Misty In Europe

By Globie

Four

Athens...

Misty looked around. Scott looked a bit tired, and Snap

and run off already. They went out to the concourse, (Snap was

nowhere to be seen) where a man immediately recognized both Scott

and Misty right away.

"Scott McGwire and Misty Waterflower, I presume?" He asked.

"Yep." Misty replied. "Scott, say something."

No reply.

"I'm Tomas. I'm the Athens gym leader."

"Nice to meet you, Tomas."

"By the way, Mr. Livingston will be arriving tomorrow for

the testing. Now, I'll drive you to the hotel."

"Is it a nice place?"

"Sure. Follow me."

The hotel...

It wasn't up to Misty's standards, but it was okay. The good

thing was, it had all the comforts of a good hotel, but the bad thing

was that she had to share a room with Scott, who was asleep on the

couch again.

For once, Misty had to agree. It had been a long day of

travelling. She flopped onto the bed, and instantly fell asleep.

Pikachu climbed beside Scott, and Togepi went to Misty. They, too,

quickly fell asleep.

A few days pass...

Misty stared at Scott. This was the match that would

determine who would be the person who will replace Tomas as

the head of the Athens Gym. Her Starmie was down already, and

she had only two Pokemon left.

Over the last few days, The European Pokemon Association

had been holding 7 matches all over Athens between Misty and Scott.

It was the typical best-of-seven format, with the Golden KO rule*

in effect

(* =3D The Golden KO rule is only in an "overtime" situation.

If in fact there was a double KO, both trainers will choose one

Pokemon each, and the one who is KO'd first loses. It's like OT

is hockey, but modified.)

Scott had taken the first two matches at the Acropolis,

and Misty had replied with two more at the Port of Piraeus. Misty

took the 5th match at City Hall, and Scott replied by taking the

6th match. It was now down to the last match.

Earlier, Sabrina had defeated Sir Julian for the Moscow Gym

in 6 matches, but the North Americans replied with Blake's win over

Blaine at the Berlin Gym in 5. But Indigo Island would score an

another one, with Erika defeating Janine for Warsaw in 7.

And now, it was all down to Misty to make it 3-1 for Indigo

Island, or Scott to tie it at 2-2 for North America. "Go, Seaking!"

Misty shouted.

"Let's go, Starmie!" Scott replied.

"Seaking, use your Tsunami Wave attack!"

"Starmie, Bubble Screen!"

The Tsunami Wave swamped the arena, but Starmie was unhurt.

It upended Seaking, knocking it out of the water. Misty retreated it,

and called out Seadra, her final Pokemon. Scott drew Dragonair, and

Misty gasped.

But, in this David-versus-Goliath match, Seadra scored a

knockout defeat. Dragonair fell onto the deck, Scott retreated,

put on his backpack, and left the gym while Misty was gloating

over her victory.

Tomas and Livingston rushed over to congratulate her, and

then, a familiar figure appeared. "Where is the gym leader?" He

demanded. "I want a battle for the badge, right now!"

"Here she is!" Tomas shouted, pushing Misty forward.

"Tomas, please." Misty mumbled.

"You're the gym leader now."

"Oh, yeah."

The figure walked into the arena, and Misty gasped. It was

Ash, with Brock standing right behind him. She clutched her Poke

Balls, and decided to battle Ash for the badge before she revealed

herself to him.

Misty put up a gallant fight, and her ship slowly sank with

its colors flying. But, after four Pokemon, she threw in the towel,

much to Ash's dismay. (He was expecting more of a fight from a gym

leader.)

She hands him the badge, and braces herself for Ash's look.

She did it, and tears came to her eyes as she hugged him. Ash hugged

him back, softly weeping with her. "I've missed you so much, Ash."

Misty sobbed.

"I've missed you too, Misty." Ash replied.

A few moments of silence follow, and then, Misty let go

(dunking Ash into the pool), and looks at Ash. "Hey, where's

Scott?"

"Who are you talking about?"

"Scott. He was here a few minutes ago."

"Well, there was a guy who was leaving. He knew my name,

and he told me to say goodbye and thanks for everything before he

disappeared around the corner."

"Ash, we've got to find him."

"Why?"

"Just do it!"

But just as she was about to leave, Tomas and Livingston

stopped her. "Prepare for trouble..." Tomas shouted.

"Make it double!" Livingston added.

With that, they tore off their disguises, revealing Jesse

and James. An explosion followed, and a Meowth balloon landed

behind them, depositing Meowth, Gary, Butch, Cassidy, Megan and

Shawn.

(Megan) "To protect the world from devastation..."

(Shawn) "To unite all peoples within our nation..."

(Cassidy) "To denounce the evils of truth and love..."

(Butch) "To extend our reach to the stars above..."

=09

"Jesse..."

"James..."

"Butch..."

"Cassidy..."

"Megan..."

"Shawn..."

=09

"Gary..."

(All) "Team Rocket blasts off at the speed of light..."

(Gary) "Surrender now, or prepare to FIGHT!"

(Meowth) "Meeeeeeeeowth! That's right!"

"Team Rocket! Can't you ever leave us alone?" Brock moaned.

"And can't you ever get a life?"

"We will, Mr. Cold Fish, once we get that Pikachu!" Shawn

snapped. "Now, hand it over!"

"Hey, don't call Brock that!" Misty shouted.

"So?" Megan replied.

"Why don't you losers go to a Safari Zone and CATCH a

Pikachu of your own instead of stealing?" Ash asked.

"We're bad, don't you get it?" James replied.

"How dense can you be, loser?" Gary added.

"Not as dense as you, Gary-boy." Misty replied. (Gary-boy,

Whining Gary, and Professor Oak's Brat are three names Gary hates

to be called by.)

"Grrr...How dare you call me that! Let's get them, Team

Rocket!" Gary snarled.

"Right!"

But then, suddenly, a squad of police cars and an army of

police officers arrived at the front door, and a squad of choppers

filled the sky above the blasted hole on the roof. Team Rocket was

trapped...or were they?

TR piled into their balloon, and with a press of a button,

the canvas disintegrated, replaced by a metallic copy with cannons

sticking out in all directions. TR took off, and the Police choppers

opened fire.

The balloon fired back, gunning down a few of the choppers

as it made its escape. But in the midst of all the gunfire, Misty

heard a faint muffle coming from a storage cupboard under the stands.

Brock opened the cupboard, and found the real Tomas and

Livingston, tied up and gagged inside. He quickly untied and

ungagged them as a loud creak was heard, and a large crack was

forming on the roof.

Ash, Misty, Brock, Livingston and Tomas rushed out of the

gym, but suddenly, just as they thought that they were safe, Tomas

remembered that he had left his Goldeen in the pool, and the rest

of his Poke Balls in his office.

Misty rushed inside, leaving Togepi with Ash. He tried to

stop her, but to no avail. She was already running up the steps,

and into the collapsing gym. Then, suddenly, the gym collapsed,

and a giant dust cloud was thrown up into the air.

But when the dust settled, there stood Misty, all covered

with soot and wounds, and holding onto a small leather sack with

Tomas's name stitched on it. Tomas rushed over, and thanked Misty

for her help.

Then, she ran down the street, and looked around once at the

corner. She caught a bus to the Acropolis, with Ash, Brock, Pikachu

and Togepi struggling to keep up with Misty as she jumped from bus

to bus.

Misty searched all throughout Athens, from City Hall to the

Acropolis, from Olympic Stadium to the Metro, and from the Pokemon

Gym to the Port of Piraeus, but all to no avail. Scott was not at

any of those places.

Later, the hotel...

Ash looked at Misty. She was depressed, all right. Scott

had ran away again. First, he left her in Miami (Well, he did do

it himself in Denver.), and now, he's taken off from here in Athens

But where?

Misty, Ash and Brock had searched every inch of Athens with

no luck. They had called back to Vancouver, but they said that he

wasn't there. So, if he hasn't left Europe, then where could he have

gone?

"Why would he leave?" Misty asked.

"Do I look like Scott?" Brock replied.

"Maybe he was right about you and me." Ash added. "Guess

he wanted us to be happy."

"I never said I ever liked you!" Misty snapped.

"Well, Pikachu said you did."

"Since when?"

"Oh, a little egg told me."

"Togepi?"

"Yep. Right, Pikachu?"

Pikachu climbed up onto Ash's shoulder. "Pika. Pi

pikachu? (Yep. Right, Togepi?)"

Togepi jumped out of its little basket. "Briiiiii! (Yep!)"

"TOGEPI!"

"Briiiiii...(Sorry...)"

"Well, it's not enough. Both of you get out of here!"

"Pika...(But...)"

"Yes, you, Pikachu."

Brock stood up, and headed toward the door. "I'd better get

back to my room. Coming, Ash?"

"I'll be there in a sec."

"All right..."

"Yeah, I've got the key. Go ahead."

"Right, Ash."

Brock opened the door, stepped out with Pikachu and Togepi

followed as he shut the door behind them. Ash and Misty were now

all alone. "So, Ash...how's life been for you lately..." Misty

mumbled.

"Not...bad..." Ash replied.

In a split second, Ash and Misty were hugging and kissing e

ach other (fully-clothed, not scantly-clad, like Misty is when she's

smooching alone with Scott), as well as rolling around, bumping into

tables and tipping over furniture.

After a while, Misty drifted off to sleep, and when she

opened her eyes again in the morning, Ash was gone. Misty looked

all around the room, and found a note that Ash had left for her

on the desk.

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Misty,

When you read this, I'm probably back on the road again, on

my way to becoming European champ. I'll be in Berlin today, and I'm

probably leave once I've got the badge, and who knows where I'll be

going next.

Brock will take care of Pikachu and I (Scott's done a really

good job raising Pikachu in Vancouver, thank him for me if you find

him.), as I leave in the heavy rain for the airport. The flight's

leaving in an hour.

I'm probably gonna enter that championship tourney in Iceland

a few weeks from now...seems like the London event got rescheduled

over some dispute over the site. Well, Pikachu and Brock's screaming

at me...gotta go.

Best Wishes,

Ash Satoshi Ketchum

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Misty tore up the note, threw the bits into the trash can,

and started to cry. Togepi climbed onto her lap, and tried to cheer

her up, but to no avail. She was hurt, and hurt real bad. And

everything seemed gloomy...

She got up, picked up Togepi, packed up her stuff, checked

out, and went to the airport. She got a ticket for the next flight

to Berlin, and calmly waited at the cafe inside the restricted area

until the boarding call.

I'll find them all, she thought to herself as she took an

another sip of her glass of orange juice. Scott, Ash, Brock.

Pikachu...Wherever you all may run, I'll find you...and never,

ever, let you all go.

To be continued...