Misty sighed as she sat in the forest next to the house, sitting on a large hill that raised itself above most of the trees and looked at the setting sun. It had been about a week since her run in with Adrian and she was glad she hadn't seen him, there was something about him that scared her, but she didn't know what exactly. She watched as the sky changed from a beautiful pink and orange, to flaming red and finally melt into a dark blue. She always thought sunsets were so romantic, which is exactly why she wished Ash was there with her, but he had disappeared early that morning again and hadn't been seen all day. She sighed and thought. "I wonder were he is"

"Hey Misty, what are you doing here?"

Misty jumped and looked behind her. There was Ash, standing right behind her, even in the dark of the night she could tell. "I'd be thinking of asking you the same thing"

Ash walked beside her and sat down. "Needed a break, got a bit worn out today" He said lying back and staring at the dark sky which glittered like ice with the many stars.

"Worn out?" Misty asked, confused. "Doing what?"

Ash tensed up for a second and looked at her. "Oh...this and that" He answered, tearing his gazed from her eyes and fixing them back on the sky. He discovered that after a hard day a 'work' stargazing seemed relax him, like pulling him into a dream, which happened on a few occasions when he fell asleep and didn't wake for an hour or so.

Misty smiled and lay down next to him, gazing at the stars as well. "I never knew you liked this kind of stuff, guess there's more about you then I know"

Ash smiled. "You don't know how right you are Misty" He thought.

Only twenty minutes had passed when a loud rumbling came from around them and a blast of electricity shot out of no were and stuck Ash. He yelled in pain before slouching down as the attack subsided.

"Ash!" Misty knelt next to him and placed her hand on his shoulder. "Are you ok?"

Ash groaned and looked up. "What hit me?" He asked as he sat up.

Unfortunately, his question was answered. The bushes rustled and a yellow figure arose. It was a person, but they were wearing something out of the ordinary. They were a outfit with large black leather spikes came from the bottom of the persons arm, a black eye mask and a dark yellow pair of gloves, the rest of the outfit was normal but coloured a bright yellow. He sat on a mechanical machine that was floating and looked like a disk but it was slightly curved at the bottom, and it was glowing a faint yellow, with small spikes coming out of it.

Ash pushed himself up and looked back at the person. "Who the heck are you? Did you come from a costume party?"

The person growled at that comment but held it off. He stood up on the disk and glared at Ash. "I am, Zapdosman"

There was silence for a moment, until Ash burst out laughing. "Zapdosman?! What kind of egomaniac can name himself after a legendary Pokémon, and make himself sound stupid at the same time?" He said through laughs, but he was quickly silenced when he was struck by another electric attack, that came from Zapdosman.

"Don't you call me an egomaniac, your in a bad enough position as it is" Zapdosman warned.

Ash groaned, but pushed himself to a sitting position with a little help from Misty, who seemed to paralysed to speak. "What do you mean?"

"I only have one target at this moment, and that's you" Zapdosman raised his hand and clenched it into a fist, shocks sparking around it. "You must be eliminated, and I'm the one who's going to do it"

"Eliminate?!" Ash and Misty said in unison, but the only answer they got were larger sparks. Ash froze for a second, before remembering that things weren't going to improve by just standing there. He grabbed Misty's hand and began running down the hill as fast as he could, without going to fast for Misty.

Zapdosman steered the 'disk' and raced after them. He punched his fist forward between Ash and Misty, causing the two to separate and making it easier for him to target Ash.

"Ash look out!" Misty called, but she was actually surprised when Ash dodged the attack. He was faster than she thought. He ran to her side and the two of them raced through the dark forest, electrical blasts following them.

Suddenly, the path was no longer there! Ash skidded to a stop just before the edge of the cliff and looked down. It was a very long drop, with a racing river flowing below. When Misty emerged from the forest behind him about five seconds after he did, she was looking back and didn't see the cliff. Before she had a chance to sop, it was too late, and she fell over the edge.

"Misty!" Ash called, jumping after her without thinking. He reached his hand out and grabbed hers, pulling her to him and hugged her, hoping to help protect her from the fall.

His back struck the water and he sank down, not letting Misty go. The racing rapids pulled them downstream and it took Ash a good bit of his strength to pull them both to the surface. Misty was beginning to panic, which didn't make Ash's job of keeping her safe any easier. The river suddenly began to flow faster, and Ash looked to she them approaching a waterfall. Misty spotted it too, and clung too Ash's arm for dear life as they went tumbling over the falls. The fall was a long one, but they soon reached the bottom, were the water was calm.

Ash swam as hard as he could and pulled them both to the surface, gasping for breath. Ash was completely worn out and was finding it hard to keep even himself up. Still, he was determined to make sure Misty was safe. He never wanted anything to happen to her.

After a minute or two they had reached and Ash lay with his eyes closed, completely exhausted, on the bank, with Misty next to him, also taking deep breaths to help calm herself down.

But it wasn't over yet. Ash heard a rumbling sound and then something hit his face. He opened his eyes just in time to feel another raindrop on his face before a sudden downpour began. He stood up and looked at the sky in disbelief. "Oh come on, give me a break!" He called to the sky, but he was answer by a strike of lightning.

Misty jumped at the sound of the thunder and stood up. "Please Ash, can we go home"

"It's to dangerous in this storm" Ash said walking next to her. "We better go find shelter" He said, forcing her forward into the forest. He had been here before, and he knew there was a cave somewhere around here. As they walked through the forest, most of the rain didn't get through the trees, but the wind did, and the lightning was a growing threat.

After a few minutes, Ash and Misty found the cave and ran in to take cover from the storm. The lightning stilled continued to strike outside and the rain continued to pour, but at least they weren't out there.

Ash and Misty sat in silence, Ash looking out at the storm. He looked back at Misty, who had her knees pulled to her chest and was shivering from the cold. Ash frowned and took off his jacket, putting it over her shoulders.

Misty looked at the jacket and then up at Ash. "Ash..."

"Take it, you need it more than I do" Ash said with a warm smile.

Misty smiled back. "Thanks Ash" she said, now feeling much better.

After an hour or so, Ash had fallen into a deep sleep, exhausted from the whole days events before and after he had found Misty on the hill. Misty had thought it looked uncomfortable for him sitting against the rock wall, so she lay him down she his head was resting on her lap. She smiled down at him. He always looked out for her, no matter what. He jumped off a cliff to help her, he kept her from drowning, he help her to get through a storm and he help keep her warm. he was the nicest person she knew, and that was probably why she loved him so much.

She bent over an gave him a small kiss on the cheek and whispered. "Thank you" in his ear. She knew that because he was asleep, he couldn't hear her, but she didn't care. She lay her head back against the cave wall and soon drifted off to sleep herself.

In Ash's sleep, he was almost sure he had heard Misty say something to him, and he had a warm feeling run through him. He didn't know what it was but he liked it. He smiled in his sleep without realising it, dreaming of Misty and her learning the feeling for her that he just couldn't bring himself to say.

"Were have you two been?" Brock asked the next morning as Ash and Misty walked in. "You guys are a mess"

"We got caught up in the storm" Ash explained. "We had to spend the night in a cave"

"Not the most comfortable night of sleep I've ever had" Misty said with a sigh. "I'm going for a lie down, I didn't get much sleep" She said with a yawn and headed upstairs.

Ash sighed as he remembered the events from yesterday. He walked over to the table and sat down, trying to replay everything in his half asleep mind.

Now he and that Zapfreak to deal with. Now that Ash was his target, this could get dangerous for the others. Ash just hoped he could find a way out of this before things went to far.

I've criticised it, you've criticised it and now Ash had criticised Zapdosman's name. I told you I know it's cheap, and I stinks too, but whacha gonna do? Ash'll be callin' him by a different name anyway, but it's not much better than Zapdosman. Welp, not much else to say, but please review and slán!
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