All I Have Left

By R.C. Angel

Part 1

"The Search Begins"

Current Ages:

Misty- 18, Brock- 22, Ash- 17, Daisy- 25, Violet- 26, Lily- 24, Erin- 18, Mike- 17, Delia- 43, Professor Oak- 52

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Five years exactly after Ash left…

" BEEP!!! BEEP!!!" Goes Misty’s alarm clock. Misty turns on her bed, and turns her alarm clock off. She sits up in her bed, and looks at the calendar.

" Hmm… August 13, why does that date ring such a bell? Ah, no matter, maybe I’ll remember when I’m more awake." She tells herself. She gets dressed, and heads downstairs to meet her sisters for breakfast.

" Morning Misty!" Lily greets her.

" Have a good night’s sleep?" Violet asks.

" What do you want for breakfast?" Daisy asks.

" Um, just toast." Misty says, while sitting down at the table.

" Hey Misty, you ok? It looks like you have something on your mind." Lily says.

" It’s nothing, I just keep on thinking like today is an important date." Misty says.

" Um, I can’t think of anything." Daisy says.

" Wait, I think I can." Violet says. " I remember like two or three years ago around this time you were so excited it was a year closer to find… uh something…" Violet says.

" Yeah, I remember that!" Lily says. Misty’s eyes pop open in sudden remembrance.

" I remember! Oh crap! I gotta leave today!" Misty says. She stuffs her toast in her mouth, and runs up into her bathroom to get ready, so she could look for something she’s been waiting five years to see (well, actually only three. She did forget ^^), which was Ash. After she got ready, she runs quickly down the stairs and out of the house. Of course, before she runs out, Daisy stops her.

" Sis, now where are you going?" Daisy asks.

" To look for Ash." Misty says.

" Why?" Daisy asks. Misty turns a bit red.

" No reason… just to, uh, see him again." Misty stutters.

" Uh huh, right…" Lily says, interrupting the scene.

" It’s my business! Now let me go!" Misty yells.

" Ok, ok, go. Have a good time, ok?" Violet says. They all hug her, and then she walks out the door. After turning away, she looks, and sees Brock waiting on the walkway to her gym.

" Brock! What are you doing here?" Misty asks.

" You left the note with me five years ago, and I found it cleaning yesterday. You didn’t think you would look for Ash without me?" Brock questions.

" Uh, no comment…" Misty says. " But you can come with me anyways. It’s better to have some company." They begin heading for the path heading to Pallet Town.

" You know, when you first walked out of the gym, I could have sworn you were one of your sisters. You’ve really changed." Brock says. In fact he is VERY right. Misty’s hair was still bright red-orange, but was now much longer and pulled into low pigtails. She was about six inches taller than five years back, now pushing 5’ 10’’. She was wearing a navy blue tank top, and short light blue shorts, replacing the other clothes she always wore before.

" Well, I don’t want to look like them… and I’m not trying to." Misty remarks.

" Hey! I didn’t say you were identical to your sisters, I said you looked different." Brock says.

" Whatever…" Misty says with a sigh.

" So, uh, where are we going?" Brock asks.

" To Pallet Town. Although Ash gave me no heads up on where to find him, I thought his mother and Professor Oak would for sure know." Misty explains.

" I see." Brock says.

" So, um, exactly WHY did you want to come with me?" Misty asks.

" I wanted to see Ash. He’s my friend too." Brock says.

" Speaking of friends, did you finally manage to get a girlfriend? Or are you still a pig and fall for every girl you think is pretty?" Misty asks with a smirk on her face.

" Excluding you, yes…" Brock says with a sigh.

" At least your honest." Misty says rolling her eyes, trying hard to make a compliment.

" Sure…" Brock says.

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That night they arrive at a Pokemon Center in Pewter City. After Misty and Brock find an empty spot to set their sleeping bags down, they start to talk.

" So Brock, have you heard anything about Ash since he left us?" Misty asks in curiosity.

" I heard he won some other leagues I was unfamiliar with." Brock says.

" Sometimes I wonder the real reason of why he left us behind. I don’t think what he said in the note was the real reason." Misty says, while thinking

" Of course, until now, the only part of his note running through my head was the part that he loved me." Misty says.

" I wonder if he ran off to find a way to hide his feelings a little longer." Brock suggests.

" That sounds a little weird though." Misty says. Brock thinks for a moment.

" Yeah, you’re right." Brock says.

" He said start looking for me exactly five years after he left, so I don’t think that could work out. If that were the case, he’d come looking for me when he was ready to have a relationship." Misty says.

" Good point." Brock says.

" I wonder if he still remembers me. Or if he still likes me. But who knows? It’s been five years, and I bet he’s changed a lot." Misty says in a somewhat sad voice. " I bet he has a girlfriend too, who’s sweet and nice, and a lot prettier than I’ll ever be."

" Misty, girl, don’t say that. Don’t give up hope already, when you don’t know what he’s up to. We’ll find him, and I bet he’s still crazy about you." Brock says. Misty sighs.

" Too bad there’s not a way to find out directly." Misty says. Brock smiles.

" Hey, it’ll be fine. Don’t worry about it." He says. Misty is about to compliment Brock on how much he’d changed, but then all of a sudden Nurse Joy walked by, and Brock ran up to her. Misty didn’t even have to guess at how embarrassed Nurse Joy was. After Brock got over his little "spell" he came back over to Misty.

" Brock, when will you ever quit?" Misty asks. Brock gives Misty a sly smile.

" Not until I get the woman I want." Brock says.

" Don’t you mean WOMEN?" Misty asks. Brock sweatdrops.

" Uh, maybe we should go to bed…" Brock says. Misty grins.

" Fine by me, lover-boy." Misty says. They get under their sleeping bags, as Nurse Joy turns off the lights in the main area.

" Night Mist." Brock says.

" Night Brocko…" Misty says.

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On the road to Pallet Town the next morning…

" Dude, only one more town and we’re there!" Misty says excitedly.

" Of course, to get to one town to another, this is one of the quicker trips." Brock adds.

" I hope Delia knows where Ash is." Misty says.

" I wouldn’t actually be surprised if he was already in Pallet, but who am I to tell. I’m not psychic." Brock says.

" And that’s a person I wish we’d have with us." Misty says with a smile.

" You mean like Sabrina?" Brock says, drooling.

" You’re pathetic." Misty says.

" You say that too much." Brock replies.

" Cause’ it’s true." Misty says.

" We’ll, I’ll admit, we still act young." Brock says.

" Imagine what it’ll be like if Ash comes back." Misty says.

" Let’s see, you guys always fighting about being on the right route. Well, not that. You guys used to fight about everything." Brock says.

" I was protective of my feelings." Misty says.

" Yet obsessed. Did you know how obvious you were?" Brock asked.

" Come on, I wasn’t at ALL obvious." Misty says.

" Right… I can totally prove you wrong." Brock says, stopping. He took his backpack off, and grabbed a small book.

" Ok, don’t tell me you kept track of everything Ash and I did!" Misty says.

" Um… then I won’t tell you." Brock says. " But hey, listen to this! Ok, this one was on April 2, 2001:

" YOU’VE BEEN KEEPING TRACK?? Hey, lemme see that!" Misty says. She grabs the small book.

" Uh, you’re not mad?" Brock asks.

" No, that was five years ago, I can’t change the past." Misty says. Brock sighs.

" I miss your temper… its no fun no more…" Brock says under his breath.

" WHAT DID YOU SAY?" Misty says, pulling his hair.

" Uh, nothing." He says with a smile.

" You better be right." Misty says, starting to read the book.

" You’re odd." Brock says.

" At least I don’t constantly go drooling over any cute guys! I have the decency to hold it in, unlike you Brocky-boy!" Misty yells.

" I don’t go drooling over cute guys." Brock says. Misty smacks his head.

" You know what I meant…" Misty says scowling.

" I LOVE her temper…" Brock thinks to himself.

" Sorry about my temper…" Misty says. " I’m more surprised about what you said about me in the book."

" Why?" Brock asks.

" It says in here that you love my temper… so I gave you temper…" Misty says.

" It does?" Brock says, taking back the book. Misty nods.

" You are just plain weird." Misty says. Brock nods.

" That I am, that I am." Brock says.

" And I was just beginning to think you’ve changed." Misty says. Brock falls over.

" I have!" Brock yells.

" Sure. And you know what, I think I see a pig flying over there in the sky. And I see the pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. Oh my gosh! It’s raining malted milk balls!" Misty says with a smirk on her face.

" Will you shut up?" Brock says.

" If you admit you haven’t changed a bit!" Misty offers.

" Fine, I haven’t changed! As long as it gets you to shut up…" Brock says. Misty smiles.

" Yeah! One point for Misty, and zippo for Brock!" Misty says. Brock puts his hand on his forehead.

" I see you haven’t changed much either. Ego-wise that is…" Brock says.

" Yup! And I don’t plan on changing that either!" Misty says.

" Great." Brock says with a sigh.

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In mid afternoon they arrive in Pallet Town.

" Yay! We actually got here early!" Misty exclaims.

" That’s probably cause Ash isn’t with us. He slowed us down a lot." Brock says. " Or at least he used to."

" Yeah, but our old adventures were always a lot of fun." Misty says. " I don’t think we wouldn’t have had half of them if Ash wasn’t around to slow us down."

" Yeah, I realized that a while back." Brock says. They arrive at Ash’s house, and ring the doorbell. Ash’s mother Delia answers it.

" Hello! Misty, Brock, what a surprise! Please, come in." Delia says. After some hugging, they sit down in the living room.

" So, kids, what brings you here?" Delia asks.

" Well, um, we wanted to know where Ash is." Misty says. Delia frowns.

" I’m really sorry. I don’t know where he is. Though last I heard, which was about four or five days ago was that he was in Saffron City." Delia told the two teens.

" Oh…" Misty says.

" Hey, if you guys would like to stay the night, you can. Why don’t you two get cleaned up, and then I’ll cook dinner." Delia suggests.

" Thank you very much." Brock says.

" It’s no problem. Anything for my baby’s friends." Delia says, while walking into the kitchen.

" So, know what Misty?" Brock asks.

" Looks like we’ve got a game of Cat and Mouse starting." Misty says with a smile. " Tomorrow, we head for Saffron City!"

I got Part 1 done! It’s fairly long too! Ok, I deticate this one to Pikachu, cause we’re friends again, Amethyst Suicine cause of her advice, and my good friend Mike, for telling me I’m a great writer! Um, email me with a review at rcangel13@hotmail.com. Thank you very much for reading and look out for Part 2!