Chapter 10

Zelestina watched Misty with fear. She was scared of what Misty might pull, but she would never admit that to herself.

'I can't just let myself sit here and watch this brat get brighter and brighter like a drunk, I have to attack,' Zelestina thought to herself.

Zelestina glowed a bluish color with sparkling white lights swarmed around her, and finally, she turned into a tornado! A BLUE tornado! She swirved her way to Misty, getting closer and closer.....

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Ash and Misty's Pokemon haven't slept or ate much in days, and their health was decreasing gradually. Brock and Sandrae tried their best to get them to straighten up - to eat right and sleep good - but the Pokemons' attitudes were bitter, and they often attacked the couple. Who knows what could happen to them if Ash and Misty don't come back.....

Oh, and Brock's battle at the AAPB tournament? Well, sadly, he was so depressed, he dropped out and didn't compete. But finally, the tournament was officially over, and the champion was Gary Oak.

I wonder what Ash would think of this...hehe.

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Misty finally released her great, great power onto Zelestina before she could attack first in her tornado form. Zelestina screamed bloody murder, as she glowed brighter and brighter until....she was gone.

Immediately, Trevor and Lila appeared to Misty, and then they disappeared too! (lol ^_~)

Okay, okay, when they both appeared to Misty, they turned into their natural forms - humans.

"Thank you so much Misty for helping us change back to the way we're supposed to be," Lila said in a calm voice.

"Lila! Trevor! I thought -" Misty started.

"Don't call us Lila or Trevor," Trevor put a hand up as he said this."That was our evil names. Our real names our Angelica and Gabriel."

"Ok, Angelica, Gabriel...what happened? I thought you were Zelestina's evil children!" Misty said.

"When she took us from Earth, she used her powers and made us her evil children because we wouldn't help her dominate our world. We just couldn't do that!" Angelica explained.

"And that's why she took us...and that's why she killed Ash - oh, Ash!" Misty cried, as she started to remember that Ash was supposed to be alive again. She quickly ran over to Ash, who was lying on the ground about 40 yards away from her. Angelica and Gabriel followed close behind.

When Misty come about Ash, she got on her knees beside him, and started to shake his body.

"Ash! I beat Zelestina! Wake up! Wake up!" Misty called out for him. Angelica and Gabriel were standing behind Misty, silently praying for Ash's awakening.

First, Ash didn't respond, but then the angel appeared for the last time, hovering over their heads. He smiled as he looked down on Ash, then looked at Misty.

"Congratulations," the angel said."You have beaten Zelestina from your heart. For your love. He was waiting for you, and now he shall live again, to be with you."

Misty smiled as the angel disappeared once more. Right after that, she heard Ash's weak groan. He stirred around for a minute, and at the time, Misty's heart was full of joy, and tears were coming from her eyes. Angelica and Gabriel put their hands on her shoulders.

"Good job,"they both smiled.

Misty just nodded back. Finally, Ash opened his eyes - and the first thing he saw was an angel...or at least he thought she was one.

"M-Misty?" Ash asked wearily.

"Oh my gosh! You're alive again! Thank you God!" Misty cried happily as she took Ash in her arms, daring not to let go.

Ash smiled as he, too, wrapped his arms around Misty. After a while, they let go as Ash started to speak again.

"Thank you Misty for helping me come back to life again, and that brings me to -" Ash was interuppted by a different angel (not the one that had appeared occuringly to Ash and Misty) appearing before them.

"I am here to take Angelica and Gabriel back to Earth. Then I will come back for you in a while Ash, Misty," the angel informed sweetly.

"Ok," they chorused, and soon Angelica and Gabriel vanished from the planet.

The black haired boy and the redhead sat there for a while until it hit Ash.

"Oh yeah! As I was saying...I was so happy for your victory at the tournament, I forgot to give you this,"Ash said as he took out a navy blue box out of his pocket.

Misty didn't say anything, she just waited to see what he has in his hand. He opened it up and inside was a necklace of pure silver, and the locket was made of dimond. It was beautiful beyond words (not to mention beyond money...hehe, Ash had to pay a fortune for it).

Misty gasped as soon as she saw the shining jewely that lay in the box. She was totally speechless. Then, she slowly reached out to grab the necklace, and opened the locket. In the locket, was a picture of her and Ash with their arms around each other. In the background was a magnificent waterfall that fit well for the picture.

Misty's eyes filled with tears as she said,"Oh my gosh...I - I'm speechless! I mean, Ash, t-thank you so much! Oh my gosh!"

She grabbed Ash again for another loving hug, with a tight squeeze. She kept crying, but of course, tears for happiness. Ash felt fully satisfied with himself, and he grinned inside as he recieved another hug from his love.

As soon as Misty released the hug, she leaned over and kissed Ash on the cheek. Ash blushed a crimson red. (awww ^_^)

"I gave you that necklace because I wanted you to know that um, I - I love you,"Ash said with a little nervousness shooting in his veins."Not friendly love, but more than that. I truly love you Misty, and I hope that means at least something to you, because, I know that without you, I wouldn't exist. You are what I always wanted, I mean it. I love you, so, so much."



After he got done with that confession speech, he put a hand under Misty's chin, bringing her face towards his as he kissed her on the lips. Short and luscious.

Misty smiled as she gave a sigh of relief. Finally, the words were spoken. She was both suprised and not suprised. She knew it in her heart that he loved her because the angel said he was waiting for her. She just had that little belief in her heart.

"I love you too Ash, and I'm not saying that just because you said it. I really, truly love you too. That's why I fought for you, I fought Zelestina because I love you. I wanted you to come back to life, I wanted you here. I put out my heart, and my life for you. You are the most important person to me," Misty said with a soothing tone in her voice.

Ash smiled as he embraced her for a hug. Misty released it after a few seconds and reached in her pocket. She also brung out a box, except it was red.

"You didn't know this, but I got you something too," Misty said before she lifted the lid. There too, was a necklace with a locket, but of course a different one. It was pure gold.

Ash took the necklace out and he opened it, finding the same picture inside, as the one in her locket. Ash grinned as he put it on his neck.

"Thank you so much baby," Ash said as he kissed her lips, a longer kiss for them both. More passionate, and more love into it. They kissed away until it was time for them to departure to Earth.....

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It was the day of the Jamfest. Ash and Misty found out that they've been gone for a week. They explained the whole thing (including their confessions) to everyone, and they believed them. Both of Ash and Misty's Pokemon were back to the way they were, health regaining and everything. It was all good. And, meanwhile, Ash got back with his cousins to practice for the fest. Does Misty, Brock, Sandrae, and the Pokemon know about the band yet? Nope...heehee ^_^ (more info: Misty, Brock, Sandrae, Gary, and the Pokemon are in the second row, center) And now it's the for the fest to start...

"I wonder where Ash is. I thought he was supposed to be here. He's your boyfriend, you should know," Brock smiled, still not getting over the fact that his two best friends were FINALLY together (ok, it's been over a month, so what?).

Misty smiled too."I don't know either. He just told me that we'll see him in a minute."

Brock just shrugged as he started to talk to his girlfriend.

15 Minutes Later...

A guy with a blue mohawk runs on the stage with a microphone in his hand and says,"Good afternoon Tri-City!"

The crowd screamed back in reply.

"Wow! I never seen the Jamfest crowd this large! 9,989 people here! Give yourselves a round of applause!" the man said.

The crowd roared loudly as they clapped their hands.

"Just don't hurt anyone by squeezing them in too tight and suffocating them!" the blue-mohawk man laughed.

The audience laughed along with him.

"And guess what? We never had so many bands here! Fifty bands have come to play for us! What do you think of that?"

The crowd gave a deafening reply, tons of people jumping up and down.

"Ok, sounds good! Now before we start off with the first band, I want to make this clear. Maush (spell?) pits are allowed, but the whole crowd can't maush! Just make them small pits, and we'll have guards rush over there to make sure people around the pit doesn't get hurt (a/n: sounds weird huh? You know, with the gaurds? WELL THOSE ARE MY RULES SO SHUT UP! lol....^_~ I'm not mad at anyone, I'm just playin'). Ok? Ok. So, let's start off with the first band, tHe JaGuArZ!" then the man ran offstage.

Band after band played with their different styles - Christian, rock, punk, alternative, hardcore, metal, and just some pop music too. Some maush pits were formed, but no one got hurt. Then, finally, Ash's band was up.

Announcer: "Now, get ready for the 30th band to play, give it up for The Rebels!"

The crowd went insane as Ash, Scott, and Jay ran on the stage. Misty, Brock, Sandrae, Gary, and all the Pokemon's mouths about dropped to the floor.

"Ash is in a band! What?!" Misty cried. But no one could hear her because of the noise level (the decibal number was pretty high). The band got settled behind the instruments.

"Hey everyone!" Jay greeted, with the crowd reacting wild. The crowd wasn't this hyper for a band until The Rebels got on stage."Our first song is called,'Heart Melting in Fire.' "

And they were off! The band played through a series of songs, with almost every person in the crowd enjoying the music and the performance the band held (I'll let you decide how chaotic or not chaotic the performance was). Misty and the others eventually got over the shock, and just enjoyed it all. Misty was jumping through every song, and cheering for them every chance she got.

'I can't believe my baby is in a band!' she kept on thinking that throughout the show.

Finally, Ash's band got to the last song, which was a recent song Ash wrote himself. Ash sat on a stool in the front center of the stage, with an acoustic guitar in his lap. Jay got behind the drums, and Scott sat behind a keyboard.

"This last song is called,'Soul Mate,' and it's dedicated to my girlfriend, Misty, " Ash said into the mic.

The song started with a guitar intro, then Ash started singing:

Why is it that we kept this hidden for so long?

This love we both had kept as a quiet melody

In our hearts we silently sang a song about how much we love each other

A song of our own, kept for one another

Finally, we confessed, for the best

Our lingering desires for each other is over

Because we let the music out, we let our feelings out

That how love always starts out

Chorus:

I found my soul mate, I found my true love

We'll dance, we'll fly high above in the sky

Our passion's growing, our dreams are sealing

For a perfect circle of life, a life completing

I found my soul mate, forever we'll be one

Forever we'll be one....

Full of passion, full of dreams

We both maybe young, but love doesn't have a date set

Fights won't cause a war, it'll end before it'll ever begin at all

A treaty we signed, we're making it legal

Singing this song of love, singing this song of love...

Chorus

Can I speak in your ear and tell you how much I care?

Can I embrace you like there's no tomorrow?

Can I kiss your lips and make it better?

Can you always depend on me being there?

Chorus

(A/N: This song was written by me, yes ME. It was typed out for the fic. Do NOT claim it as your own, because I will find out, and I'm serious. You have to have my permission to use this song. And please, if you ever do see someone claiming this song as their own, PLEASE notify me about it ASAP. E-mail: blueflamedcheetah@yahoo.com. Thank you. - Blue Flamed Cheetah)

After the song ended, the audience roared loudly and clapped as the band went off stage. Misty was standing there with tears in her eyes once again, and when Ash made his way to her, she embraced him in a long kiss.

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8 Years Later...

"And I know announce you husband and wife. You may now kiss the bride," the preacher said as Ash lifted up the vail to see his new wife's face. He leaned in and kissed her, as the new life begun....

THE END

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Soo.....how did ya like the fic? It's done, yay! It took me a long time, didn't it? I'm sorry. I started school last Wednesday (MY FIRST YEAR AS A FRESHMAN IN HIGH SCHOOL!), when does everyone go back? Oh yeah, I'm so sorry that the battle between Misty and Zelestina was so lame. I told you guys before, I stink at writing battles! lol. Going on...

Sad news for you all (ok, for some, or most of you...maybe?), this is my last Pokemon fic. Yup, this author is done with writing Pokemon fanfiction. Sorry! Why? Well, I'm losing my interest in Pokemon, and in AAML. I mean, Ash and Misty is still a cute cartoon (anime) couple and everything, it's just, I'd rather not write any more of the fics. Don't take this wrong, I mean, everyone has to quit some time, right? Ok, maybe not everyone.

I really, really hope everyone has enjoyed my fics (some fics were better than others). I tried to make the stories good for you all, and I hope I succeeded. But one thing, as I said with my song, do NOT claim any fics as your own. It's not right. You will probably get in trouble if I catch you. Please, don't. I'll still take reviews after this, but I'm not writing sequels or anything. I'm through. Sorry. Bye to everyone! Love yas! (friendly love, not romance love...ewww) ^_^

****Blue Flamed Cheetah****