Don't Blame Me, I'm Only Pokemon!
by:  Angelical Proportions


~~~~~~~chapter four to "You Little Mind Reader"~~~~~~~

"Uh... Pikachu..."  Ash began.
"Yeah, Ash?"
"A-about those... s-secrets..."
"What's wrong, Ash?  You look pale."  Pikachu asked.
"Please don't tell anyone.  E-especially M-misty... okay?"
Pikach thought for a little while.  It's tail and ears perked up as an idea popped in her head.
"Okay, but only if you tell her soon,  and I mean soon."  Pikachu replied, pointing at Ash with her little finger.
"But... why?"  Ash asked.
"Because you can't hold it in forever, Ash.  Doesn't it bother you the least bit that you love her, but your only inches away to finding out if she loves you back?  If I was you, I'd tell her right now, I don't care how much courage would go to waste."   Pikachu said.
"Boy, you sure are self-confident."  Ash said to Pikachu as his chin hit his chest.
Pikachu sighed and was about to jump off of Ash's bed when she glanced over her shoulder.
"You can save the world from disaster, you can save humanity from ceasing, you can save the lives of all the innocent people in Johto, and you have the courage to become the greatest pokemon master of all time, but you can't tell your biggest secret to the woman that you love.   Ash, I worry about you."  and with that, she jumped off the end of his bed, and ran to the kitchen to play with Togepi.
Ash was left with only his thoughts and memories to ponder about.  Should he tell her?  Would she laugh?  Or worse?
"Well... I'd better tell her soon..."  he mumbled to himself.
The sun was now setting, even though no one could really tell; the sky was completely filled with dark clouds, all bulging with ready-to-strike lightning bolts and heavy with rain.
'It sure has been rainy lately.'  Misty thought as she entered Ash's room.
'Yeah, I know.'  he answered.
'So...'  Misty sat down next to him on his bed and slapped her knees 'What's up?'
'Not much.'  he answered, laying back on his bed.
After a short silence, Misty chuckled to herself.
"Guess what your Pikachu said about you."  she said aloud, shaking her head.
"Huh?!  What?!"  Ash quickly sat up, red in the face.
"What?"  she asked him, a little startled.
"W-what, what, what did sh-she t-tell you."  Ash stuttered; each word seemed to face his face even redder than before.
"Uh.. she said that you've got a 'big secret' to tell me and that I should come meet you.  Why?  What is it?"  she asked, her eyes wide with natural suspence.
'I don't have any secrets to tell you.'  Ash thought, completely relieved.
'Ohhhkayyy.'  she said and laid back in his bed with him.
The two friends lay back on Ash's bed, staring at the ceiling as silence filled the air.  Misty's muscles tensed as she remembered the past memories... such as this morning...  A dreamy look filled her eyes as she tried to imagine what would have happened if she would of only confessed right there and then.   She wondered what would've happened if she had kissed him then, and quietly giggled to herself imagining what a freaked-out look Ash would be displaying at the very moment she let go.  Ash smiled a bit to himself as he read her innermost thoughts playing, and he too quietly chuckled.
'What are you laughing about?'  Misty thought.
'What were you laughing about?'  Ash thought back.
It suddenly hit Misty.  She gasped rather loudly and deeply blushed.  Ash couldn't control his laughter as his lungs gasped for air.  As Ash laughed, clutching his stomach with his arms, Misty kept her eyes locked on the ceiling thinking:
'Ohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygod...'  which, by the way, made Ash laugh even harder.
Once he calmed, he noticed how red Misty was had actually gotten.
'Misty?  You okay?'
Misty didn't dare look at him.  Not now, anyways.  She kept her hand fitted tightly over her mouth, her jaw still dropped in embarrassment.
'Oh c'mon Misty, it wasn't that embarassing.'
Misty didn't answer.  Ash grew somewhat worried that he had given her a heart attack or a stroke or something.  A worried look crossed his face.
'Misty?'
No answer, not even a breath.
'Misty?  Blink if you can hear me.'  Ash thought seriously.
She blinked.  Ash sighed.
'Good.  I thought you had a heart attack or something.'  
For once in the last half hour she looked at him straight in the eyes, very, very seiously.  A deathly amount of seriousness.
'Do you want to-'  she bagan.
"Guys, come on!  You two want lunch or not?"  Brock interupted as he flew into Ash's room.
"Y-yeah, Brock.  Just a minute."  Ash replied, shooing his friend away with his hand, never tearing his eyes away from Misty's cold stare.  Brock left the room.  On the way down the stairs, Brock ran into Pikachu, who was running up the stairs.
"What were they doing?"  Pikachu asked.
"What d'you mean?"  Brock stared at her a bit.
"What were Ash and Misty doing when you went in there?"  Pikachu repeated.
"Uh, they were just staring at eachother.  I dunno."  Brock shugged.
"Gah!  They were supposed to be making out and stuff!  Aw man!  I can't beleive this!"  Pikachu threw her arms in the air.
"What are you talking about?!"  Brock was a little suprised to say the least.
"Well... tsk...I warned him..."  Pikachu muttered as she ran up the rest of the stairs and into Ash's room.
"Pikachu?!  What were you talking about?!"  Brock called after her, but was stopped short by a mad pikachu at the top of the stairs with short bolts shooting from each cheek.
"Stay away.  You'll just screw it all up.  Besides, I need to thank Ash anyway, and this is how I'll do it."  Pikachu warned.
"But, what do you need to thank him for?"  Brock asked.
"For being my friend."  and she quickly ran to his room.

   'Well?  What were you gonna say Misty?'  Ash asked her questionably, supporting his head in the palm of his hand as he leaned against a pillow.
Misty drew in a sharp breath and let in out in a long, easy sigh.
'Do you think we should-'  she began again.
"Ash?"  Pikachu asked as she pushed open the door.
"What?!"  Ash was beginning to get aggrivated.
"I need to talk to you..."  she began in her squeaky voice.
"...alone..."  she finished, trying to give Misty the clue so that she'd leave.
"Oh, okay."  Misty stood and walked out of the room, being somewhat releived.  Pikachu shut the door behind her.
Once Pikachu's ears heard the slight sounds of Misty's footsteps ascending down stairs, but stopped halfway.  Oh well, it was good enough for Pikachu.  She spoke up.
"Have you told her yet?"  Pikachu sighed.
"Uh.. told her what?"
"That you love her!"
"Oh... uh... no."  Ash messed with a tangle in his hair and grinned nervously.
Pikachu shook her head.
"Fine."  she said stiffly.
With that, Pikachu was about to run after Misty when Ash stopped her.
"Don't you dare tell Misty!  I wanna do it myself!"  Ash said sternly, grabbing her tail.
Pikachu grinned.
"Don't you remember what happened the last time you snatched my tail, Ash Ketchum?"  she snarled, a few bolts of electricity jumped from her little red cheeks as her eyes narrowed in the rememberance.
Ash quickly let go of her tail, but before she could escape, he grabbed her bow by the knot.
"No, I have a plan on where, when, and how I'm going to tell her.  Don't worry."
"I don't beleive you."  Pikachu replied.
"You'd better not tell or I'll break this ugly bow right now, then there would be no way you can tell her!  You know what, maybe I should do that..."  Ash said thoughtfully.
Pikachu gasped, gripping the radiant blue bow.
"You do that and I'll run enough electricity through you to light up all of Pallet Town!"  Pikachu warned.
Ash immediantly let go as if on cue and dropped to his knees, begging.
"Please don't do it, Pikachu.  I swear I'll tell her soon.  You just gotta wait!"
Pikachu sighed.  
"I guess so... when will you tell her, anyway?"  Pikachu asked.
Ash smiled as the idea seemed so perfect to him.
"Well, I think Wednesday.  Maybe around... oh, I dunno... 5:00am, maybe?"
"Five AM in the morning?!  On a Wednesday?!  Can you think of a WORST time to tell her?!  Are you CRAZY?!!"  Pikachu yelled in shock.
Ash chuckled.
"You been watching the news lately?"  he asked.
"No, but what does that got to do with anything?"  Pikachu asked.
Ash leaned over and whispered something into her ear.  Pikachu giggled.
"That's perfect, Ash!  Well thought out and very romantic!"  Pikachu nudged her trainer.
"You think so?"
"Of course!  She'll love it."  Pikachu continued.
"I hope so.  Right before sunrise, too.  Although I'm not a romantic, it does kinda rub off if you hang around Misty all the time."
"No kidding."  Pikachu laughed.
"But, still, you got to wait another..."
Pikachu counted a few fingers before she continued,
"...three days."
"Yeah, I know.  But, all the more time to plan it out."  Ash said.
Suddenly Ash paused for a moment.
"Wait a minute!  What if they're recording the showers?"  Ash suddenly yelled.
"What?  Who?"  Pikachu asked.
"The news!  What if they record us watching it over the lake?!  You know the lake is the best spot to watch the skies at night!  What if we're shown on t.v.?!  What if Mom sees?!"
"Ash, exactly what are you gonna do that your momma can't see?"  Pikachu laughed.
Ash blushed a bit.
"I dunno... I just don't wanna do anything like that if everyone is watching.  You know?  What if I mess up at something like I always do?  And Gary's watching?!  That'd be horrible!!"  Ash panicked.
"Ash!  Get ahold of yourself!"  Pikachu shook Ash's pant leg.
Ash breathed in and out slowly, trying to recollect his thoughts.
"Maybe I should think this over..."  he concluded.
"No, Ash.  Go with what you believe is right.  Actually, you know what?  Try to imagine that, when your on the lake, that it's just you and Misty.  No one else.  Besides, I'll bet big money that even if Gary is watching, I'm sure he'd get jealous if you kiss her, even if you mess up.   This shows that you'd still be man enough to try, even infront of public."
"Yeah, I guess..."  Ash thought.
"Hey guys?  What you been talking about?"  Misty asked as she climbed the few stairs she had been waiting on and entered Ash's room.
"A date...  Uh, oh.  Gotta go!"  Pikachu said before retreating to the bathroom with a small hand over her mouth.
"Huh?  What date?"  Misty asked.
"Uh... nevermind Pikachu.  Don't worry about it."  Ash sweatdropped.
"Hmm..."  Misty said, trying to read his mind.
"Hey, stop that!"  Ash whined trying to ward her off with his flailing hands.
"Argh!  I couldn't even get anything out of it anyway."  Misty shrugged.
Ash stuck out his toungue at her, but she grabbed it between her thumb and forefinger.
"Don't you stick your tongue out at me Ash Ketchum!"  she yelled.
"ACKK!!  Let go!"  Ash tried to scream.
"Only if you promise not to ever stick your tongue out at me ever again!"  
"Fine!  Whatever!"  Ash tried pushing her away, but it didn't work, she still kept the strong tongue hold on him.
*Oh, wait, that didn't sound right... +_+*
"Hey... Ash...?"  Brock said as he reached the top of the stairs.
"Uh, why am I not suprised..."  Brock asked.
Misty let go of Ash's tongue.
"Huh?  What do you mean?"  she asked.
"You two... always flirting..."  Brcok said, shaking his head in dispair.
"We are not!"  the two yelled.
Pikachu quietly snickered in the backround of the couple.  Brock easily joined Pikachu in her laughing.
Ash tried giving Pikachu the most evilist look he could come up with, but it came out wrong.  Although, with Misty, she easily shut the two up with her usual, everyday glare.  Yep, telling a girl like that that you love her... well that takes up some extra planning...

~~~~~That night...(I know we all just wanna get to the point here, right?)~~~~~

"Ash?  Are... where are you going to sleep tonight?"  Misty asked.
Ash looked at her from the side of his eye.
"In my bed..."  he said slowly.
"Well, where am I going to sleep?"
Ash looked at her again from the side of his eye.
"In my bed..."  he said slowly.
"Will you... Quit that!"  she laughed, hitting him with a pillow.
Ash laughed out loud, trying to avoid the incoming pillow.
"You sound like that freaky guy on Silence of the Lambs!"  she stated, putting the pillow down.
'I'm gonna brush my teeth.'  she thought.
Misty left the room carrying her backpack over one shoulder.  She reached the third step when that headache warned her again and sighed.
'C'mon, Ash."  she thought.
"Forgot you needed me, huh?"  he joked as he left his room.
She ignored him and climbed down the rest of th stairs with Ash tagging along quietly.  She walked into the bathroom and set her backpack down, pulling all the usual things you would need to... well, brush your teeth.  Ash never came in.
'Decided to stay outside this time, eh Ash?'  she thought, but he didn't answer.
Brushing her teeth, she never even noticed the door open, but it did and Ash walked in, sneaking up behind her.  
Just as her head was in the sink, Ash gently grabbed her shoulders and at the same time whispered in her ear,
"Hello Misty."  in that freakish voice she hated so much.
She quickly spun around gasping, a terrified look on her face, even though she knew all too well it was Ash in the first place.
"I'm gonna kill you!"  she said aloud.
"Whoa, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, I'm sorry!  It's just too fun to resist!"  Ash laughed.
"Scaring me is fun?!  Are you crazy?!"
"What're you gonna do anyway?  Stab me with your toothbrush?"  Ash laughed.
Misty had had enough.  She walked over to her backpack and pulled out the nice, old mallet she hadn't used in so long.  Terror suddenly clouded over Ash like a blanket.
"No, wait!  Ahh!"  Ash ran from the bathroom.
"No, don't!"  Misty screamed after him.
Too late...
Ash grunted at the sharp pain that suddenly gripped his brain, pulling him back to Misty.  Ash fell to the floor in pain, his hands clamping dearly to his head.  Misty, too, was sharing the same experience, although her headache seemed to end a bit more earlier than Ash's.   She shook her head, trying to releive of the pain still lingering.
"Are you happy now?!  Now we can't even get close!  Now we have to stay away at least fifty feet from eachother!"  Misty yelled in rage.
"At least you can't hit me with your dumb mallet!"  Ash angered, pointing at the mallet, which had dropped to her side.
"You know- why do I even care?"  Misty sighed.
Ash stood.  He suddenly had the feeling to do something.  There was a feeling he wanted, but couldn't get... doing this would get it for him...  Ash tried walking to Misty, who had turned her back by now.  He walked a few steps... no headache... no pain... no suffering...   He was know, suprisingly only five feet away... no headache... no pain... no suffering...  He wrapped his arms around her gently, probably trying to calm her jumping nerves.  Her arms returned around him in a hug.  No headache... no pain... no suffering...

~~~~~End of "Don't Blame Me, I'm Only Pokemon!"~~~~~
   
   I'm sure that if this is the first chapter you had read from my story, your probably thinking, "What the hell?!"  Yeah, I don't blame you....  Oh well, how was it?  As you can see, Misty and Ash have gotten... well... closer than usual.   *Thank god.*  Anywayz, I think that I have only two more chapters to write.  Woohoo!  Heheh, well...  Relax and Reveiw.  (My own little R&R  ^_^)  Goodnight fellow AAMRA!!!  <Ash and Misty Romance Authors>   <Just do you know...>  Pass the pepperoni please!