Greetings. I am Arcanine.
Here is Part 2 of Nostalgia. Enjoy.
And now for the boring disclaimer…
I do not own Pokemon. This story is entirely fictional and any content 
related to anyone in any way is purely coincidental. Happy?

Nostalgia

Ash Crash (Part 2)

Breakfast was silent the next morning. Ash was seemed to be ostracized from 
the rest of the group. Even Pikachu sat away from
him. Misty stole a look at Ash and saw that his cap was pulled down, hiding 
his eyes. As she silently bit at her sandwich,
she knew that her relationship with Ash was doomed. Her sandwich had no 
taste.
Ash did not dare look at Misty; for fear that they might be launched into 
another argument. He knew that Misty was still
angry at him, and did not want to see if that was true. He knew that he had 
no chance of apologising; it was obvious that
she would not forgive him – he was sitting alone at the other end of the 
table.
Suddenly, the doorbell rang.
“I’ll get it,” Misty stood up, rushing towards the door. Ash put his 
half-eaten sandwich on his plate.
“I’m done,” he said quietly, rushing after Misty.
“Creak…”
“Hi, Misty.”
“Rudy! Um, this is a nice surprise…”
“These flowers are for you…”
That was all Ash had to hear. His heart crumbled.
“No… I knew it… she still loves Rudy…” he mumbled, tears uncontrollably 
streaming down his face. He ran all the way up to
his room. Grabbing a piece of paper, he quickly wrote a few sentences. 
Silently running down the stairs, he heard Rudy,
Misty, his mother, Tracey and Brock talking in the living room.
“So, Rudy, what brings you to Pallet Town?”
“Well…”
Ash didn’t have the heart to hear anymore.
“Goodbye, Misty,” he murmured softly, as he took one last, long glance at 
her silhouette from the living room. “I love you.”
The quiet slam of the back door announced his departure.

***
“No, Rudy.”
“Misty…”
“It doesn’t matter whether he slapped me or not. I still love him.” Misty 
began to cry. “I started it. I ruined our own
relationship. Now everyone is against him; he’s a lone ranger now, even 
Pikachu abandoned him. I feel like such a wreck.”
“Misty, please.” Rudy patted her on the back. “You don’t have to say such 
things about yourself.”
“I insulted him every time we got lost in forests,” she began to sob harder. 
“I bugged him about my bike. Why did I have to
be so selfish? Now he thinks that I’ll never forgive him. He’s gone, 
forever. I don’t deserve to be loved.”
“Speaking of Ash, where is he? I haven’t seen him at all since breakfast.” 
Tracey suddenly piped up.
Everyone sweat-dropped.
“Pika!” Pikachu’s voice suddenly rang out from the stairs. It had an element 
of emergency in its voice. The yellow rodent
ran down the stairs, clutching a piece of paper.
“What is it, Pikachu?” Misty dried her tears, holding on to the paper that 
Pikachu passed her.

“I know that you and Rudy will be very happy together. I will remember all 
the times we had together. Please forgive me.

– Ash”

“Did he hear Rudy propose to me?” Misty thought, her waterworks starting 
again.
“What does it say?” Brock asked.
To his utmost surprise, Misty thrust the piece of paper into his hands, 
grabbed Togepi and shouted, “We have to find Ash!”
before disappearing out of the garden, wiping her waterfall of tears. In the 
garden, Mr. Mime stared at Misty in surprise
and confusion.
“He loved me… I really blew it with him… Oh, Ash, please be okay.”

***
“I feel like a total jerk.”
Ash sat along the sidewalk as he tried his best to forget Misty. It was not 
at all easy.
“ASH!”
Ash turned up his head. “No way…”
“Ash! It’s me!”
“Misty!”
Without realising that they were both crying, the two teenagers ran towards 
each other…
VROOM…
EEEEEEP!
also without realising that a truck was headed right for them.
isty stood there, not knowing what to do. She was rooted with fear.
“Misty, NO!”
With a powerful leap Ash tackled Misty to the ground, away from the danger 
zone of the truck. Unfortunately, Ash had also
made a very big mistake.
“ASH! NOOOOOO!!!!”
With a sickening bump Misty watched in horror as Ash was hit by the truck. 
As he landed a few feet away from the crash,
Misty’s tears began to run again for the third (or fourth) time that day.
“No… please…”
Ash was not a pretty sight. His Official League Cap had been stripped from 
his head, which was bleeding profusely. His limbs
were covered in scratches and bruises. He was hardly breathing.
“Ash… please wake up…”
Ash groggily opened his eyes.
“Misty…”
“Ash!”
“Misty… I’m losing it…”
“Ash, you can’t! There are lots of things we haven’t told each other… or 
done together… I love you, Ash…”
“I love you too, Misty.” Ash’s mouth formed a weak smile.
“You shouldn’t talk now,” Misty said quietly, kissing him on the lips and 
holding him tightly. Blood covered her hands,
but she didn’t care. Both of them felt happy as their emotions surged 
through their bodies. Both of them had long awaited
the moment of their first kiss together.
Misty began to sob. Ash did not seem to be breathing.
“No… it can’t be true…” Thoughts raced through her mind like crazy.
“ASH, WAKE UP!” she screamed.
His head tipped to the side.
“ASH!!!!!!!!!!!”
Misty sobbed harder. The love of her life had disappeared forever, in front 
of her eyes.
“Misty!”
Misty turned around. “Brock!”
“Are you okay?”
“Brock… Ash…” She collapsed into his arms.
“He’s dead,” she sobbed. “Ash is gone forever… I don’t know if he’s forgiven 
me yet… Oh Brock…”
“Misty, I’m sure he has,” Brock started to say, but another voice 
interrupted the solemn scene.
“Oh Ashy… you’re gone, you don’t even know I loved you…”
Brock and Misty looked round to see a girl with green hair cry over Ash’s 
lifeless body.
“Duplica!”
“Brock… Misty…” Duplica tried her best not to cry anymore, “It’s so good to 
see you again.”
“Duplica, did you just say…”
“Yes, Misty. I loved him, too. And now he’s gone,” she flung herself into 
the arms of a stranger, sobbing. A few seconds
later she looked up, prepared to say sorry when she saw the face of the 
stranger.
The stranger was Rudy.
“Er… hi.”
“Oh, sorry.”
“What’s your name?”
“Duplica.”
“Mine’s Rudy.”
“That’s a nice name.”
“So is yours.”
Both of them managed to smile. Misty continued to sob in Brock’s arms, while 
Pikachu and Togepi desperately tried to wake
Ash up, tears stinging their eyes.

***
Well, that was a bit longer than the last one. Await the third chapter. 
Thank you.