A Beautiful Thing
Episode 7
By slickboy444


AN: Hello! It’s me slickboy444. I’m sorry I’ve had you all waiting so long for the next episode 
of this series. I’ve been working on other fanfiction as well as pokemon in the last few weeks, 
primarily X-men Evolution, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to stop making pokemon fics!  Here 
is the next episode to my ‘A Beautiful Thing’ series.  I also have plans for another fic unrelated 
to this series, but that may take a while now that I’m doing two different series.  Once again I 
would like to thank you all who have reviewed this story and my other stories like "Dead To 
Alive" and "Change For The Better."  Especially to some fellow authors like Charizard and 
Grocko.  Send your reviews to slickboy444@aol.com.  Enjoy!

AN: ‘these mean character thoughts.’

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Ash and Misty had stayed in Viridian for a few weeks training pokemon.  Now it was time to 
move on to the next city, but first they intend to make a pit stop back to Ash’s home to spend a 
long weekend with his mother.

"Man I can’t wait to get back home," said Ash in an exhausted tone.  "I haven’t seen my mom in 
over a year."

"Yeah, your mom has always been nice to me, it will be a welcomed change from people like my 
sisters," replied Misty.

"Your sisters were that bad huh?" asked Ash with a sense of concern in his voice.

"Yeah, they were pretty bad," she solemnly replied.

Ash had one more burning question, "Misty.........Did your sisters ever, you know, hurt you?"

"Oh, no nothing like that," Misty quickly responded, "They just didn’t like me there; They never 
accepted me as a sensational sister."

"Even with your looks?" responded Ash with a grin.

Misty just laughed lightly after that.  Ash knew just what to say to make her feel better.  She 
graciously smiled back.  As they continued along the road, Misty linked her arm with Ash’s to 
show her thanks.  As they walked in the sunset and as their pokemon slept they just walked on as 
the evening grew closer.

"Ash........." said Misty.

"Yes Mist?" he repiled.

"I never asked, what does your mother think about, well us?" asked Misty.

Ash immediately was overcome by a feeling of nervousness.  He had never told his mother that 
Misty and him were a couple now.  He didn’t know what she would think or do.  Ash wasn’t 
afraid if his mother approved, he was afraid of what she might think.  He and Misty were so 
close, and he didn’t want his mother to taint it.  He was most concerned about what his mother 
would think if she found out that he and Misty were also having sex on a regular basis.  

"Ash..........Are you there?" said Misty giving Ash a funny look.

Ash snapped back to reality.  "Uh, yeah.  Listen............Misty, uh I haven’t told my mom about 
us."

"WHAT!?" yelled Misty.  Both pokemon were abruptly woken up by Misty’s response.

"Wait..........Wait hear me out, please," responded Ash quickly.

"Okay, but you better have a good reason!" 

"Look, reason one is she hasn’t been home a lot lately," he explained but Misty gave him a 
skeptical look.  "It’s true..........But there is another reason.  You see...........You know my 
mom.  You know how she likes to smother me and ‘protect’ me."  Misty nodded thus far, but she 
still listened hard for his reason.  "It’s just that telling my mom I’m...........Madly in love now 
and in a serious relationship I don’t know how she’s going to respond.  You’ve seen her, she’s 
always thought of me as her little baby boy.  She’s always been scared of me actually growing 
up.  When I left on my journey, when I won the Orange league, when I turned 18 she still acted 
like I was still a little kid.  I’ll admit sometimes I act like one, but I’m older now.  I just don’t 
want to hurt or upset her about it."

Misty’s looked Ash deeply in the eyes.  She looked to see if he was telling the truth.  She looked 
for any sign he may give and she knew what they were.  She had known Ash far to long not to 
have known.  Finally, she felt convinced he was being truthful.  There was no denying it in her 
mind.  She let out a sigh and finally began to calm down.

"Misty, I’m really sorry.  I..........Screwed up," admitted Ash sheepishly.  "You can hit me 
now."

Misty just looked back at her boyfriend.  Her expression changed from disgruntled, to happy.  
Ash watched as a warm smile spread across her face.  Ash’s nervousness faded as he saw her 
calm down.  But just when he was about to sigh in relief, she gave him a hard punch in the arm 
for future references.

"Ow!  What........." started Ash before Misty cut him off.

"You said I could hit you," said Misty with a grin.

Ash rubbed his arm, for Misty was a lot stronger than she looked.  As he looked back at her, he 
saw her playful grin.  He could only smile back.  "Well, I guess I deserved that.........But I was 
hoping that you would rather kiss and make up," said Ash switching to a softer tone.

"Well it’s not too late," responded Misty a similar soft tone.

They gave each other a deep kiss.  It seemed to help them put this little thing behind them.  They 
seemed to kiss with no concern for time until the need for air caused it to end.  After the moment 
had passed them they continued on.

"That was smooth Ash," said Pikachu in a humorous tone.

"Thanks," said Ash dryly.

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At around 8 the couple and their pokemon reached Ash’s house.  Unfortuanly, just like Ash had 
said early his mother wasn’t home.  She had left them a note saying that she would be home late 
that night.  Even though Ash was visibly disappointed, he was still glad to be home.  They 
exhaustedly set their things down and collapsed on the couch in the living room.

"Ah home sweet home," said Ash as he let himself sink in to the chair.

Misty sat right beside him.

"Yeah, finally no more bugs at night," said Misty.

"Well I don’t know about you all, but I’m hungry," said Ash with a rumble in his stomach.

"Me too!" replied Pikachu.

"Me three!" said Togepei.

"Great then let’s see what my mom left for us!" said Ash as he got up and went straight for the 
kitchen followed by the rest of the crew.

The night fell as they began to eat.  They didn’t find much, only leftover chicken and rice for 
them and ketchup for Pikachu.  After eating the exhausted couple went off to unpack while their 
pokemon fell asleep on the couch.  In Ash’s room the couple began to get situated for their stay.  
After unpacking Ash plopped down on his bed in exhaustion, Misty collapsed right beside him.

"What do you think your mom will say once we tell her?" asked Misty.

Ash rolled over and caressed Misty’s face gently.  "I think she’ll be happy for us.  I really do, I 
just hope she isn’t to intimidated by me being so..........Grown up, in her mind."

Misty took Ash’s hand and smiled reassuringly.  "Don’t worry about things like that Ashy boy, 
no matter what you’ll always be her little boy in some form or another.  But to me.........You’re 
my big boy."

Ash listened as her tone became more soft, and sexy.  Slowly she began to kiss him, but it 
quickly turned hotter by the second.  Soon their hands began to roam and Ash’s shirt came off 
and Misty’s soon followed.

"Misty.........What about," began Ash.

"Shh, don’t worry," said Misty as she cut him off.  

They were too lost in the passion and intimacy in the moment to care about anything else.  Soon 
Ash had undone Misty’s bra and her breasts were exposed to him.  Slowly he began to rub and 
caress them both with each hand as he continued kissing her.

Unknown to them Ash’s mother was just walking in at this moment.  She had gone to Pewter 
City for a cooking contest.  Even though she didn’t win she had fun anyway.  As she walked in 
her house she quickly noticed Pikachu and Togepei sleeping on the couch.

‘Oh, Ash must have gotten here already,’ she thought.

She put her things down and began to look for Ash.  She didn’t want to call out for fear of 
waking the two sleeping pokemon.  She looked around, but she didn’t see Ash or Misty 
anywhere.  Then she made her way down the hall.  Ash and Misty were still intimately kissing 
and Misty was about to go for his pants when they both heard footsteps.

"Oh crap!" Ash said quietly as he scrambled from his current position.

"That must be your mom!" said Misty as she grabbed her shirt and quickly put it on.  She didn’t 
have time to find the bra.  Ash scrambled for his shirt and quickly ran out of his room.

"Mom!" Ash said as he appeared out of his room short of breath.

Delia quickly turned around to see Ash jump out in front of her with big innocent grin on his 
face.

"Ash!  Honey you’re home!" said Delia in jubilation.  

She then quickly embraced her son whom she hadn’t seen in over a year.

"It’s great to see you too mom," said Ash as he returned her hug, still with a sense of 
nervousness and relief that she hadn’t caught him and Misty.........In the act.

As Delia embraced her son she took a small peep in to Ash’s room.  She saw Misty, whom she 
hadn’t seen either for a long time, frantically looking around the room for something.  Delia saw 
the blush on her face and grinned.  She then saw as she picked up her bra and quickly stashed it 
in a drawer.  Delia put two and two together and had a pretty good idea what had happened.  
Instead of going ballistic, she just smiled and didn’t mention it.

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After the initial hello Ash, Misty, and Delia sat down to catch up on the time missed over the last 
year.  Nobody talked about the "incident."  However, Ash’s mom planned to confront them later 
about it.  Now everybody just wanted to get some sleep.  After they had talked for a while, they 
all went off to bed.  Misty was going to sleep in Ash’s room on the floor in a sleeping bag.  
However, they both had other plans.  After changing in to their night cloths they crawled in to 
bed together in a tight embrace.

"That was a close call earlier huh?" said Misty.

"Yeah, almost too close.  I guess we’ll have to be a bit more careful," said Ash.

They both just lay there in silence, gazing in to each other’s eyes.

"So you gonna tell your mom tomorrow?" asked Misty.

"Yeah, I think I should."

"Don’t worry about it Ash..........No matter what she says, that won’t change anything will it?" 
said Misty.

Ash simply shook his head, "No, it won’t change anything.  Nothing could change it.  I’ll still 
always love you."

Misty gave Ash a warm smile, "I’ll always love you too."

Their lips then met in a soft good night kiss as they both drifted to sleep in each other’s arms.

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The next morning Delia woke up early to fix a big welcome-home breakfast for Ash and his 
friends.  Ash she walked past Ash’s room she decided to take a peep in for curiosity sake.  
Slowly, she opened Ash’s door so as not to wake him.  She quickly noticed that the sleeping bag 
near the bedside was empty.  She looked up at the bed and saw that it had two occupants.  She 
saw her son and Misty cuddled up close together, with arms around each other, and small smiles 
on their faces.  A slow smile spread across her face as she watched them.  It reminded her of the 
days she spent with Ash’s father.  She silently left and began to make breakfast.

A few hours later Ash and Misty had gotten up and they all sat down with each other and ate.  
All seemed right, then Misty signaled Ash to tell his mother.  The time had come.

"Mom," began Ash, "Listen, I’ve been meaning to talk to you.........About me and Misty."

Delia didn’t let him finish, she felt she had to put this to rest to ease both her and her son’s mind.

"Ash, I already know," said Delia.

"What?" said Ash and Misty in almost perfect unison.

"I.........Saw you two last night and this morning," said Delia.

Ash and Misty then blushed deeply of embarrassment.

"Listen," began Delia, "I had a feeling that you two had a special bond.  Believe me, you two 
were pretty obvious."

Ash and Misty lightly laughed at that.

"I want you both to know.........That I’m happy for you," said Delia in a most sincere voice.

"Really?" said Ash with a great sense of relief.

"Of coarse honey, I couldn’t have hoped for a better girl for you to be with than Misty.  I just 
want you to know that I couldn’t be happier for the both of you."

Ash let out a sigh of relief as he heard his mother say those words.  He had spent all this time 
being afraid of what his mom might think of him and Misty, now it had finally been laid to rest 
and he could relax.

"I......Guess I can’t keep thinking of you as my little boy anymore.  I’ve seen how you’ve 
grown, you’re not a boy anymore.  I just want you to know that I know you’re a responsible 
young man.  And I know you and Misty will take good care of each other."  After that Delia was 
finished.

Ash and Misty were both relieved by her blessing.  Unable to respond they both just got up and 
gave her a big hug.

"Thanks Mrs. Ketchem," said Misty.

"Now remember to take good care of my boy," said Delia jokingly.

"Don’t worry, I will," said Misty with a grin.

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With that out of the way Ash, Misty, and Delia began to enjoy their time together.  They spent 
time catching up with the rest of the neighborhood.  And telling Delia about their latest 
adventures on the road.  Of coarse, they didn’t leave out how they finally got together.  By the 
end of the day Ash and Misty stood out on the deck while Delia was cooking dinner.  They just 
watched the setting sun, hand in hand, together.  They watched as their pokemon frolicked 
around the wide-open yard freely.  

"Ash........." asked Misty.

"Yes Misty?"

"I’m glad your mom approves of our relationship."

"Yeah.........Me too.  I’m only sorry I didn’t tell her sooner, I can’t believe I was so worried 
over nothing," said Ash.

"Well, it’s now old news," said Misty.

"So what happens next?" asked Ash.

"I don’t know.........I really don’t know," said Misty as she rested her head on Ash’s shoulders.  
Slowly, he put his arm around her, and held her close.

"I don’t know what’s going to happen either.  I don’t know, but as long as I’m with you it 
doesn’t matter.  Because I love you," said Ash with a smile.

"I love you too," responded Misty.  Those magic words seemed to draw a deep passion within 
their souls.  Soon they found themselves kissing again, deeply and passionately.

As they continued to kiss Delia watched from the window.  She watched her son melt before her 
eyes in wake of someone he truly cared about.  She could only smile in pride.

"They all grow up so fast, and they fall in love even faster."

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AN: Well, there’s episode 7 of "A Beautiful Thing."  Once again I’m sorry it took so long, but 
I’ve been busy with several other stories.  I’m beginning to write more than just pokemon.  My 
latest fics are that of the cartoon X-men Evolution.  I hope you all read them as well this one.  
Don’t worry, I won’t stop writing pokemon.  Also, I have changed the format of my story in light 
of complaints that the other style was too hard to read.  Please let me know your opinion about 
this.  I beg you all to review all of my stories, I accept all kinds of feedback.  Please REVIEW 
REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW!  My email is slickboy444@aol.com.  Thanks for 
reading and best wishes to you all.