Opposite Passions Part 4b: The tie to beat all ties!!! By Finaille Nailo Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon, and I don't not own most of the characters!!! XD I do own a few though!!!! 0o0o0o0o0 "Swellow! Go!" Ash yells, and releases his Swellow. The Swellow flies around the gym happily, and lands on the battlefield. Misty grins. "Oh, a Swellow eh?" She holds up a Pokeball. "Well, I choose... Corsola!!!" Her Corsola comes out of the Pokeball, and jumps around happily. Ash scowls. "I thought you said no weaknesses!!! Corsola's a water and a rock Pokemon!" Misty shook her finger. "I was intending on using Corsola all along. You should have thought what water Pokemon had other types, too. You probably would have been better off using a Normal type." Ash shakes his head at her comment. "I battle with weaknesses all the time. Why do you think I'm one of the best trainers in the world? Swellow, Aerial Ace!" "Corsola! Bubble beam!" Ash's Swellow flies to the top of the room, and at top speeds races down towards Corsola. Corsola braces herself and shoots off a Bubblebeam towards Swellow. Swellow slows down a little, but is still able to hit Corsola. Corsola falls back, but quickly gets up, and still has a lot of energy. "Cor cor!" Corsola cheers happily! "Corsola! Use Rock Blast!" "Swellow, Agility!" Corsola jumps up and lands with a thud. Rocks fly up and aim towards Swellow. Swellow speeds up and misses most of the rocks, but at the last second, one flies up and hits him from behind. Swellow is knocked towards the ground, but saves itself and flies back up in the air. "Pretty good for a water Pokemon... but not good enough! Swellow, Steel Wing attack!" Ash shouts. "Oh no you don't... Corsola! Mirror Coat!" Swellow's wings start glowing as he flies around at a normal space. He gains speed and dives down to attack Corsola. Corsola looks helpless, but at the last second a rubbery coat surrounds Corsola. But Misty forgets that Mirror Coat is only used to protect special attacks, so Corsola is hit full on by the Steel Wing attack. This hurts Corsola fairly badly, but she is still able to get up. "Hah! See, I told you Water Pokemon are weak!" Ash teases. Misty gets an annoyed tone in her voice. "You haven't seen my Corsola's power yet! Corsola, Ancientpower Attack!" "Swellow, use Double Team!" Corsola starts to glow as rocks start coming from the ground into the sky. The rocks glow and start to shake, but as this is happening Swellow is starting to make fake multiples of itself. The rocks then move at incredibly fast speeds, one at each of the Swellow. Luckily, a particularly large rock hits the real Swellow, and it is knocked to the ground. There is a loud thud as Swellow hits the ground, but moments pass and Ash's Swellow gets up, a little bruised, but fine. "See? Told ya!" Misty says cutely, just to bug him. "Err... Swellow! Hyper Beam!" "Corsola! Psychic attack!" Each Pokemon emits a large beam from themselves. They collide halfway to the other Pokemon, and the power from the two attacks starts growing. It grows until it nearly fills the entire room; Ash and Misty are in awe. "BOOM!" An incredible ear-piercing noise fills the room as the attacks explode. Ash and Misty have to squint because of the bright lights. When things finally fade away, they see Swellow and Corsola, both fainted exactly where they had omitted their last attack. Misty runs to her Corsola as Ash runs to his Swellow. "Corsola! Are you all right?" Misty asks, bringing out Corsola's Poke ball. "Return!" "Swellow, you did great out there! Return!" Once both of their Pokemon were back in their Pokeballs, Ash walks up to Misty. "Well... I guess we tied." Ash mumbles. "Yeah, I guess we did..." Misty looks up at him. He still looked determined, but she knew he was disappointed. She takes his hand. "Uh, Misty? What are you doing...?" He blushes a little, and so does Misty. "I'm shaking your hand... or at least trying to." "Oh..." Ash's grip on Misty's hand tightens, and they shake hands. Once they leave the gym, they both start talking. "So Ash, what are you doing today?" Misty asks. Ash is a little surprised by her question. "I have to get groceries, and then I'm going home. I'm grounded, remember?" Misty nods. "I was just wondering... if I could come over...?" Ash blinks. The girl who gave me so much crap yesterday wants to come over? "Yeah, sure, why not? Do you have a bike?" "No, I took the bus." "Well, I guess we're gonna both have to ride mine then... Stay right there, I'll be right back." Ash runs over to the side of the gym and gets his bike. I don't know why the hell I'm actually letting her come over... what the heck is wrong with me? He rides his bike back to Misty. Misty walks over to the bike. "What do I do?" "You've never ridden on the back of somebody's bike before?" "No." Ash grins. "You've been missing out..." "Oh shut up! Now what do I do?" "See those bars on the back wheels? Stand on those, and use my shoulders so you don't fall off." Misty does exactly what he tells her, and they start off. Misty smiles. "This isn't that hard." "Well, it's not hard anyways. You might wanna hang on tight though now, we're going up a hill and I don't want you falling off." The bike starts moving uphill, and Misty nearly falls off, but wraps her arm around Ash's neck. Ash blushes, At least she can't see me... she'd probably freak out... In a few moments, the bike returns to flatter ground, but Misty's grip doesn't change. "Uh, Misty? You can lighten your grip now..." Ash says nervously. She obeys, and rests her hands on his shoulders. I hope he didn't think anything... I mean, I didn't mean anything... I just forgot!!! To let go, that is... Misty thinks to herself. An hour later, Misty and Ash return to Ash's house after visiting the grocery store. Misty gets off the bike, and waits on the driveway for Ash to open the garage door. He parks his bike, and he leads her inside. Once inside, Misty looks around curiously. "Nice house." She mutters. "Thanks. Uh, want something to drink?" Ash asks politely. "Um, only if you're getting something." Ash reaches into the fridge and pulls out two colas. He hands one to Misty. "Uh, why don't we go to my room? We could just... talk or something." They go up the stairs and go in his room. Misty was a little surprised since it was so clean. She sits down on his computer desk chair, and he sits down on his bed. They look at each other for a few moments, trying to clear away the awkwardness of the moment. "Misty?" Ash asks, finally. "Yes?" "You're a good trainer... I'm sorry I was kinda being a jackass." Ash mumbles. Misty shakes her head. "It's fine. But you gotta admit, water Pokemon aren't as bad as you think they are, huh?" Misty smiles sweetly at him. "Yeah, they're just fine. I have a few myself." Ash tells her. "Really? What ones?" "I used to have a Squirtle, but at this time I have a Totodile and a Kingler. Do you have anything that's not a water Pokemon?" "Yeah, I have a Togepi at home. She's only a baby, just hatched recently." Things go quiet again. Ash looks around the room, and Misty twirls her hair. "So... then?" Misty just looks at him curiously. "So, what do you like to do?" Misty asks, attempting to make conversation. "I like to battle." Ash quickly says. "Is that all you like to do?" "Uh... no..." Misty taps her foot. "Then what ELSE do you like to do?" "I uh..." "Is it really that bad?" Misty observed. "No, just, the other things I really like doing no one knows about." Ash frowns. "You can tell me." Misty pleads. "I won't tell." Ash hesitates for a moment then gets up off of his bed. He goes over to his bookshelf, digs around for a moment, and pulls out a fairly ratty notebook. He hands it to Misty. "This is what I like to do." Misty takes the notebook and starts reading what was in it. Her mouth drops as she reads stories about origins of Pokemon, poems about romances, battles, and much more. After reading one of his stories and a few poems, she hands the notebook back. "You wrote those?" Misty exclaimed, her mouth agape. Ash blushes. "Yeah, I did." "I would have never guessed you like to write!" Misty smiled. "I like to write, but all of my stories are terrible. I'm much better with drawing and painting. I've won many awards." Ash recalled Misty's room, and remembers all of the beautiful paintings that hung all over. "You made those paintings? Those ones in your room?" "Yeah, I did. I used to go to an art school, but when my dad died, my mom knew I was going to eventually come here. I needed to become a better trainer so I could take over the Cerulean Gym. She never listens when I tell her that's not what I want to do, no matter how much I love water Pokemon." "You should follow your own heart." Ash mumbles. Misty gets off the chair she was sitting on, and moves onto Ash's bed. "It's not that easy. My mom always gets her way." "That sucks." Ash comments. "Yeah, it does. I wish I could do something." "Maybe you can... I could help! If you could do me one huge favor." I'm not liking the sound of this... Misty blinks. "And that would be?" "Could you illustrate my book?" Ash asks. Misty's mouth falls open. "You're gonna publish a book?!" "Well, I wasn't thinking about going quite that far. But I'm writing a book for English- it's an assignment. I can't draw worth crap and our teacher wants someone else to illustrate anyways. Could you, please?" "Well, only if you can help me convince my mom that I don't want to be a gym leader... but I have no clue about how we can do that." "Well..." Ash grins evilly. "I do have one idea..." A/N- Thanks everybody who has reviewed! Just to let you know, THIS IS GOING TO BE A LONG STORY! It's going to be a while until an AAMRN even establishes. They are only freshman in high school, and I may not have them fall in love... well, they might fall in love, but I won't have them being together for quite a while. Sorry all! Just keep reading!!! I mean, who wants a story that's a romance right away? XD Just kidding... Peace out!