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Toying With Emotions

Chapter 7 Pointless

The Breeder and the Gym Leader were sitting in the centre lobby waiting for Ash and May to return. The Breeder was writing on a piece of paper while Pikachu sat on his shoulder.

"Brock what are you writing?"

"A letter."

"To who? Your family?"

"No."

"Then who?"

"Lucy."

"For Lord's sake Brock. Are you ever going to stop flirting with girls?"

"I'm not flirting with her, Misty, I'm jut keeping in touch."

"So who's Lucy then?"

"She's one of the Kanto Frontier Brains."

"Do you like her? And I mean do you actually like-like her, not your usual love at first sight stuff."

"Yeah."

"Kapi chu," Pikachu said and pointed to a specific line that read "My dear Queen Lucy, I'd like to remind you I love you very much and eventually I shall return to you bearing many gifts as tokens of my love."

"Huh, you want me to erase that bit?" The Pokémon nodded and Brock turned his pencil upside down, erased the sentence, and continued writing.

"I never thought I'd see the day, you, Brock, actually being in love with another girl. The apocalypse is nigh," the orange haired gym leader exaggerated.

"Very funny Misty." He laughed.

"Seriously though Brock, I'm glad you found someone you actually love."

"Thanks Misty." He smiled.

Later that day, the group went out to eat and then returned to the Pokémon Centre. When they got back May began training for her contest, Ash for his gym battle with Misty's help and Brock continued with his letter. Night came fast and soon they were all asleep - except Misty. The Water-type Gym Leader was on the centre roof, staring solemnly at the night sky as she leaned against the railing.

"I guess I waited too long," she thought. "Maybe if I took a chance all those years ago things would be different."

"What would be different?" Misty jumped in shock and turned around to see Ash standing behind her.

"Ash! What are you doing here?" She was nervous.

"I couldn't sleep so I decided to come up here and get some fresh air - You?"

"Same." The raven haired boy walked over to the railing and leaned against it.

"So what would be different?"

"Huh?" She tried to play dumb.

"A few minutes ago you said things might be different if you took a chance. So what would be different?"

"It's not important. Just something I was thinking about from when I was young."

"Okay then." The trainer looked up at the moon for a few minutes and then at Misty. "Misty. Do you ever miss the times when it was you, me and Brock travelling together?"

"Yeah, sometimes."

"Me too." He looked down at the street below them. As you'd expect, the city was still teaming with life. "I sometimes wonder what it would be like if you never left." The red head looked at him. "Sometimes I think things might have worked out better than they already are. But that could also mean that I might not have met some of the people I did." Misty lowered her head; he raised her hopes with the first two sentences and then dashed them with the last. "Well," he stretched and yawned loudly. "I'm feeling tired so I'm gonna go to bed." He walked over to the roof doors and gripped the handle. "Don't stay out here too long or you'll catch a cold," he said to her before opening the door and walking down the stairs. Misty sighed. "What am I going to do?" Knowing Ash was right she decided to head back to her room.

End of chapter

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