From the dawn of time we came moving silently down through the centuries.
Living many secret lives, struggling to reach the time of the gathering,
when the few who remain will battle to the last. No one has ever known we
were among you... until now.
-excerpt from the movie Highlander
Author's Note: I thought about doing this fanfic when I was listening to the Highlander opening song as I like that song. Anyway, I figured that I could put a pretty small twist that would be much bigger than it seems. Life after death? Hardly. This is just dying and still living. Also, if I don't get any reviews, I'll stop writing this series as I often get bored of doing something that no one is interested in, but me. Who should be immortal? Ash or Misty. I can't have both otherwise they would eventually have to kill each other as I will have them the last. Besides, as long as I get reviews I know that people are reading this. So bring on the flames! Anyway, this takes place when Ash has done all he can to be the best Pokemon Master. He has gotten all the badges that are available and has defeated every challenger for the past two years that he has come across. He is now just waiting for the next time when he needs to defend the title.
Ages: Ash: 20 Misty: 20 Brock: 27 Lachlan: 16 Pikachu (Pika years): 30 Togepi (Toge years): 10 Iseult: 25
Disclaimer: I don't own anything about Pokemon or anything associated with them or the creators of Highlander and all the stuff that goes with it.
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Ash woke up with dawn. He seemed to be getting less rest than he usually did recently. Ash wondered if it was because they had been wandering around not finding much to do. Brock and Misty both had chosen to stay with him after he had become the Pokemon Master. Now it seemed that he only had one challenging series of battles a year and that time had just gone by. Now they just wandered and tried to find something to do. Brock seemed to have lost his passion for finding a girlfriend and now left all Nurse Joys and Officer Jennys alone.
Ash was the first one awake for the third day in a row. Ever since he had won the battles he just seemed to have trouble sleeping. Ash couldn't explain it, but he felt as if this wasn't all that he should do. In short, he felt restless. He wanted to do something challenging, but he couldn't find anything challenging anymore. Even Team Rocket had finally given up on catching his Pikachu when he had inadvertently sent them to the hospital for a year in a coma because the last thunderbolt Pikachu gave them was too powerful.
Ash began starting the fire thinking again, I wonder what other challenges today will hold. Ash was still doubtful that there would be any challenges that he would be able to help out in. Even starting a fire and cooking were no longer challenges. He was proficient in both and seemed to be able to make better food than Brock now. But Brock seemed to be the only one who would admit it. One challenge still faced Ash. It was one that he would not even consider even though he really has nothing else to do. He has fallen in love with Misty, but has not even brought it up. He is certain that she does not think of him the same way. Ash sometimes wonders, when he's alone, if he should tell Misty, but always decides that she wouldn't be interested in him. Even while she sleeps, he thinks of her looking like an angel. He would say that aloud if he wasn't afraid that she would wake up either just as he said it or in the middle of him saying it.
Ash shook his head to clear his mind of those thoughts. Not only was he scared of acting on those thoughts, he was petrified of the thoughts themselves. All Ash wanted to do was tell Misty, but he also wanted her to like him as well. Ash knew that Misty never would like him that way. He also didn't want to jeopardize their friendship. All Ash knew was that it was killing him to not tell Misty about his feelings for her, but he also didn't want to lose everything that they had gone through together.
Moments after Ash had completed fixing breakfast, Brock and Misty woke up. Soon after Pikachu had also woken up they were on the move again. They were on their way to Silver Cave to try and find something that Ash would have a difficult time defeating. Ash it was, Pikachu seemed to even have an easy time beating Gravelers and Golems. As they were walking, Ash noticed another trail that he didn't remember ever seeing before. He mentioned it to Brock and Misty. They went over and took the trail to see where it went.
Soon it became very dense and they had a difficult time moving through the underbrush, but the soon cleared it and found a small house that was back in a miniature valley. Ash called out to try to see if anyone was there. When there was no response, Brock tried with the same result. They walked over, and began looking around. It seemed that whoever lived here was out for the moment. Ash they were looking around, they noticed a small garden that seemed to grow several vegetables, a wood cutting yard, and a storage shed.
While they were looking around, a young man walked out from the woods, carrying an armful of wood, when he saw Misty, Brock, and Ash, he yelped in surprise, dropping the wood. "W-Who are you?" the young man managed.
They introduced themselves. The young man had light brown hair and bright green eyes. His hair was cut short and he gave them a suspicious eye and said, "I'm sorry, but my master isn't here right now, he is taking care of some business in the mountains right now."
"Well, could we meet your master?" Ash asked, hoping that they would be able to.
"I guess, but he doesn't take kindly to visitors," the young man replied, picking up the wood.
"What's your name?" Misty asked.
The young man looked at Misty for a moment before replying, "Lachlan."
"That's an interesting name," Brock commented.
"Huh," was all the reply Lachlan would give.
Lachlan walked into the wood yard and placed the wood by the axe and began to chop the wood.
Meanwhile, Brock, Ash, and Misty continued to look around while also taking care of their pokemon. When the sun was showing it was late in the afternoon, they heard a rustling in the trees. They all turned including Lachlan and they saw a man walk out from the trees with a woman who seemed to be in her mid-twenties. The man seemed to be in his mid-thirties, he had shoulder-length black hair and light blue eyes. The man seemed to be helping her along, and hadn't even noticed that there were others around. The woman had bright blue hair and dark brown eyes. "Lachlan, I found a woman out in the forest who seems to have lost her way. Do you think." the man trailed off as he noticed the newcomers. "Welcome. I'm sorry for Lachlan, he's used to others coming and attacking."
Ash, Misty, and Brock were surprised. From Lachlan's warning, they thought he would be unfriendly, but then this might not be his master, Ash thought.
"Um, what's your name," Ash asked uncertainly. Rhodry yelled something at Ash that he didn't quite hear. Ash then turned to Lachlan and called out, "What?"
Apparently the man had heard what Lachlan said and snapped out before Lachlan could repeat it, "Lachlan! That is being rude to our guests. Now apologize at once!"
"But Master!" Lachlan protested, but was silenced with a warning glance from the man. "Okay!" Rhodry called out in submission, "I'm sorry."
Ash was certain that Lachlan didn't really mean the apology, but didn't want to press the subject. "Well now, it seems that you had asked me for my name, huh?" the man asked, seemingly more to himself, as he didn't give a chance for a reply. "My name is Achmed. And you are?"
Ash, Misty, Brock, and Pikachu introduced themselves. Achmed laughed when Pikachu introduced himself. Achmed then invited them in for dinner. "I don't often have friendly guests. Lachlan often is protective of me, but he has much to learn," Achmed explained, as they were walking over to the house. "He has had a difficult life. His entire town was destroyed by a Gyarados when he was just a small child. I have never seen someone so young become one."
"Become one what?" Brock asked.
"Many questions are out that should not be answered. If it is meant for you to know that answer, then you will become one as well. Until then, I cannot tell you," Achmed replied, almost sadly.
Soon the conversation turned to what happened to the woman who Achmed had brought with him. It turned out that her name was Iseult. It seemed that Brock was beginning to become smitten with her, which really surprised Ash and Misty as they hadn't seen Brock act this way for several years. Misty decided that Brock was probably being honest with his feelings and so didn't try to keep him from making a fool of himself. That and he seemed to be controlling himself better than he would in the past when he would express undying love to any girl who came by. Iseult, it seemed, was searching for a lost pokemon of hers that had wandered off when she wasn't looking. She was very worried about it because it was one that she was very close to, but also still very young and could easily become seriously injured.
Ash thought that there was something strange going on. A few things didn't add up for him, but he didn't want to say anything. Especially when Misty would probably get upset, Ash thought to himself. If her pokemon was still lost, then wouldn't she still be worried about it? Ash couldn't help but think. Brock seemed to have been love struck for the first time in quite a few years and when Ash looked at Misty, she seemed to have been touched by Iseult's story. Ash glanced at Pikachu to find that Pikachu was also being skeptical about Iseult's story.
Later that night, they were all given a separate room and Ash was thinking about what could be up with Iseult. Brock had volunteered to help find the pokemon. Ash thought that Iseult also acted strange by wanting Achmed himself to find the pokemon, but all Ash could think of was that Iseult had a crush on Achmed and nothing more. Soon Ash had forgotten about the matter entirely as he drifted off to peaceful slumber. Deeper than the past two years had ever been.
In the morning, Ash, Misty, Brock, Pikachu, Togepi, and Iseult all headed out, after a quick breakfast, to find Iseult's pokemon. They travel to where Isuelt said that she had lost the Pokemon. Brock quickly finds tracks and they begin to follow them. The lead to a cave that seems to be a different one than Silver Cave, but still an extension of that cave system. Ash begins to get a bad feeling, but can't place it. Ash looks at Pikachu and whispers, "You feel it?"
Pikachu nods as they get ever closer to the cave. The tracks lead inside and they begin to follow the tracks into the cave. The light grows ever dimmer and Ash calls out his Charizard. Ash was glad he had Charizard on this trip, but Ash felt that his Charizard also seemed to feel uneasy. Ash could hear Togepi crying out in Misty's arms and Misty was trying to figure what was wrong with it. Suddenly, Ash noticed Brock hesitating too, even though it was momentarily, and Iseult, seemed to be getting nervous. When the cave entrance was out of sight, Misty seemed to pick up on the uneasy feeling as well. Suddenly a voice called out from the next bend in the cave, "You failed, woman! You know who you were supposed to bring and now that you have failed I will kill you and those you brought. In fact if I'm not satisfied with your deaths, I'll then just kill your pokemon as well."
Ash, Misty, and Brock were stunned. They had no idea what was going on, but they didn't like the sound of it. Iseult seemed to be on the verge of tears, at the very least, she was very distraught. Out of all the things that Ash had thought that would happen, this was not even on the list of things he had ever considered with anyone. When they all turned around, they saw several men with very tough looking pokemon blocking their retreat. Now the person who had called out to them began to come forward. When he came into Charizard's light, Ash noticed that the man had black hair, brown eyes that seemed to pierce into him. The man also had a claymore at his side. The sword seemed to be in really good condition and well maintained, but Ash also noticed a gun the man was holding and pointing at them. Ash's mind raced with what he should do. Time was running out for all of them. They needed to do something!
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Author's note: Well, who should I have shot first Ash or Misty? Please note that if they are shot it does not necessarily mean that they are dead. I will not Kill Ash, Misty, Brock, or a few select others (most who haven't appeared yet) that will contribute to the story. I also look forward to any reviews including flames on any of my fanfics. As long as I get reviews I know that someone is reading my fics. So bring on the flames! Also, please note that I will use the information of who is shot first to be immortal. I also want everyone to know that they will be saved by an immortal, but you will not know who it is. For anyone who noticed, I did get the names for some of my characters out of other books. They still are my characters, but I just used the name from elsewhere.
Author's Note: I thought about doing this fanfic when I was listening to the Highlander opening song as I like that song. Anyway, I figured that I could put a pretty small twist that would be much bigger than it seems. Life after death? Hardly. This is just dying and still living. Also, if I don't get any reviews, I'll stop writing this series as I often get bored of doing something that no one is interested in, but me. Who should be immortal? Ash or Misty. I can't have both otherwise they would eventually have to kill each other as I will have them the last. Besides, as long as I get reviews I know that people are reading this. So bring on the flames! Anyway, this takes place when Ash has done all he can to be the best Pokemon Master. He has gotten all the badges that are available and has defeated every challenger for the past two years that he has come across. He is now just waiting for the next time when he needs to defend the title.
Ages: Ash: 20 Misty: 20 Brock: 27 Lachlan: 16 Pikachu (Pika years): 30 Togepi (Toge years): 10 Iseult: 25
Disclaimer: I don't own anything about Pokemon or anything associated with them or the creators of Highlander and all the stuff that goes with it.
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Ash woke up with dawn. He seemed to be getting less rest than he usually did recently. Ash wondered if it was because they had been wandering around not finding much to do. Brock and Misty both had chosen to stay with him after he had become the Pokemon Master. Now it seemed that he only had one challenging series of battles a year and that time had just gone by. Now they just wandered and tried to find something to do. Brock seemed to have lost his passion for finding a girlfriend and now left all Nurse Joys and Officer Jennys alone.
Ash was the first one awake for the third day in a row. Ever since he had won the battles he just seemed to have trouble sleeping. Ash couldn't explain it, but he felt as if this wasn't all that he should do. In short, he felt restless. He wanted to do something challenging, but he couldn't find anything challenging anymore. Even Team Rocket had finally given up on catching his Pikachu when he had inadvertently sent them to the hospital for a year in a coma because the last thunderbolt Pikachu gave them was too powerful.
Ash began starting the fire thinking again, I wonder what other challenges today will hold. Ash was still doubtful that there would be any challenges that he would be able to help out in. Even starting a fire and cooking were no longer challenges. He was proficient in both and seemed to be able to make better food than Brock now. But Brock seemed to be the only one who would admit it. One challenge still faced Ash. It was one that he would not even consider even though he really has nothing else to do. He has fallen in love with Misty, but has not even brought it up. He is certain that she does not think of him the same way. Ash sometimes wonders, when he's alone, if he should tell Misty, but always decides that she wouldn't be interested in him. Even while she sleeps, he thinks of her looking like an angel. He would say that aloud if he wasn't afraid that she would wake up either just as he said it or in the middle of him saying it.
Ash shook his head to clear his mind of those thoughts. Not only was he scared of acting on those thoughts, he was petrified of the thoughts themselves. All Ash wanted to do was tell Misty, but he also wanted her to like him as well. Ash knew that Misty never would like him that way. He also didn't want to jeopardize their friendship. All Ash knew was that it was killing him to not tell Misty about his feelings for her, but he also didn't want to lose everything that they had gone through together.
Moments after Ash had completed fixing breakfast, Brock and Misty woke up. Soon after Pikachu had also woken up they were on the move again. They were on their way to Silver Cave to try and find something that Ash would have a difficult time defeating. Ash it was, Pikachu seemed to even have an easy time beating Gravelers and Golems. As they were walking, Ash noticed another trail that he didn't remember ever seeing before. He mentioned it to Brock and Misty. They went over and took the trail to see where it went.
Soon it became very dense and they had a difficult time moving through the underbrush, but the soon cleared it and found a small house that was back in a miniature valley. Ash called out to try to see if anyone was there. When there was no response, Brock tried with the same result. They walked over, and began looking around. It seemed that whoever lived here was out for the moment. Ash they were looking around, they noticed a small garden that seemed to grow several vegetables, a wood cutting yard, and a storage shed.
While they were looking around, a young man walked out from the woods, carrying an armful of wood, when he saw Misty, Brock, and Ash, he yelped in surprise, dropping the wood. "W-Who are you?" the young man managed.
They introduced themselves. The young man had light brown hair and bright green eyes. His hair was cut short and he gave them a suspicious eye and said, "I'm sorry, but my master isn't here right now, he is taking care of some business in the mountains right now."
"Well, could we meet your master?" Ash asked, hoping that they would be able to.
"I guess, but he doesn't take kindly to visitors," the young man replied, picking up the wood.
"What's your name?" Misty asked.
The young man looked at Misty for a moment before replying, "Lachlan."
"That's an interesting name," Brock commented.
"Huh," was all the reply Lachlan would give.
Lachlan walked into the wood yard and placed the wood by the axe and began to chop the wood.
Meanwhile, Brock, Ash, and Misty continued to look around while also taking care of their pokemon. When the sun was showing it was late in the afternoon, they heard a rustling in the trees. They all turned including Lachlan and they saw a man walk out from the trees with a woman who seemed to be in her mid-twenties. The man seemed to be in his mid-thirties, he had shoulder-length black hair and light blue eyes. The man seemed to be helping her along, and hadn't even noticed that there were others around. The woman had bright blue hair and dark brown eyes. "Lachlan, I found a woman out in the forest who seems to have lost her way. Do you think." the man trailed off as he noticed the newcomers. "Welcome. I'm sorry for Lachlan, he's used to others coming and attacking."
Ash, Misty, and Brock were surprised. From Lachlan's warning, they thought he would be unfriendly, but then this might not be his master, Ash thought.
"Um, what's your name," Ash asked uncertainly. Rhodry yelled something at Ash that he didn't quite hear. Ash then turned to Lachlan and called out, "What?"
Apparently the man had heard what Lachlan said and snapped out before Lachlan could repeat it, "Lachlan! That is being rude to our guests. Now apologize at once!"
"But Master!" Lachlan protested, but was silenced with a warning glance from the man. "Okay!" Rhodry called out in submission, "I'm sorry."
Ash was certain that Lachlan didn't really mean the apology, but didn't want to press the subject. "Well now, it seems that you had asked me for my name, huh?" the man asked, seemingly more to himself, as he didn't give a chance for a reply. "My name is Achmed. And you are?"
Ash, Misty, Brock, and Pikachu introduced themselves. Achmed laughed when Pikachu introduced himself. Achmed then invited them in for dinner. "I don't often have friendly guests. Lachlan often is protective of me, but he has much to learn," Achmed explained, as they were walking over to the house. "He has had a difficult life. His entire town was destroyed by a Gyarados when he was just a small child. I have never seen someone so young become one."
"Become one what?" Brock asked.
"Many questions are out that should not be answered. If it is meant for you to know that answer, then you will become one as well. Until then, I cannot tell you," Achmed replied, almost sadly.
Soon the conversation turned to what happened to the woman who Achmed had brought with him. It turned out that her name was Iseult. It seemed that Brock was beginning to become smitten with her, which really surprised Ash and Misty as they hadn't seen Brock act this way for several years. Misty decided that Brock was probably being honest with his feelings and so didn't try to keep him from making a fool of himself. That and he seemed to be controlling himself better than he would in the past when he would express undying love to any girl who came by. Iseult, it seemed, was searching for a lost pokemon of hers that had wandered off when she wasn't looking. She was very worried about it because it was one that she was very close to, but also still very young and could easily become seriously injured.
Ash thought that there was something strange going on. A few things didn't add up for him, but he didn't want to say anything. Especially when Misty would probably get upset, Ash thought to himself. If her pokemon was still lost, then wouldn't she still be worried about it? Ash couldn't help but think. Brock seemed to have been love struck for the first time in quite a few years and when Ash looked at Misty, she seemed to have been touched by Iseult's story. Ash glanced at Pikachu to find that Pikachu was also being skeptical about Iseult's story.
Later that night, they were all given a separate room and Ash was thinking about what could be up with Iseult. Brock had volunteered to help find the pokemon. Ash thought that Iseult also acted strange by wanting Achmed himself to find the pokemon, but all Ash could think of was that Iseult had a crush on Achmed and nothing more. Soon Ash had forgotten about the matter entirely as he drifted off to peaceful slumber. Deeper than the past two years had ever been.
In the morning, Ash, Misty, Brock, Pikachu, Togepi, and Iseult all headed out, after a quick breakfast, to find Iseult's pokemon. They travel to where Isuelt said that she had lost the Pokemon. Brock quickly finds tracks and they begin to follow them. The lead to a cave that seems to be a different one than Silver Cave, but still an extension of that cave system. Ash begins to get a bad feeling, but can't place it. Ash looks at Pikachu and whispers, "You feel it?"
Pikachu nods as they get ever closer to the cave. The tracks lead inside and they begin to follow the tracks into the cave. The light grows ever dimmer and Ash calls out his Charizard. Ash was glad he had Charizard on this trip, but Ash felt that his Charizard also seemed to feel uneasy. Ash could hear Togepi crying out in Misty's arms and Misty was trying to figure what was wrong with it. Suddenly, Ash noticed Brock hesitating too, even though it was momentarily, and Iseult, seemed to be getting nervous. When the cave entrance was out of sight, Misty seemed to pick up on the uneasy feeling as well. Suddenly a voice called out from the next bend in the cave, "You failed, woman! You know who you were supposed to bring and now that you have failed I will kill you and those you brought. In fact if I'm not satisfied with your deaths, I'll then just kill your pokemon as well."
Ash, Misty, and Brock were stunned. They had no idea what was going on, but they didn't like the sound of it. Iseult seemed to be on the verge of tears, at the very least, she was very distraught. Out of all the things that Ash had thought that would happen, this was not even on the list of things he had ever considered with anyone. When they all turned around, they saw several men with very tough looking pokemon blocking their retreat. Now the person who had called out to them began to come forward. When he came into Charizard's light, Ash noticed that the man had black hair, brown eyes that seemed to pierce into him. The man also had a claymore at his side. The sword seemed to be in really good condition and well maintained, but Ash also noticed a gun the man was holding and pointing at them. Ash's mind raced with what he should do. Time was running out for all of them. They needed to do something!
*
Author's note: Well, who should I have shot first Ash or Misty? Please note that if they are shot it does not necessarily mean that they are dead. I will not Kill Ash, Misty, Brock, or a few select others (most who haven't appeared yet) that will contribute to the story. I also look forward to any reviews including flames on any of my fanfics. As long as I get reviews I know that someone is reading my fics. So bring on the flames! Also, please note that I will use the information of who is shot first to be immortal. I also want everyone to know that they will be saved by an immortal, but you will not know who it is. For anyone who noticed, I did get the names for some of my characters out of other books. They still are my characters, but I just used the name from elsewhere.