Misty No More

Ash Ketchum yawned lazily as Professor Oak and Professor Ivy rattled off about technological stuff. There were some even big words he heard about that made his head hurt really bad. He tried to look interested, but this was too much for him. These were two of the foremost experts on Pokemon, and there was nothing he loved more than Pokemon. But boy, this was boring!
So far the best thing about that trip and brake in his training to become a Pokemon Master was his reunion with his old pal, Brock. Ash smiled a little, Brock and Ivy were pretty good at hiding it, but their relationship was pretty obvious to Ash. Ash stroked Pikachu on the head and looked out of the window. He, Misty, and Tracey were asked here to help the professors on a project with the Digital Pokemon: Porygon.
Ash thought the little idea of bringing the little computerized Pokemon into the real world would be great, he wanted to be the first to capture Porygon. But so far it was one huge bore. 
"Ouch." Ash's train of thought was broken by the sharp elbow to the ribs
Ash looked over at the source of the elbow, it was connected to the angry face of Misty. Ash then studied Misty's face and sighed inwardly. Technically, Misty only hung around with him long enough for Ash to pay for the bike he ruined.
Ash had given up the idea of paying her back, and he suspected that Misty really had no interest in getting a new bike anyway. The bike was just a excuse for her to hang out with him and make his day as miserable as possible. Ash once again regarded Misty, her bright red hair tied in a ponytail. Her clear blue eyes could turn in instant from loving and warm, to hard and furious. The two of them have been traveling together for a year. Ash considered her nothing more than irritating at first, but he was older and hopefully a little wiser. With the last few months his attitude towards the fiery red head had changed. He was not sure how or why his feelings had changed, but he rather enjoyed her around now.
"Ash stop staring at me like that, you're creeping me out!" Ash had not realized he was staring. He turned his face back to the lecturing professors. "Geez Ash, Professor Oak and Ivy were good enough to invite us to this event. The least you could do is try and look interested."
Ash wanted to lash back at her, but she was right. Which was one of her more annoying qualities, her tendency to be right at most of the time. So Ash tried to tune back into what the professors were saying, "And so, we believe that creating a building quantum surge, then shunting them through our Poke'Ball Transporter, the result would be the stabilization and the materialization of Porygon into the formative world." And with that, Ash got a headache.
Professor Ivy smiled at Ash, noticing his confusion. "Let me try and explain it a different way for you Ash. Have you ever wondered what happens to a Pokemon when it goes into a Poke Ball or through the transporter?" Professor Ivy asked, putting a gentle hand on Ash's shoulder, Suddenly Ash could see what Brock saw in her.
"Well yes I have. I never understood how a big Pokemon like Charizard or Snorlax could fit into a small little ball." Ash said getting seriously interested now.
Professor Ivy, showing great patience for those who were not as intelligent as she continued. "Well, basically the Pokemon's body, cellular structure, and atoms are turned into quantum and phontonic waves, or light and digital energy. Then that "LIGHT ENERGY" is stored into the quantum matrix of the Poke Ball. Do you understand so far Ash?", Ivy asked smiling even warmer then before.
Ash said with a slightly gazed look on his face. "Yes Ivy..er I mean Professor Ivy I understand it now, but what this have to do with Porygon?"
Her soft brown eyes closed a little while her delicate finger brushed past Ash's ear, and said. "Now that a very good question Ash." He knew it was foolish to take such praise seriously, but he suddenly felt twice as smart as normal. Out of the corner of his eye, he could see Misty's face frown a bit, Professor Ivy continued. "Well Ash, energy and matter are interchangeable. So if we can turn matter I.E a Pokemon into energy. Then we should be able tnergymatrizo turn an Energy Matrix I.E. Porygon into..." She stopped looking at Ash to connect the logic in his own mind.
Ash's eyes brightened as if a light bulb flashed over his head." Then the Digital Porygon, who started off as a Quan, er, Quantum energy matrix, should be able to be converted into solid matter, and become real!", Ash said with wonder as a world of possibilities seem to open before him.
"Very good Ash! You've managed to take a very complicated ideal and made into a most logical conclusion." Ivy then gave him a hug. Ash felt warm all over as a result of that hug, although he not explain it. "Now if you would excuse me, I have to help get the equipment ready for the first test." Ash watched her rise slowly and walked back to her colleagues.. He seem to pay special attention to the way Professor Ivy's hips moved and swayed as she walked across the floor.
"She sure has a way of explaining things, doesn't she Ash?" Ash almost jumped out of his skin. He had not noticed Brock sitting down next to him, large sweat drops formed on Ash's head. He slowly looked at Brock hoping he was not angry for staring at his girlfriend. A small smirk formed on his friend's/mentor's face as he said, "Believe me, I understand more than anyone, the effect she can have on a healthy young man. I've always had an eye from any pretty faces but after meeting Ivy.." Brock paused to fold his arms. "There's a Pokemon Center with a Nurse Joy near by, and Officer Jenny comes by often, but I have no interest in them at all."
Ash glanced across the room at Professor Ivy once more and at the moment her eyes landed on Brock, she shot him a sultry wink. Ash smiled and said, "Heh, I can see what you mean Brock. She can make you forget about any other girl."
For more than a moment, Ash felt a twinge of jealously, but he was glad that his old friend finally got a girlfriend. "OW!" once again his chain of when Misty stepped on his foot really hard. 
"What's your problem!?" Ash asked Misty rather angrily, while messaging his wounded foot.
"YOU'RE MY PROBLEM, ASH! You drooling over a woman that could almost be your mother!" Her tight voice raised a bit. But Misty was in such a furious state, she didn't notice. "God I don't know why I put up to such a blockhead!"
"Hey, why are so.."
"JUST SHUT YOUR STUPID MOUTH, ASH KETCHUM! DON'T YOU DARE SPEAK TO ME!" Misty cut him off so harshly and angrily, as her eyes misted over a bit, as tears began to build in her eyes. Misty then stood up with fire still burning in her eyes and ran out of the room.
Ash sighed and looking towards Brock. "I don't know what I did to make her so angry. I'll never understand her."
Brock sighed as well. "And you never will Ash. Just go talk to her."
Ash piked up Pikachu and gently placed him on his shoulders and went outside to look for Misty. Ash's eye quested about outside the lab. Professor Ivy's lab was placed on a cliff side plateau. The fresh sea filled Ash's lungs, and the slowly setting sun bathed everything in a such amber glow. And there standing near a rail looking out over the ocean stood Misty.
Her skin was tinted a soft orange color, which only intensifying the natural red of her hair which swayed back and forth with the cool ocean wind. Misty turned to look at Ash. He large eye tilted slightly brimming with a tear or two, gazed into his. The setting sun started its daily dive below the horizon but from Ash's view point, the golden sun surrounded Misty. Ash was beginning to see Misty in a new light. Misty had turned into a beautiful young woman, but Ash had not noticed this until now. He used to think that she was nothing but a bratty little girl, but now she was a lovely young lady, whom he had grew care for. Maybe for once in his life, Ash was speechless.
"Ash.." Misty's voice grew softer and delicate, her eyes seemed sad yet full o longing. "I'm sorry I blow up at you like that. I'm not sure why I got so upset, but seeing you look at Professor Ivy like that way, made me mad. But there was no excuse for the way I acted." Misty said while brushing a lock of hair to the side that was being lifted by the wind.
Before Ash could think, he said, "No Misty, I'm sorry. I should not acted that way in front of you, I was wrong."
"Well Ash, you should be able to look at anyone you want to. I mean it's not like I'm your girlfriend,.. am I?" saying that last part nervously.
"Well.." Ash stammered and shifted back and forth seeming not knowing to do to himself. Misty was his friend perhaps his best friend, besides Brock, but now when he looked at her, he saw much more. He managed to steady his trembling hand enough to reach out and take her hand into his. Ash could neither explain or properly express his growing feeling towards Misty so he could only smile at her hoping she understood. A warm smile formed on Misty's sweet face. Maybe they could work out what they were beginning to feel together. But for now the wonderful sight of Misty standing against the setting sun was enough for Ash.
A loud alarm sounded, a blaring buzzing of an alert filled the air. The sudden sound startled Misty, scaring her into Ash's arms. For a moment the two enjoyed the feeling of holding each other, but the sounds of an explosion from inside the lab, shocked the pair back into reality. Ash and Misty ran back were they came from, in time to see several lab technicians, running out of the lab. Ash asked one of his assistance, and asked. "What happened here?"
"Something...*Couch* when wrong, we have to help get Professor Ivy out there*Cough*." Said the assistant said. Ash then looked at the smoked filled lab, he then saw Professor Oak and Ivy at the control panel, Trying to find out what's happening.
"Misty, you think your water Pokemon can handle that fire, while I go get the professors out?" he asked her.
Ash's voice seemed to startle Misty out of her frozen state, "Yeah leave it to me." She got her mind set to the task. Ash started to love and respect her now. Love? But before he could think anymore, Misty's voice startled out of his contemplation. "Staryu, Poliwag, use Water gun! NOW!
Ash then stormed into the lab. His vision was blurred and his breathing labored, but over the alarm bell and the yelling the lab techs, he could hear the professors voices.
Professor Oak's normally warm expression was replaced with a hard and concentrated one. "The injectors are fused, and the quantum partial filters have failed." He said in a verging voice of panic.
Professor Ivy studied a computer monitor for a second or two then said, "The Matrix is surging Professor, if we don't stop it,there's no telling what is going to happen."
Ash could only understand part of what was said, but knew all in a lot of trouble. "Professor Oak, Professor Ivy we have to get out of here!"
"No we've worked to hard to let it end like this, there must be something more we can do!" Ivy yelled above the growing, pulsing sound of the lab equipmet. Ash looked at the device they had labored so hard on, it glowed and pulsed, seeming to build more power with ever second. Ash was not a scientist, but he knew an explosion was about to happen.
Some thing tugged on his pant leg, Ash quickly looked down to see a worried looking Pikachu. "Pi,pikachu. Pika pi!" It told Ash. That did just for him. Pikachu could always since danger, and had grown to trust his Pokemon's judgement.
"WE HAVE TO GET OUT OF HERE. NOW!" Ash screamed at the pair.
Ash saw another person emerged from the smoke. It was Brock. Ash's old friend looked about till his eyes landed on them. Brock ran up to then and yelled, "Come on Ivy! There is nothing more you can do here. If that thing blows, we could all be in trouble!"
"He's right Ivy, we have to get out the Lab." Professor Oak said grimly.
Professor Ivy nodded slowly. Ash could tell she did now want to give up trying to save Porygon project, but there was nothing more she or anyone could do but hope there was enough the lab left to start over. With that settled, Ash picked up Pikachu and the four ran through the clearing smoke towards the exit. Ash could not see anymore flames which means that Misty and her Pokemon had done their part. The four emerged out of the laboratory and Ash enjoyed the feeling of fresh air filling his lungs. Ash looked up at everyone who gathered outside, he hoped that everyone was out. 
"We need to get everyone to back further in case the lab explodes!" Brock said taking control of the situation.
"ASH!" A panicked voice called out his name. He looked to see Misty coming up to him. "Ash,I can't find Togepi!" "Damn!", Ash thought. No wonder she was so worried.
Ash felt Pikachu leap out of his arms. "Pika-Pikachu!" The yellow Pokemon yelled and ran back into the lab. "Damn it!" he thought again. "Pikachu!", the trainer yelled and went back into the smoking lab.
There was smoke everywhere, it would be hard to find his Pokemon. "Pika!" He then heard and saw his Pikachu with a confused and crying Togepi on his back. As many times before, Ash acted without putting much thought into his actions. Ash ran toward the pulsing machine, sliding to a stop, Ash picked up the baby Pokemon up. The sound and light from the Device become so intense, Ash had to shield his eyes from the bright white light.
"LET'S GET OUTTA HERE PIKACHU!" Ash yelled, turning on his heels to run back sooner within 10 ft from the doorway; the room was rocked, but with terrible explosion. The sound deafened Ash for a few seconds, and his body was thrown forward, and Togepi was shot out of his hands. Fortunately, Togepi landed right in front of Misty's waiting arms. Ash's landing was not so comfortable. His body landed hard on the cold laboratory floor.
The shock almost knocked him unconscious, but he tried to clear his vision enough to look back. He had expected to see the lab shamble, but what he saw was almost unexplainable. The Device that Professor Ivy and Oak was working seemed intact, but a bright light emanated from it that the room. The air rippled and quivered, and then seemed to sink in on itself as a Vortex of wind began to suck/pull Ash backwards. A weird hole seemed to form in the space around the device and grew larger and larger. Then Ash noticed the air and everything around the hole, began to be drawn into it.
"Pika!" Ash looked to see Pikachu sliding across the floor. Pikachu claws at the ground, but he was no match for the force of the portal. Ash reached out to hold and clutch Pikachu close to him, only to feel the intense pull of the portal, he was being pulled along the ground towards the maw of the hole himself. Ash felt his feet leave the ground, and he began to fall backwards.
He then felt a hand right in his trying to pull him away from the looked to right to see Misty grabbing his hand. She had Togepi safe inside her backpack, so she know had to worry on Ash now. Misty was being drawn into the portal as well. They both fell towards it, but was stopped. Ash looked up to see Brock and Tracey holding Misty's feet with one hand and the other ones were at the doorway.
Ash then looked at thier faces. They struggled to pull them away from the portal. "I can't hold on much longer!" sweat dropped from his face and into the portal. Ash knew what had to be done.
"Let me go Misty! Brock and Tracey can't hold the both of us.", he said with a calm voice.
"No Ash, I won't, I won't let go of you!" Misty screamed with anguish. He looked at Pikachu. His Pokemon knew what had to be done to save his friends. "I'm sorry Misty. I won't let you sacrifice yourself for me." He began to pry his hand off of hers.
"Ash stop it! HOLD ONTO ME!" she cried with more tears building up in her eyes.
Ash pulled free of Misty's grasp, instantly he and Pikachu plunged into the maw of the rift. Seconds later it closed behind him. Ash clutched Pikachu in his arms and fainted.
Ash began to stiff over, as he starts to regain consciousness slowly. He felt he had been inside out, he seemed to hear voices around him but he could not be sure, because of the pounding in his head. Ash's eyes opened slowly he looked around into a weird multicolored sky. The clouds seemed normal, but the sky itself shimmers with beauty. "Where am I?" Ash said with a weak voice. It was still sore from the yelling in the lab.
He then felt a small delicate hand on his shoulder helping him sit up. "Easy, you maybe hurt, take a little slower." He heard a soft delicate voice told him.
Ash turned his head around to see who was talking to him. It was a girl about his age, her eyes were warm and caring. Her face was roughly round, a short lock of hair peeked out from a blue bucket. She was quite pretty and she seemed to exude caring and comfort. For the second the second time Ash was stunned by the sight of the girl. The only thing he could manage to say to the strange and pretty girl was "Er..Ok."
The girl placed her hand into his and give a soft squeeze. "My name is Sora..." Then her hand pointed to other kids standing around Ash. "...and these are my friends..." He then looked around to see a few kids and smaller ones looking at him.
Ash sat up more and looked at the group, his head had not been cleared all the way. "..and these are our Digimon." She then pointed to some of the weirdest Pokemon he had never seen before. He seemed to recognize some of the types, like an insect and bird type. Then his head cleared a bit more. But she didn't call them Pokemon, she called them Digimon. "D..Digimon?" He began to ask, then remembered Pikachu. He saw Pikachu lying on the ground still unconscious. Ash crawled over and picked him up. He then started to cradle him in his arms. "Come on, I know you're okay, we've been through too much to be separated now."
A red- headed boy walked over to Ash and said, "He seems to be okay, although I can't be sure, and I've never seen that Digimon before. By the way, what is your name and where did you come from?"
There was that weird word they used for Pokemon again. Ash looked at the red-headed boy and said, "What do you mean? What is a Digimon? As for who I am and where I came from. My name is Ash Ketchum, from Pallet Town, and this is my Pokemon, Pikachu.." after that Ash looked at the new world that beheld him and said, "..and where the heck am I?"