Cerulean City
After traveling for another day Aoki and Misty reached Cerulean City after traveling for almost 2 months due to traveling extremely slowly.
This city was larger than Pewter City with lakes and ponds everywhere around and in the city.
" Ummm finally back home !! " said Misty stretching her body.
" Seems like you missed your home quite a bit "
" Of course, I missed my home, I have been out for around 2 months after "
" I can stay at your home, right? "
" Of course, I want to introduce it to my family after all ."
"Be sure to hide your smut books in my bag, you don't want your family to find out how much of a pervert you are do you? " said Aoki
"ye-yeah thanks for reminding. That aside let me show you around. "
Misty helped Aoki look around the city and show some of the places she used to spend most of her time before starting her journey.
Aoki entered a cosmetic store and bought some clips for Clefairy as Aoki found that Clefairy liked accessories.
Clefairy did a cute dance on getting a gift and gave Aoki a hug after floating with gravity.
After giving her some head parts Aoki and Misty continued to visit more stores.
Aoki brought some extra pairs of clothes as the ones he had got torn at various places while traveling.
The nugget bridge existed here too but there was no bridge challenge where a Team Rocket member waited to reveal himself.
At the end of the city was a famous bridge from the original games.
The Nugget Bridge
The Nugget bride was a large bride stretched over a wide river. On the other side of the bridge were a few towns and a large forest.
"Hey Misty, do you know where the Cerulean cave is? I don't see it on the map" Aoki asked. Not even in the books, anything was mentioned regarding it.
"Cerulean cave? I don't know much about it. I have heard that it existed on small inland in the river where the nugget bridges it.
That was many years ago, currently, people believe that the island had sunk down deep into the ocean.
My father told me that one day someone spread the rumor that the Cerulean cave existed and had countless treasures for whoever reached there first.
Many people tried to find out about it and got attacked by pretty strong water Pokemon and never returned. Sometimes half-eaten corpses would resurface on the water so people stopped going there entirely.
As the river is very deep, the bottom has become the lair of Gyarados so not many people venture into it recklessly.
That cave has now become a fable.
When I was a child, my mother used to tell me scary stories about Cerulean cave and a ghost will come to take me from there if I didn't sleep.
Those were some fun times." Misty said remembering her childhood.
'Seems like I need to venture in the river once. Currently, I am too weak, I will come back here when I have an elite-level water Pokemon'
The cerulean Cave was an interesting location in the Pokemon games as this place contained very high-level wild Pokemon and most importantly Mewtwo.
'This world is similar to the one in the anime so I don't think Mewtwo would be there but I might find some interesting things there'
In the afternoon Misty took Aoki towards her home which was not too far from the Cerulean Gym. Her house was a three-storied building with a big lake behind it.
Aoki was not so surprised seeing the mansion as his house was big as well.
Misty rang the doorbell and waited. A minute later a woman with blonde hair opened the door.
" Kyaaa !! Lily, Violet come see Misty is here! "
This was Daisy, one of Misty's 3 sisters. She ran and gave Misty a bear hug. It was comedic to see Misty struggling to break free.
She turned towards Aoki and asked her to come inside.
Inside the house were three more women, pink-haired Lily, dark blue-haired Violet, and finally a beautiful woman who looked like Lily named Zenith.
" We saw your match Misty, it seems like you have finally stopped being childish ." Said Daisy.
" Moreover we didn't expect that you would bring a handsome boy home," said Lily which made Misty blush.
"Ara~ Misty, wouldn't you introduce us to him? "Said the mature woman. She was the mother of Lily, Daisy, Violet, and Misty's father's first wife.
"Mama Zenith, everyone meet Aoki, my boyfriend, " said Misty
Lily only said that joking but she didn't expect that to be true.
"Are …you ..are you really saying that he is your boyfriend?" asked three of the sisters together.
"Yes" replied Misty but she saw that her sisters had tears in their eyes.
"Why the hell are you even crying !!" Misty called out
"We are crying with happiness, why won't we, we assumed that you would be forever alone due to your tomboyish attitude "
"We were worried you know, " said Zenith.
After a short argument between Misty and her sisters, they focused on Aoki who was watching with amusement.
Misty's sisters surrounded Aoki and started asking him questions like when did they meet etc. not giving him a chance to reply while Zenith brought some refreshments. All of them knew Aoki from the junior cup.
The more the sisters heard the more they yelled.
" Are you serious about her, you're not just after her body right?" asked Daisy.
"Of Course not, I genuinely like her," said Aoki
Misty leaned that her father was at the gym as her sisters were tired after yesterday's mermaid performance.
Misty's sisters give a performance twice every week in the Cerulean gym along with their Pokemon.
This show attracts a lot of attention and is pretty famous all over the Kanto region.
Another thing that surprised the sisters was that Misty had started collecting gym badges.
Aoki never really asked Misty about her family situation so he asked her now.
"Zenith is not my real mother," she said
"My mother passed away while giving birth to me. It was mama Zenith that raised me.
"Currently only she knows my true nature. " Misty added playfully.
"At least someone wouldn't say that I spoiled their innocent Misty" Aoki said
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In the evening a middle-aged man with orange hair and a beard entered the room where everyone was sitting.
"Welcome home dad !!!" greeted Misty and her sisters.
"Welcome home darling!!" Zenith greeted
The man froze seeing Misty sitting there." Misty didn't expect you to return so soon "
He said with a slight change in his expression.
'He seems happy ' thought Aoki
"Look, dad, Misty brought her boyfriend home !" said Daisy.
Misty's father David felt like a bomb exploded inside him as he looked at Aoki from head to toe.
" Hmm, I don't of him approve yet "
"Ehhh!!" Misty exclaimed
" I won't approve of someone having my daughter unless I test him myself. You boy if you want to have my daughter defeat me in a battle ".
"~Ma~ma don't go so hard on the boy. " commented Zenith.
Misty's sisters just laughed hearing their dad's remarks.
" Sure, I came for the gym badge anyways. Getting it from the previous gym leader would be an honor too" said Aoki not breaking eye contact.
Misty saw the situation escalating interfered and started to tell her father about her Pokemon and her two gym badges.
"You don't have to worry about me anymore dad. I can take care of myself now"
" If you want me to stop worrying, go make Gyarados acknowledge you and take him under your command," said David in a stern voice.
" Yes Dad, I am ready," said Misty with a determined voice.