Misty woke up with the sunlight shining in her eyes. Once her mind was focused, she realized that she was sleeping on the long bench with Ash, arms around each other still. She moved her head to his' and kissed him lightly on the cheek. He stirred a bit, but then he breathed in deeply and kept still.

Misty just had to adore his features. He looked like an angel from Heaven to her. She knew this was the guy that she wanted to spend the rest of her life with. She could feel it in her veins, in her heart. She wished that she could confess and tell him. It seems so easy to do in her imagination, but when it comes to reality, it's really hard to speak the truth.

Misty layed her head on Ash's chest and fell asleep once again for a few minutes. After a minute when Misty fell asleep, Ash woke up. His vision was blury at first, but when it came into focus, he saw his red-headed beauty laying beside him - with her head resting on his chest. The biggest smile you could ever see on him appeared. He smelled her hair, taking in the scent, and then started carrassing her cheek tenderly. He kissed her forehead lightly.

Misty was the one person Ash cared for more than his life existance itself. They've fought before in the past, but does that mean anything to them now? No. He knew God had blessed him with a wonderful gift. He loves her so much, but no words would spill out before him, to her. He couldn't admit his love to her in real life, but it seems so normal to do it in his dreams. He could feel that she's the one, the one that will make his life complete. All that needed to happen was confession, and hopefully one, sweet kiss. It didn't seem real to Ash, it was just a dream to him. Ash held her closer to his body and fell right back to sleep again for a while......

'RIIINNG! RIIIIIING!" the phone rang.

Ash's muscles jerked from the surprise from the annoying ringing of the phone. Misty woke up too, yawning softly. They both looked at each other and blushed deeply. Ash quickly got up and answered the phone.

"Hello?" he asked.

Ash's cousins appeared once again on the screen.

"Hey Ash!" they both greeted.

Ash smiled timidly."Hey guys."

Misty looked over at the screen to see who Ash was talking to. They seemed a bit familiar at first, then it snapped in her head. She remembered that they were Ash's cousins.

"Hey, you gonna meet us again tonight, right?" Scott asked.

Misty walked over to Ash's side, looking at the two guys on the monitor. Scott and Jay saw her and smiled.

"Hey Misty! Remember us?" Jay asked.

Misty smiled."Yes I do. How are you all?"

"We're doing good, how about your pretty self?" Scott grinned.

Ash growled quietly at the comment.

'Oh noooo, I don't like her you guys, go ahead and suck up to her,' he thought sarcastically.

Misty blushed."I'm doing ok."

Ash sighed loudly."I'll meet you guys tonight after Misty's match."

"Oh, we didn't know Misty was battling at the tournament,"Jay said."We'll be watching and rooting for ya Mist."

"Thanks,"Misty said.

"Well, I'll see you guys later,"Ash finished off.

Scott and Jay raised an eyebrow at him, wondering why he was in a hurry to get off. They knew Ash wasn't usually like this.

"O-ok. See you all later,"Scott said, showing some suspicion in his voice.

"Bye,"Ash and Misty said at the same time, then they hung up.

Misty walked to her backpack to pull a pink towel out.

"What are you all going to do after my match?" Misty wondered.

"We're just going to hang out,"Ash said casually.

"Really? Can I come along?"Misty asked.

"Uh, um...we'll see,"Ash studdered. He couldn't think of any excuse to come up with. He really wants this Jamfest to be a surprise to her and Brock, but it's hard for him to say no to her.

"Ok, just let me know as soon as you can find out. I'm gonna take a shower,"Misty said, walking towards the door.

"Alright,"Ash layed back down on the bench.

"I'm done Ash,"Misty said while walking to her bed with a towel wrapped around her head."You gonna take shower?"

"Nah, I'm taking one tonight,"Ash replied."Brock wants us to meet him in about forty minutes so we can meet his new girlfriend. His said that his girlfriend can take us shopping." Ash new this would spark Misty's interest.

"Shopping? Awesome!"Misty squealed.

"What is it with girls and shopping?" Ash rolled his eyes.

"What's with guys and the urge eat all the time like you and Brock do?" Misty snapped back while smiling playfully at him.

"Ouch, what a burn!"Ash rolled his eyes.

They both laughed.

Ash and Misty were walking down the hallway of the Pokemon Center, then reached to the main lobby, where Brock and his girlfriend were supposed to be.

They looked around the room until they saw Brock talking to a slender, tanned girl, who looked to be about Brock's age.

"Hey Brock!" Ash waved to him.

"Brock looked up and looked to the direction of Ash's voice and smiled. Brock took the girl's hand and they walked over to the two.

"Hey guys. Meet Sandrae, my new girlfriend. Sandrae, here are my best friends- they're like one of my brothers and sisters, Ash and Misty,"Brock introduced happily.

"Hi,"Ash, Misty, and Sandrae said at the same time while shaking each others' hands.

"Very nice to meet you all, Brock says you guys are awesome,"Sandrae said.

"Nice to meet you too," Ash and Misty said politely.

"So, do you guys want to go shopping?" Sandrae got all excited.

"Sure!" Misty cried.

Ash and Brock just had to laugh at this. 'Girls....they're crazy...' they both thought together.

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Misty and Sandrae ran off to shop together while Ash and Brock went walking around, hands in thier pockets, very bored.

Ash sighed."I hate shopping, they're gonna have to pay us back for this."

"I don't care...as long as Sandrae's happy,"Brock smiled to himself.

"And as long as Misty's happy," Ash also had smiled."I have some extra cash, I think I'm gonna buy her something."

"Yeah, I should do that for Sandrae."

"Well, what do girls like to get?" Ash asked while looking up at his (no-eyed) friend.

"Hmm...I dunno, I guess we'll just look around to see what they might want."

"Ok," Ash said while he looked at the entrance to the jewelry department.

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Misty breathed in deeply as she stared at the door to the stadium. Her hands were shaking and felt like she was going to be sick.

Ash walked in the room to where Misty was standing, seeing her staring at the door to the stadium. He walked over to her.

"Hey Mist, still nervous about the match?" Ash said softly.

"Yeah, I'm afraid I'll mess up and let my Pokemon down,"Misty's voice quivered.

"Hey, I told you before to not to worry, you've done battles before and you've done excellent and-"

Misty cut him off."But this is different. This is different from all the other battles. Millions of people will be there, and-"

"Misty, just stay calm. I know how you battle, I've watched you. You are an excellent trainer, you do an awesome job. Just be confident and believe in yourself, that way, you'll fufill your dreams and your goals in life. That's how I've gotten this far as a trainer, plus, I had a little encouragement right by my side,"Ash grinned at her as he elbowed her in the arm playfully.

Misty blushed."Thanks, I'm sure I can do good now, and I guess I have my little encouragement by my side too, eh?"

Ash put his arm around her."Whatever you want."

Their faces were only two inces apart, and they gazed into each others' eyes. Their heads slowly moved in closer and closer to each other, feeling each others' breath as they were about ready to kiss when...

SPEAKER: MISTY WATERFLOWER, PLEASE REPORT TO THE BATTLE FIELD AT THIS TIME."

Misty looked down and said in a very soft voice,"G-guess I have to go now."

Ash cleared his throat, taking his arm off of her."Y-yeah. Good luck."

Misty walked towards the door to the stadium, but stopped when she heard Ash's voice,"Hey, meet me here after the match, I have something to give to you."

Misty turned her head around to see his face smiling widely."Okay."

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ANNOUNCER: "And hello to everyone! This is the second day of the AAPB Tournament and our competators are two beatuiful ladies: Misty Waterflower and Lila Baker. Two Pokemon are allowed for this match."

Misty and Lila snickered as they heard the announcer make that comment about them.

The referee held up both red and green flags once again, and then waited five seconds before flapping the two in a circle. The match had begun.

It was a very flaming close match for the first round. Misty used Corsola and Lila used Chikorita. Of course since Chikorita is a grass type, it has the advantage over Corsola, which is a water/rock type. The match wasn't long, and the last moves used were Corsola's recover, then Chikorita's solar beam attack...which resulted as Corsola on the ground n' out.

"Oh no! Corsola! Poor thing!" Misty said in shock. She got out her Pokeball and returned her pink-white Pokemon."Good job, Corsola." she whispered.

Misty had a fire starting up in her eyes. She wanted to win so bad. She made a fist in her left hand as she threw a Pokeball with her right.

"Go Poliwhirl!" she called.

"Poli!"

"Poliwhirl, use watergun!"

"Chikorita! Dodge it!"

Poliwhirl used a hydro pump atttack to quick for Chikorita. Chikorita was hit with a powerful force of the attack. It fell to the ground, and within a few seconds, it wearily rose back up.

"Quick Poliwhirl! Use double slap!"

Poliwhirl ran to Chikorita and attacked, hitting Chikorita forcefully, and then...Chikorita fainted.

"Yeah!" Misty shouted out happily.

"Good job Chikorita," Lila said gloomily as she returned her Pokemon. She glared at Misty with anger.

Misty had noticed this."What, you gonna stare or you gonna battle?"

Lilia growled under her breath."I'll battle you idiot! Go, Electabuzz!"

Electabuzz came out of his Pokeball and flexed his muscles, prepared to attack.

'Uh-oh. This is an electric type. We're gonna have to watch out.' Misty took a deep breath.

The battle took place. It was fierce, irritating, and breath-taking. It seemed that Electabuzz was going to win, since he was using Thunderbolt and Thunderpunch...but somehow, Poliwhirl managed to keep on going. The last attacks were Electabuzz's Thunderwave, which missed, and then Poliwhirl finished it all of with a body slam attack, and Electabuzz fainted.

"What?! How can you lose to a Poliwhirl, Electabuzz?"Lila was shocked. She returned him to her Pokeball.

"Yeah, go go go go Poliwhirl! Itz your birthday! We're gonna party like itz your birthday! Yeah!" Misty cheered while giving dancing with Poliwhirl. Ash and Brock just had to laugh at this.

Lila glared evilly at Misty once again.'I'll pay back Misty for what she did, I'm dead serious.'

"I hope you and me get to battle soon,"Ash said to Misty while twirling the spagetti with his fork.

"Yeah, me too. Hey, your battle is tomorrow, right Brock?"Misty looked across the table to face him.

"Yep! I can't wait. I haven't been in a tournament in forever,"Brock said.

"We wish you good luck,"Misty said.

"Thanks guys,"Brock said, shoving the breadstick in his mouth.

After a few minutes of eating...a flash of strong red light shot through the building, almost hitting a few people. There were many gasps and screams heard.

Everyone was chattering among themselves, terrified.

"I wonder what that was,"Misty said as she looked around the restaurant.

"I don't know, it-"Ash started out, but before he could finish, another red light sped through the builing. Then, suddenly, there was a black hole appearing on the wall - starting out small, and then getting bigger and bigger. Then, a ghostly figure slowly flew out of the hole. It appeared to be a female with long red hair, red clothes, light red skin and red eyes. Flaming red light was swarming around her.

Everyone was backed up onto the walls and the corners of the building. Some left through doors, but others were too scared to even move. Ash and Misty were holding on to each other, as Brock and Pikachu were doing the same.

The ghost looked at Misty and Ash with her piercing, dark red eyes. She pointed at them.

"I want you two, to come with me." She said in an echoing voice.

Ash and Misty still won't move. When the ghost knew this, her eyes glowed a blue color and the two were floating to the air towards her. And they followed her into the hole she came from......

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So, I've updated again. And it took me a while to submit, but once summer starts, I'll be updating faster. k? ok. How did you like this so far? Cliffhanger eh? Yeah, it makes you want to keep on reading, that's WHY I put them in there. lol. hehe. ^_^

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