Vanish

Final Chapter!!

"I'm sorry about that, Ash," Brock said sincerely. "I bet you would've won if-"
Ash threw an offhand motion. "It doesn't matter. I can always challenge them again later on." He stopped, wondering if this response was 'right' in his friends' book. "Uh...and next time I'll beat them!"

Brock nodded very slowly, seeming to accept this.

Misty frowned at them all. "And I guess I have to leave now."

Ash's fake smile instantly disappeared. "But...but, Misty..."

"Goodbye, May, Max." Misty went up and hugged Brock. "Goodbye, Brock. Don't over-flirt yourself."

"What? I don't flirt that much, Misty," Brock protested.

Max snorted loudly. "No, you don't. You only flirt with every Nurse Joy, Officer Jenny, and any other pretty girl we see."

Misty then turned to Ash, catching him in a moment where everything showed on his face. She regretted leaving. She didn't want to abandon him like this. He was obviously crushed. Once he noticed her looking at him, his face seemed to sweep blank. Misty went over to him and hugged him tightly.

"Goodbye, Ash. I'm-I'm sorry I have to leave."

Ash pulled away for a second, looking Misty in the eye. "It's not your fault. It's just you've got responsibilities as a Gym Leader... I'm going to miss you like hell, though." And before thinking, he kissed her lightly on the cheek.

Misty put both hands to her face to try and hide her fiery hot blush, and Ash had to look down to hide his.

"Uh...uh...," Ash stuttered.

"It's okay," Misty said silently. "I'll meet up with you guys as soon as I can, okay? I'm really going to miss you all..."

And before Ash knew it, she was gone.

Brock smirked. "So, Ash, what was the kiss for?"

Ash glared for a split second. "Oh, stow it, Brock."

"Seems like Brock the Rock is right about yet another thing!" Brock exclaimed, pointing one finger to the sky heroically.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Ash and Max asked in unison.

Brock laughed slightly. "Oh, nothing." He nodded to the pokémon center. "I'm guess we can stay there for the night?"

Max sighed. "Do we have to? I don't think I want to deal with you, Mr. Drool-Face."

"Come on, Max. Look at it. It's in the middle of no where. There's no civilization for miles." Brock sighed happily. "And add Nurse Joy... It's...perfect..."

May rolled her eyes. "Fine. C'mon, lover boy."

Brock eagerly went into the pokémon center, but to his surprise, there was no Nurse Joy at the desk. Instead, there was a woman about his age, with long, deep blue hair and cerulean-colored eyes. Brock's jaw dropped.

"Hello, and welcome to the pokémon center," the woman said.

"Um...," Max started.

The woman smiled. "I bet you were expecting Nurse Joy, right? She had to run an errand and won't be back until tomorrow. I'm just a civilian taking over for a little while. My name's Amelia."

Max looked over his shoulder to see Brock doing nothing. Strange, he really thought that Brock would jump to the counter and say something like, 'hey, beautiful, where have you been all my life?' But he just stood there.

"Yeah, we'd like to rest our pokémon, please." Ash handed over his pokéballs, and May and Brock followed soon after. "And maybe a room for the night?"