts turned back to Ash, ‘I got to stop
doing this’ she sighed inwardly.
The sun was beginning to hide in amongst grey clouds, Misty looked up,
‘typical’ she thought. “Looks like it’s going to rain, Togepi” she stated
picking up her belongings and her throwing it over her shoulder, “We’d better
make a move on before the rain really starts”
Before she knew it the heavens opened and the rain began to fall…as soon as the
rain drops started to fall her legs told her to run. She ran through the forest
heading deeper into its thickened and densely shadowed darkness.
---
!{Meanwhile}!
”It’s starting to rain! I hate the rain,” a low croaky voice annoyingly
complained.
”Shut up, just get on with setting those Pokémon traps for the boss” snapped
his female companion.
”This is a waste of time! I have the poison darts right here, why must we use
these traps?” the male voice contradicted.
”’Cause I said we use those in case of emergency, now get on with this and shut
up complaining!” she commanded.
---
Misty ran as fast as she could clutching tightly to her baby Pokémon. The rain
had turned into storming and the wind was now hurling strongly making the trees
and bushes sway from side to side, suddenly lightning cracked and hit a near by
tree which narrowly missed Misty as it fell to the ground. Misty’s heart was
beating so fast she could hardly keep up with it.
The first opportunity to get out of the forest was when she discovered a rocky
mountain like structure not far from where she was; she looked down at her
Pokémon and gently reassured it before heading toward the rocky shelter.
---
Not far from the rocky mountain structure two Rockets stood in the storm
staring at the large amount of caged Pokémon they had caught… during the storm,
the weather change had scared most and blinded by the rain the traps were being
set off here and there. The female and male Rockets exchanged smiles pleased at
their catch. “The boss will be pleased for sure” a scratchy male voice beamed
at his partner, in turn his partner raised her eye brows, “you complained not
long ago that this was a waste of time, what’s so different now?”
”We didn’t have over 50 Pokémon trapped in them while the rain poured, that’s
what” he replied confidently.
---
Misty was tiring as she neared the rock face. Her heart was pounding at her
chest and as she found rest near a large rock her legs gave way causing her to
fall to the ground with a thud. Her small Pokémon clutched onto it’s mistress
tightly and sobbed a little, “shush, Togepi, it’s alright” she hushed it. Misty
could barley keep her eyes open any longer, her legs had given up and her whole
body ached from all the running. Soon she found sleep her eyes giving into
restful slumber.
---
!{Dream --> start }!
Misty found herself fishing not far from a small river edge, her small Pokémon
trilled happily beside her. She looked up when she heard her name being called,
“Misty! MIST!!” her smile grew larger when that voice grew into a tall
dark-haired boy with a small Pikachu at his heals. She waved to great him to
her presence. “Ash! Where’d you go?”
”I found this…” he replied, setting himself down in front of her. He opened his
hand to reveal a glittering object; it shone and twinkled in the light of the
sun. Misty gasped, “Ash, where did you find this? Its beautiful!”
”It’s for you…” he whispered.
”Wha…what you mean it’s for me?” she stuttered,
he smiled and raised his hand toward her glowing red cheek, “I mean it’s yours,
I bought you here on purpose, Mist…I … I wanted to find it, for… for you”
Misty looked up from the object in his hands, only to meet his gaze. His eyes
were more precious than the small glittering jewel he had offered her. His hand
caressed her burning skin as he continued to talk, “I want you to have this,
Mist…because… because-I love you, I love you with all my heart, and this only proves
a part of how far I would go to give you everything…”
”Oh, oh, Ash…” she replied, “I love you”
”I know” was his only reply as he moved closer to her face, his eyes never
leaving hers. His hand moved from her face to the back of her head, slowly he moved
her closer until their lips met.
She could feel a twinge in the pit of her stomach, and she shivered at his
touch…her body shock with passion and desire as their kiss slowly turned from
smoke to instant flame…the heat was unbearable and soon they would have to come
out of this flaming hot high to breathe once more…
Slowly they parted, her eyes opened to meet her lovers’
!{ --> Finish dream}!
”Ash? Ash…!” she called out, jolting up from the ground. “Dream…just a dream”
she whispered under her breath.
Sighing she looked down at the sleeping egg Pokémon and smiled…”at least I
still have you, Togepi.”
---
It was getting late and the sun was beginning to set, the rain had died down
and the wind had stopped a few hours back. Misty stood from the shelter they
had found earlier that day. “Well, Togepi, we need to see if I can set up camp
for the night. I bet ya hungry, huh sweetie…”
Togepi trilled happily in reply.
Suddenly a large amount of screeching startled Misty, “What…what was that? It
sounded like it came from up there…” she assured looking up toward the cliff
above her. “Let’s go check it out, Togepi, it might be a Pokémon hurt!”
Hurling her bag once again over her shoulder making sure Togepi was securely
inside it, she started to climb the rocky mountain face…
---
!{Meanwhile}!
”WATCH IT!!!!! I swear you’re stupid sometimes!” an angry female voice echoed
the rocky ditch.
”It slipped, how was I supposed to stop it from falling” an equally annoyed
voice snapped in reply.
The female rocket member narrowed her eyes at her stupid male partner, “just
pick it up and be more careful next time you idiot!”
the large amount of caged Pokémon where being uploaded into a large vehicle,
which was armed and tattooed with a blood red R on the each side.
---
Misty was nearing the top of the cliff, she could feel her arms tiring slightly
from supporting her body weight and belongings, but this wasn’t going to stop
her. As she dug her shoes into protruding rocks and gripping tightly onto the
cliff edge she hauled herself up higher reaching the top…she pushed herself
safely onto the edge catching her breath slightly before looking up…her first
reaction was one of a surprised gasp. Her second reaction was to stop this.
---
The female rocket member watched as her male partner finish loading the last of
the caged Pokémon, she smiled at the prospect of a reward for gathering so many
Pokémon in one afternoon. If they continued like this they would be up for
promotion in no time. She was soon disturbed by a sound, turning to where it
came from she quickly reached for her Pokéball…
---
Misty stood and reached inside her bag, hushing and reassuring her baby Pokémon
before reaching for Poliwrath’s Pokéball. Once she had confidently acquired her
large fighting water type she stood up and made her advance.
”Hey!” she yelled in the direction of the Rockets…
The female Rocket stared for a moment and began to laugh under her breath, soon
her male companion joined along side her. “Lookie at what we have here…” the
female Rocket slyly mused.
”It’s that brat again!” her male partner observed.
Misty stood in front of the two Rocket members, her eyes narrowed in discussed.
“Let those Pokémon go!” she firmly stated.
The male Rocket member glared back at her, “yeah, you and who’s army is going
to stop us from taking these Pokémon, you little brat!”
The female Rocket tutted slightly at the little girl in front of her, who so
bravely challenged them both, “You’re that little brat that foiled our plans, I
think it’s pay back time…” she turned to face her male partner, “don’t you
think Butch…”
The green headed Rocket smiled at his female partner, “I think so, Cass”
Misty cringed at his scratchy voice, but stood her ground. “If you want a
battle, I’ll battle you!”
”Ha! You…battle the both of us? Where’s you’re little boyfriend? I can’t see
him…how will you manage to beat the both of us without that other annoying brat
and his Pikachu!?!” Cassidy joked.
Misty’s blood began boiling and her pride took over, “I said let’s battle!! And
HE’S NOT MY BOYFRIEND!”
Misty stood her ground and ordered Poliwrath to attack the two Rockets. Both
Rockets stood there not moving. Misty wondered why they hadn’t ordered their
Pokémon to attack…that was until Butch removed something from his belt. She
screamed at her Pokémon to stop, but it was to late. With one single shot the
giant fighting Pokémon was down.
”Didn’t see that coming now did ya?” he scoffed back at her.
Misty looked over to her fallen friend he was out cold. Butch walked over to
the Pokémon and removed the poisoned dart from its side. “Waste not, want not.
These darts cost way to much to waste them on no good weak Pokémon.” He
snickered.
”It’s no use little girl, you can’t win…” Cassidy smugly informed her,
Misty looked up from her fallen Pokémon, her tears stung at her eyes as she
spoke, “I’m not giving in that easily, Cassidy!”
Both Rockets laughed at the redhead crouching over her beaten Pokémon, watching
her sob over its wounds begging for it to be all right. Cassidy approached the
younger girl, “what shall we do to the brat, Butch,” she sneered at her
partner.
Misty looked up to see both Rockets with sly smiles on their lips making her
cringe, she was weakened her bag with the rest of her Pokémon was no where near
her…she swallowed back a lump in her throat, “why?”
Cassidy crouched down slightly, “because you made us look like idiots, you have
no idea what we’ve been through thanks to you and that brat of a boyfriend of
yours…its payback time,” she bluntly stated as she released her Raticate. “No
points in letting you have all the fun Cass.” Butch grunted as he released his
Drowsy.
Misty gasped. She stood from Poliwrath’s fallen form and
began to step back slightly when a small figure appeared between her and Team
Rocket. *Psy…Duck* Misty blinked for a moment before she looked down at the
small duck-like Pokémon. “Psyduck, what are you doing here?” Psyduck looked
around, *Psy…Duck?* Misty’s face turned red for a moment, “WHAT DO YOU MEAN
WHERE’S HERE????”
“Enough of the happy reunion already!” Cassidy said, “GET
THEM!” both Raticate and Drowsy jumped at Psyduck with a mix of slash and
tackle attacks, with Psyduck dodging by running in circles for no apparent
reason. ‘Come on Psyduck, hurry up and get a headache…’ Misty thought noticing
Psyduck slowly tighten the grip he had on his own head. Then both Drowsy and
Raticate tackled the near defenceless Psyduck sending it rolling on the ground.
Psyduck got back up to its feet, eyes slowly glowing
brighter, and the brighter the glow the higher Misty’s hopes of making through
this. Those hopes were shattered when she looked up and saw Butch’s smirk, “Oh
no you don’t we know that trick… Drowsy, CONFUSION!” as ordered, Butch’s Drowsy
sent it’s psychic attack on Psyduck, and the small Pokémon got even worse of a
confused expression but, his eyes still glowed with psychic energy. “Psyduck…
PSYCHIC NOW!” Misty cried out hoping he would still have enough sense to attack
his enemy. Instead, the weak, turned powerful psychic type Pokémon attacked
himself with psychic knocking itself out.
Misty looked down at her fallen Pokémon, then back up to the Rockets, and their
Pokémon. The Rockets knew she was helpless now, with no other signs of anyone
coming to the rescue Cassidy smiled slightly before she and Butch made their
move toward the scared girl in front of them.
“N-no…stay back!” Misty panicked and took a few steps back. “HELP! SOMEONE!
HELP PLEASE! … ASH!” She cried out. Her cries were useless she was alone and
scared; all she could do was cower at the Rockets evil glares. She eased
backwards with fearful tears forming at her eyes. She had no idea she was
walking right toward a small cliff overlooking a very steep hill.
“We told you, girl, your boyfriend won’t be able to save you this time.”
Cassidy said, before gasping as Misty’s feet ran out of ground.
Misty screamed out Ash’s name as she fell, but hit her
head on the solid hard ground and began to rapidly roll down the hill. Butch
and Cassidy returned their Pokémon and looked over the cliff. “Well look at
that Cass, the twerp did the job for us. That’ll teach her and her boyfriend
not to mess with Team Rocket.”
Cassidy stared down at the redheads still form for a moment before agreeing
with Butch, but neither of the Rockets were gonna hang around much longer. The
captured Pokémon had all been making noise and was bound to have summoned other
far off Pokémon senses. And where there were Pokémon following sent and sound,
officer Jenny’s weren’t far behind. “Butch, lets get outta here, NOW!” Cassidy
commanded. Both Rockets ran to the truck and jumped in taking one final look
back before leaving the girl and her Pokémon suffer.
!{End Flash back --> Misty…}!
---
!{Back to Ash…Flashback --->}!
“Pikachu?”
”Pikachu, did you hear that?” Ash asked his companion, Pikachu’s ears twitched
slightly.
”There it is again…you heard it that time right, Pika-pal?” Ash spoke up again.
Pikachu scampered up Ash’s chest and in to his arms to reassure his human
friends worry.
Ash held tightly onto Pikachu and stood to his feet. “That noise came from over
there, lets go check it out…”
…
Both of them trekked deeper through the trees until they came to a halt at a
near by ditch. Pikachu noticed something at the far end and began focusing on
it…it only took a moment for the electric mouse to react.
*Pika ch pi* he squeaked and scampered out of Ash’s arms.
Ash heard Pikachu’s squeak and looked up trying to focus on what Pikachu was
looking at.
*Pika chu pi*
’Misty’
!{End Flashback --->}!
…
!{Present}!
Ash felt sick, and his head was spinning.
Pikachu had continued to call out ‘Pika chu pi’ and he could hear its sobs.
Before he knew it, his tears were stinging at his eyes…and his legs guided him
toward the fallen figure. It was pitch dark, but he knew, he knew it were
she…his Pokémon made that clear as soon as he heard ‘Pika chu pi’
Misty lay on the ground, freshly open wounds covered her face and her clothes
were ripped and torn. Pikachu was at her side, nudging at her still form. She
didn’t flinch a muscle and Pikachu noticed how fresh the cuts to her lip and
forehead were, this happened not long before they showed up.
Ash stood motionless staring down at Pikachu and his wounded best human friend.
His shortness of breath kept him from seeing straight, his vision
became blurry and his legs felt heavy…suddenly his legs gave way and he found
himself on his knees, sobbing into his hands…
”Misty…”
It ached and hurt so much…the pain in his chest pounded at him from the amount
of crying and lack of breath dug into his heart…this was all his fault, he
never wanted this to happen, it wasn’t supposed to be like this…she didn’t
deserve any of this.
”Misty…please….be all right….Misty…it’s all my fault….”
---
The sounds of sirens and flashing lights could be seen from above where Ash and
his Pokémon mourned over their fallen friend.
”Over there…quickly!” A female voice alerted.
”We have two fallen Pokémon here, I can’t see any signs of the trainer yet” The
duty officer Jenny reported to a young male standing beside her.
”Keep searching, she has to be here somewhere.” The males voice pleaded.
---
Ash blinked a few times, the tears had blurred his vision slightly. He
swallowed back the lump in his throat and stood up. The light from above lit
the ditch up and he could see Misty clearly.
”Ash… Misty…. Pikachu!!!!?!!!!” a voice echoed from above.
Pikachu ears shot up, *Pika pi* Ash looked up from Misty’s form, “BROCK!
Misty…Misty’s hurt!! I need help” he called out in desperation.
”Hold on Ash! I’ve got help” Brock’s voice echoed from above.
Ash’s attention was soon diverted back onto his wounded friend. He couldn’t
stop blaming himself for this… ‘Misty please be ok…I’m so sorry…please stay
with me…I can’t lose you, not-not now…I need you, Mist…’
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to be continued…
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Yes…I finally uploaded another chapter! It took me long enough huh? Actually
blame it on working most of my time on my website ^^; I’ve been getting the
place looking better and I’ve finally finished my update on the Ash and Misty
shrine it was also given a face lift today ^_^
…more shout outs here:
Classic cowboy - Dust, thank you for helping me and co-writing this with
me ^.^ this chapter goes to you…
to all my reviewers !{Fanfiction.net}!
to all the Pokémon Tower readers and e-mailers who boosted my butt to get this
out asap!
The final chapter will be out sooner, its an all out romance and you know
that’s my speciality ^_^
Finished @ 00:19am 03rd
August 2002