AquaMilotic
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Source: my DeviantArt page
This fic is on FanFiction.Net as well.
Author: AquaMilotic
Title: Love Of My Life
Fandom: Pokemon
Pairings: ChikoShipping (Ash x Bayleef) and Pokeshipping (Ash x Misty)
Status: Finished
Rated: PG-13, occasional swearing and slight mentions of sexual activity (no details though)
Chapter 1 - Save Me
Chapter 2 - Now I'm Here
Chapter 3 - We Will Rock You
Chapter 4 - The Show Must Go On
Chapter 5 - You're My Best Friend
Chapter 6 - The Night Comes Down
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Chapter 1 - SAVE ME
I was all alone. Sure, Bulbasaur and Totodile were nice, and there were other Pokemon at Professor Oak’s Pokemon Corral too. However, it just wasn’t enough to make me happy. Maybe I wasn’t alone, but damn, I was lonely.
While I saw Totodile dancing and Noctowl hovering around and felt a fresh breeze touching my leaves, I was hiding under a three, thinking. Why were humans so stupid? Why would they put me in this position? Ash knew how much I love him. Ash knew I hated being at Oak’s lab during the Whirl Cup. So why didn’t he take me with him to Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova, Kalos and Alola? He said he wanted a fresh start every time, but then why did he take Pikachu? That annoying yellow rat always got the attention I wanted. I should be battling all those Gym Leaders in faraway regions. I should be cuddling with Ash. I don’t hate Pikachu, I just hate the preferential treatment he got. But instead, I am stuck here since 2002. It’s 2017 now, Ash is twenty-five years old now and in those fifteen years, he never asked me to fight in any League.
People always think Ash is so nice towards his Pokemon and understands them well. Why didn’t he understand I need him? Why didn’t he understand I hate being here? That child is so dense and stupid, but damn it, I love him. But why didn’t Misty or Brock tell him I want to be with him? They perfectly understood my jealousy, they blamed Ash and not me when I ran away and they could tell I hated being here during the Whirl Cup. And Professor Oak knew it too...
Professor Oak. He’s a nice guy, it’s not his fault. He treats me really well, and so does Tracey. I get good food and the Pokemon Corral is a nice place. I just wish Ash was there... I miss him so much... But now, even when he returns to Pallet Town in between journeys, he doesn’t always pay me a visit.
And so, I waste my days here, just sleeping under a tree. When I’m asleep, I don’t feel the pain of loneliness and depression. Sure, I help Tracey when he feeds all the Pokemon here, because I’d feel bad about saying ‘no’ to him. While walking through the grass, he often talked to me about very personal things. He trusted me as a listening ear when he wanted to talk about things he didn’t want other humans to know about. Humans sure liked to talk about strange stuff...
However, Tracey has been bothering me a lot lately. He often told me stories about Ash and Misty on the Orange Islands, which took place before Ash caught me. It especially irked me how a girl named Melody kissed my trainer. Misty got very jealous, and I can’t blame her. If I was there, I would’ve pushed both girls away.
Tracey also told me about the times Misty told him about her feelings for Ash, both during their time at the Orange Islands. He promised her to not tell Ash, even though he told me Ash feels the same. It was very long ago that Ash saw Misty for the last time, and he still loves her. I wish Ash still cared about me like that, or that Tracey would draw Ash and me...
The worst part about it was when Tracey showed me and Ash’s other Pokemon his drawings of Ash and Misty. He always drew them in romantic poses. Professor Oak and most Pokemon liked it, but it was pure torture for me. I wish he’d draw Ash and me instead...
I knew I had no chance with Ash. I’m a Pokemon. Why am I attracted to my human trainer? Most other Pokemon fall for other Pokemon, I know Pikachu and Misty’s Togepi had a little crush on each other. Why is my love completely out of reach? And even if a human could love me that way, it’s obvious Misty is the only one for him...
I can accept that Ash and I will never be a couple, but I can’t accept that I’m stuck here. If Ash and can’t be together as a couple, we could at least be together as friends. I want to fight for him, hug him and protect him. But I’m afraid I’m stuck with Tracey and Professor Oak forever.
And so, I spent another day listening to Tracey’s boring stories while carrying the plates of Pokemon food with my vines. Boring human stuff. “I visited the Cerulean Gym again and had an amazing night with with Daisy, Bayleef! She even insisted that I didn’t use a condom last night, since that’s hotter! I really want to have kids with her in the future, but she doesn’t want to get pregnant because she’s afraid it ruins her body.”
Professor Oak’s assistant handed two plates of Pokemon food to Snorlax and Noctowl. I tried to listen to all his stories, but what was a condom? And why would having a child ruin someone’s body? Don’t humans lay eggs, just like Pokemon do? Laying an egg never ruined any Pokemon’s body... “Bay Bay,” I said to pretend I was following his story, even though I had no idea what he was talking about today.
Then, Tracey continued talking, while I looked at Totodile and Kingler playing in a pond with Gary’s Blastoise. “Misty still misses Ash a lot, I feel bad for her. She begs her sisters to let her go and travel again, so she can become a Water Pokemon Master and see Ash again, but they forbid her to leave. I wish I could defend Misty, but then Daisy might dump me.”
Tracey was only worrying about Misty’s loneliness. Why didn’t he care about me? I miss Ash too!
But then, he continued talking about Misty. “She had to release her Togetic, the Togepi you met in Johto, a long time ago as well. She’s lonely and has nothing to live for. She never gets to see any of her friends, aside from me, but I can see the life has been sucked out of her. She feels that her life is meaningless without Togepi, Ash or a chance to travel and become a Water Pokemon Master. A few years ago, she even told me she wrote a suicide note, but never went through with it because she didn’t want to hurt her Pokemon.”
I couldn’t blame Misty. She feels the same as I do. I sometimes wondered why I was still alive. Every day was boring, nothing could entertain me or make me happy here. Every hour was painful, missing my old life with Ash. Every minute made me wish this life would be over soon. If only Ash understood how both Misty and I felt...
After Tracey wiped a tear from his eye, he continued talking about Misty’s problems. “She thinks Ash probably got over her after such a long time.”
That made me wonder. Has Ash completely forgotten about me, or does he still care about me? Does he ever think about me? “Bay Bay,” I nodded to keep Tracey satisfied. But why didn’t Misty know Ash loves her? It was so obvious to me, so why didn’t Misty just get it?
“But Ash never got over Misty, he still misses her like crazy,” the Pokemon Watcher continued. “The last time I spoke to Ash on the phone, he was holding a photo of Misty in a skimpy mermaid outfit and had a bulge in his pants. I guess I called him at an awkward moment. I wish I could tell Misty about that, so she wouldn’t be so worry about Ash’s feelings for her. But I just can’t do that, Ash would hate me forever if I did that without his permission.”
Awkward moment, yeah. Does Ash ever look at pictures of me? I wish I he did. But I’m afraid he’ll never see me again. When he leaves Alola and wanders off to another region, he’ll probably just bring that yellow rat and catch a bunch of new Pokemon. And then I’ll have to listen to Tracey’s stories about Ash losing another League with weak, newly caught Pokemon when he could just as well use me in a tournament. I’m stronger and more experienced than most Pokemon at Oak’s lab, I beat that Houndoom in the Johto League and I’m the one who beat Chuck all by myself, but apparently that doesn’t matter to him...
Then, Tracey and I finished feeding everyone, so he gave me a small bit of food and went back to the Professor. And so, I had to go back to my lonely tree, longing for my trainer who I might never see again. My life was boring. Tracey was boring. Ash wasn’t boring. Ash was exciting. Travelling around was different every day. Whether I battled Team Rocket, a Gym Leader or just some average rookie, anything was fine with me. As long as I could fight for Ash, I was satisfied.
And his feelings for Misty? Sure, I was jealous, but it just felt right. I wanted Ash to be happy. If Ash would kiss Misty and use me in a battle, even just one last time, my life would become so much better. But it just wasn’t meant to be. Misty was stuck at the Gym and Ash was travelling somewhere far away from Pallet Town.
I feel bad for Misty. She and I must be feeling the same... But both of us needed a miracle to ever see Ash again... Without that miracle, we would be stuck forever in a lonely prison.
Slowly, I felt the rays of the sun warming my leaf and gently dozed off...
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