Pokemon Fan Fiction / Pokemon Fan Fiction ❯ You Little Mind Reader ❯ Falling Stars, Rising Sun ( Chapter 5 )
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By: Babydawg 
Yessss... The fluffiness is starting to really pay off. ^_~
Anime/Manga: Pokemon Fan Fiction / Pokemon Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Comedy / Romance / Supernatural | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 10.01.2002 | Pages: 5 | Words: 4.8K | Visits: 406 | Status: Work In Progress
Yessss... The fluffiness is starting to really pay off. ^_~
Anime/Manga: Pokemon Fan Fiction / Pokemon Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Comedy / Romance / Supernatural | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 10.01.2002 | Pages: 5 | Words: 4.8K | Visits: 406 | Status: Work In Progress
Falling Stars, Rising Sun
by: Angelical Proportions
Angelical Proportions says: He, he... okay, I won't say it again...
Read with knowing this: This chapter takes place *giggle* three days after the last. In this case, we're looking at it being Tuesday here. Well, Tuesday night anyways...*gigglegiggle... ok, I'm just soooo excited 'bout this one. Giggle* Ash is planning for the big event or in his case "the big night".
~~~~~Tuesday night: 8:30.~~~~~
"Misty... I... I... love you..."
"Noooo!"
"What?! What's wrong this time? What'd I do wrong?" Ash asked Pikachu.
"You gotta put more emotion into it Ash! You gotta sound like you really mean it! You sound like you have to say it!" Pikachu said seriously. *But with a voice like hers, it's a little hard sounding serious. Ok, I'll stop making fun of her voice.*
"All right. Well, what do you what me to do? Cry? I'm trying as hard as I can!" Ash stressed.
"Well, you can cry if you want, but just make sure your eyes are kinda watery. Y'know, like this." Pikachu did an example of a couple of serious, yet sweetly set eyes.
"Wow Pikachu, but I'm just not made like that. Remember, it's a whole lot easier for you... you know being the girl and all."
"Well, I guess I never looked at it from the males point of veiw either..." Pikachu admitted.
Ash sighed.
"I really wanna tell her... Ohhhhh! What do I do?!" he stressed again, covering his face in his hands.
"Well, as you figure that out, I guess I should leave. We don't wanna keep Misty waiting outside the door forever." Pikachu said.
"Talk to her. It might help you figure it out." she said before leaving.
"Yeah, whatever Pikachu..." Ash's voice came out muffled between his palms. Pikachu left, slowly shutting the door and saw Misty sitting on the steps waiting with a togepi in her arms.
"Are you done?" Misty asked tiredly.
"Yeah. Oh, and, you might want to talk to him. Be nice and all, too. He's got a little personal problem, just don't ask him what it is or it might upset him." Pikachu said softly.
"Okay. Is it like... a male problem? Should he talk to Brock?" Misty asked a bit worriedly.
"Oh, no, nothing like that, just... a normal, everyday problem." Pikachu lied.
"All right." Misty said as she hoisted herself up.
Pikachu ran down the staircase towards the livingroom for so Tuesday night T.V.
'Ash?' Misty thought.
'Yeah? What?' Ash looked up from his sweaty palms, red in the face.
'Uh, what's wrong?' Misty thought.
'N-nothing. Don't worry 'bout me.'
'Allright. So, what do you wanna do now?' she asked.
Ash sighed.
"I need to take a walk. You wanna come?" Ash said aloud.
"Huh? Oh, sure." Misty agreed.
Ash and Misty left the house of Ketchum. The sky had darkened hastily, with a slight aura of blue and mahagony. The thin clouds were a dark purple with a slim silver lining produced by the barely full moon. Millions of brightly shining stars dotted the sky, only adding to the serene beauty of the night. The two kept pretty silent for the first five minutes of their little stroll, deeply mesmerized by the amazing evening sky.
'Mmmm.... sure is... nice out, huh Mist.'
'Yep.' she thought.
Misty sighed contently.
'Do you... will you hold my hand?' Misty thought a bit nervously.
He didn't answer, but kept his stare forwards as his shaking hand reached out of his jacket pocket. As he kept the silence organized around him like a bubble of safety, he gently held her hand. He soon realized that it was much easier holding her hand without her expecting it than when she asked him to, but twice as pleasing and secure. Misty closed her eyes as the usual sensation of romance made her heart leap and skin jump. Yes, this was something she could get used to.
'I wonder where Brock was all day.' thought Misty.
She had expected him to say something, or at least think something to run a conversation.
'It really is hot out tonight.' Ash thought, tugging at his shirt collar.
'Well, that's pretty... random.' Misty thought, referring to her earlier statement as a spark of a conversation.
The silence had begun and lasted for ten minutes, although it seemed to pass as an eternity.
'Ah... Ash, you smell that breeze? It must be coming from that grape orchard over there. You know, you're really lucky to live in such a great town. It's so small and simple, and it's so much more beautiful than the city. You should've had a wonderful childhood growing up here.' Misty thought.
'Well, my childhood wasn't as great as it sounds. My father died when I was only five and I never really had too many friends since the town was so small and simple.'
'I'm sorry...' Misty thought.
'It's no big deal, I'm over it. Besides, I've got friends now. See?' Ash said as he playfully shoved her, dropping her hand.
'Don't shove me!' Misty giggled, pushing him back.
'I'll shove you if I want to.' Ash laughed.
'Oh yeah?'
'Yeah.'
Misty and Ash continued their little playfullness until Misty tripped, dragging Ash down with her.
'You little mind reader!' Misty laughed, poking Ash's ribs.
'Hey! Ow, that hurts!'
'No it doesn't.'
'How would you know?' Ash asked.
'Because I just do.' Misty stated.
'Oh really? How does this feel?' Ash said and struck her side with his finger.
'Ow! Quit!' Misty thought, smacking his hand away.
'Told ya!' Ash laughed.
'God, I can still feel where your finger was. You're so mean!' Misty thought as she gritted her teeth and hit Ash's shoulder with her fist playfully.
"Set your alarm so that I wake up early. There's something I want to see." Misty said out loud.
"What?" Ash asked, even though he clearly knew the answer.
"There's this shower of stars that's supposed to happen around 5:00 AM. I really want to see it."
"Okay." Ash said.
They lay in the grass for a few minutes when Ash spoke.
"I think we should start to head back. It's getting kind of late and we need to wake up early."
"We?" Misty asked.
'Yes, we.' Ash thought.
'I thought you wouldn't want to get up at five in the morning just to see a few shooting stars.' Misty thought.
'Well, sure. I mean there's no way I'm passing this up. Besides...' Ash swallowed hard '...everyone else will be there too...'
'I know. I can't wait! It's going to be so beautiful and... so romantic!' Misty thought excitedly.
'I know...' Ash smiled.
Ash stood and extended his hand to help Misty up.
"C'mon, let's go Miss Romance."
~~~~~...~~~~~
Here we are with Ash awake at 4:30AM Wednesday morning, his eyes red with stress. Pikachu was lying at the foot of his bed and Misty slept silently beside him. He jumped out of bed and shut off the alarm; he had an easier way to wake her up...
"Misty... wake up." Ash said softly.
Misty didn't wake. Ash was hoping she wouldn't. He gently pulled a loose strand of hair away from her shut eyes. Ash leaned over and kissed her cheek a bit more softly than the last time. Misty suddenly drew in a deep breath and her eyes opened.
"Good morning." Ash said quietly.
"Morning... Oh! I gotta get up!" Misty suddenly jumped out of bed. She ran over to her backpack in the corner and was about to pull out her usual wear, when she saw Togepi using her shirt as a small pillow.
'Uh, oh.' Misty thought.
'"Uh, oh" what?' Ash asked.
'Togepi's sleeping on my shirt. I don't have a shirt.' Misty repeated.
'Guess you'll just hafta go without one...'
It didn't take long until Ash was laying on the floor in pain, while an angry Misty held her bookbag over her shoulder, her face practically gleaming redness.
'Jeez, Misty. You didn't have to smack me that hard. It was just a joke.'
'It was a sick one at that...' Misty sighed. 'What am I going to wear?'
'You can borrow one of my shirts, I guess.' Ash offered.
'Hm...' Misty shrugged. 'I guess so...'
She walked over to his dresser and pulled out a usual white t-shirt.
'All right, Ash. You know the routine.' she thought.
'Oh, right.'
Ash left the room and stood outside the door when an evil idea entered his brain, but he decided against it. Do ya wanna know what it was? Okay, I'll tell you. Ash wondered how funny it would be to suddenly jerk the door open and slam it shut in a shear second while Misty was getting dressed, but could only imagine how horrible the situation would turn out in the end, ruining his entire morning with her.
"Don't you dare Ash Ketchum!" he heard Misty holler from inside his room.
She must've read his mind again... He wondered why he was getting such horrible ideas all of the sudden, but figured that he just liked joking with her. Joking with Misty, yep, the pain was always worth it in the end.
Misty struggled to come up with a good way to wear this huge shirt sagging over her shoulders. She tried tucking it into her jean shorts, but the shirt was too long! She made up her mind and simply tied the side up in a knot, trying her best to make her look as attractive as possible. * I really don't think I need to explain...* She wondered if she should let her hair down... Nah! Simply ol' Misty! She knew this morning would be strange enough. Better keep something down to earth... That's when her mind drifted to Ash. She's been thinking a lot about him lately and had no doubt that he didn't know about it. In fact, she knew that he knew she knew that he knew about her thinking about him. *Err... maybe I shouldn't go there again...*
"Misty? Ready to go?" Ash asked as he walked out of his bedroom.
"Yeah, but we'd better hurrry if we want a good spot on the lake. Everybody we know, everyone in Pallet Town will probably be there."
"Uh... yeah.. heheh..." Ash said rubbing the back of his head in embarrassment. *Why does he do that, anyway?*
"Oh! I need to take Togepi." Misty just remembered.
"Uh... No, I can wake Pikachu. She'll watch your togepi for us. Don't worry." Ash said.
Ash walked into his darkened bedroom, looking around for Pikachu, who was laying on the floor sleeping, wrapped up in his blanket like a big sushi.
"Come on Pikachu, wake up. I need you to watch Togepi." Ash whispered as he nudged Pikachu a bit to wake her up.
She rolled out of the blanket and lay there a few seconds yawning. Ash's eyes widened when he saw how large her belly has grown.
"Uh, I need you to watch Togepi." he repeated.
"Huh? Oh, okay. Sure." she yawned again. "It's 5:00 already? Jeez!"
"Yeah, now get up. We gotta go now."
Pikachu waddled *You know how pregnant people do that* over to Togepi, who was quietly snoring and cuddling up to Misty's shirt.
"Take your time! Good luck!" Pikachu called out to Ash as he left the room.
The door shut, Ash was gone, Misty was gone and Togepi instantly woke up, smiling at Pikachu. They shared a few giggles and high-fives.
"Way to go, Togepi!" Pikachu laughed.
"Whew, good thing she's gone..." Togepi tossed Misty's shirt aside. "I thought I'd actually fall asleep on that thing."
Pikachu laughed some more and Togepi joined her.
"Uh oh! Oh no!" Pikachu gasped.
"What? What's the matter?" Togepi asked.
"I need to go to the bathroom, wait here. Don't move!" Pikachu told Togepi before running out the door like a crazed pikachu.
No, she was a pregnant pikachu. She held her mouth tightly, making a few groaning sounds as she sped down the stairs. After around ten minutes, Togepi heard Pikachu yell, "I'm gonna KILL Joey!!"
~~~~~Meanwhile, at the lake...~~~~~
"Wow! There's no one here! I thought everyone would be here!" Ash said, extremely relieved as he skimmed the lake waters with his flashlight.
"No kiddin'! Well, guess the lake's all ours." Misty said.
'Good thing.' they both thought.
Good thing indeed! Good thing they said it at the exact same time otherwise... eh heh heh...
'Well, let's go set up.' Misty thought.
Ash struggled a bit to carry the picnic basket, blanket, pillows, and candles. (It was all Misty's idea!) Anyway, he followed her in persistance. She suddenly stopped and clearly pointed out the perfect spot. He couldn't have agreed more.
'I'm so glad this old dock's still here.' she thought.
'Here, help me spred this.' Ash said, handing her the blanket.
'Okay.'
They spred the blanket and took out the candles from out of the picnic basket. There were only three, but it was good enough. Ash turned off the flashlight and stuck it in the basket. Misty grabbed the pillow and lay down.
'Do you mind?' Ash asked her.
'Nah, go on.' Misty said, moving her head over.
Ash lay down next to her. Suddenly, a star shot by.
'Shooting star...' Ash said, pointing to the star that shot through the darkness.
'You gonna make a wish?' Ash asked.
'I already did.' Misty thought.
'You just watch, there will be millions of stars flying by soon.' Misty thought, motioning towards the sky with her hand.
"Darnit! They're doing it again! What the heck are they doing?!" Brock whispered to himself, smacking his forehead as he hid behind a nearby bush.
"What the bloody hell are you thinking, mate? Be quiet or they'll hear us." whispered someone beside him.
"I can't beleive we're spying on those two poor kids. And I traveled all the way from Viridian to see this beautiful shower." NurseJoy said thoughtfully as she sat down on the grass.
"Gosh, thank god I'm not on duty, or else I'd be arresting myself here." Officer Jenny whispered.
"Finally. I'm glad to see Ash care about something else besides his pokemon all the time. It's just not healthy, especially for a boy his age." chuckled Professor Oak.
"Hmmm... I wonder if those P.S.I.s did any good for them..." he continued.
"What do you mean? What's a P.S.I.?" whispered some other man.
"A pokemon speech interpretor. I was testing my invention on his pikachu and that's when it asked me..."
~~~~~Flashback at Prof. Oak's lab~~~~~
"All right girl, let's try this out." the professor said as he tied the bow around Pikachu's neck.
"Pika? Pika pi pi kachu? Pika pi- this?"
"Huh?! Did you say somthing?" Oak asked, stumbling backwards.
"What? What is this?" Pikachu asked pointing to the bow.
"Oh, that's a P.S.I.- Pokemon speech interpretor." Oak explained.
"Oh... okay... Hey! Wait! You understood me!" Pikachu yelled.
"I know!!!" Oak said very excited.
"I can talk human now?!"
"Well... yeah, I guess you can say that!" Oak beamed.
"Yea! Now I can finally tell Misty! Oh, I've been waiting so long! Finally!"
"Whoa, wait. Tell Misty what?" Oak asked the happy pikachu.
Pikachu stopped dancing and faced the professor.
"I... don't think I should say... It's kinda like a secret..."
"What do you mean? It's not a secret if your gonna tell it to Misty."
"Yeah, okay... Well, you know Ash? Yeah, I thought so.. well, he kinda sorta told me a secret. Well... a lot of secrets actually..." Pikachu said looking down.
"You can't tell Misty if it's Ash's secrets! It would be very irresponsible of you to do so." Oak lectured.
"No! You don't get it! It's for his own good!"
"What do you mean?"
"He LOVES HER!!!" Pikachu shouted, but quickly slapped her little hand over her mouth.
Professor Oak gasped.
"Uh... well, Pikachu! You sure have gained some weight." Oak smiled nervously.
"Now, if you'll excuse me, I really need to use the bathroom." Pikachu said, never taking her hand from her mouth, and charged out the door.
~~~~~End Flashback~~~~~
"Oak? Oak?! Professor Oak?!" the Australian whispered in his ear to snap him out of his spacing out.
"Yes?"
"You'd better take a look. I think this is the best part."
"You referring to the showers or the couple?" a Texan woman, probably his wife, tapped his shoulder.
"I think... both..." he grinned at her.
'Yeah? What is it?' Misty thought.
'I need to tell you something...' Ash thought.
'I know, you already told me that! What is it?'
'Well... uh...um...' Ash stuttered.
'Don't worry, don't be nervous.' Misty thought comfortingly.
Suddenly, a slight crackling sound was heard from the skies. Ash gasped.
'Look! Wow!' Ash pointed to the brightened sky.
'Oh my god... It's so beautiful. It's like... raining fire...' Misty was staring deeply into the sea of pouring stars.
Sure enough, stars seemed to pour across the sky, brightening the hidden clouds, dragging sparkling trails behind them. The sound was very faint, almost like a few distant whispers from miles away. Some twirled and did flips, conducting a lavishing display of shooting stars.
"And here we are at the Magikarp Lake. Watch closely everyone as this is a very rare display of shooting stars. Isn't it just wonderful?" a cameraman asked the camera in his face.
Ash's glance jerked over to the voice. As did Misty's.
"Sweet bloody Jesus! You idiot! You blew our cover!" the Austrailian shouted from the bushes.
Several people stood from the bushes, including Joy and Oak. The funny thing is, about twenty other people stood from behind another group of bushes, then three more... and... that's all...
"Ohmygod! Were they SPYING on us!?" Misty shouted.
"Don't worry love, only for about half an hour." the Austrailian spoke again.
"I can't believe this! You better not have taped us! You got that?!" Misty shouted to the camera... uh.. guy who immediantly shook his head.
"Try to imaging, that when you two are on the lake, that it's just you and Misty. No one else." Pikachu's voice echoed in Ash's mind.
Ash pulled her arm, gesturing her to sit down. She glared at him angrily.
"Sit down." Ash whispered softly.
She obediantly sat and waited for him to say something. He took a deep, cleansing breath, then spoke.
"I want you to pretend that it's just us here. Okay? Don't worry about them... just forget that they're there." Ash said.
"Okay." Misty's tone seemed to soften deeply, as if hipnotized by Ash's stare.
"Okay." he said with a smile.
They continued to watch the showers in silence. Well... pretty much like silence...
'Misty?'
'Yeah?'
'Do you really think I'm a mind reader?'
Misty giggled.
'Sure I do!' she thought/
'Well, I'll bet you couldn't read my mind better than I could read yours.' Ash said with a small grin on his face. He had a plan.
'Are you challenging me?'
'Duh!' Ash thought.
'Fine then!' Misty said as she turned away from the sky and watched Ash.
'Fine.' Ash thought as he stared at Misty.
They looked extremely deep into eachother's minds as they read their personal thoughts. There were a few, 'Nah, too boring' and 'Oh my gosh!' as they read eachother like a book. Suddenly, they hit the beautiful chord that set them of at exactly the same time.
"You do?! Of course! You didn't know?! No, I didn't know! Since when? No kidding! Oh my god!" they both screamed. Ash's plan had worked.
Everyone looked at the two like they had lost it. The young couple were sitting in front of eachother, smiling like crazy. *Okay, this is getting intense...*
"Are you... okay?" the Texan woman asked them, but they didn't answer.
'So... what now?' Ash asked her.
"He heh heh heh he." Misty giggled and leaned forward.
~~~~~Back at the Ketchum residence~~~~~
"Thank goodness they're recording the showers. I really don't feel like walking to the lake at this time in the morning, or being outside at all for that matter." Delia yawned as she walked over to the couch in her robe.
She grabbed the remote for the TV with her free hand and sipped some coffee with the other.
"Channel 10..." she murmured to herself as she flipped through the channels.
"Now, let's go to Micheal at the Magikarp Lake to take a look at those beautiful star showers. Micheal?" the TV news reporter said.
"Thank you Sean, this is an extrodinary sight here above this lake, Magikarp Lake, in the middle of Pallet Town. As you can see, no one here is missing this event... and it looks like there's a little romance going on as well." the cameraman said as the camera...guy moved the camera to where he got a good shot of everyone at the make, including the Texan, Austrailian, Brock, and Officer Jenny... oh yeah, and Ash and Misty.
Suddenly, Ms. Ketchum spit out her coffee and jumped about ten feet int he air.
"Ashton Heshta Ketchum! Get your hands off that girl right now!" she shouted at the TV set.
Apparently, the two didn't hear her...
~~~Hehehe... Back at the Lake (about two minutes before the whole Delia scene...)~~~
Misty leaned towards Ash and wrapped her arms around his neck. Again, he had that distinct feeling to avoid anything coming at him at this point, but resisted this time.
"Ash, I want you to know, that whatever you saw... it's the truth and I beleive what I saw was for real also?"
"Of course." he smiled.
"Smile... that's great."
"Huh?" Ash was generally confused.
"I love your smile." she said.
"Okay..." he didn't really know what to say.
He wasn't expecting it, well not now anyway, but Misty leaned in and kissed him. Wait! She kissed him! She was kissing him! Whoa! Wait! Ash's eyes sprung open in total shock, but closed just as easily... Suddenly, he pulled away from her.
"What? What's wrong?" she asked.
"Uh... this may be a stupid question, but am I kissing you right?" Ash asked a bit worried.
Misty's jaw just dropped and she laughed.
"Of course you are. Actually, you weren't even kissing me."
"Yes I was!"
"Nuh uh." Misty couldn't help but grin.
"Yes huh." Ash declared.
"You couldn't kiss even if you tried." Misty tried to trick him.
"Yes I could. I've kissed you before haven't I?"
"Not on the lips." Misty said in singsong.
"Hm." Ash frowned.
"Kiss me and prove it." Misty said in a daring voice.
"Why should I have to prove it?"
"You shouldn't HAVE to, you actually should WANT to." Misty's grin grew wider.
"I don't 'WANT to' if your just going to make fun of me." Ash said.
"I didn't make fun of you!"
"Yes you did. You said I can't kiss."
"Well of course you can't! You've never kissed anyone in your life!" Misty said.
Can you imaging the looks on everyone else's faces as they watched this?
"Well you haven't either! And you kiss just fine!" Ash yelled back.
Now can you imagine everyone else's faces?
"I know! Ain't it great!" Misty shouted happily.
"You so mean. First you catch me off guard by kissing me, then you go and make fun of me, then you go and start a fi- mmph!" Ash was cut a little short...
"Shut up." Misty whispered pulling away from Ash's lips for a single second before returning.
A tingling sensation began from the lips, then jolted throughout the rest of their bodies light lightning, electrifying their hearts and flipping their stomachs, tying all rhyme and reason in knots, as well as their love for one another. An endless bond was made between the two and the kiss was the ultimate seal. Misty's lips had gotten the best of her, and her arms were completely twisted around Ash's neck as her body nearly melted in his hugging arms, knocking him to the ground on top of the blanket. A chilling breeze blew by as the soft sound of windchimes entered their ears and their kiss had broken.
'Oh, my...' thought Misty as the feather inside her pocket flew into the air as well as Ash's.
'What's going on?' Ash thought.
'I don't know...'
The glaze on the feathers glew and shone, sparkling radiantly as they began to disinigrate into thin air.
'Misty?'
'...'
'Misty?'
'...'
'Misty?!'
'...'< br> "Misty?!"
"What?!?" she yelled.
"Didn't you hear me?"
"...No..." she looked at him wondering.
"Let me try again."
'Misty?' Ash tried asking her attendance in his mind.
No answer.
'Misty can you hear me?' he tried again.
No answer. Misty continued to stare at him.
"Well? You gonna try yet or not?" she asked.
"I... have been. I guess it's gone..." Ash admitted.
Misty smiled.
"Oh well, it was good while it lasted." she said.
"Yeah." he agreed.
"Soo...."
"Soo...."
"Ash? Where are we?"
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"I mean us? Are we just good friends or... what? Are we more than friends now?"
"Of course we are."
"Really?" Misty asked happily.
"Yeah, isn't this how good friends are supposed to act?" Ash asked as he wrapped his arm around her.
"WHAT?!" she screamed.
"I'm just kidding!" he laughed.
She didn't think it was so funny. She growled a bit, but stopped as he hugged her.
"You know we're not just friends." he whispered.
Misty rested her head on his shoulder. "I know..." she smiled.
By this time, the watching audience, the forgotten watching audience, had tears in their eyes.
"Oh, I forgot they were here..." Ash whispered.
Misty suddenly remembered the people, the viewers, ... the camera! She gasped.
"Me too!" she suddenly pulled away.
"No, wait! ... Jeez, I thought I was the one to panic..." Ash said to himself.
"Misty..." he held her hands. "Let's go home."
"O-okay...." she said, looking at everyone.
"No, look at me."
"Okay." she said more sternly.
"Thank you." he whispered.
Then, for the very first time in his life, Ash leaned over towards Misty and kissed her lips gently. Immediantly she had forgtted all about the others. Even the camera. Even the world. Heheh, even breathing...
"C'mon. let's go." she said and they stood, packing all of the stuff up.
Once they were done, they walked from the lake hand in hand. Misty holding the pillow and the basket in one arm while Ash carried the blanket in his other. A small applause came from behind them as they looked back on all the people of Pallet Town, Pewter, Cerulean, Goldenrod, Blackthorn, and who knows where else... It didn't really matter to them... they were finally together...
~~~~~Back at the Ketchum residence~~~~~
Pikachu was walking from the bathroom when she saw Ash's mother shouting at the TV.
'Strange...' she thought.
"Hey Ms. Ketchum!" Pikachu yelled as she ran up to Delia.
She didn't say her usual 'Oh, good morning deary!' or anything, but frowned and sat back on the couch.
"What's wrong?"
"My baby was kissing some girl on TV! He's not supposed to be KISSING! He's supposed to e saving his lips for the right girl! I've told him over and over and over! I don't even know her! I'll bet Misty's gonna be pissed!!!" Delia screamed.
Pikachu stared at this human and began to wonder if she was some sort of mutant, the way half of her hair hang from out of her curlers and the other half just down-right sticking out with some kind of mask on her face the color of... mutant slime.
"Uh... what? Oh, yeah... Oh! Ash was kissing! That was Misty! That WAS Misty Ms. Ketchum!" Pikachu shouted gleefully before muttering under her breath, "It had BETTER be!" through clenched teeth.
"Oh, it was! Oh, good! That's my boy, Ash!" Delia smiled at the television, practically cheering for the scene playing on the TV. :
"I know! Ain't it great!" Misty shouted happily.
"You so mean. First you catch me off guard by kissing me, then you go and make fun of me, then you go and start a fi- mmph!" Ash was cut a little short...
"Shut up." Misty whispered pulling away from Ash's lips for a single second before returning.
Delia smiled again.
"I'm so proud of my little man!" she said sniffling, a few tears running down her eyes.
'Oh god. I hope I don't end up like this when I have children...' thought Pikachu as she eyed Ms. Ketchum.
======End chapter five, "Falling Stars, Rising Sun"
The End??
No! No way! Don't you wanna know about Pikachu's children? What about Delia's next meeting with Misty? Or how about Ash and Misty's relationship? What about the feathers? (Even if you didn't wonder 'bout this one, I still explain it in the next chapter...)
Well? What'd you think about this chapter? I hope you liked it. Oh... man... I need summore Dr. Pepper... *burp* 'scuse me!
by: Angelical Proportions
Angelical Proportions says: He, he... okay, I won't say it again...
Read with knowing this: This chapter takes place *giggle* three days after the last. In this case, we're looking at it being Tuesday here. Well, Tuesday night anyways...*gigglegiggle... ok, I'm just soooo excited 'bout this one. Giggle* Ash is planning for the big event or in his case "the big night".
~~~~~Tuesday night: 8:30.~~~~~
"Misty... I... I... love you..."
"Noooo!"
"What?! What's wrong this time? What'd I do wrong?" Ash asked Pikachu.
"You gotta put more emotion into it Ash! You gotta sound like you really mean it! You sound like you have to say it!" Pikachu said seriously. *But with a voice like hers, it's a little hard sounding serious. Ok, I'll stop making fun of her voice.*
"All right. Well, what do you what me to do? Cry? I'm trying as hard as I can!" Ash stressed.
"Well, you can cry if you want, but just make sure your eyes are kinda watery. Y'know, like this." Pikachu did an example of a couple of serious, yet sweetly set eyes.
"Wow Pikachu, but I'm just not made like that. Remember, it's a whole lot easier for you... you know being the girl and all."
"Well, I guess I never looked at it from the males point of veiw either..." Pikachu admitted.
Ash sighed.
"I really wanna tell her... Ohhhhh! What do I do?!" he stressed again, covering his face in his hands.
"Well, as you figure that out, I guess I should leave. We don't wanna keep Misty waiting outside the door forever." Pikachu said.
"Talk to her. It might help you figure it out." she said before leaving.
"Yeah, whatever Pikachu..." Ash's voice came out muffled between his palms. Pikachu left, slowly shutting the door and saw Misty sitting on the steps waiting with a togepi in her arms.
"Are you done?" Misty asked tiredly.
"Yeah. Oh, and, you might want to talk to him. Be nice and all, too. He's got a little personal problem, just don't ask him what it is or it might upset him." Pikachu said softly.
"Okay. Is it like... a male problem? Should he talk to Brock?" Misty asked a bit worriedly.
"Oh, no, nothing like that, just... a normal, everyday problem." Pikachu lied.
"All right." Misty said as she hoisted herself up.
Pikachu ran down the staircase towards the livingroom for so Tuesday night T.V.
'Ash?' Misty thought.
'Yeah? What?' Ash looked up from his sweaty palms, red in the face.
'Uh, what's wrong?' Misty thought.
'N-nothing. Don't worry 'bout me.'
'Allright. So, what do you wanna do now?' she asked.
Ash sighed.
"I need to take a walk. You wanna come?" Ash said aloud.
"Huh? Oh, sure." Misty agreed.
Ash and Misty left the house of Ketchum. The sky had darkened hastily, with a slight aura of blue and mahagony. The thin clouds were a dark purple with a slim silver lining produced by the barely full moon. Millions of brightly shining stars dotted the sky, only adding to the serene beauty of the night. The two kept pretty silent for the first five minutes of their little stroll, deeply mesmerized by the amazing evening sky.
'Mmmm.... sure is... nice out, huh Mist.'
'Yep.' she thought.
Misty sighed contently.
'Do you... will you hold my hand?' Misty thought a bit nervously.
He didn't answer, but kept his stare forwards as his shaking hand reached out of his jacket pocket. As he kept the silence organized around him like a bubble of safety, he gently held her hand. He soon realized that it was much easier holding her hand without her expecting it than when she asked him to, but twice as pleasing and secure. Misty closed her eyes as the usual sensation of romance made her heart leap and skin jump. Yes, this was something she could get used to.
'I wonder where Brock was all day.' thought Misty.
She had expected him to say something, or at least think something to run a conversation.
'It really is hot out tonight.' Ash thought, tugging at his shirt collar.
'Well, that's pretty... random.' Misty thought, referring to her earlier statement as a spark of a conversation.
The silence had begun and lasted for ten minutes, although it seemed to pass as an eternity.
'Ah... Ash, you smell that breeze? It must be coming from that grape orchard over there. You know, you're really lucky to live in such a great town. It's so small and simple, and it's so much more beautiful than the city. You should've had a wonderful childhood growing up here.' Misty thought.
'Well, my childhood wasn't as great as it sounds. My father died when I was only five and I never really had too many friends since the town was so small and simple.'
'I'm sorry...' Misty thought.
'It's no big deal, I'm over it. Besides, I've got friends now. See?' Ash said as he playfully shoved her, dropping her hand.
'Don't shove me!' Misty giggled, pushing him back.
'I'll shove you if I want to.' Ash laughed.
'Oh yeah?'
'Yeah.'
Misty and Ash continued their little playfullness until Misty tripped, dragging Ash down with her.
'You little mind reader!' Misty laughed, poking Ash's ribs.
'Hey! Ow, that hurts!'
'No it doesn't.'
'How would you know?' Ash asked.
'Because I just do.' Misty stated.
'Oh really? How does this feel?' Ash said and struck her side with his finger.
'Ow! Quit!' Misty thought, smacking his hand away.
'Told ya!' Ash laughed.
'God, I can still feel where your finger was. You're so mean!' Misty thought as she gritted her teeth and hit Ash's shoulder with her fist playfully.
"Set your alarm so that I wake up early. There's something I want to see." Misty said out loud.
"What?" Ash asked, even though he clearly knew the answer.
"There's this shower of stars that's supposed to happen around 5:00 AM. I really want to see it."
"Okay." Ash said.
They lay in the grass for a few minutes when Ash spoke.
"I think we should start to head back. It's getting kind of late and we need to wake up early."
"We?" Misty asked.
'Yes, we.' Ash thought.
'I thought you wouldn't want to get up at five in the morning just to see a few shooting stars.' Misty thought.
'Well, sure. I mean there's no way I'm passing this up. Besides...' Ash swallowed hard '...everyone else will be there too...'
'I know. I can't wait! It's going to be so beautiful and... so romantic!' Misty thought excitedly.
'I know...' Ash smiled.
Ash stood and extended his hand to help Misty up.
"C'mon, let's go Miss Romance."
~~~~~...~~~~~
Here we are with Ash awake at 4:30AM Wednesday morning, his eyes red with stress. Pikachu was lying at the foot of his bed and Misty slept silently beside him. He jumped out of bed and shut off the alarm; he had an easier way to wake her up...
"Misty... wake up." Ash said softly.
Misty didn't wake. Ash was hoping she wouldn't. He gently pulled a loose strand of hair away from her shut eyes. Ash leaned over and kissed her cheek a bit more softly than the last time. Misty suddenly drew in a deep breath and her eyes opened.
"Good morning." Ash said quietly.
"Morning... Oh! I gotta get up!" Misty suddenly jumped out of bed. She ran over to her backpack in the corner and was about to pull out her usual wear, when she saw Togepi using her shirt as a small pillow.
'Uh, oh.' Misty thought.
'"Uh, oh" what?' Ash asked.
'Togepi's sleeping on my shirt. I don't have a shirt.' Misty repeated.
'Guess you'll just hafta go without one...'
It didn't take long until Ash was laying on the floor in pain, while an angry Misty held her bookbag over her shoulder, her face practically gleaming redness.
'Jeez, Misty. You didn't have to smack me that hard. It was just a joke.'
'It was a sick one at that...' Misty sighed. 'What am I going to wear?'
'You can borrow one of my shirts, I guess.' Ash offered.
'Hm...' Misty shrugged. 'I guess so...'
She walked over to his dresser and pulled out a usual white t-shirt.
'All right, Ash. You know the routine.' she thought.
'Oh, right.'
Ash left the room and stood outside the door when an evil idea entered his brain, but he decided against it. Do ya wanna know what it was? Okay, I'll tell you. Ash wondered how funny it would be to suddenly jerk the door open and slam it shut in a shear second while Misty was getting dressed, but could only imagine how horrible the situation would turn out in the end, ruining his entire morning with her.
"Don't you dare Ash Ketchum!" he heard Misty holler from inside his room.
She must've read his mind again... He wondered why he was getting such horrible ideas all of the sudden, but figured that he just liked joking with her. Joking with Misty, yep, the pain was always worth it in the end.
Misty struggled to come up with a good way to wear this huge shirt sagging over her shoulders. She tried tucking it into her jean shorts, but the shirt was too long! She made up her mind and simply tied the side up in a knot, trying her best to make her look as attractive as possible. * I really don't think I need to explain...* She wondered if she should let her hair down... Nah! Simply ol' Misty! She knew this morning would be strange enough. Better keep something down to earth... That's when her mind drifted to Ash. She's been thinking a lot about him lately and had no doubt that he didn't know about it. In fact, she knew that he knew she knew that he knew about her thinking about him. *Err... maybe I shouldn't go there again...*
"Misty? Ready to go?" Ash asked as he walked out of his bedroom.
"Yeah, but we'd better hurrry if we want a good spot on the lake. Everybody we know, everyone in Pallet Town will probably be there."
"Uh... yeah.. heheh..." Ash said rubbing the back of his head in embarrassment. *Why does he do that, anyway?*
"Oh! I need to take Togepi." Misty just remembered.
"Uh... No, I can wake Pikachu. She'll watch your togepi for us. Don't worry." Ash said.
Ash walked into his darkened bedroom, looking around for Pikachu, who was laying on the floor sleeping, wrapped up in his blanket like a big sushi.
"Come on Pikachu, wake up. I need you to watch Togepi." Ash whispered as he nudged Pikachu a bit to wake her up.
She rolled out of the blanket and lay there a few seconds yawning. Ash's eyes widened when he saw how large her belly has grown.
"Uh, I need you to watch Togepi." he repeated.
"Huh? Oh, okay. Sure." she yawned again. "It's 5:00 already? Jeez!"
"Yeah, now get up. We gotta go now."
Pikachu waddled *You know how pregnant people do that* over to Togepi, who was quietly snoring and cuddling up to Misty's shirt.
"Take your time! Good luck!" Pikachu called out to Ash as he left the room.
The door shut, Ash was gone, Misty was gone and Togepi instantly woke up, smiling at Pikachu. They shared a few giggles and high-fives.
"Way to go, Togepi!" Pikachu laughed.
"Whew, good thing she's gone..." Togepi tossed Misty's shirt aside. "I thought I'd actually fall asleep on that thing."
Pikachu laughed some more and Togepi joined her.
"Uh oh! Oh no!" Pikachu gasped.
"What? What's the matter?" Togepi asked.
"I need to go to the bathroom, wait here. Don't move!" Pikachu told Togepi before running out the door like a crazed pikachu.
No, she was a pregnant pikachu. She held her mouth tightly, making a few groaning sounds as she sped down the stairs. After around ten minutes, Togepi heard Pikachu yell, "I'm gonna KILL Joey!!"
~~~~~Meanwhile, at the lake...~~~~~
"Wow! There's no one here! I thought everyone would be here!" Ash said, extremely relieved as he skimmed the lake waters with his flashlight.
"No kiddin'! Well, guess the lake's all ours." Misty said.
'Good thing.' they both thought.
Good thing indeed! Good thing they said it at the exact same time otherwise... eh heh heh...
'Well, let's go set up.' Misty thought.
Ash struggled a bit to carry the picnic basket, blanket, pillows, and candles. (It was all Misty's idea!) Anyway, he followed her in persistance. She suddenly stopped and clearly pointed out the perfect spot. He couldn't have agreed more.
'I'm so glad this old dock's still here.' she thought.
'Here, help me spred this.' Ash said, handing her the blanket.
'Okay.'
They spred the blanket and took out the candles from out of the picnic basket. There were only three, but it was good enough. Ash turned off the flashlight and stuck it in the basket. Misty grabbed the pillow and lay down.
'Do you mind?' Ash asked her.
'Nah, go on.' Misty said, moving her head over.
Ash lay down next to her. Suddenly, a star shot by.
'Shooting star...' Ash said, pointing to the star that shot through the darkness.
'You gonna make a wish?' Ash asked.
'I already did.' Misty thought.
'You just watch, there will be millions of stars flying by soon.' Misty thought, motioning towards the sky with her hand.
"Darnit! They're doing it again! What the heck are they doing?!" Brock whispered to himself, smacking his forehead as he hid behind a nearby bush.
"What the bloody hell are you thinking, mate? Be quiet or they'll hear us." whispered someone beside him.
"I can't beleive we're spying on those two poor kids. And I traveled all the way from Viridian to see this beautiful shower." NurseJoy said thoughtfully as she sat down on the grass.
"Gosh, thank god I'm not on duty, or else I'd be arresting myself here." Officer Jenny whispered.
"Finally. I'm glad to see Ash care about something else besides his pokemon all the time. It's just not healthy, especially for a boy his age." chuckled Professor Oak.
"Hmmm... I wonder if those P.S.I.s did any good for them..." he continued.
"What do you mean? What's a P.S.I.?" whispered some other man.
"A pokemon speech interpretor. I was testing my invention on his pikachu and that's when it asked me..."
~~~~~Flashback at Prof. Oak's lab~~~~~
"All right girl, let's try this out." the professor said as he tied the bow around Pikachu's neck.
"Pika? Pika pi pi kachu? Pika pi- this?"
"Huh?! Did you say somthing?" Oak asked, stumbling backwards.
"What? What is this?" Pikachu asked pointing to the bow.
"Oh, that's a P.S.I.- Pokemon speech interpretor." Oak explained.
"Oh... okay... Hey! Wait! You understood me!" Pikachu yelled.
"I know!!!" Oak said very excited.
"I can talk human now?!"
"Well... yeah, I guess you can say that!" Oak beamed.
"Yea! Now I can finally tell Misty! Oh, I've been waiting so long! Finally!"
"Whoa, wait. Tell Misty what?" Oak asked the happy pikachu.
Pikachu stopped dancing and faced the professor.
"I... don't think I should say... It's kinda like a secret..."
"What do you mean? It's not a secret if your gonna tell it to Misty."
"Yeah, okay... Well, you know Ash? Yeah, I thought so.. well, he kinda sorta told me a secret. Well... a lot of secrets actually..." Pikachu said looking down.
"You can't tell Misty if it's Ash's secrets! It would be very irresponsible of you to do so." Oak lectured.
"No! You don't get it! It's for his own good!"
"What do you mean?"
"He LOVES HER!!!" Pikachu shouted, but quickly slapped her little hand over her mouth.
Professor Oak gasped.
"Uh... well, Pikachu! You sure have gained some weight." Oak smiled nervously.
"Now, if you'll excuse me, I really need to use the bathroom." Pikachu said, never taking her hand from her mouth, and charged out the door.
~~~~~End Flashback~~~~~
"Oak? Oak?! Professor Oak?!" the Australian whispered in his ear to snap him out of his spacing out.
"Yes?"
"You'd better take a look. I think this is the best part."
"You referring to the showers or the couple?" a Texan woman, probably his wife, tapped his shoulder.
"I think... both..." he grinned at her.
'Yeah? What is it?' Misty thought.
'I need to tell you something...' Ash thought.
'I know, you already told me that! What is it?'
'Well... uh...um...' Ash stuttered.
'Don't worry, don't be nervous.' Misty thought comfortingly.
Suddenly, a slight crackling sound was heard from the skies. Ash gasped.
'Look! Wow!' Ash pointed to the brightened sky.
'Oh my god... It's so beautiful. It's like... raining fire...' Misty was staring deeply into the sea of pouring stars.
Sure enough, stars seemed to pour across the sky, brightening the hidden clouds, dragging sparkling trails behind them. The sound was very faint, almost like a few distant whispers from miles away. Some twirled and did flips, conducting a lavishing display of shooting stars.
"And here we are at the Magikarp Lake. Watch closely everyone as this is a very rare display of shooting stars. Isn't it just wonderful?" a cameraman asked the camera in his face.
Ash's glance jerked over to the voice. As did Misty's.
"Sweet bloody Jesus! You idiot! You blew our cover!" the Austrailian shouted from the bushes.
Several people stood from the bushes, including Joy and Oak. The funny thing is, about twenty other people stood from behind another group of bushes, then three more... and... that's all...
"Ohmygod! Were they SPYING on us!?" Misty shouted.
"Don't worry love, only for about half an hour." the Austrailian spoke again.
"I can't believe this! You better not have taped us! You got that?!" Misty shouted to the camera... uh.. guy who immediantly shook his head.
"Try to imaging, that when you two are on the lake, that it's just you and Misty. No one else." Pikachu's voice echoed in Ash's mind.
Ash pulled her arm, gesturing her to sit down. She glared at him angrily.
"Sit down." Ash whispered softly.
She obediantly sat and waited for him to say something. He took a deep, cleansing breath, then spoke.
"I want you to pretend that it's just us here. Okay? Don't worry about them... just forget that they're there." Ash said.
"Okay." Misty's tone seemed to soften deeply, as if hipnotized by Ash's stare.
"Okay." he said with a smile.
They continued to watch the showers in silence. Well... pretty much like silence...
'Misty?'
'Yeah?'
'Do you really think I'm a mind reader?'
Misty giggled.
'Sure I do!' she thought/
'Well, I'll bet you couldn't read my mind better than I could read yours.' Ash said with a small grin on his face. He had a plan.
'Are you challenging me?'
'Duh!' Ash thought.
'Fine then!' Misty said as she turned away from the sky and watched Ash.
'Fine.' Ash thought as he stared at Misty.
They looked extremely deep into eachother's minds as they read their personal thoughts. There were a few, 'Nah, too boring' and 'Oh my gosh!' as they read eachother like a book. Suddenly, they hit the beautiful chord that set them of at exactly the same time.
"You do?! Of course! You didn't know?! No, I didn't know! Since when? No kidding! Oh my god!" they both screamed. Ash's plan had worked.
Everyone looked at the two like they had lost it. The young couple were sitting in front of eachother, smiling like crazy. *Okay, this is getting intense...*
"Are you... okay?" the Texan woman asked them, but they didn't answer.
'So... what now?' Ash asked her.
"He heh heh heh he." Misty giggled and leaned forward.
~~~~~Back at the Ketchum residence~~~~~
"Thank goodness they're recording the showers. I really don't feel like walking to the lake at this time in the morning, or being outside at all for that matter." Delia yawned as she walked over to the couch in her robe.
She grabbed the remote for the TV with her free hand and sipped some coffee with the other.
"Channel 10..." she murmured to herself as she flipped through the channels.
"Now, let's go to Micheal at the Magikarp Lake to take a look at those beautiful star showers. Micheal?" the TV news reporter said.
"Thank you Sean, this is an extrodinary sight here above this lake, Magikarp Lake, in the middle of Pallet Town. As you can see, no one here is missing this event... and it looks like there's a little romance going on as well." the cameraman said as the camera...guy moved the camera to where he got a good shot of everyone at the make, including the Texan, Austrailian, Brock, and Officer Jenny... oh yeah, and Ash and Misty.
Suddenly, Ms. Ketchum spit out her coffee and jumped about ten feet int he air.
"Ashton Heshta Ketchum! Get your hands off that girl right now!" she shouted at the TV set.
Apparently, the two didn't hear her...
~~~Hehehe... Back at the Lake (about two minutes before the whole Delia scene...)~~~
Misty leaned towards Ash and wrapped her arms around his neck. Again, he had that distinct feeling to avoid anything coming at him at this point, but resisted this time.
"Ash, I want you to know, that whatever you saw... it's the truth and I beleive what I saw was for real also?"
"Of course." he smiled.
"Smile... that's great."
"Huh?" Ash was generally confused.
"I love your smile." she said.
"Okay..." he didn't really know what to say.
He wasn't expecting it, well not now anyway, but Misty leaned in and kissed him. Wait! She kissed him! She was kissing him! Whoa! Wait! Ash's eyes sprung open in total shock, but closed just as easily... Suddenly, he pulled away from her.
"What? What's wrong?" she asked.
"Uh... this may be a stupid question, but am I kissing you right?" Ash asked a bit worried.
Misty's jaw just dropped and she laughed.
"Of course you are. Actually, you weren't even kissing me."
"Yes I was!"
"Nuh uh." Misty couldn't help but grin.
"Yes huh." Ash declared.
"You couldn't kiss even if you tried." Misty tried to trick him.
"Yes I could. I've kissed you before haven't I?"
"Not on the lips." Misty said in singsong.
"Hm." Ash frowned.
"Kiss me and prove it." Misty said in a daring voice.
"Why should I have to prove it?"
"You shouldn't HAVE to, you actually should WANT to." Misty's grin grew wider.
"I don't 'WANT to' if your just going to make fun of me." Ash said.
"I didn't make fun of you!"
"Yes you did. You said I can't kiss."
"Well of course you can't! You've never kissed anyone in your life!" Misty said.
Can you imaging the looks on everyone else's faces as they watched this?
"Well you haven't either! And you kiss just fine!" Ash yelled back.
Now can you imagine everyone else's faces?
"I know! Ain't it great!" Misty shouted happily.
"You so mean. First you catch me off guard by kissing me, then you go and make fun of me, then you go and start a fi- mmph!" Ash was cut a little short...
"Shut up." Misty whispered pulling away from Ash's lips for a single second before returning.
A tingling sensation began from the lips, then jolted throughout the rest of their bodies light lightning, electrifying their hearts and flipping their stomachs, tying all rhyme and reason in knots, as well as their love for one another. An endless bond was made between the two and the kiss was the ultimate seal. Misty's lips had gotten the best of her, and her arms were completely twisted around Ash's neck as her body nearly melted in his hugging arms, knocking him to the ground on top of the blanket. A chilling breeze blew by as the soft sound of windchimes entered their ears and their kiss had broken.
'Oh, my...' thought Misty as the feather inside her pocket flew into the air as well as Ash's.
'What's going on?' Ash thought.
'I don't know...'
The glaze on the feathers glew and shone, sparkling radiantly as they began to disinigrate into thin air.
'Misty?'
'...'
'Misty?'
'...'
'Misty?!'
'...'< br> "Misty?!"
"What?!?" she yelled.
"Didn't you hear me?"
"...No..." she looked at him wondering.
"Let me try again."
'Misty?' Ash tried asking her attendance in his mind.
No answer.
'Misty can you hear me?' he tried again.
No answer. Misty continued to stare at him.
"Well? You gonna try yet or not?" she asked.
"I... have been. I guess it's gone..." Ash admitted.
Misty smiled.
"Oh well, it was good while it lasted." she said.
"Yeah." he agreed.
"Soo...."
"Soo...."
"Ash? Where are we?"
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"I mean us? Are we just good friends or... what? Are we more than friends now?"
"Of course we are."
"Really?" Misty asked happily.
"Yeah, isn't this how good friends are supposed to act?" Ash asked as he wrapped his arm around her.
"WHAT?!" she screamed.
"I'm just kidding!" he laughed.
She didn't think it was so funny. She growled a bit, but stopped as he hugged her.
"You know we're not just friends." he whispered.
Misty rested her head on his shoulder. "I know..." she smiled.
By this time, the watching audience, the forgotten watching audience, had tears in their eyes.
"Oh, I forgot they were here..." Ash whispered.
Misty suddenly remembered the people, the viewers, ... the camera! She gasped.
"Me too!" she suddenly pulled away.
"No, wait! ... Jeez, I thought I was the one to panic..." Ash said to himself.
"Misty..." he held her hands. "Let's go home."
"O-okay...." she said, looking at everyone.
"No, look at me."
"Okay." she said more sternly.
"Thank you." he whispered.
Then, for the very first time in his life, Ash leaned over towards Misty and kissed her lips gently. Immediantly she had forgtted all about the others. Even the camera. Even the world. Heheh, even breathing...
"C'mon. let's go." she said and they stood, packing all of the stuff up.
Once they were done, they walked from the lake hand in hand. Misty holding the pillow and the basket in one arm while Ash carried the blanket in his other. A small applause came from behind them as they looked back on all the people of Pallet Town, Pewter, Cerulean, Goldenrod, Blackthorn, and who knows where else... It didn't really matter to them... they were finally together...
~~~~~Back at the Ketchum residence~~~~~
Pikachu was walking from the bathroom when she saw Ash's mother shouting at the TV.
'Strange...' she thought.
"Hey Ms. Ketchum!" Pikachu yelled as she ran up to Delia.
She didn't say her usual 'Oh, good morning deary!' or anything, but frowned and sat back on the couch.
"What's wrong?"
"My baby was kissing some girl on TV! He's not supposed to be KISSING! He's supposed to e saving his lips for the right girl! I've told him over and over and over! I don't even know her! I'll bet Misty's gonna be pissed!!!" Delia screamed.
Pikachu stared at this human and began to wonder if she was some sort of mutant, the way half of her hair hang from out of her curlers and the other half just down-right sticking out with some kind of mask on her face the color of... mutant slime.
"Uh... what? Oh, yeah... Oh! Ash was kissing! That was Misty! That WAS Misty Ms. Ketchum!" Pikachu shouted gleefully before muttering under her breath, "It had BETTER be!" through clenched teeth.
"Oh, it was! Oh, good! That's my boy, Ash!" Delia smiled at the television, practically cheering for the scene playing on the TV. :
"I know! Ain't it great!" Misty shouted happily.
"You so mean. First you catch me off guard by kissing me, then you go and make fun of me, then you go and start a fi- mmph!" Ash was cut a little short...
"Shut up." Misty whispered pulling away from Ash's lips for a single second before returning.
Delia smiled again.
"I'm so proud of my little man!" she said sniffling, a few tears running down her eyes.
'Oh god. I hope I don't end up like this when I have children...' thought Pikachu as she eyed Ms. Ketchum.
======End chapter five, "Falling Stars, Rising Sun"
The End??
No! No way! Don't you wanna know about Pikachu's children? What about Delia's next meeting with Misty? Or how about Ash and Misty's relationship? What about the feathers? (Even if you didn't wonder 'bout this one, I still explain it in the next chapter...)
Well? What'd you think about this chapter? I hope you liked it. Oh... man... I need summore Dr. Pepper... *burp* 'scuse me!