Part 1

	Ash had just come off a Hoenn League Victory when he 
decided to stop at home in Pallet before heading to the Battle 
Frontier.
	“Mom, I’m home,” he yelled. 
	“I’m in the kitchen honey. There’s a visitor who came to see 
you.” 
	“K. Mom.” Ash walked into the living room and saw the girl he 
had left behind so long ago. Misty was sitting on the couch reading a 
magazine. “K Mom.” Ash walked into the living room and saw the girl 
he had left behind so long ago. Misty was sitting on the couch 
reading a magazine. Her cerulean blue tank top showed off broad 
shoulders, and her denim cutoffs covered long, slender calves. Her 
daybreak orange hair cascaded around her shoulders as she sat 
reading the latest issue of Trainer’s Digest™.
     Wow! She just keeps gettin’ better every time I see her!! Ash 
thought as he stared in amazement. She probably only wants to visit 
though. Her boyfriend’s waiting for her in town, the other half of Ash 
told him.
	“H-hey Misty,” he stammered. Misty looked up. 
	“Oh hey Ash, you’re early.”
	“Well my Pidgeotto’s been improving its fly,” Ash mumbled 
sheepishly. Stop the small talk, he told himself.
	“So why did you come to see me?” Ash broke through to the 
point. He wanted to get this over with. 
	Oh wow, Misty thought. Ash has really matured. You 
could even say he is………she searched her mind for a word 
that could describe the person before her. She finally settled on 
a word. Cute, she thought. 
	“Misty? Mist? Are you okay?” Ash asked. 
	“Me? Yeah, I’m fine.”
	“So…how have you been?” Ash asked, trying to break the ice. 
	“Just fine,” Misty answered quickly. 
	“Why did you come to see me?” Ash asked again. 
	“Uhhh…… To ask if you wanted to go the festival at Indigo 
Plateau with me,” Misty said. I can’t believe I just asked him that. He 
probably has better things to do than go to a stupid festival with a 
childhood friend. Be prepared to leave Misty. 
	“Will there be Pokémon battles?” Ash asked.
	“Yes, there will be Pokémon battles,” Misty sighed. 
	“YES!!!” Ash yelled, raising his fist in the air. “Come on guys, 
let’s go!” he said to all his Pokémon. He put them in their pokeballs, 
slapped Pikachu on his shoulder, and ran out the door. 
	“Can’t he ever take time off for something other than Pokémon 
battling? Like…me??? Misty muttered under her breath. She started 
to walk out the door, when she heard someone call her name. She 
turned around. It was Delia.
	“Misty, I heard there was going to be a dance at the festival!” 
she whispered excitedly as she placed a beautiful cerulean blue dress 
and a tuxedo in her arms. 
	“Thanks,” she said, blushing. She tucked them in her bag, and 
then headed out the door to catch up with Ash. 















Part 2

	“Come on Mist!” Ash yelled. 
	“Did he just call me Mist? He’s never called me Mist,” she 
thought, giddy with glee. 
	“Ash, I think we’re lost,” she said. 
	“Then it’s just like old times then, isn’t it Mist?” 
	“Yep, just like old times,” Misty sighed. Minutes passed as they 
walked along in silence. 
	“Hey look-there’s the place where I caught my first Caterpie!” 
Ash said. “And there’s the place where Spearow attacked you and 
Pikachu!” Misty laughed. 
	“It’s funny now, but it wasn’t when it happened,” he retorted, 
laughing. For a minute, it felt like they were on the road again, with 
just each other and their Pokémon. Then the laughing stopped, and 
the silence began again. 

?????

	“Misty, are we almost to Pewter City yet?” Ash whined. 
	“Almost. At least someone remembered to bring a map this 
time,” she replied. 
	“Hey, maybe we can go check on our old pal Brock while we’re 
passing through. Then all three of us could travel to Indigo Plateau. 
Wouldn’t that be great Misty?” eagerly asked. 
	“Ash, don’t you have Pidgeotto with you?” Misty asked as calm 
as she could. 
	“Yeah, why?” Ash said. 
	“Then why don’t we just fly?!?” Misty yelled. 
	“Oh yeah. Sorry.” Ash shielded his face expecting to be 
whacked by Misty’s mallet, but he was surprised when all he saw was 
Misty glaring at him. 
	“Pidgeotto, come out and fly us to Indigo Plateau,” Ash 
commanded. Ash hopped on Pidgeotto’s back. 
	“Come on Mist, Hop on.” Misty jumped on behind Ash, wrapped 
her arms around his waist and tried to enjoy the ride to Indigo 
Plateau. 

























Part 3

	“Wow! Look at all the trainers! I can’t wait to battle ‘em all!” 
Ash declared. “And look! There’s Brock! Hey Brock! Over here!!” Ash 
yelled for Brock, waving his hands in the air like he was trying to land 
a plane. Brock finally looked over.
	“Oh hey! Ash, Misty, long time no see!” he said, giving each of 
them a hug. “I would like you to meet my girlfriend, Casey,” he said 
pointing to a beautiful girl. 
	“Finally got the girl, huh Brock?” Ash said through clenched 
teeth, elbowing him in the shoulder. 
	“Looks like I’m not the only one Ash,” Brock retorted. “I can 
only guess you guys are going to the dance together. I mean, it’s not 
like it’s not obvious you guys are in love. Walking around with each 
other, smiling, laughing, look a lot like the other couples around 
here.” 
	“Shut up Brock,” Ash said through clenched teeth. “Just 
because you got a girlfriend doesn’t mean I have to have one too.”
	“Well you should have had one 5 years ago dude,” Brock said 
nodding at Misty who was chattering loudly with Casey about some 
new purse. 
	“Should have had what?” Misty asked. 
	“Nothing, Misty. Brock’s just teasing me. Come on, we better 
get moving so we can sign up for the battles. 
	“Well at least Brock finally got a girlfriend after all these years. 
All the other ones seemed to think he was weird. Casey seems to 
really like him.” Misty said.
	“Let’s find out where you sign up for this tournament.” They 
walked up to a kiosk where a woman dressed in blue was talking on 
the phone. 
	“I’ll have to call you back,” she said to the person on the other 
end of the line. “How may I help you?” she said like she had no 
intention of helping them. 
	“We would like to sign up for the battling today,” Misty said. 
	“Yah Yah I know. Just like everyone else here,” said the 
attendant. “Ok, I’ll need yaw names and hometown.”
	“I’m Ash Ketchum and I come from the town of Pallet,” Ash 
said. 
	“My name is Misty Waterflower and I come from Cerulean City.”
	“I’m sorry-Misty was it? You’re a gym leader, right? That means 
you will be battling challengers like frizzy here. Thanks for registering 
with us; the contest will be held this afternoon. We wish you good 
luck!” she said with a fake smile. 
	“I didn’t know about this! Why didn’t someone tell me?!?” Misty 
shouted, her face reddening. 
	“You mean your sisters didn’t tell you? They were offered the 
position, but they said you deserved it more than they did,” the 
attendant said with a smug smile. 
	“They said what?!?” Misty fumed. 
	“You will need to meet with the other leaders one hour before 
the contest.”
	“Other leaders??” Ash asked. 
	“Yes,” the attendant said, apparently fed up. “Every single gym 
leader from every single region will be here to challenge you. You 
have to defeat them all if you want to win. Anything else?”
	“Geeze, that’s like 24 battles,” Ash said astonished. 
	“It’s a lot, but the grand prize is a trip around the world for 2. 
NEXT!!!”
	“Oh wow!” exclaimed Ash. “I can’t wait!”











Part 4
	The day passed on and ash won every battle that came his 
way. He ended up winning the first Annual Tri-Regional gym Leader’s 
Cup. 
	“Congratulations Ash Ketchum! You have won the first Annual 
Tri-Regional Gym Leader’s Cup! You have also won a trip around the 
world for 2 on the St. Anne. Here are your tickets,” said the 
announcer.
	“Wow hanks!” said Ash. 
	“Let’s have one more round of applause for our new 
champion!”

?????

	“Wow Misty, I can’t believe I won those tickets!”
	“Me either Ash. So who you gonna take?” Misty said playfully. 
	“I don’t know. I’ll have to think about it.” Ash said. “Misty,” in a 
much more serious tone. “Would you like to go to the dance tonight 
with me?” Ash asked, nervous. 
	“Why Ash, I would love to,” Misty replied.
	“You would?” Ash asked bewildered. 
	“Yes Ash. I-I-you’re my best friend! Why wouldn’t I go with 
you?” 
	“That’s a very good question Misty.” 
	“Well here’s a tux so you can go get ready.”
	“Where did you get that?” Ash asked amazed.
	“Your mom,” Misty answered simply. Then, she walked off with 
her cerulean blue dress and into the girl’s bathroom. 
	“Stop staring and go get ready Ash,” she said without looking 
back.





Part 5

	“Misty, come on. We’re almost late,” Ash said, adjusting his tie. 
	“I don’t know. This dress looks ugly on me.”
	“I’m sure you look fine, now come on.”
	“Ok, I’m coming.” Misty stepped out of the dressing room and 
twirled around.
	“Well?” she asked, eyeing the look on Ash’s face. 
	“Wow,” he said under his breath. “You look amazing Misty.”
	“Thanks,” she blushed and grinned.

?????

	“Ash, we have you and your lady special seats for tonight,” the 
announcer said.
	“Um sir? She’s not-,” Ash tried to explain.
	“Hush. When you give the signal, the dance will begin.”
	“Ok. Uh, let the dance begin!” Ash yelled.
	“Just so you know, you and your lady will have a special dance 
together at the end,” the announcer said.
	“But she’s not-,” Ash didn’t even get to finish his sentence 
before the man walked away.
	“Why does Ash look so stressed out?” Misty wondered aloud. 
The man who had been talking to Ash had apparently told him some 
news that had visibly upset him. As the night wore on, several girls 
asked Ash to dance, but he kindly declined. He was too anxious to do 
anything but sit and drink punch.

?????

	“And now, to conclude our evening, our champion and his lady 
will share a special dance,” the announcer announced. The music 
started, and nervously, Ash stood up, held out his hand, and said 
“Misty, may I have this dance?”
	“Why yes, kind sir. You may.” She stood up and took his hands. 
He put his hands on her waist and she put her arms around his 
shoulders. 
	“I’m not a very good dancer,” Ash said sheepishly. 
	“It’s ok, I’m not a very good dancer either,” Misty laughed. The 
couple danced through the first song and through several others.
	“Would you look at that Gary?” asked Brock.
	“Yep. From day one, those guys were meant for each other. 
You could see it in the way they fought and looked after each other. 
I was always jealous I hadn’t found a friend like Misty when I 
traveled.”
	“Well all those years of being frustrated because they would 
hide their feelings are gone now. There’s no turning back to the way 
things used to be,” Brock said. 
	“Jesse, James, come look at this! They really are luvboids!” said 
Meowth.
	“What is it Meowth? It better be important. I’m tired and 
hungry,” complained Jesse. 
	“Well you two’s is in luck den’ cuz der’s a buffet too.”
	“Where?” asked James with delight. 
	“I’m sure those twerps wouldn’t mind if we crashed their love 
fest,” said Jesse. 
	“All right, but let’s get in there, eat, and get out. My heart is 
telling me not to disturb them tonight,” said James. 
	“Fine,” huffed Jesse.
	








Part 6

	The music ended and Ash looked at Misty.
	“Would you like to go for a walk?” Ash asked, looking into her 
eyes. 
	“I would like that,” she said. They walked out the doors and 
into the garden. 
	“Misty, I have to tell you something.” Misty’s stomach flipped 
with butterflies. Omg, is he going to tell me we should just be 
friends? Was one of the millions of thoughts that were racing through 
Misty’s head. Ash moved closer.
	“I-I can’t say it. Promise me you won’t laugh?”
	“Ash, you can trust me with anything. I’m your best friend.”
	“Right, I just…Instead of saying what I want to say, I’ll just do 
it.” Before Misty had a chance to register the words in her mind, 
Ash’s lips were pressed up to hers. At first, she was shocked and was 
still. Then, as the realization of what was happening sunk in, she 
started kissing him back. Ash pulled away, and whispered “I love 
you,” into her ear. 













Epilogue

	“Ah, I just love the sun, don’t you Misty?”
	“Yep, getting tan just laying here. The St. Anne is much nicer 
than when it sank. It’s awesome,” said Misty.
	“And with all of our Pokémon at the day care, life is worry 
free,” said Ash. “Perfect day, perfect ship, perfect girl,” Ash mumbled 
as he fell asleep.