Title:  Misty’s Love and May’s Hate   by A Waterlily (waterflowerfriends@yahoo.com)
Chapter 1
Author’s note: This is my 1st Pokémon Tower story. I’m excited about it, so please enjoy.  I love Ash 
and Misty, they’re my favourite couple! 
P.S If you’re wonder why I made May the “bad guy” is because I HATE her!! How dare she try and 
steal Ash away from Misty!  (Ggrrr...)
I don’t own Pokémon!

It’s been a year after Ash, Brock and Misty went their separate ways. Ash is now travelling in the 
Hoenn region with his two new companions, May and Max, whose father is a gym leader, and Brock, 
who he met again while on the road during his new- found journey. 
Now, after being apart for so long, Ash has suddenly began to miss Misty. Not that he hadn’t already 
missed her before, but this was a new feeling. It was a feeling of longing and want. 
He had grown quite attached to his friend after all their adventures together. And he knows he loves 
her. Yes, somewhere deep down in his heart, Ash Ketchum claims he loves Misty. Yet, for him, it was 
impossible to tell if she did feel the same way or how he can tell her he loves her. 
For one, without even have kept contact with Misty, it was hard to express his feelings to her. She had 
sent him one letter once, though. In it, Misty wrote about how boring life was without Ash, and how 
much she missed him (and Brock of course!). That cheered up Ash for a while, until he began to focus 
on the upcoming gym battle with Roxanne in Rustboro City. And knowing Ash, he eventually forgot 
about the letter and never sent a reply. 
And two, there was May. Ash was beginning to notice how “protective” she had become with him. 
When a girl would come close to Ash, May would act nasty to the other girl, sending her away. She also 
kept trying to make herself attractive and pretty (for Ash, I guess...). 
And there was another thing. Whenever Misty was brought up in a conversation, May would make an 
expression of disgust and annoyance.  Ash would glare at her, but oddly enough, May would sort of 
pucker her lips and bat her eyelashes. (Uughh...)  
Ash had not felt anything with her, as he was in love with Misty. It had become obvious, as when May 
would clutch his arm while they were walking, Ash would shake her off and leave her behind. This fact 
made May more desperate.  
Then one day at the Pokémon Center, after dreaming about his days before the Hoenn region, Ash 
received another letter from Misty. The letter said that there was festival in Cerulean City that would 
take place in two weeks. Apparently, Misty wanted Ash and his friends to come. She had even 
enclosed tickets for all of them on a boat back to the Kanto region. 
Ash’s heart filled with excitement at the thought. Back to Kanto! And more importantly, back to 
Misty... Brock peered over his friends shoulder and read it out load.
“Hey! There even tickets for all of us.”  He pointed.  “Misty thinks of everything, doesn’t she?” Ash 
nodded enthusiastically.
“Do ya think we can go, Brock? I mean, we have been away from home long enough, right?” Ash asked 
with his face hopeful. 
“Yeah! This would be great chance to see all the Pokémon in Ash’s region!”  Said Max happily. “Don’t 
you think so, May?”
His sister wrinkled up her nose in disapproval. “Hhmph. I don’t think it’s such a good idea. I mean, we 
haven’t gone this far from home have we? Another region!”  She sniggered at the idea.
“Aw, come on May.” Pleaded Ash, “you’ve got your own ticket,” he waved one of the tickets, “and it’s 
a festival! I thought you liked those kinds of stuff.”
“I do.”
“So what’s the problem?”  Ash asked.
May didn’t answer. But in her mind she did.  Her... She’s the problem...  
Ash grew irritated at the silence. “Fine,” he told her, “we’ll leave you behind!”  
May’s lower lip trembled. “But...  I don’t... want to go...” she muttered.
“Why?!”  Ash’s voice grew loader.  
“Because...”
“Ha!” he cried impatiently, “I give up trying to know why you won’t come, but we’re going anyway!”
When May still didn’t say a word, Ash stormed out of the room with Pikachu in his arms. He stopped in 
the cluster of trees growing outside the building and sat on one of the stumps on the ground.
 Pikachu leapt to Ash’s side and nudged his arm. “Pika pi?” 
“Hnn?  Oh, Pikachu.” He murmured, deep in thought.  Pikachu nudged him again. “Pika pi? Pi chu 
pika?”
“What? Of course I’d love to go back and see Misty!” Ash answered his friend. 
“Pi pika pika chu pikachu?” Pikachu asked its trainer.
“What about May?” Ash responded. He glanced back at his pokémon buddy, head tilted to the side. 
“Pi pika chu pi cu!” Pikachu cried.
“Well, if she doesn’t want to come then why should we take her with us? She won’t like it there, that’s 
for sure...”
“Pika pi! Pichu pika pi chu!”
“Yeah, May is my friend. But I thought I told you before, I don’t like her, like her.” Ash said.
“Pi pika pi chu pikachu!” the little yellow pokémon cried.  Ash understood what his friend meant very 
well.
“So you’re saying that May’s still my friend no matter if I like her or not and that I’m gonna regret it if 
we leave her behind.” Ash repeated slowly. 
Pikachu nodded its head.
“You’re right. But, she still won’t come with us back to Cerulean. And that’s the problem!”  Ash 
explained.   And I don’t even know why...
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Well... did ya like it? If you did, then PLEASE REVIEW! I will only put up the next chapter if I get at 
least 5 reviews. It would be no use to write a story no one like or reads, right? So, until then, I’ll keep 
working on that 2nd chapter. I allow more than 1 reviews if you really like it that much. Thanks!    
A Waterlily