Hey everyone! I’m here.

So here is the next part to my story (Or Ash’s)

Then and Now

~ Part 3 Misty’s travels now! ~

Once again, Ash was back at his computer typing away. What will he write about today? You just have to wait and see!

After a week or less of celebrating my wonderful, happy, wonderfully deserved, brilliant, fantastic wins at the pokemon league, Me and Misty were ready to go.

"Come on Misty! You want to start out by tomorrow, right?"

"Sheesh, never rush a lady!"

"A lady? I don’t see a la-OW!"

"You’ll learn one of these days."

"I’ve learned alright…" I mumbled under my breath.

"What did you say?"

"Nothing!"

"It better be nothing!" After yelling at me a bit more she turned to the hallway. "Stop fighting with Mr. Mime and let’s get going Brock!"

"You’re lucky!" Brock glared at the pokemon.

"You ready Pikachu?" I asked my friend on my shoulder.

"Pika. ((Sure.))"

I noticed someone was missing. "Hey Misty," She looked at me. "Where’s Togepi?"

"Oh, I want him to practice being in a poke’ball, so I put him in while I was getting ready. He is smart enough to be in battle now."

"I guess so."

"Don’t worry, I’ll let him out soon."

"Who said I was worried?"

Misty was about to say something, but luckily, Mom saved me.

"Good-bye you all have fun! I packed you some new you-know-what in your bag and some dinner."

"MOOOOOOM!" Why does mom insist on embarrassing me all the time? I think it’s her hobby or something, but Misty told me later that it’s all mom’s job all the time, she said she was probably going to that when she gets older and has kids. And of course, I said, ‘And who do you think will be the dad? Frankenstein?’ Which earned me a good long headache for the next two weeks. But that’s off the subject!

So we were on our way out now. It’s weird though, we were always on the journey for me, to be on the journey for Misty, just seemed so, so, different! I was just so used to me making all the decisions, but now it’s up to Misty!

"Well, I was talking to Prof. Oak and he said that there are three water gyms around here, but I only have to get two because I work at the gym, besides, anyone can beat my sisters!"

"So where re these gyms?"

"Some place called Aqua City and um…"

"Where?"

Misty mumbled something.

"What’d you say?"

"Trovita Island!"

"You mean we have to go see Rudy again?"

"What a minute… who’s Rudy?" Brock asked.

We completely forgot that Brock wasn’t with us when we went to the Orange Islands. (But we did miss you Brock!)

So we explained it to Brock.

"Rudy is the Trovita gym leader in the Orange Islands. He was really rude!"

"Well, he wasn’t RUDE he was just…"

"Ignorant, jerky…."

"Ash!"

"Well he was!"

Misty sighed in defeat and shrugged.

"You’ll met him when we get there Brock."

"If you say so…"

And so we were of to Aqua City.

Aqua City is a new Island down in the Orange Islands. And it’s down in the orange Islands, obviously, because it has everything to do with water, hence the name ‘Aqua’ city.

Misty and I rode on Gyarados, while Brock rode on Dragonair.

So while we were on our way to Aqua city, Misty and I talked about her pokemon.

"I was thinking, do you think I could teach Togepi a water attack, then he can be in the tournament?"

"Doubt it, but you can ask if he can go."

"Good idea, so when do you think Dragonair will be a Dragonite?"

"Who knows, maybe by the end of the water league!"

"Oh I do hope so! Maybe all this training will help Psyduck evolve!"

"Maybe, but I doubt it. Psyduck is too stubborn to evolve."

"*sigh* Well, I can dream, can’t I?"

I smiled slightly and before I knew it, we were at Aqua city.

‘Welcome to Aqua city! The city of pure water!’ The sign read.

And water it was! Every street had a fountain of some sort and every street’s name had something to do with water! Like the street we were on when we got there was ‘Oceanview’ and the one next to it was ‘Staru’.

"So where to we head now oh great leader?" Brock asked Misty.

"Let’s go to the pokemon center. Gyarados and Dragonair need to rest."

So we went to the pokemon center, while we were there, guess who we saw!

"Misty? Is that you?"

"Marina? OH wow! I haven’t seen you in a while!"

"I know! How’ve you been?"

"Uh, excuse me Misty, who is the pretty lady?" Brock asked.

"Hm, Ash do something about Brock before I slap him silly!"

I quickly obeyed and out Brock in our room and locked the door.

When I got back to the hallway where I left them, they were gone!

"Hey, nurse Joy, have you seen the red-head girl I was with and a blue-haired girl too?"

"Why yes, they both went outside, to battle I believe…"

"Thanks!"

I ran outside, and sure enough there was Misty and Marina.

"Just in time Ash! I need you to referee this match! It’s a four on four battle! And guess what?"

"Huh?"

"She’s the gym leader here!"

"Nifty!"
"Yeah!"

"Ok, this is a four on four battle, no time limit, BEGIN!"

"Alright Misty! It’s time to really have that match now!"

"This time I’ll beat you for real!"

"We’ll see! Go Tentacruel!"

"Staru, go!"

"Tenta ((Hi!))"

"HA! ((I remember you!))"

"OH Marina, your Tentacruel is SO CUTE!"

"Thanks! I love the ruby on your Staru too!"

"Thanks! I still shine it every day!"

"Are you going to go on with the battle already?!" I yelled. Girls!

"Alright Tentacruel! Poison sting!"

"Staru, swift!"

The poison sting hit Staru, but fortunately, it didn’t poison it.

Staru’s swift attack hit Tentacruel dead on.

"Be careful Tentacruel! Get it with your wrap attack then try another poison sting!"

This time, Staru was affected and out.

"Ok, it’s Polywhirl it’s turn then! Use you’re hypnosis!"

And so, Tentacruel was out.

"Hm, your Polywhirl is strong, but is it strong enough to beat my Psyduck? Speaking of Psyduck, how’s your been?"

"Uh…. Nevermind! Polywhirl, ice punch!"

"Huh, Psyduck, confusion"

Now Marina’s Psyduck listens to her. It’s confusion made Polywhirl’s ice beam hit itself, along with the attack making it faint.

"Gr, Alright Psyduck, go!"

By now a crowd had gathered to watch the battle.

"Psy? ((?))"

"Hm, You’re Psyduck STILL hasn’t evolved?

"Uh, well, it… doesn’t… want… to evolve! Yeah!"

I sweat-dropped. Real good excuse Misty.

"Well we’ll just make it faint. Psyduck, confusion!"

"Oh no!"

Psyduck was hit. It looked fainted, but it was still in there. Barely…

"Psyduck, you ok? Hang in there!" Misty called.

"Psy… ((Misty…))"

"Psyduck looks kind of strange…." I started. He did, his color was kind of odd and his actually looked focused.

"Ok Psyduck, use disable!"

Psyduck sat there.

Misty sighed and hung her head low.

Some people in the crowd began to chuckle at Misty. I heard some whispers about ‘She must be a bad trainer if she can’t train a Psyduck.’

I got mad. Misty IS a good trainer!

"Hey! Misty’s a good trainer so you’d better shut-up!" Oops, did I say that out loud?

Misty looked at me weird, but the crowd paid little attention to me, and started to laugh openly at Misty.

Marina was looking at Misty in sympathy. She knew Misty was a good trainer, but Psyduck wasn’t being a good help for his master.

No one notices Psyduck.

Misty took Psyduck’s poke’ball out and held it out to return him.

"Psydu-"

I looked to see why Misty stopped and gasped.

Psyduck was turning blue! His face actually looked, well, like he was paying attention. He also looked, angry?

"PSYDUCK DUCK! ((DON’T LAUGH AT MISTY!))"

The crowd stopped laughing and stared in aw at the pokemon.

It scrunched up its face and started to chant its name. "Duck, Duck, Duck, Duck…."

"LOOK!"

"Golduck!"

"Psyduck evolved!"

"Golduck Gol! ((I did it Misty!))"

Misty stood there with her poke’ball still out.

"Misty…?" I ventured.

Suddenly, her face lit up and her eyes sparkled.

"GOLDUCK!!"

She ran to Golduck and hugged him.

"*AHEM*!" We looked to Marina who was impatiently tapping her foot.

"Are you ready to begin the battle again.

"Yea. This time, I’m ready!"

"Gol! ((Yeah!))"

"We’ll see! Psyduck, confusion!"

"Golduck reflect! Good! Now Disable!"

"NO!"

Psyduck was disabled!

"Alright! Now hit it with a hyper beam!"

"GOL!"

"Psyduck is out!" I called out.

"ALRIGHT GOLDUCK!" Misty called.

"Golduck!" It did Misty’s peace sign.

"Hm, it’s a good thing Psyduck evolved! Now lets see you beat my Totodile!"

"TOTO!"

"Totodile, use your hydro pump!"

"Golduck look out!"

Golduck didn’t dodge in time, so he was out.

"Good job Golduck! Return!"

"Alright, Dragonair, go!"

"OON!"

"Wow!"

I watched the crowd oh and ah over Misty’s Dragonair. Although, you’d think they’d be pretty popular in a water island, but you never know I guess.

"Wow, that’s pretty impressive Misty."

"Thanks, but you haven’t seen anything yet! Dragonair, let’s beat that Totodile with an ice beam!"

"NO TOTODILE!"

And Totodile is frozen solid!

"Alright Misty, here’s one of my toughest pokemon. GO Blastoise!"

"Blastoise! ((I’m ready!))"

"Alright Blastoise, blast Dragonair out of the water with your surf!"

"Dragonair, ride those waves!"

"OOON!"

Misty really trained her Dragonair! More than I realized! Her water pokemon actually rode the surf wave! Pretty impressive, maybe she could help train my Totodile.

"Alright Dragonair! Use hyper beam!"

"Blastoise look out!"

Blastoise dodged most of it.

"Good job Blastoise, now while it’s weak, hit it with a skull bash!"

"DRAGONAIR NO!"

Dragonair got ready, since she was too tired to fight back or dodge, she was ready.

Blastoise hit her hard, and she went flying!

I was almost sure she was out, but wait!

Dragonair landed in a pool!

"ALRIGHT DRAGONAIR!" Misty cheered.

"Dragon! ((Alright!))"

"Ok Dragonair, let’s finish this off. Thunderbolt!"

"OOOOOOOOON!"

"NO!"

I smiled.

Misty won.

"Good job Misty. Here’s your Aqua badge."

Marina walked up to Misty and handed her her badge.

"YEAH!" Misty cheered.

"OON!" Dragonair cheered with her.

~

Misty of course, after her battle, decided she just HAD to go shopping. She just HAD to get a lot of water and aqua stuff. *sigh* girls. I’ll never understand them.

SO after peeling Brock off Nurse Joy, we were on our way.

"So now I get to meet Rudy?" Brock asked, while riding Dragonair.

"Oh yeah." Rudy. Of all the gym leaders I like the least, he’s the worst.

Why you ask? You’ll see.

Ash closed his computer and smiled happily at the fact that he remembered pretty much everything that happened. Of course, Psyduck evolving was always a good thing to remember. Ash frowned a bit after remembering what’s next.

Rudy.

So…. Here it is. DO you like it so far? Yeah, I know this part’s boring ‘cause it’s all battles ‘n tuff. *sigh* oh well. Please read and review!

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