A TRUE FRIEND

Disclaimer: I don't own pokemon, or any of its characters, except for the ones in this story.

Well, since there are still more loyal Ash and Misty fans out there, according to the poll anyway, that's what I will throw in, but to warn you, it'll only be a brief thing since I don't plan on throwing in any major romantic scenes since this is mainly a friendship fic.

A foot or two near Ash are Mew and Celebi, with a third figure right in the middle, right above the boy's head was the one pokemon that nobody expected to see or see again.

"Mewtwo!"

"What are you going to do with my baby boy?" Delia asked out of instinct.

"Mom!" Ash shouted back, out of instinct as well.

"There is no need to worry about your son." Mewtwo said, "We are merely here to payback a debt to Ash for all he has done for us, a debt that could never be repaid."

"What do you mean, Mewtwo?" Brock asked.

"Yeah, I don't recall Ash ever asking for anything in return!" Misty said, looking like she wanted to pound somebody into submission.

"Don't go pointing fingers at me." Ash said, "It's not like I plan these things okay?"

"He's right." Mewtwo said, "I know the other pokemon can sense this as well, this human has a certain connection to this world. Something you humans call 'aura.' This is how he is able to have such a strong connection to so many pokemon, especially those of us who you call legendary."

Everyone absorbed what they heard, although those who knew Ash long enough weren't all that surprise by this. "So what are you planning to do with Ash?" Brock asked the first to recover from the shock since he's been traveling with Ash the longest. (I know that some might think Misty has been around the longest, but she is the second longest since she's appeared in Kanto, Orange Islands, and Johto portions of the show, while Brock's list is still growing, with him being around through the Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Battle Frontier, and the Sinnoh chapters.)

"Like I said, we're here to pay off a debt that could never be repaid." Mewtwo said, "We're going to combine some of our aura together, and use the combined energy along with Ash's aura to heal him completely."

"Is that safe?" May asked, worried about her friend.

"Relax guys." Ash said in his usual 'never say die' attitude, "I trust them with my life as much as I trust you guys with mine, so give them a chance."

This was enough to convince most of the crowd, except for one really stubborn redhead, "Ash this isn't the time to be reckless." Misty said.

"How is this reckless?" Ash asked in anger, "Or are you just looking for a reason to chew me out again like you always do?"

Misty was getting mad because Ash was actually, for once, doing to her what she does to just about everybody: Attack her character. "Oh, like you're one to talk since you were too immature enough to pretend you were still asleep while I was spilling my heart out to you instead of just waking up and letting me know you were okay."

"I only woke up just about halfway through your speech, and besides, even if I did wake up early, you would have tried to avoid saying the things I've been waiting to hear since day one." Ash said.

Misty was about to deny it, but unfortunately, "Yeah no kidding." Her sisters just so happen to show up, Violet being the first one to speak.

"She is like always expecting people to say 'thank you,' 'you're right' and 'I'm sorry' out of respect." Daisy started saying.

"But when it comes to being her turn to saying it, she always tries her hardest to avoid it." Lily finished.

Having enough of being attacked from more than one side, Misty turned around and walked away, with steam literally coming out of her ears.

"Would you mind getting started now Mewtwo?" Ash said, "I really want to get out of these casts before this itching drives me crazy."

Mewtwo nodded, while the rest of the pokemon closed their eyes in concentration, "Now Ash, we'll need you to close your eyes and try to concentrate on releasing some of your aura so that this would be as painless as possible." It said, before closing its eyes.

Ash nodded and closed his eyes, trying to access his aura. A small glow started to appear on everybody in that group. A beam of aura went from the legendary birds into Mew, while those of the legendary beasts went into Celebi. When both got enough, they sent the aura, along with theirs into Mewtwo, who absorbed enough before channeling it towards Ash.

What people were seeing would be considered impossible, even the Professors that were there were recording the event, as well as taking notes. A lot of children, Max included, were looking at Ash with stars in their eyes because said boy was doing something with the legendary pokemon.

* * *

Out in the bushes, Team Rocket were busy making a plan to capture those legendary pokemon, or at least Jessie was, "Okay, now is our chance to gather some valuable points from the boss by catching those legendary pokemon!" She said.

"No thanks." Meowth said, "I would rather keep the lives I have left thank you very much."

"Besides Jess, considering badly we keep blasting off from one legendary pokemon that many altogether would send up blasting off into orbit." James said, causing both him and the feline pokemon to shiver in fear at the thought.

"Fine, you scaredy cats, I'll do this on my own." She said, before leaving with a large net in her hands. (Don't ask this is Team Rocket we're talking about here.)

She was sneaking her way towards where Mew was floating until *boom* she was sent flying by a combination of attacks from Ash's pokemon, containing flamethrowers, water guns, a bubble beam, a thunderbolt, an ice beam, solarbeam, razor leaf, bullet seed, hyper beam, and a confusion.

"Looks like Jessie is blasting off without us this time." Meowth said, while he and James ran off after her.

"Hopefully she'll crash into Batch and Cassidy." James said.

Out of nowhere, a voice rang out of nowhere and said "That's Butch you numskull!"

* * *

What felt like hours, which was only half of one, the aura died down, and they all opened their eyes, "Now how do you feel Ash?" Mewtwo asked.

Ash moved some of his limbs the best he can, even though two of them were still in a cast, "Better, although I'll know more when these casts are removed." He answered.

"We will leave that up to your doctors." Mewtwo said as it and the rest of the legendary pokemon made their exit.

When things have calmed down, the doctor walked up to Ash and had him agreed to do some tests on him before and after he removes the casts.

May and Duplica decided to go have a little girl talk with Misty while the rest decided what they should do next.

* * *

Misty was at a bluff that overlooked the ocean. It was one of her favorite places to go to whenever she wanted to be alone. She heard a pair of foot steps coming up from behind her. She turned to see May and Duplica standing there with concerned looks on their faces, "May we join you Misty?" May asked.

"Do what you want." Misty answered, while turning her eyes back towards the water, "So did Mewtwo and the others make Ash better?"

"Oh yeah, he was up and about mostly, except for the fact that he was still in his bandages. Right now the doctor is looking him over." May answered.

"And I just have to say, if that's what you girls had to put up with while you travel, then sign me up for the next one." Duplica said getting strange looks from the other two, "Not in that way. I mean that with all the pokemon and people you meet along the way, even the famous and legendary kind, there never seems to be a dull moment when it comes to being around him, is there?"

"No there isn't." May answered, "Ash probably has one of biggest hearts and luck just as good, even though some of times just seems like dumb luck."

"Dumb luck is right." Misty said, "He's always getting himself into . . ."

"Please don't finish that sentence." May intercepted, "I don't know what Ash was like in the beginning of his journey, but the only thing that I think that hasn't changed is his heart. You keep going on and on about the past, but I know you're hiding your true feelings for Ash."

Misty was about to deny it until Duplica decided to add her two cents, "She's right about that Misty." She started to say, "That might work on some guys, but it won't work on us girls. I'm pretty sure even Brock could tell when you are lying since he's been traveling with you for just as long."

Misty wanted to tell the truth, but her pride kept interfering, "Yeah like I would have feelings for that immature brat. He destroyed my bike, and not once did he pay me back for it." She said.

"Good thing he didn't, since from what Brock told me, you would have to give him a refund since your bike got fixed by the Nurse Joy in Viridian City." Duplica said.

"Besides, Ash destroyed my bike as well, or basically Pikachu did. Ash wasn't to blame for it at all because I was the idiot who left it there to be destroyed." May said, "And I've felt bad for using that as a way to get Ash to do what I want."

"So you were no better then me." Misty said, her pride being replaced with guilt.

"Well actually, I only did it about once or twice during the start of our trip. When I told my parents about what happened, they were glad that it happened since they wanted me to experience my pokemon journey in a slow, steady pace." May said, a slight blush appearing, "And now I feel like Mewtwo and the other legendary pokemon, knowing that I owe Ash a debt that could never be repaid." She started to get back on her feet, "I'll go head back and see how everyone is doing."

Duplica stood up and dusted herself before saying, "I'll join you." Both left Misty alone to her own devices.

* * *

In Pallet Town, a few hours later

After Professor Oak has returned from Cerulean, he was greeted by a couple of surprises. The first was the Institute's message about the legendary pokemon flocking towards where he was at only a few hours ago. He was about to get work until Professor Ivy sent the other surprise, showing both him and Tracy what had occurred sometime after he left. He would have wondered if he was over stressed until he saw a familiar green pokemon from his boyhood so long ago.

"Professor, usually I would be frozen with shock over something of this magnitude, but since this is Ash that we're seeing here . . ." Tracey started to say.

Professor Oak knew exactly what he was going to say next, "Yes, that boy truly is full of surprises." He finished, with a small smile.

* * *

Two days later, back in Cerulean City

Ash and the gang were getting ready to head out towards there next destinations: Ash to the next Frontier brain and May to her next Coordinator contest. They decided to stay a couple of days so that Ash can get use to his body again.

May was there to see them off, deciding to change her ways since she owes her friends, especially Ash and Brock. She spent the last two days thinking about what her feelings really were towards her friend, especially more so when she walked back from the cliff, while their friends decided to head home or wherever, she caught Melody laying a big, wet kiss on Ash's lips before leaving herself. She even had the nerve to give her a mischievous wink in Misty's direction before leaving.

"Well Misty, Guess we'll see around." Ash said.

"Yeah, same here." Misty said, trying to hide a blush, "Can I talk to you alone for a bit Ash?"

May caught this and gave Brock and Max a look before saying, "Sure thing Misty." May said, while nodding her head sideways.

Brock caught on to this, and nodded before saying "Later Misty." Brock said.

Max caught on a well, "Yeah, goodbye Misty." He said, just before he got an evil look in his eye, "And you two . . . Hey Brock! What are ow! You doing?" He yelled out, while Brock was busy walking away while pulling the young boy away by the ear.

May was laughing at the sight, mainly because her little brother finally got what he deserved, "Well, bye Misty." May said, waving at the older girl, "Catch up whenever you can Ash." She walked off with Pikachu walking beside her.

When the three were a good distance away, "What's up Misty?" Ash asked, surprised that Misty is acting like a different person in front of him.

Misty wanted to say something first to make things less awkward, but this time, she decided to pull an Ash, and pulled him into a hard kiss. She thought she blew it until she felt a pair of arms going around her waist, while her arms went around his neck.

When they finally parted for air, "Anything else I need to know?" Ash asked, a small smirk growing on his face.

"Just a little something for you to look forward to when you decide to take a break from one of your journeys." Misty answered back, a true smile on her face.

"Oh you can bet your life on that." Ash said, while the two separated, "Now I better go before Brock decides to get into his 'why he doesn't have a girlfriend' mode."

Misty laugh at this and waved while the boy ran off to join their friends. "I can't wait to see what the future brings for us." She said in a slight whisper.

Well, here is the final chapter. If you want me to throw in an epilogue, I'll do it depending on how many requests I get for it. Right now I'm planning on creating two more new Pokemon fics, might be out sometime this month, or this year. Read and Review.