Love At Last
Pikachu
Part 1
Monday August 22, 2005

Hey again! I’m on another revision kick so I am hoping to get to Part 6 today 
and have the story revised by the time school 
starts on the 1st. Enjoy!

	The farther they moved towards downtown, the darker and more threatening 
the skies became. It now looked like a major 
thunderstorm was on the way but Misty wasn’t paying attention. She was happily 
walking and sort of bouncing by Ash. The 
thing that was different though was that she thought he seemed quieter than 
usual. He wasn’t even acting like the 
egotistical jerk he usually acted like. Misty shrugged this off and fell into 
silence. By the time they had managed to 
make it to Loodle’s, it had begun to sprinkle and distance thunder rumbled. 
Misty followed Ash into the restaurant. It was 
packed with couples and groups of friends everywhere. Misty waved to a couple 
people and then followed after Ash. A waiter 
led them to a table near one of the windows and set menus down in front of them.

	“Well, we got our table now.” Ash said with a forced smile. Misty rolled 
her eyes.

	“Wow. I didn’t know that.” She giggled. Ash shrugged and pulled the menu 
up over his face. Misty grabbed it away 
from him.

	“Hey!” He exclaimed, making a move to snatch it back but Misty held them 
both out of reach.

	“What is with you? You’re acting really weird today!” Misty exclaimed. Ash 
looked at her.

	“What do you mean?” He asked her. She rolled her eyes again.

	“Usually you act like you’re the best at everything and you usually try to 
be sarcastic or snap back when I say 
something but you haven’t been doing any of that!” Misty exclaimed with 
annoyance. This time Ash rolled his eyes.

	“I’m just in a different mood. Can I have my menu back now?” He asked. 
Misty shrugged and handed it back to him. She 
then stood up.

	“Where are you going?” Ash asked.

	“To the bathroom. I just need to freshen up a bit.” She told him. With 
that, she turned and headed towards the 
bathrooms. Once inside she sat down on one of the stalls and thought. What was 
with him? It was like someone completely 
new had taken on the shape of Ash and was doing a bad job of impersonating him. 
Was he just nervous or was there something 
else going on? Misty finally remembered Ash was waiting for her and made to 
leave the stall. She unlocked the door and 
stepped out of the bathrooms. She walked back into the dining room and took a 
glance out the window to see a horrendous 
downpour taking place outside accompanied with loud claps of thunder. Misty made 
her way back towards the table but stopped 
between the thin walls as a girl’s voice sounded.

	“My God Ash. I can’t believe you are going out with Misty. Have you no 
taste at all?” the girl said shrilly. Misty 
knew who that was. Her arch enemy Neea who was the richest and snobbiest girl 
Misty had ever had the displeasure to meet. 
They had hated each other since day one and Misty doubted that would ever 
change. Misty was just about to come around the 
corner when she froze again at Ash’s words which slammed her like a two ton 
weight.

	“I already have been through this with you. I used Misty as an excuse to 
see you. Although it didn’t work how I 
planned it. She sensed something was wrong.” Ash replied back. Misty stood in 
shock at what she was hearing. All the 
meaningless clatter of plates and laughter meant nothing right now.

	“Are you sure? How do I know you aren’t lying to me like you did Misty?” 
Neea asked. Through a small hole in the 
wall, Misty could see Ash hesitate for a moment.

	“I’ll prove it.” He replied. With that, he leaned over the table and 
kissed her right on the lips. Misty’s shock 
deepened but it was now mixed with pain at being used as well as anger. Misty 
stepped around the corner, tears streaming 
down her face and shaking with rage. Neea looked amused. Ash looked at her.

	“Is there something wrong Misty?” He asked her. Misty sputtered out words 
she could barley get her tongue around she 
was so upset.

	“You know…how could you…kiss…kiss THAT??!!!” Misty exclaimed, pointed at 
Neea. The whole restaurant went quiet and 
turned to look. Ash looked taken aback.

	“I didn’t kiss anyone.” He said coldly. Misty broke out in tears.

	“Ash you pig! You know perfectly well what you did! I saw you do it!” 
Misty shouted. Loodle’s was so quiet you could 
hear a pin drop. That was saying something since the place was packed with 
people.

	“Misty it’s not what it seems like…” Ash began but he got cut off as Misty 
slapped him across the face as hard as 
she could. She ran towards the front door in tears into the downpour. As she ran 
out the door, she collided right into 
someone and fell over. Misty looked up and gasped.

	“Gary? What are you doing here?” She asked.

To be continued…

Well, hope you liked the revision. Review! ^^