Chapter 3 I woke up before any of them did, and i saw Misty sleeping right in front of me, she looked beautiul as usual, Brock was also asleep, curled under his nine tails, you could hardly recognice the head from the backside, i kissed Misty softly on the cheek as i stretched my bones, i leaped onto a log and yelled, "good morning Kanto" Misty woke up quickly and she stared at me shaking her head, "pathetic" she said quietly, she hydro pumped brock who woke up leaping high, "i hate water" he yelled, "im hungry guys, lets go take something for lunch" i said leaping down from the log, "yeah, i know a perfect place" Brock said, "with you two gourmets i can just imagine" Misty said annoyed. We got to a river and i dived in, trying to catch desperatey something to eat, when i came out brock was already eating a magykarp and so was Misty, "Brock where did you get it from?" i asked, "Misty" brock answered, i turned to Misty, "misty pleaaaaaase" i begged, "say it" Misty said, "all right, ctasruledogsdrool" i said extremely quickly and quietly, "i cant hear you" Misty said slowly, "cats rule and dogs droool ya happy?" i said anoyyed, "thank you honey" Misty said ironically, "you are welcome sweetheart" i answered in the same tone, but i wonder if i really meant it, Misty dived inside and came out a while later with a magikarp, "fooood" i said leaping out of the water, the fish was alive and it kept hopping away, it stopped right in front of two teddyursa, but i barked and they ran away, "Ash, you better leave them" Misty adviced, "nah, look, i got the fish" i said holding it proudly, "Ash, RUN" Brock yelled, i looked behind and saw an ursaring, i let the fish fall, "wow, you look hungry" i said, then with one leap i avoided its slash and rushed away with my friends. Once we were safe Misty leaped on me and pushed me upside up against the floor, she held me there with her claws on my neck, "dont ever do that again Ash, you almost got eaten back there, imagine how painful that would have been, for the poor ursaring" she said, at first i wondered why did she cared for me, after all she hates me, but i pushed her away and stood up a bit angry, "oh go eat up a fur ball" i said, "ouch, that hurts, it really does" Misty answered, suddenly Brock came back from wherever he had gone to, "well guys, im afraid we must cross the river, and there is no bridge" Brock said, he shivered at the thought of getting wet, "what a problem, come on Ashy boy, lets go" misty said, "Ashy boy?" i thought and raised an eyebrow, she must have noticed because she turned away and run torwards the river. Once we were at the river we noticed on some stepping stones, i rushed torwards them and started leaping carefully, Misty dived in and sawm rapidly, then at the end she leaped onto log to wait for us, she didnt notice on the paras that rested on the log and accidentally stepped on it, "Misty be careful" Brock yelled, too late, the paras acted in self defense and shoot a paralizing spore at Misty, she fell onto the river paralized, then Brock shoot a flaemthrower wich burnt the paras. Misty tried to move but was not able, Brock didnt think twice, me neither, we both made it quickly to the shore and ran as fast as we could torwards the waterfall, i leaped in but a paw pushed me away and i smashed against a rock, when i stood up i saw Misty swimming hopelessly torwards Brock and Brock trying to reach Misty, unluckily she could not make it, she was completely paralized and fell down the waterfall, Brock swan back, "come on we got to keep trying" he yelled, we rushed to the edge of the waterfall but we couldnt see anything, "do...do you see her?" i asked Brock, "no, it swallowed her up" brock answered, i felt tears streaming donw my cheeks, "MIIIIIIISTYYYYYYY" I yelled, Brock looked at me, "its ok Ash, she will be fine, i hope" Brock said, i really hoped he was right, i really did. Brock sat on a stone, i could feel that he was not much hopefull, even though Misty was water a million things could have happened to her, she could have smashed into pieces when hitting the sharp rocks at the bottom, she could easily drown if she was not able to reach the surface, who knows what else, i really didnt want to think about it, "i am sorry Misty" Brock said, "it was not your fault, she wanted to come" i said kindly and trying to to burst into tears, "but she was my responsibility, the same you are, the same Geo is" Brock said, i looked at him curiously, "ever since the beggining of times, the dogs have been the human bet friends, when our ancestors, a few wild pokemon, came from the forest to protect the man, to move its tail when happy, to cry when sad, to bark when in danger" brock explained, "but we didnt ask for this job" i said, "we didnt have to, its in our blood, we do it because we want to, that is why they calll us human best friends" Brock explained, he looked so whise and ancient there, like the first pokemon that ever walked the earth, i just wish i could be like him someday. Brock took one last look at the waterfall and at the river, "good bye my friend misty, i will never forget you" he said, i felt a tear run down my cheek, i was amazed at how strong Brock was, he didnt cry any little bit, we kep on our way, it was hopeless staying here. I fell down the waterfalls and didnt crash with those sharp stones by very little, only several inches, i was still paralized, and was unable to move, i knew if i didnt catch air soon i would drown, somehow after floating under the surface, the river calmed down a bit and i managed to reach the surface, i took a deep breath and the current carried me torwards the shore where i lost my conciousness, i then heard a man saying something about, "not bad, the third pidgeot in four months" he seemed to notice me as he left and held me on his arms, "vapooo" i said quietly, the man looked at me, "you are alive?" he said, he took me to his house and dried me, i opened my eyes and called Ash and Brock, but i knew they would not hear me, hen i dropped to unconciousness again. I woke up much later, "hum, was that my sixth life? Id say it was my fourth" i thought, then i looked arround and notice a bearded man cooking something, he looked at me, "hey, you made it through the night, that means you will be ok" the man said, he brought me a bowl of something, i smelled it, it was milk, but when i tasted it, i realized it was not low fat! Oh crap, i was too hungry to worry about that now, i drank all the milk and stared at my surroundings. We tried hunting, but i wasso hungry i managed to screw up everything everytime, Brock was getting mad at me, "if you are not patient, you will not get aything to eat" he said, "i cant hold it, im so hungry" i said. We spotted a small rattata, this could be our meal, we sneaked slowly torwards it, "wait until i say go" Brock explained, "say what?" i asked, "GO" brock said, i thought that was a command, and i leaped out of my hiding place and followed the rattata, wich started running mad, "NO" Brock said annoyed, i ran as fast as i could but the rat was very fast, "there goes the rat, ther goes the pup, and there goes breakfast" Brock said, the rattata entered a hole and i lost it, "thats it, im outta here, you are on your own" Brock said, "no please, give me a second chance" i pleaded, "that was your second chance Ash" Brock growled, "give me a third chance then" i begged, "all right" Brock said. We walked torwards a river nearby and he pointed at it, "you are asking me to fish?" i said, Brock didnt say a thing, he just nodded, i got inside the water, "where is Misty when i need her" i sulked, but at her only thought, i started crying slowly, where could she be now? I sank my head in the water and started searching, suddenly i felt something grab my lip and i leaped out of the water, "WAAAA, i dont want this" i said, i had a krabby holding onto my lip with its pincers, "haha, Misty would love to see this" Brock laughed, i got mad at him, he should not have mentioned her, "yeah of course" i said, "come on Ash, dont be so sad, ill try" Brock said. I rested on the shore was Brock tried grabbing some fish for us, i smelled soemthing and looked up, i saw a HUGE cat, "BrockBrockBrock" i called repeatedly, "what?" Brock said pissed off, "there is a huge...cat?" i saoid, i looked back but it was gone, "oh you are smelling things" brock said and stuck his head underwater again, "i didnt just smell it, i...BROOOOOOOCK" i yelled, "could you..." Brock said but the pokemon growled, "PEEEERRR" it growled, "RUN" Brock yelled. We both started running and the cat followed us, "im such a whimp, im running from a cat" i yelled, "if you dont run you may not count on it" Brock said, "but this is no ordinary cat, this is like Arnold Swarzekitty" i said with my typical good mood. We got to the edge of a cliff, we were gone, "i knew it, look, the bones are under the big palm tree and the TV remote is under the sea saw" i told Brock, "sea saw? Sea saw, Ash you are a genius" Brock said, "no im not, whats a genius? I said with that goofy smile of mine, "oh shut up" Brock said knowing i was joking, he told his plan, there was a rock that looked like a sea saw, after he left in search of the persian. He found her not much after and started mocking her, the cat pokemon ran after him and Brock rushed as fast as his legs could carry him, several times he was almost caught but he managed to get where i was, he stopped and waited for the cat to be in position, the persian climbed onto the rock, "now" Brock said, but i was trying to get rid of a butterfree, "Ash NOW" Brock screamed and the persian growled, i snapped out of it and pushed a heavy rock against the rock, the catapult effect worked and the persian was fired into the water where it swam and rushed away, "wahoo, we made it" i yelled, "yesss" Brock said. Now i was completely recovered and enjoyed a nice, warm summertime sunset with the strange person that saved my life, suddenly i thought i heard wha sounded like "eeveev" and "ninenine", maybe it could be them, "Ash? Brock?" i said. I leaped from the man's arms and ran between a few stantler, "ok, stay clear of the river" he yelled, i nodded and ran away. I ran in the direction i had heard those barks, "keep barking, show me were you are" i said, i sat on a rock and spotted them on the far distance, "vaporeoooon" i meowed. We were so happy for being such a great team, "you were great, just like Rintintin" i told Brock, "rintin who?" Brock asked, "Rintintin, dont you watch TV?" i said, "nah, thats not real" Brock said, "its too" i complained, suddenly we stopped and looked at each other concerned, "Misty?" we said in unision, we looked behind and there she was, her bloue fur shone with beauty making her look like a saphire, i ran torwards her, Brock at my heels, i could easily see by the stunned look on his face that he had never seen someon run this fast in his life, "MISTYYYYYYYY" i yelled joyfully, "my boys, my boys" she said happily, i leaped on her and we both rolled, i lied over her, and we both looked at each other happy to meet again, i felt myself leaning torwards but was stopped quickly "Misty, you are all right" Brock said, "yeah, i am" Misty answered, "er...did i interrupt something?" brock said, we both blushed and yelled in unision, "no, no, of course not" Brock raised an eyebrow, "all right, lets go" he said. Ash we walked happiness rushed arround the trio, we were so happy, "Misty can we go fishing, please?" i begged, "oh Ash, you are hopeless, but all right, lets go fishing" Misty said joyfully. Misty dove inside and i didnt take an eye out of her, i had her now and i didnt want to loose her, "Ash, calm down, she is not going to disappear" Brock smiled, i looked at him, "what? What do you mean?" i asked, "i mean you should not worry for her any longer" Brock explained, "i guess you are right" i said. Misty came out with several fmagykarp, and we ate till we were completely stuffed, "wow, this feels good, thanks swe...i mean Misty" i said blushing a little at my slip, "no problem Ash, i made it with pleasure" Misty said, "well, my turn to thanks the cook" Brock said, "oh yeah, no problem Brock, i also did it with pleasure for you" Misty said, but i could feel a different, almost indifferent tone of her voice, "look guys, what is that?" i asked, there was a blue ball floating on the surface of the water but the reflection didnt let us see, Misty was going to dive in but i didnt let her, the ball sank, and we heard a voice from behind us.