~Semirhage~ Okay here we GO! _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________ Characters: Ash Brock Joaquin Josef Kylla May Misty Other Inferior People _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________ Just when this dream was at its climax, It went 'poof!' one by one as they were replaced by a blurry figure. "A~ash, oh A~ash." "Five more minutes Mom..." Ash grunted. Misty giggled. "Come on. The others went ahead already!" she said. "What!!?" exclaimed Ash as he stuffed his things into his bag. Misty laughed out loud this time. She lied. There were no others. It was only the two of them, wandering the world, trying to relive their joys and excitements when they were 12-13-ish. Ash seemed to be pretty good in doing this but Misty..., she wanted something more. Ash's head was now clear. He remembered where he was, what he was doing, and what time he was in. The dream he just had was so vivid. The memory of that quest nearly escaped him. It was there last adventure together, and it was 5 years ago. Though Ash did not show it, he was still unhappy of all of them separating. Brock was now a bona fide pokemon breeder. May, she's exactly the same. Joaquin and Kylla are still in good terms, are living together, and are planning a wedding which will probably never happen. I, on the other hand, am Josef. You know, the mystery character? Anyway, when Ash finished packing, he and Misty continued their journey. "Ash? Are you okay? You look pale." Misty said. "Yeah, I'm fine." "You sure?" "Yeah." "Really sure?" "Quit it." "Why?" "Just quit it!" Ash shouted. Misty fell silent. A few miles later, she started again. "You're obviously upset. What is it." "It's nothing, none of your business at least." Misty was stabbed. Literally. Ash saw her on the ground. "MISTY! Wake up! Grr, why did this redhead get stabbed at a time like this!? Anybody help me!" Ash shouted as he tried to treat Misty. "Go Charizard! Charizard, take us to the nearest hospital for HUMANS NOW!" Charizard roared. ~Hospital~ Ash was sobbing now. He was blaming himself for not paying attention. When they got to a hospital, Misty was sent to the ER. The wait seemed like forever. The wound was serious after all. Ash didn't know what to do. He called Brock, May, Joaquin, Kylla and Misty's sisters and told them about it. Ash still blamed himself and Kylla tried to convince him it was not his fault but it didn't work. Joaquin was still a jerk and ended up with a big red hand-shaped mark on his face. Finally, the doctor came out and said the words,"The weapon was poisoned so it took us a while to get it all out, but the wound itself was fatal. There was much blood loss.It was hard, but we managed to fix it leaving only a subtle mark. If it weren't for you, she would have not made it. She is very lucky." then the doctor left. All of them had a sigh if relief. Hay~ Misty woke up a day later and there she saw Ash sleeping on her feet. "Hey Ash," said Misty as she kicked Ash's head. "I'm thirsty." Ash looked up, his face gleaming with happiness at the sight of Misty awake. "Sure." he said, and then he ran out to the hallway to call the others and to get some water. Pretty soon, all of her friends were in the room. Ash, Brock, May, Kylla, Joaquin, Prof. Oak, Daisy, Violet, Gary, Max, Mrs. Ketchum and a lot of other people. Misty was very happy with all of them, coming to visit and all. She heard what happened from Kylla, saying that she should thank Ash for bringing her here and that they should talk later. Ash, May, Brock, and Joaquin were in the hallway. " Hey, since were all here, why don't we talk for a bit?" suggested May. Joaquin quickly spoke the words,"Great idea! Me first. Three years ago, Kylla and I tried to go on this typical date. But we had differing opinions on what place and had to have a pokemon battle to decide where we go. I lost and was sour for the rest of the night." Everybody laughed. " Hey Ash!" Joaquin shouted. " What?" Ash replied. " We know your secret." Ash froze. " Were gonna tell if you don't loan me some money." Joaquin demanded. May tried to stop him but she was cut off. Ash panicked," Here, just please don't tell Misty I love her." Brock and May's jaws dropped and Joaquin was Laughing hard. " You thought I were serious!? You idiot!" Joaquin was still laughing. Ash realized what situation he was in and sulked in one corner. Joaquin was now catching his breath and said," Guys what's with those looks? Its not that surprising." All heads turned to Joaquin. " Oh alright. Don't worry Ash, I won't tell." All of them were astonished on how much sympathy Joaquin was showing. " Really!? Thanks a lot, now I just need my money back..." " Nope. i need it." Brock and May were now showing satisfied looks saying, 'I knew it was impossible.' Everybody went quiet. Joaquin started again, " Also, last night I dreamt of the last quest we were on, you know, that thing with May's friend Brendan?" At this, all of them froze. They all were now listening intently. " It looked so... real. When I woke up, I scrummaged through my old stuff and I found that pokeball Josef gave me. It's been five years and I still can't bring myself to open it. And that's all. What's with those startled faces. It's not like all of you had the same dre... oh bugger." Joaquin faded away as he saw them nod slowly, and even in sync. After the room was cleared out, Kylla stayed. "Seems like you're having fun." Kylla laughed. "He doesn't know, huh?" Misty froze. "And the survey says, 'I hit the spot!' ding ding!" Misty laughed, but that laughter disappeared. You've been after him for 6 years now! What are you gonna do!" Kylla scowled. Mist tried to talk but she kept going. " You know what, I'm telling right now. No matter how much denser he became over the years I'm gonna tell him right-" She stopped as Misty caught hold of her shirt. "I'll tell him myself thank you very much." Misty said. Kylla sat down and the two of them talked about what has been happening lately. A week later, Misty was charged out of the hospital. The others left 3 days before. As Ash and Misty went out of the hospital, Ash said," Uh Misty?" "What is it Ash?" Misty replied. "I'm really sorry for not paying attention and shouting at you. I was upset." Ash admitted. "I want to make it up to you so how about we go for a date?" said Ash quietly. Misty was surprised and obviously happy. "You're asking me out?" she said. "If you don't wan-" he was cut off. "I'd love to." Ash blushed as he looked at the pretty girl saying she would go out with him. " Okay, so how about at the park tommorrow? Great, see you there!" Ash said hurryingly leaving Misty without a word, but she just smiled. _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________ End of Chapter 5 Hope you liked it! ~Semirhage~