My AAML: Christmas in Cerulean(aka the 31 day promise)
Ash lay in the Cerulean City Pokemon Centre, awake. He had successfully beaten the battle factory, and while it was a much lesser accomplishment, he felt more than when he came second in the Hoenn League.
He thought about the other challenges he had faced and accomplished with this feeling. The Indigo plateau was one, as was the Orange league, the Whirl cup and finally the Silver Conferance. Oh, there was also Mewtwo, the chosen one incident in the Orange islands, the Unown incident in Greenfield, the rescue of Celebi from the Iron Masked Marauder and the capture of Latios at Alto Mare. What about Jirachi? No, that wasn't one. Maybe Deoxys and Rayquaza. Nope, didn't get it then either. What is differant about the first events from the second set of ones?
He got up and left. He stood and looked at Cerulean Gym. He went inside and sat by the pool. He knew Misty wouldn't mind, and he always felt better sitting by the water, especially when he had.....
Then it hit him like several tonnes of bricks.(A tonne of bricks wouldn't affect his thick skull enough). Misty! She was what made his victories complete. But why was that? He lay back on the tiles and began to think.
Meanwhile, nearby, Misty lay awake in her room. She was confused. A lot had happened recently, Ash had gotten his greatest title, second place in the Hoenn league. She should be happy for him, but every time she looked at him, she felt sad. Her new Azurill helped, but not a lot. She was even more confused by the fact that Ash wasn't bragging about it as much as he used to with the other leagues. Maybe he had matured. No, he was still bragging as much as usual for his battle factory win. Why wasn't he as pleased with his Hoenn wins as he was with the battle factory win? She decided to go down to the pool to help herself think.....
She was about to sit down when she noticed someone sitting by the pool. Her Gyarados's pokeball at the ready, she walked over to the other figure. "Hey Misty!" She knew at once it was Ash. She sat down beside him after putting Gyarados's pokeball away.
"What are you doing here Ash?" she asked. "Just thinking" he answered. He sounded more mature than usual, so she resisted the joke in the back of her mind. "Oh, congratulations again on coming second in the Hoenn league!". she said, desperatly trying to break the silence. "Yeah, thanks I guess" he replied in a less than thrilled tone. " I don't get you at the moment Ash, you spent hours bragging about how you won the Battle Factory with ease, which isn't how I saw it by the way, and yet when I expected you to do the same with your Hoenn League achievement, you act as if it as insignificant as beating a Lv5 Rattata with a Lv100 Charizard!" She continued. " I dunno why this is, it's just the Hoenn accomplishment doesn't feel right, thats all" was all he could say to answer."Really, then what does?" she then inquired.
Ash spent the next few minutes going through all his accoplisments which he had achieved when Misty had been there, not mentioning the fact it was because of her being there all the achievements felt right. "Oh" was all she had to say afterwards. She then went silent, trying to work out what made those events and the ones in Hoenn differant.
Ash was worried. He had to do or say something before she worked it out. He played his trump card. "Looks like I'll be leaving Cerulean with Brock, May and Max tomorrow". Just saying those words tore Ash in 2 deep down, but he knew he had to say something. Misty came back to reality, and with a sly grin on her face she replied "Oh no you're not Ash Ketchum, or did you forget your promise already?," Ash merely looked on, puzzled. Misty continued" Well you might have, but I haven't. Remember back in Sootopolis? You had just gotten your 8th gym badge, so you called me and said 'Misty, it looks like I'll probably be in Kanto by Christmas, so if we reach Cerulean by December the 1st, I promise I will spend all of Advent, right up to the day after new years, with you in Cerulean' and today is December 1st, so you won't be going anywhere for over a month". She had a huge grin on her face. He couldn't blame her, since he was just as pleased about this as she was. They both went silent and looked at the stars through the ceiling.Then something unexpected happened...
Ash put his arm around Misty's shoulder, and she did the same to him. They were in a light embrace, staring at the stars and reminiscing for a few minutes. Then they realised what they were doing and broke out of the embrace, and turned away from each other, so that the other couldn't see the fact that both had turned a deep scarlet in embarrassment.
I have now merged the first 2 chapters into one big one, so opinions soon please!
The big promise.
Ash lay in the Cerulean City Pokemon Centre, awake. He had successfully beaten the battle factory, and while it was a much lesser accomplishment, he felt more than when he came second in the Hoenn League.
He thought about the other challenges he had faced and accomplished with this feeling. The Indigo plateau was one, as was the Orange league, the Whirl cup and finally the Silver Conferance. Oh, there was also Mewtwo, the chosen one incident in the Orange islands, the Unown incident in Greenfield, the rescue of Celebi from the Iron Masked Marauder and the capture of Latios at Alto Mare. What about Jirachi? No, that wasn't one. Maybe Deoxys and Rayquaza. Nope, didn't get it then either. What is differant about the first events from the second set of ones?
He got up and left. He stood and looked at Cerulean Gym. He went inside and sat by the pool. He knew Misty wouldn't mind, and he always felt better sitting by the water, especially when he had.....
Then it hit him like several tonnes of bricks.(A tonne of bricks wouldn't affect his thick skull enough). Misty! She was what made his victories complete. But why was that? He lay back on the tiles and began to think.
Meanwhile, nearby, Misty lay awake in her room. She was confused. A lot had happened recently, Ash had gotten his greatest title, second place in the Hoenn league. She should be happy for him, but every time she looked at him, she felt sad. Her new Azurill helped, but not a lot. She was even more confused by the fact that Ash wasn't bragging about it as much as he used to with the other leagues. Maybe he had matured. No, he was still bragging as much as usual for his battle factory win. Why wasn't he as pleased with his Hoenn wins as he was with the battle factory win? She decided to go down to the pool to help herself think.....
She was about to sit down when she noticed someone sitting by the pool. Her Gyarados's pokeball at the ready, she walked over to the other figure. "Hey Misty!" She knew at once it was Ash. She sat down beside him after putting Gyarados's pokeball away.
"What are you doing here Ash?" she asked. "Just thinking" he answered. He sounded more mature than usual, so she resisted the joke in the back of her mind. "Oh, congratulations again on coming second in the Hoenn league!". she said, desperatly trying to break the silence. "Yeah, thanks I guess" he replied in a less than thrilled tone. " I don't get you at the moment Ash, you spent hours bragging about how you won the Battle Factory with ease, which isn't how I saw it by the way, and yet when I expected you to do the same with your Hoenn League achievement, you act as if it as insignificant as beating a Lv5 Rattata with a Lv100 Charizard!" She continued. " I dunno why this is, it's just the Hoenn accomplishment doesn't feel right, thats all" was all he could say to answer."Really, then what does?" she then inquired.
Ash spent the next few minutes going through all his accoplisments which he had achieved when Misty had been there, not mentioning the fact it was because of her being there all the achievements felt right. "Oh" was all she had to say afterwards. She then went silent, trying to work out what made those events and the ones in Hoenn differant.
Ash was worried. He had to do or say something before she worked it out. He played his trump card. "Looks like I'll be leaving Cerulean with Brock, May and Max tomorrow". Just saying those words tore Ash in 2 deep down, but he knew he had to say something. Misty came back to reality, and with a sly grin on her face she replied "Oh no you're not Ash Ketchum, or did you forget your promise already?," Ash merely looked on, puzzled. Misty continued" Well you might have, but I haven't. Remember back in Sootopolis? You had just gotten your 8th gym badge, so you called me and said 'Misty, it looks like I'll probably be in Kanto by Christmas, so if we reach Cerulean by December the 1st, I promise I will spend all of Advent, right up to the day after new years, with you in Cerulean' and today is December 1st, so you won't be going anywhere for over a month". She had a huge grin on her face. He couldn't blame her, since he was just as pleased about this as she was. They both went silent and looked at the stars through the ceiling.Then something unexpected happened...
Ash put his arm around Misty's shoulder, and she did the same to him. They were in a light embrace, staring at the stars and reminiscing for a few minutes. Then they realised what they were doing and broke out of the embrace, and turned away from each other, so that the other couldn't see the fact that both had turned a deep scarlet in embarrassment.
I have now merged the first 2 chapters into one big one, so opinions soon please!
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