Chapter 4

We all turned arround to see what seemed like an arbok and a weezing, 
"prepare for trouble" the arbok, who was a female, said, "and make it 
double" the weezing, who was a male, said, "oh please, thats just 
pathetic, you are not going to say that stuppid motto, right?" i said 
bravely, "how dare you" the arbok said, "come on, i know you guys, you 
are Jessie and James, you assaulted me when i was lost in the streets" i 
said, "no, you are not that twerp, are you?" Jessie, the arbok said, 
"thats me" i answered, "well now you are going to pay for it" James 
said, "Ash, lemme at them" Misty said, "no, this is my battle" i said 
smiling evily. Weezing shot a pollution attack at me but i dogged it and 
headbashed him, he flew away, then Jessie came to attack me with poison 
sting, but i used my agility to dogge the attacks, and then ended with a 
bitee and a double kick, they didnt give up weezing went to attack me, 
but when he tackeled me i leaped on him, but something focused my 
atention, Misty was looking at me and didnt notice Jessie behind her, 
she was about to receive a whole bunch of venomous sharp needles, i used 
my quick attack to hurry torwards her and when i was close enough i 
leaped on her moving her apart, "Ash? Thank you, you saved me" Misty 
said, "no problem Mist, i did it with pleasure" i answered, "Mist?" 
Misty said, i swallowed my words, suddenly we spotted both pokemon about 
to attack us, and this time we were gonners for sure, Misty hid her head 
inside my chest and i stood over her to protect her from any damage.

I shut my eyes tightly ready to receive a wave of pain, but to my 
surprise i felt a water gun and a flamethrower pass right over me and 
hit both evil pokemon, i oppened my eyes and to my surprise Brock and 
another pokemon were there, they had saved us, "Misty, its all right, 
its over" i explained her, "oh Ash, thank you for protecting me" Misty 
said, she leaned over and kissed me on the cheek, i blushed charmeeleon 
red, and almost freak out, but i quiet liked her little detail, "guys, 
are you all right?" Brock asked, i stood up letting Misty free, "sure, 
thanks Brock" i said, "no prob, Ash" Brock said, "and who are you?" 
Misty asked to the little pokemon, it was much like pikachu but with 
round ears, blue and a long tail ended on a ball, "i am a marril, my 
name is Tracey" the pokemon answered, "by any case, werent you that 
thing floating arround?" i asked, "ASH" Misty said, i guess she thought 
i was unpolite, "hey, no problem, yes, well that was my tail actually" 
Tracey answered, "you live here?" Misty asked, "yes, and i had a few 
encounters with those good for nothing, excepct team rocket, they should 
be called team looser" Tracey laughed, Misty laughed too, she seemed to 
like him and i didnt like that, "dont worry Ash, she doesnt see many 
water pokemon and when she meets one she becomes very excited" Brock 
said, "i hope, what? No its not what you think" i said, Brock smiled and 
gave me one of those looks that stated i know you more than that.

Tracey invited us to eat some ice cream, where did he get it from, i 
cant tell because i really dont know, i ate my piece quickly, it really 
tasted good, Misty looked at me and giggeled, "you have icecream on 
yourcheek" she said, i looked at her and blushed a bit, then she licked 
it off, and i felt myself blush like i never did before. Brock and 
Tracey laughed at us, and i smiled at Misty, when i looked at her i 
noticed her blushing too, i coundt help but question me why, "so where 
are you heading to?" Tracey finally asked, "we are going to Pallet, is 
it very far?" Brock asked, "no, not at all, i wish i could come along 
but i rather stay here, its my house, the town is on that direction, 
keep it straight and you will reach a hill where you will see the town, 
good luck" Tracey said, after his quick guide we all said good bye and left.

I heard a thunder and i almost jump from fright, "i wish i was a jolteon 
now" i said, "come on Ash, dont tell me you can battle an arbok and a 
weezing, use yourself as a body shield to protect me, and be scared of a 
symple storm" Misty said, i blushed, i felt really embarrased, "guys, 
lets hide in those hollow trees, we will be better in there" Brock said, 
i entered one of the trees with Misty and Brock entered the other. In my 
tree we were sleeping each on one side of the tree, "Misty" i said, 
"hum?" Misty mumbled, so i could tell she was starting to fall asleep, 
"do you trust me?" i asked, dont ask me why i asked her so, but i 
actually did, "of course Ash, how couldnt i trust someone who has risked 
his life to save mine" Misty said now not as asleep, "ok, Misty, good 
night" i said, "good night, sweet dreams" Misty answered sleepy, "sweet 
dreams" i said.

I started to wake up in the morning and could feel something next to me, 
when i finally opened my eyes i saw Misty's face staring straight at me, 
her eyes were closed and she was smiling, i smiled at her, she started 
shivering to i used my tail to wrap her, and i moved a bit closer so she 
could have more body heat, she did stop shivering though, i placed one 
paw over hers and fell asleep again, i felt someone shake me and i woke 
up, "Ash, come on, its late, we might be able to reach the town today" 
Misty explained, i stretched and opened my eyes, "hum Misty? Where you 
cold or something tonight? I asked her smiling, "hu, i guess i was" 
Misty said, i saw her blushing a little but i was still half asleep, we 
heard a sneeze and we saw Brock burnt to a crisp, "what happened?" we 
asked, "none of your business" Brock said angrily, then we walked away.

After some walking we decided to stop for a rest, we were already close 
to home and i guessed we deserved it, i saw something walk away, it had 
like spikes, and it looked pretty cool, "hey guys, take a look at this, 
it looks like a pikachu having a really bad hair day" i said, "Ash, its 
a sandslash, leave it alone" Brock adviced, "you kidding me? This thing 
is really cool" i said, i sniffed it and walked a bit too close because 
it didnt think twice before hitting me with its spines, my whole face 
was full of them, well, only a bit, i yelled in pain, Misty and Brock 
ran torwards me, "Ash are you ok?" Misty asked worried,"no" i cried, 
"dont say i didnt advice you" Brock said angrily, "like my mother used 
to say, curiosity killed the eevee" Misty said, that was not a very nice 
coment, "Misty can you try pull them out?" Brock asked, "ill try" Misty 
said, she tried holding one of the spines but was unable to pull it out, 
she got frustrated and ended up biting my lip, "they are deep" Brock 
said, "very deep" Misty answered, "ok Ash, whatever you do, dont lick 
yourself" Brock said roughly.

We kept walking quickly but i felt weaker and weaker, we reached another 
river and i just collapsed, Misty ran torwards me, "Ash, are you ok?" 
Misty asked, i shook my head, "hum, we need to get to a pokemon center 
soon, or..." Brock said, "or?" Misty asked, "im afraid he will not make 
it" brock said, i panicked after hearing that, "why?" i asked, "the 
sandslash has a powerful venom" Brock explained, Misty lied next to me 
and just started promising i would be ok, Brock hear something and 
started running, we followed him slowly and when we got there we saw him 
talking with a little girl, "poor thing, she is lost" Misty said, "i 
know how she feels" i answered, we spent the night next to her, giving 
her some heat, Misty stood mostly next to me, she seemed so worried 
about me.

Brock twisted hi ears and looked up, he stood up and walked away, 
"Brock?" Misty asked, "i heard human voices, they are looking for the 
girl, ill be right back" Brock said, with that he left, i oppened my 
eyes a while later and Misty shrugged, we waited for Brock to return and 
he did a while later followed by a bunch of humans, a woman and a man 
held the girl and hugged her, and two forest rangers came torwards us, 
"hey look, this are the three pets we are looking for" one of them said, 
"yeah, hey, this one is in bad need of a vet" then other said, i didnt 
really trust them at first but Brock blanked out when they told him he 
was returning home.

We were put into a van, Misty was inside with the humans, while me and 
Brock were on the backside. I was lying hopelessly on the bottom of it, 
but Brock walked arround nervously, "Brock, calm down" i said weakly, 
venom was affecting me quickly, "something is wrong, we are going back, 
home is not that way" Brock said. When i saw where they were taking us, 
i almost jumped out of the van if it wasnt because i was completely weak 
now, "NO, the pound, i told you" i yelled, the car stopped and they put 
us down, i tried biting the man but he had gloves on, they put a clothe 
arround Brock's mouth so he wouldnt bite, but he managed to get rid of 
it, "MISTY, RUN" he yelled, when the door was opened, Misty leaped out 
of the car gracefully and rushed using her quick attack torwards the 
forest, "good girl" i said.

I was brought inside the pound, i never wanted to trust Ash, but he was 
right, it existed, i was placed inside the cage and i saw many other 
pokemon locked in their cages, i lied down and waited for whatever was 
to come.

"Where am i?" i asked myself as i opened my eyes, i was placed on a 
table and a man held me tightly, another man dressed in white had some 
pincers on his hands, i got nervous but barely had any energy, he placed 
the pincers closer and pulled one of the spines out, "ouh, ok, i did it, 
i stole the fish and let Misty take the fault" i yelled, they pulled 
another spine out, it was reallly painful.

I leaped out of the car and rushed torwards the forest at Brock's order, 
i hid there but didnt go any further, the man called me, "here kitty 
kitty kitty" he said, what a jerk, "no, dummie, dummie, dimmue" i said 
quietly, i moved away as i saw the man go, then i walked torwards the 
pound and stared at it, "great i just got those two back..."i said, then 
i noticed the net from one of the windows was broken, "and im not going 
to loose them again" i said, i climbed the wall gracefully, and then 
entered through the window, i saw many cages and many pokemon, i saw a 
flareon whisteling at me, "hey beauty, wanna go out with me tonight?" he 
yelled, next to him was Brock, "no" i said annoyed and then spitted a 
hidro pump at him, the flareon was drawn back, Brock looked at the 
pokemon "what the..." he said, then he looked up, to where i was, 
"MISTY" he yelled, i leaped down gracefully and walked torwards him,"i 
told you to leave" he said, "i never listen to dogs" i told him, "no, 
you never listen to anyone" Brock pointed out, "shut up" i said pissed 
off, i climped the cage a bit and reached the handle, it was so poorly 
closed, i simply pulled it up with my nose and it fell down leaving the 
door open, Brock came out, "where is Ash?" i asked him, "he is inside, 
come on" Brock said. We both came inside following the ocassional yells 
we heard, finally we got to a room, Broxk stood up on his hind legs and 
looked at Ash lying on the table, they had just put him an injection, 
"they are torturing him Misty" Brock said, i gulped, "no Ash" i said 
softly, but Brock heard it and looked at me puzzled, the same fat man 
that had followed me before just arrived, "hey, vaporeon, how did you 
get here?" he said, "leave him to me" i said, and rushed away, "i will 
come back for you" the man said and ran after me. I zigzagged all 
arround trying to get him confused, he was slower than a slowpoke and it 
was easy to handle.

I looked up and saw Brock standing there, i could hear the two men 
wondering how he got here, one of them walked torwards the door and 
oppened it, then Brock pushed it and squeezed the man against the door, 
"Ash, now" Brock yelled, i leaped from the table and rushed torwards the 
exit, we started running and we got to a aprt where we couldnt go on, 
and a net almost fell on us, the fat man captured Misty, but i ran 
quickly torwards him, leaped up making a take down, and he fell on the 
floor, Misty was free and we both ran with Brock behind, we got to the 
exit somehow and ran torwards the fence, Misty ran quickly through a 
hole on the gate, but somehow Brock and i had to dig, Brock passed 
quickly but when i was going to pass, my collar got stucked with the 
iron wires, the fat man held me and pulled me in but i held tightly to 
the floor with my claws, suddenly Brock oppened his mouth and 
flamethrowered that guy, he got burnt to a crisp and i was able to pass. 
"WAHOOOO" we all yelled as we ran torwards the forest again, it was 
getting dark but we hoped to get there today, we were close anyway.

We were walking at a normal pace torwards home, Brock was front and i 
was behind, Misty caught me up, "hi Ash" she said joyfully, "hi Mist" i 
said, "you seem to be fully recovered" Misty said, "now that you mention 
it, you are right, maybe that injection was an anti venom, or something" 
i said making my typical face when i just discovered something, "that is 
good" Misty giggeled, "by the way Mist, thanks for saving me" i said, 
"hey, you saved me from the arbok, remember? I owed you" Misty answered 
smiling, i looked arround, and had to screwe up everything with one of 
my coments, "hey Brock, are we walking in circles? This tree sounds 
familiar" i said, "of course, its a pine" Brock said, i thought Misty 
was going to be really mad at me, but instead of that she was laughing 
softly at my stupid comment, "oh Ash, you and your sense of humor, 
capable of turning the most tragic moment into a joyful one" Misty 
giggeled, i had to smile and blush at her coment, suddenly we stopped, 
"wait here guys, im going to go to those rocks over there in case i can 
catch a view of the city" Brock saidand ran away, it was Misty and me 
alone now. "er Misty...i wanted to tell you....i would like to...thank 
you forbeing such a good friend" i said, it was not what i wanted to 
tell her, but i kinda got stucked somewhere in the middle of the 
sentence, "oh Ash, its ok, i guess we are even" Misty said, i got lost 
in her deep blue eyes, and i could tell by her soft smile and her look 
that she was also lost in mine, i leaned closer not really knowing what 
i was doing, Misty didnt move away, she just closed her eyes and leaned 
closer, i closed mine too and our lips locked in a passionate first kiss.

What was going on? I dont know, i am lost in his eyes, i feel myself 
leaning torwards him and i could swear that i saw him leaning too, i 
want to stop but on the other hand i want this, i close my eyes, i have 
no control over my body, i feel strange, finally our lips meet, and i 
feel the most wonderfull feeling of all, the feeling of love, it felt so 
warm and good, i have to admit it was my first kiss.
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Yes, the house is there, i can see it, we are finally going to get home, 
i ran down from the rock were i was and rushed at full speed torwards 
Ash and Misty, i leap over them, "guys, come on, home is that way" i 
yelled, but then stopped a few metres after, i twisted my head and 
looked at them, they were walking torwards me, and both looked at me 
like if i was a ghost, i could clearly see they were blushing, i look 
forward again and shake my head, "did i just see them kiss?, no, it must 
be the emotion i feel for returning home" i told myself as i started 
running.

I think that this was the most wonderfull kiss ever, suddenly i feel 
something leap over us and we both parted away, i blushed extremely and 
we both looked at Brock who had just passed over us, he had stopped, he 
turned his head torwards me and looked quiet stunned, we didnt know what 
to say, better say nothing. Brock started running and we followed, 
suddenly i heard a voice behind me, "i love you Ash" it said, i turned 
arround and saw Misty smiling at me sweetly and blushing at the same 
time, i smiled back, "i love you too Misty" i said softly, then we kept 
running after Brock.

We reached a train station, there were many railways, "i guess we ave no 
choice but crossing" Brock said, we looked at him thinking he was a 
wacko, but before we could complain he was crossing the railways, we had 
to follow him, we speede through the railways, and on the last rail 
Misty's tail almost got chopped out, "uf, that was close" Misty sighted, 
"you all right?" i asked q bit worried, "sure Ashy, i am" Misty said 
sweetly, "come on lovebirds, we have to get home tonight" Brock 
complained, we both blushed but followed, he passed over a bunch of logs 
but they broke in half and Brock fell into a hole, we rushed torwards 
him, "Brock" we yelled, he was lying on the floor, completely lifeless, 
"poor Brock" Misty said, suddenly he moved and lifted his head, "ouch, 
my paw, i cant move it" Brock said, "Brovk" i yelled, "is it broken?" 
Misty asked, "i dont know" Brock said, trying to stand up, i saw a place 
which was not as steep and rushed torwards it, "Brock, come here, its 
not as steep, you can climb up" i yelled, "ill try" Brock answered, he 
started climbing but slipped down with the mud that was formed the night 
before, "try again" i yelled, Brock tried several times, but then he 
layed down and gave up, "no Brock, dont lay down, dont give up" i 
yelled, but he would not listen, then i jumped intothe hole, "i followed 
you all this way across a forest, i thought you were just too stubborn 
to give up, but now were are so close, i wont let you give up" i said, 
"do you think its easy for me to admit i cant do it? Im injured badly, 
Ash, i taught you all you were supposed to know, now its time you learn 
a very important lesson, its time you learn to say good bye" Brock said, 
"no Brock, i dont want to leave you here, you are my friend" i said. 
Misty looked from up, she was getting frustrated, she also jumped down 
and looked at Brock, "listen yo, we are so close you cant just give up 
for a strained muscle, dont you care about Geo? He is waiting for you at 
home, he will be heart broken" Misty said, "guys, dont...please , go" 
Brock said, "fine, thats what you want, then fine, lets go Ash, our 
trainers are waiting for us" Misty said, i was too stunned to answer, 
but followed her.






We kept walking across the forest, not much forest left, i spotted the 
joyfull yells from our trainers in the distance, "is it them?" Misty 
asked, i nodded and started barking, i saw that they were playing 
basketball and stopped as they listened, "its Ash, dad, it has to" Star 
yelled, "PIKAAAA" i yelled as i started running, "Ash wait" Misty 
screamed and ran after me. Pika saw me and started running torwards me, 
"ASH" she yelled, "Pika, im here, my firend, oh i missed you" i said as 
she hugged me, "vaporeoooon" we heard, Star took a look and saw Misty 
running joyfully torwards her, "STAR, Star, Star" she repeated, "Misty" 
Star screamed at the top of her lungs, they embraced into a hug, "this 
is great, the family is together again" Sam said, BAD comment, Geo 
looked at the distance and saw Brock was not comming, he turned arround, 
"it was too far, he couldnt make it, it was just too far" Geo repeated, 
suddenly a shadow appeared in the distance, i was as stunned as Misty 
was, "Geo?" the shadow said, Geo turned arround as if by some strange 
force he was able to hear his name being called, "BROCK" Geo called and 
he started running torwards him, Brock ran too but slowly, not putting 
his injured paw on the floor, but a while after they were both running 
at full speed torwards each other and playing, it was just beautiful to 
see those two together, "he made it" Misty said walking torwards me, 
"yes, he did" i said, Misty surprised me with a kiss, and i could hear 
the others sayng the typical, "what a cute couple" words,even Brock who 
smiled, "i knew those two were meant to be a couple" he mentioned, we 
all walked home ready for a nice hot dinner.

I heard a soft "pikaaa" right next to me, i slowly opened my eyes and 
stared at pikachu who slept next to me, "wow, what a dream" i said as i 
walked out of the sac, i put my cap on and walked torwards the river to 
wash my face leaving the rest of the group sleeping. I washed my face 
and stared at the dawn, the morning sun sure was beautiful, and 
romantic, as Misty usually said, suddenly someone covered my face, i 
touched its hands and imediatly knew who was it, only a person in our 
group had such fine hands, "Misty, i know its you" i said, "how did you 
know?" Misty said smiling, "well, only you have such nice hands"i 
accidentally spitted out, "thank you Ash" Misty answered as she sat next 
to me, "i had the freakiest dream ever" i finally said, "really?" Misty 
asked, "yeah, we were us but we were pokemon and our pokemon were our 
trainers" i said, "was i a beautiful graceful suicune?" Misty said 
dreamingfully, "nope, you were a vaporeon" i said, "really? Thats great, 
i wish i was a beautiful" Misty said, "you are even more" i said a bit 
too loud, i drew my words back and blushed as i saw Misty watching at 
me, "and i was an eevee" i said trying to change the subject, "of 
course, you are as restless as an eevee" Misty said smiling, "then Brock 
was a ninetales, and Tracey was a marril, and Garu was a houndoor" i 
said, "it suits him" Misty answered, "and then team rocket were arbok 
and weezing" i said, "suits them too " Misty nodded, "we were having an 
adventure across viridian forest, it was great and at the end you...er, 
never mind" i said, gosh, that was close, "i what?" Misty asked, 
"nothing important, er...dont you think the river is beautiful?" i said 
chaging the sbject again, "yes, its really romantic" Misty said, as i 
thought. We were quiet for a long time, then i accidentally passed my 
arm arround her and she leaned over me resting her head on my shoulder, 
i place my fingers under her chin and made her look at my softly, i 
smiled, "Ash?" Misty said softly, i placed my finger over her lips, 
"shhhhh" i said, i leaned closer, she closer her eyes, i closed mine 
too, our lips met again, but this time it was real, we kissed and i 
could feel she was not refusing me, the kiss lasted for a long time but 
we heard clappings and whistles and we parted away blushing.

We saw meouth and the team rocket again, "how beautiful" meouth said, 
"what a sweet couple" Jessie said, "shut up" i yelled angrily, they had 
just ruined our romantic moment, "leave them to me" Misty said, just 
like in the dream, "no, these are mine, come on bulbasaur" i yelled, "go 
arbok" Jessie said, "go weezing" James yelled, "bulbasaur, razor leaf" i 
yelled, bulbasaur razor leafed the weezing, aand then i looked at arbok, 
he aproached Misty, and she didnt notice, just like inmy dream, "twerp, 
your little girlfriend or your pikachu" Jessie said, arbok oppened his 
mouth and i jumped right in front of Misty, "dont worry, as long as im 
here, you will be fine" i told her, "oh Ash, look out" Misty yelled, we 
both hugged, she buried her face on my chest and i closed my eyes, 
everything was just like in the dream so far, suddenly when they were 
going to attack i oppened on of my eyes and saw a watergun bash arbok 
agaiinst Jessie and a flamethrower bash weezing against James, we looked 
and we saw marril and vulpix, then pikachu came running, "pikapi, 
chaaaaaa" she yelled, those were our names "pikachu, we are all right, 
now, you know the rest" i told her, "pika" pikachu nodded, "unluckily, 
we also know the rest" James said, "pikaaaaaa...CHUUUUUUUU" Pikachu 
yelled thunderbolting those freaks, weezing made explosion as he tried 
to protect himself, "TEAM ROCKET IS BLASTING OFF AGAIIIIIN" they yelled 
as they blasted off, Misty looked at me and i looked at her, we both 
smiled, i leaned down closer to her and i saw her leaning up too, our 
lips were going to meet when, "guys are you all right?" Tracey asked, we 
parted away blushing, "oh, i think we interrupted something, didnt we?" 
Tracey said, Pikachu, bulbasaur, marril and vulpix nodded, "oh, all 
right, you dont have to be shy over us seeing you" Tracey said, "yes, we 
knew it all along, well, Tracey knew it, i actually didnt want to 
believe it, but i have to admit you guys hinted it TOO much" Brock 
answered, Misty looked back at me and then surprised me with a kiss, i 
was so stunned i didnt know what to do, but just kept on with the kiss, 
when we parted Misty smiled, her blue eyes shone with delight, "i love 
you Ash" she said, "i love you too Misty" i aswered, ok it was a freaky 
dream, but i have to admit i liked it, and if the dream lead to this, 
then im happy to have had it.

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