Reconnected

Hickory

Misty, Ash, and Pikachu were together walking to a small town market. Ash wasn't feeling the best seeing as today was Friday, the day before the funeral. They needed some stuff, and so Misty invited Ash to come along. Mr. Mime stayed behind to clean a bit. They went to a small town market as to not draw too much attention to the pokemon master. 

"So are you absolutely sure Tracy is fine with drawing a memorial for the funeral?" 

"Yes Ash, I'm sure. He said he would do his best because it's your mom, and that you're being yourself again." 

"Ok, just making sure." 

"Alright, now you find something to make for dinner tonight and tomorrow. I will get everything else, and then we'll meet by the register in 15." 

"Ok." 

"Pika!" Misty giggled then walked away. 

"Alright Pikachu, I don't know about you, but I have a taste for hickory smoked bbq tonight." 

"Pika pi, pika!" 

... 

It had been 20 minutes. Ash had a cart full of what he wanted to make for that night and the next night. The thing was Misty was nowhere in sight. It might have been a small town market, but it was shockingly big!(about the size of a Walgreens.) 

"Alright, let's look for her." 

The duo went around the store. It didn't take too long to find her, but he didn't expect her to be surrounded by 2 other guys.  Ash looked closely and saw how they looked at her. They wanted to do something with Misty, and that didn't make Ash happy. 

"Now, just do-" 

"Hey Mist, who are your friends?" 

"A-A-Ash." 

"Who the hell are you?" 

"Oh you don't know me?" 

The two guys looked at each other and then back at Ash. They shook their heads. 

"Oh, well My name is Ash Ketchum, and I'm the pokemon master." 

The two looked at each other in fear. They didn't recognize his looks, but definitely knew the name. They weren't sure if he was telling the truth, since they didn't know what the pokemon master looked like, so they looked back at him calmly. 

"Oh yeah? Well then prove it." 

"Oh well here's a picture of when they assigned me pokemon master, one where I beat the elite 4, and one where I beat team rocket." 

The 2 guys looked in horror at the pictures. They knew the pokemon master started out all friendly, but became ruthless. The photos could have been photoshopped, but there was one thing everyone knew about the pokemon master. That was the fact he went everywhere with a Pikachu. The facts showed that the man in front of them was this ruthless master. They then looked at Misty. 

"I-i-is that your-" 

"My girlfriend that you were harassing, yes, yes she is. Now I would leave or else your pokemon won't be the ones needing a pokecenter." 

The duo booked it out of the store. Misty looked at Ash, her eyes in amazement. 

"You ok?" 

"Yeah, because of you." 

"No problem Mist. Now let's go home. I don't want those jerks to spoil hickory bbq night." 

"Pika pi!"

As they walked to the register, Misty kept thinking about what Ash said. My girlfriend that you were harassing, yes, yes she is. She blushed at the idea. She would love for it to be true, some day.