A Vacation From Victory, Part II

Written by: Kiyone Kasumi Kawaii (AquaMoon87@hotmail.com)

~Just for the record, the stuff between the asterisks (a.k.a. little star thingys) "*...*" are often used to indicate my comments~

***Chapter 6***

Ash, Misty, Brock, and of course Pikachu, flew first-class. When they boarded the plane, they tried to decide who got to sit where. There were two empty seats side-by-side and one empty seat in front of the other two. Ash and Misty fought over who got the window seat while Brock sat in the single empty seat. He was very happy because he took the seat next to a cute girl (Who, by the way, looks similar to Lita Kino, a.k.a. Sailor Jupiter, from Sailor Moon).

"I want the window seat, Ash!"

"Yeah? Well you’re not the only one, Misty!"

And thus started another fight between the two...(a few minutes later)...

"Knowing you, Ash Ketchum, you’d probably find a way to fall out the window!"

"Yeah? Well, uh, so would you!"

"Great comeback," Misty said sarcastically, "Is that the best you can do?"

"Yes! Uh, I mean, no!"

Now let’s go check on Brock...

"Uh, uh, hello miss. My name’s Brock and you sure look lovely."

The girl smiles and says, "Why, thank you. Nice to meet you Brock, I’m Amber."

"It’s a pleasure meeting you miss!"

"Thank you, but please call me Amber," the girl replies.

"Sssure!"

Brock and Amber started to chat and were having a nice conversation until...

"You probably loss your brain, too!"

...he was interrupted by Misty.

"You two are STILL fighting over who gets the window seat? Can’t one of you have it now, and the other have it when we fly back or when we stop?" Brock said, angry that their arguing had interrupted his conversation with a girl.

"NO!!" Ash and Misty said in unison.

"That’s it, I’m gonna settle this once and for all. Misty, call water or fire (instead of heads or tails)." Brock said as he flipped a coin.

"Why, water, of course!"

"Nope. Fire. Ash gets the window seat, and that’s the last I want to hear of this!" Brock then went back to flirt-, er, I mean, talking with Amber.

Misty sighed with disappointment.

"So...how old are you, Amber?" Ash asked curiously, since he had nothing better to do.

"Ash! Never ask a woman her age! That’s very rude and they’re very particular about things like that!" Brock warned.

"Oh, it’s okay. I don’t mind, I’m 19," Amber replied. After that, Amber and Brock kinda ignored Ash and went back to talking to each other about stuff not important enough to mention here, except that Amber is a Pokémon journalist, and (obviously) she owns some Pokémon herself.

***Chapter 7***

While Ash enjoyed the window seat...he fell asleep. Misty was facing the other way because she was still pretty mad at Ash. She didn’t even look his way until he started to drift off to sleep. ‘He must be tired, I’ll just let him be. It’ll be nice to have some peace and quiet for a while!’ Misty thought. Soon she got pretty bored, and after awhile, she took a small aqua-blue colored book she got for her 12th birthday that had "Misty" imprinted on it in fancy letters in gold foil, and a pencil out from her bag. In the book, she started writing...

"Cerulean Aqua,

Hi again, Myst here ("Myst" was Misty’s old nickname back at home in Cerulean *I’m totally making this up*). And I’m on my first plane ride! lol, my first plane ride, at the age of 16! Took me long enough, I guess. It’s not bad, not bad at all. Looks like I’m going to France after all! After all these years, I finally got what I wished for! But the one other wish of mine is to see the ocean from above. I’ve wanted to ever since Daisy, Violet, and Lily came back from the Gym Leader’s convention when I was 6. I remember it as if it were yesterday...

**(written) FLASHBACK**

"Myst," Daisy said, "Like, you totally have to see the ocean from above at sunrise."

"Yeah, Daisy’s right," Violet added, "It sparkles so beautifully in the morning sun, just like a diamond."

"Just like a diamond?" I asked, amazed and curious.

"Yes," Lily replied, "but even more beautiful. Maybe one of these days you’ll get to see it."

And Daisy again, she said, "When you see it, you will remember that moment, that exact scene, for your entire lifetime."

**END (written) FLASHBACK**

When my sisters told me that, I knew that whatever I do, I would have to see the ocean like they said. Before I left Cerulean and met Ash, they used to tell me the same thing about the ocean over and over again. I didn’t mind, because actually, most of the time they told me because I asked. But I do miss those stories sometimes...

When I found out that we were going to France by plane, I was so happy because I’d get to see the ocean from above AND go to France. I mean, how perfect is that? I thought it would be like heaven. But there’s just this minor thing in my way - it’s called Ash. Ash and Brock insist that Ash get the window seat. I know he’ll never be to appreciate it like I will. Never. At least not as much. Maybe I should just tell Ash why this is so important to me, why I don’t want the window seat just to pick a fight with him. But then again, he can be so dense sometimes. He probably wouldn’t understand, or worse yet - laugh at me. Laugh at my dreams, my hopes, my wishes. I just can’t risk that. If someone like Jessie of Team Rocket said it was stupid or something, I would just fight back. No problem. But not with Ash...he’s...different...

~Myst Waterflower"

Misty got tired from writing, so she closed her book on her lap and started to drift off to sleep.

***Chapter 8***

Awhile after Misty fell asleep, Ash woke up. He was sooo bored. He wondered why it was so quiet, then he realized it was because Misty was asleep. ‘Hmm...what should I do to entertain myself? I know! I’ll draw some pictures *More like doodles. He can’t draw diddly!* but I need some paper...’ Ash was looking around for paper and something to draw with when he saw the book of paper and pencil on Misty’s lap. "I don’t think she’ll mind if I just borrow one piece of paper," he said quietly, careful not to wake Misty. Ash carefully lifted the book off her lap and opened the book to tear out a piece of paper when he noticed his name written in Misty’s book in her handwriting. He decided to read her entry from the beginning...A couple of minutes later, *Ash isn’t exactly what you would call a ‘fast’ reader* he finally finished reading Misty’s latest entry. He thought ‘I am not dense! If I knew it meant this much to her, I would’ve just let her have the window seat. Oh man, I wish I had known this sooner. Now I’m going to feel guilty and Misty’ll just hate me, if she doesn’t already, that is. But I wonder what exactly does she mean at the end when she said I’m "different"...’ He went on pondering that for awhile until he notice Misty starting to wake up. He quickly replaced the book and pencil to where they were before and looked out the window. Then, he realized that Misty might be upset because he was looking out the window, so he tried to look at the opposite direction, which was facing...Misty.

When Misty awoke, the first thing she saw was Ash. Misty knew that they were passing over the ocean now, and she couldn’t believe Ash took up the window seat and didn’t even look out at the ocean. "Hey, Ash," she said as she sat up.

"Hey, Myst."

"What did you say?"

"I said ‘Hey, Myst’." Then Ash finally realized his mistake *Takes quite a while, doesn’t he? ^^* Then he added "...ty, I said ‘Hey, Misty’."

"Oh, all right then. I thought you might’ve said something else"

"Nope, I definitely said ‘Misty’."

"Where’s Pikachu?" Misty questioned. *Good question, I have no clue. ^^;; Tell me when you find out*

"Pika!" *Oh, there you are, Pikachu. I knew it all along...eh heh heh...^^;;* Pikachu was sleeping in the overhead compartment all this time. "Chaaa," Pikachu said as he stretched and yawned.

***Chapter 9***

The plane prepared to land, and, eventually, it did.

"Are we in France already?!" Ash, Misty, and Brock asked in unison. They were surprised, because the trip only seemed half as long as it supposedly was.

"Oh, no, this is just a half way stop!" Amber informed. "We’re on Makisa Island in the middle of the ocean right now."

"Oh," everyone except Amber said.

"We’ll be staying here for about an hour, to call home, get something to eat, and the like," Amber continued.

"So I’m guessing you’ve traveled before?" Misty wasn’t really asking a question, she was stating the obvious.

The passengers started to get out of the plane, and they all went their separate ways, looking for phones and places to eat. Amber decided to go with Ash, Pikachu, Brock, and Misty. The first thing they did was go to the "Kisa Kafé" to grab a bite to eat.

"I’ll have the special," Amber said to the waitress.

"Me too," said Brock, who, surprisingly, wasn’t going gaga over the waitress ‘cause it would be rude to his lady (namely, Amber).

"That sounds pretty good. I’ll have the same," Misty said.

"Same as her and a bottle of ketchup," Ash said as he pointed to Misty. *And I’ll have the Togepi Special (Sorry Togepi fans! But I did say ‘special’, give me credit for saying ‘special’!) and a glass of OJ, please. How do I want it? Hmm...over easy, scrambled, whatever’s the fastest is fine with me ^^*

About 10 minutes later the waitress came back with everybody’s orders. *What?! You’re fresh out of Togepi, eh? Oh well...then I guess I’ll settle for some pancakes. Togepi probably would’ve tasted rotten anyway (again, Togepi fans, I apologize) ^^*

"Thank You," and "Pika!" Amber, Ash, Brock, Misty and Pikachu said. *You can figure out who said ‘Pika!’*

They all finished eating and headed to the video pay phone so Ash could call his mom back in Pallet.

When Ash finished calling his mom, there was still about 15 minutes left so the whole gang took their time and the scenic route (with the help of Amber’s sense of direction) back to the plane.

As they were approaching the plane, Ash turned to Misty and said, "Hey Misty, you can have the window seat if you want."

"Really?" Misty said happily as she flung her arms around Ash.

"Sure," Ash said, deeply blushing.

"Oh Ash, you don’t know how much this means to me!"

Ash didn’t say anything out loud, but in his mind he thought ‘Oh yes I do...’

***Chapter 10***

As the gang boarded the plane again, everybody was especially happy. Misty was happy because she would finally get to see the beautiful ocean after all. Ash was happy because Misty was happy and she wasn’t mad at him anymore. Brock was happy because 1) he has Amber and 2) Ash and Misty finally shut up! They aren’t fighting for once! Ah, peace and quiet...As for Amber, well, she was always in a happy, cheery mood. "Ka chu!" *Oh yeah...uh, no, Pikachu please don’t thunder shock me! I won’t forget you anymore, promise!...sucker...Who are you looking at? Me? I didn’t say anything...**attempts to look cute and innocent** ^^*

The plane was about to take off again and Misty eagerly looked out the window.

‘Boy, she sure is excited about this. It’s worth giving up my seat any day if it makes her this happy,’ Ash thought.

The plane took off and it kept getting higher and higher until it was at just the right height. The sun had just begun to rise, and when Misty looked out the window she saw the beautiful ocean. It was even more beautiful because the sun was at the perfect angle and it glimmered off the water making it appear all sparkly.

"Wow," Misty said out loud to herself quietly, "It’s even more beautiful than I ever imagined. Even more beautiful than any diamond in the world. Daisy’s absolutely right. Even right now, I know that I will remember this exact moment, this exact scene for my entire life..." ‘...and I will remember Ash right here with me.’ That last part she thought in her mind. Ash’s head was right next to Misty, because, I guess he wanted to experience the feeling Misty described in her *ahem* diary.

>>>TO BE CONTINUED...

***Disclaimer***

Pokémon and all related characters are © Nintendo, Gamefreak, 4 Kids Entertainment, etc. Don't sue, I have no money. However, I do claim Amber, she's my own character.

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