Finding Misty Disclaimer: Nope, don’t own Pokemon!! Ages: Ash: 16 Misty: 16 Brock: 20 Kimi: 18 a/n: I wrote this because I don’t like the idea of Misty leaving forever. It had been two years since Misty had left the group and Kimi had joined. Before Misty had left, she promised to be back by January.... but it was July now, and still no sign of her. Ash, being worried, had decided the group should travel back to Cerulean City to see if Misty was ever coming back. Brock and Kimi, who had fallen in love, disagreed. So they had never gone back. Ash was still worried, but Brock had convinced Ash Misty had just came along for journey and she left because she was bored and that she was never coming back. This night, Ash lay on his sleeping bag, thinking about what Brock had said. “Brock....are you positive she isn’t coming back”, asked Ash turning to Brock. “Dude....she’s not coming back....she only came because she was bored of her life....now she’s bored of us....face it, she isn’t coming back”, said Brock. “Then why did she say she was?”, asked Ash, looking up at the sky. Kimi interrupted. “Because she probably knew you loved her and didn’t want to hurt her feelings, gees, do we have to have this talk EVERY NIGHT”, said as she rolled her eyes at Ash. “Yes...Yes we do, she was our best friend....don’t you get that”, growled Ash. “Ok...since this is never going to end let’s just prove it to Ash! We are about 30 miles from Cerulean... we could get there by tomorrow, so we’ll travel there and prove to Ash she doesn’t want to come back with us, now can we please sleep”, said Brock laying down. “Ok, thanks Brock” smiled Ash as he laid down to sleep. The next day Ash was up about 6, he made breakfast, which was his daily chore now, and woke up Brock and Kimi. After Breakfast they set off. “Brock”, whispered Kimi, “Won’t this just hurt Ash more, finding out the truth... why don’t we just tell him?”. “Because, that’d make him want to go back even more.... besides, I don’t want to be left responsible for telling him what happened”, Brock whispered back. Ash noticed them whispering. “What’s so secret that you guys can’t even tell me”, asked Ash stopping. “Err, we were just saying how in about 5 minutes we’ll be in Cerulean and we know how excited you are so we didn’t want to tell you incase you freaked out and started running and left us behind”, Kimi grinned falsely. “oh....ok”, said Ash. He could see the Cerulean gates shinning in the sun. As soon as they stepped through the gates Ash raced for the Gym, Brock and Kimi, trying to keep up. Ash slammed into the doors and into the gym. Lilly and Violet looked in surprise. ‘Ash? Is that you?”, asked Lilly. “yea.... Hi”, said Ash happily. Brock and Kimi entered the gym uneasily. “Hi Brock, hi...err...Kimi right?”, smiled Violet, “What Brings you guys here”. Brock sighed uneasily. Lilly noticed this and looked over to Ash, who was scanning the room for something. Violet sighed, “You didn’t tell him did you Brock”. “No”, said Brock as she shook his head. Ash was getting worried now. He had no idea what was going on, but he had figured out that Brock knew why Misty hadn’t came back. “Brock, you are so unreliable”, growled Lilly. “is there something I should know???”, asked Ash. Kimi walked over to Ash. “Misty and her sister Daisy had to leave the city.... and go into hiding”, said Kimi. “While battling some members so team rocket, they had gotten into.... trouble”, said Lilly. “And now Giovanni’s gangsters are after them, so they had to go into hiding until everything cools down...”, sighed Violet. “Brock, why didn’t you tell me?”, asked Ash, angrily. “Because I was worried that you’d do something stupid and get yourself into trouble”, Brock said Quietly. Ash growled. “So you didn’t tell me my best friend was in trouble? What type of friend does that make you?”, growled Ash. “Not a very good one”, sighed Brock. ‘Where are they?”, asked Ash. “I don’t know”, said Violet, “last time I heard from them, they were hiding in a small cabin in Kayla Forest, but that was about a month ago”. “Kayla....I know Kayla City, the forest can’t be far away from there’, said Ash, thinking. “Ash....what are thinking about?”, asked Brock, worriedly. “the tables have just been turned Brock, you hid something from me, now I’m going to hide something from you”, said Ash, as he picked up his back pack and ran out the door. Brock, Lilly, Kimi, and Violet followed until they got to the city limits. ‘Ash, come back now!!”, shouted Brock. “Don’t be stupid, you’ll get yourself killed”, yelled Violet. Ash didn’t pay any attention. What did he have to loose? “I doubt he’s coming back”, said Kimi, “He’s too strong to give up on a friend”. “The only problem is, if he gets involved, Giovanni will want him dead too”, sighed Lilly. “I’m going after him....if i follow behind, but far enough so he doesn’t see me, I can help protect him”, said Brock. “Are you serious??? Then you’ll get in the middle of it”, Shouted Kimi. ‘Oh well. Ash and Misty are my best friends, I have to help”, said Brock running after Ash. To be continued.... Will Ash find Misty in Kayla Forest? Will he get caught in Giovanni’s web? find out in the next chapter, review!!! And be sure to check out my other fics!!!