Hearing Ash's question, Misty raised her chin and shot back bluntly, "Is there a problem? I can go wherever I want. Do I have to report to you?"
As expected of Ash's first traveling companion, who had traveled with him for so long, Misty held nothing back around him. Her retorts were merciless, putting her forceful side on full display.
Ash was never good with words, and Misty's response left him stammering, unable to say anything.
Just then, Brock, May, and Max, who had been a few steps behind, came over as well.
Brock's reunion with Misty was every bit as dramatic as Ash's.
After the Silver Conference, the three of them had returned to Kanto and parted ways with such determined expressions. Yet here they all were, meeting again like this before they knew it!
"Brock, didn't you say you were going back to the Gym to take care of your brothers and sisters?!"
"Weren't you going back to the Gym to help your sisters too?!"
The two pointed at each other, their faces filled with surprise and shock. They looked as though they could hardly believe their eyes, or that they had run into a companion they had only recently parted with here!
Only May and Max looked back and forth between them. Not knowing what had happened, the siblings could only watch in bewilderment.
Misty gave Brock a sidelong glance. "So this is how you take care of your brothers and sisters!"
Brock smiled too. "Funny, I don't see your sisters anywhere either."
Caught in the middle, Ash wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said helplessly, "If we'd known this would happen, we might as well have kept traveling together."
"Hmph, who wants to travel with you two?" Misty snorted, then lifted her chin and