Pokemon XYZ aftermath {Pokeshipping}

Arriving at Kanto!

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Ash's POV

Great news! I just arrived Kanto half an hour ago, and I saw banners and ads of the Summer Festival everywhere, across the roof, on the trains, even a notification on my pokedex! 

Third person POV

Seeing all this makes him remember her when she wore the pink yukata with her shoulder-lenthed orange hair down at the summer festival 7 years ago, and blushed at the thought when she held his hands, he regretted that he didn't tell her she was beautiful.
Speaking of beautiful, he remembered the day when she dressed in her two-piece bathing suit, he really regretted that he said she looked like a girl for the first time', he should've said she looked like the world's most beautiful girl.
Speaking of regrets, he also regretted that he continued travelling and left her behind for 6 years in the Cerulean Gym, he didn't know if he should blame her sisters for leaving the gym to her, or himself for leaving her alone, he wanted to give up his dream just for her because she became his dream the moment he met her. He wanted to stay with her, at all costs, no matter what happens. He really regretted it. Just thinking of it is enough for his tears to roll down his cheeks. No matter what happens, you will always hold a special place in my heart.

As he felt the water on his cheeks, he returned to reality from his thoughts and wiped them away, then continued on his journey to Cerulean City and find her. He was going to see if she could recognize him, if not, he will just challenge her to avoid suspicion and leave her alone to find someone better than him, seeing that she couldn't remember him makes his heart aches even more than leaving her alone, so he had to do that even if it is a hard decision for him.

As he was thinking of the worst situation, the tears in the corner of his eyes urged to fall again, as he continued to walk and telling himself that it will be alright.

Ash's POV

Why didn't you visit me? Or at least call me? You can just text me or write a letter to me! I thought we were best friends! We did everything together, we can keep that up even when we are apart right? Did you know that you were never away, you were always in my heart.
Whenever I see the blue ocean, I remember how much you love the water and water type Pokemon, instead, I hear a voice telling me how cute her Pokemon is.
 Whenever I see the grasslands, I remember how your emerald orbs shone, instead, I see pale blue ones.
 Whenever I see the sun, I remember your shiny bright orange hair that shone under the sun, but instead I see dirty-blond hair.

As I felt another tear rolling from the corner of my eye, today has been a teary day huh. My chain of thoughts for her ended as I tripped over a thing, as I looked down, I saw a thing, a hat specifically, my first hat. Why is it here? I thought Mom threw it away, if she didn't it'll still be back in Pallet, I wondered as I put the hat in my bag, if you are accusing me of stealing, I am not because this is basically MY hat.

I couldn't stop thinking of her on the way to the Cerulean City Gym. After a few minutes of walking, I finally arrived, wait, is this even the Cerulean Gym? It looked so different than the last time I've been here, oh yeah, of course, how could I forget that! I remember Brock telling me that Misty rebuilt it.

It looked more like a children theater last time I was there, now, it's a pyramid with glass reflecting the sunlight on all of it's sides, it looks more like a museum. I was stunned.

I felt my heart beating faster and faster every step I take towards the gym, and finally, I was in front of the door. I rang the doorbell, as I heard light footsteps skipping towards me, the door creaked open.

"Hello!" greeted a young beautiful lady, wearing a swimsuit and a towel around her.

Her emerald orbs shone, her long orange side ponytail shimmered under the sun, her bright smile greeted me warmly. Yep, that is her, but looking more beautiful every time I blinked. She looked surprised and stopped talking for a moment, she almost reached out her hands, but retreated them back once she shook her head. She didn't remember me?

"Hey, I'm here to challenge your gym." I greeted back with a fake smile.

"Sure come on in!" She said as she lead me into the gym.

"So, a 3 on 3?" She continued.

"Sounds awesome! Bring it on!" I said as my hand reached for a pokeball.

Third Person POV

"Go Horsea/Hawlucha!" echoed through the gym.

"Horsea! Bubble!"

"Hawlucha! Dodge then x-scissor!"

(A/N Not gonna write the whole battle because I don't know how to. Maybe I'll write it later) 

"Challenger Tom Ato is the winner!" announced the referee.

(A/N Do you know where that name came from? Tell me in the comments!)

Misty's POV

Tom Ato? Now there's just one step left for me to be sure it's him, I thought as we shook hands and I gave him his second Cascade Badge. Suddenly, I reached out both of my hands and wrapped them around his waist, I felt that he was surprised for a moment, but he then reached his arms across me and returned the hug, as I sobbed softly in his warm chest.

"Hi, Tom Ato, I'm Ann Chovy." I said softly with a tear preparing to fall.

"So you do remember me huh, why didn't you tell me?" Asked Ash gently, I can tell he was about to cry, and I can tell he held it for a really long time, maybe even more than 10 years.

"Brock pranked me before and pretended he was you, I almost kissed him! So I wanted to make sure it was really you first." I replied, thinking about the flashback with still some anger in my voice.

"Oh, now I see, wait, why did you almost kiss him when he pretended to be me?"

Oh gosh, Ash is still as dense as ever. 

"Ash! Why are you still that dense! I shouldn't have to tell you everything directly, why are you still so dense after a girl tried to kiss you?!" I remembered seeing Serena's Pokegram and the photo of her trying to kiss him.

"Wait, you mean Serena? And how'd you know her?"

"I met her when she came to Kanto for a camp a long time ago, we kept in contact."

"Oh, now answer my question. Why did you almost kiss Brock when he pretended to be me?"

"FINE! I like you ok?" I admitted.

"Really? Misty, you have no idea how happy I am right now!" squealed Ash. (A/N I know, he doesn't squeal, but I can't think of a better adjective)

"So, does this mean... you like me too?" I came to a conclusion.

"Yea, I came all the way from Kalos to confess to you, I thought that if you didn't remember me, I'll just leave you and let you find a person better than me."

"Thanks, and of course I'll remember you, silly! You are my best friend!"

"Then why didn't you text me or something?"

"Two reasons, one, I thought you forgot about me, two, I lost your number because I dropped my pokegear in the pool and it broke, I didn't write a letter because you kept moving around these years and I don't even know where you are!"

"I'm sorry, I should've called you, I thought you forgot about me too! Oh, and did my mom visit? I saw my first hat on the road to here." asked Ash.

"Really!? You have the hat!? Oh, and no, your mom didn't visit, that time when I went to the Professor's lab, your mom was throwing away your old things, I thought it'd be a waste, since we had lots of memories in it, I decided to keep it, until one day I don't know how, I lost the hat and was so sad, thank goodness you found it!" I explained

"Oh, what a story. So do you want to go out and have dinner now? We can head to Pallet town first thing tomorrow morning." Ash suggested.

"Sure!"

THE END.

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