I got bored while listening to "Heat Haze Days" By Hatsune Miku, and I can up with this bloody and dramatic story about Cilan x'D It's my saddest story so far, but enjoy ^_^


A Tragedy To Be Reckoned With

Chapter 1:

The black hair boy dashed down the halls of the Striaton City hospital in the intensive care hallway and screeched to a halt when he found his destination. A door that read, "Cilan: Striaton Gym Leader".

Before the boy turned the knob, a girl with long, poofy, lilac hair came running his way.

"Ash!" The girl huffed out of breath from chasing the boy. "I know you're worried about Cilan, but can you at least be considerate of me?!"

Ash huffed at her. "Sorry..." He mumbled in response. "Geez, Iris. Keep your cool for once..."

Familiar voices were coming from the room Ash stopped by.

"Should we go in?" Iris asked Ash, wanting his opinion. "I think he's with his brothers right now. I would be concerned about Cilan, too if he was my triplet brother..." She laughed softly as she finished her statement.

Ash huffed and puffed out his chest. "I came all the way from Kanto just to see my old friend, Iris," he said to her. "I'm not just gonna call it quits just because his brothers are worried sick about him."

Iris rolled her eyes. "Fine. Whatever..." She huffed. "You get yelled at Chili for interrupting a family thing... Such a kid..."

Ask growled, but kept back a remark that would set off an all-out, pissing match. As he turned the doorknob to Cilan's hospital room, the voices hushed themselves, as if they weren't expecting anyone from the outside world to come in.

As the whole room came into Ash's view, a astonished look wiped across his tan face. Cilan was lying in the hospital bed, under the thin, white sheets, and hooked up with an IV, blood pouch, and that trusty-dusty heart monitor. His two brothers were loyally and lovingly by his side, Cress hunched over Cilan, drying tears still on his face. Chili was just standing there, hands in his pockets, looking down at his poor, crippled brother.

Cilan didn't look as bad as Cress had told him on the phone. Guess brothers tend to do that to other people. Cilan's whole right face was bruised, cut, and scraped, his arm left arm wrapped up in a big old cast, his hand hanging helplessly out of it, also showered in its share of bloody warfare. It seems Cilan must have fallen. Big time.

Cilan's poor, injury-ill face gave a smile, as big as he could manage to make with all the damage done to it.

"Ash! Iris!" The handsome, young triplets said the younger ones names.

Iris poked around Ash's big head and gasped with unbearable shock. "Cilan!" Iris and Ash both said with sorrow for their poor friend.

"I expected Iris because she is lives in Unova..." Cilan started. "But Ash! Oh, it's so good to see you again!"

Ash smiled awkwardly and laughed at his old pal. "You seem to be in a pretty good mood for a major injury, Cilan," he said with a jolly laugh. "And it's good to see you, too!"

Iris crossed her arms and rolled her eyes to the ceiling. "What did you're light-headed personality get you into this time, Cilan...?" She said, annoyed by Cilan at the moment. "What a kid..." She thought to herself.

Cilan smiled brightly and laughed. "You two haven't changed a bit!" He said with a sensation of a "happy" reunion. "And I think my brothers should tell you because I can't really remember it myself..." He sweatdropped.

Chili turned to his brother's old buddies with a shady gaze. "Grab a seat and I'll tell you..." He mumbled with sorrow and a suspicious sense of guilt.

*flashback of the other day*

The three handsome boys laughed in sync as they walked with a groove in their step, down the streets of the lovely, thriving city they call home, Striaton City.

Cilan wiped away joyful tears from his eyes and laughed harder.

"Oh Chili, you jokester!" He chuckled with amusement.

Cress had his hand on flat stomach as he laughed loudly, not a care for who saw and stared at them.

"Stop it! I can't take it!" He bellowed with laughter.

They all continued to laugh together, enjoying themselves, carrying their loads of groceries in their arms back to their gym.

Chili grinned and snickered uncontrollably. He blushed with brotherly affection.

"Oh, you guys!" He chuckled. "It wasn't really all that funny...!"

Cress couldn't control his laugher and ended up stopped walking to hunch over and let out more laughs.

"Are you serious, Chili?!" He continued to chuckle. "That was your best joke yet!"

After they all settled themselves, Cress stood straight up tall again and they continued to walk home together.

Like they say, accidents don't fall too far from home.

As they approached a busy intersection, Cress nudged Cilan playfully.

"I felt like we were little again, Cilan..." He said to his triplet softy. "Chili..."

Cilan smiled as Chili gave him a sharp grin. A girl from across the street squealed with affection.

"I'm gonna marry that man! Eeeee!" She continued to fangirl about Chili.

Chili's grin disappeared into an annoyed look as he and Cress stopped and pushed the crosswalk button. As Chili and Cress took his attention away from the squealing fangirl, who was now being dragged away by her friend forcibly, the two boys gasped.

"Cilan! Stop!" Cress called out to his green-haired brother. Cilan had his eyes closed with a big smile on his face, too happy and enjoying himself to notice, as he walked into the busy intersection. He opened his eyes and stopped, just as soon as a car came barely scrapping by him, sending him and his bags of groceries flying to the left and landing with a loud *thud* on the concrete road.

Cress and Chili gasped with fear, tho Cilan didn't fly too high, nor far.

"Cilan!" Chili exclaimed as he rushed over to his injured brother on the road. Blood was splatted on the car's exterior. Cilan's fresh blood.

Cars were stopping, screeching to halts as they all approached they scene. Drivers got out of their cars and gasped at one of their cities' gym leaders laid on the ground.

"That's Cilan!"

"Is that the gym leader?! That can't be him!"

"Is he okay?!"

"Someone call 9-1-1!"

"What's his brothers gonna do?!"

Cress just stood where he was, his body trembling with fear, shock, and sorrow. All those feeling shook him to his inner core, his heart, as he saw his wounded, dear brother, lying motionless on the ground. Cilan's blood started to slowly pool around his limp body, starting from his left arm more than anywhere, then his leg. Cress cringed as his brother's blood stained the cold road.

Cress finally made an action. He dropped his bag of groceries and ran screaming to Cilan's limp body, hoping his brother was still alive.

"Cilan!" Cress cried out to his brother as Cilan's body began to move. A mumble and a groan came out from his mouth in pain.

Chili flipped him over to reveal the horrifying damage that was done. Cilan's once white dress sleeve was now stained red, some torn and ripped from the rest of it. His left cheek was badly bruised, cut, scrapped, you name it. His left arm was not only a bloody nightmare to his dear brothers, but it didn't look like it should have bent that way. He must have landed on it strange, causing it to bend and possibly break. His whole left leg was also scrapped and splattered with its share of Cilan's blood.

Chili's bright red eyes grew wide as he lift his own hands, shivering in a new type of fear. Cilan's blood was painted onto his hands, slowly dripping from between his fingers, and falling onto his black pants, leaving a stain of hurt.

Cilan's PokèBalls were thrown next to the bag of groceries he had and Pansage was the "lucky one" who happened to pop out, while his Stunkfisk and Crustle remained inside their balls, oblivious to the tragedy happening in the outside world.

Cilan's green monkey friend gasped. "Paaaaansaaaageee!" It cried out to its trainer, tears flowing out like a fountain, down it's tan cheeks. As it landed next to Cilan, loyally, Cilan let out a cry in pain. It was a loud, shriek at first, then a cry followed it.

Tears began flowing slowly out of Cilan's eyes in extreme, unbearable pain, causing his cheek to sting and cause him to cringe. He wanted to stop crying because not only he was in public, everyone looking at him as he laid helplessly on the ground, but because it hurt him even more.

"Get an ambulance...!" He cried out to his brothers, reaching his right hand out slowly to Cress. "Cress!" He seemed to want Cress to help him sit up.

Cress just stared at him with wild eyes and then bursted into tears. Chili looked at Cilan on the ground, tears in his eyes too, but not as much as Cress's hurting sobs. Chili shook his head as he pulled out his black smartphone.

"No, Cilan..." Chili whispered tenderly, but sorrowfully to his brother as he dialed 9-1-1 on his phone and held it up to his ear. "You gotta stay down..."

Pansage and Cress continued to mope and crying over Cilan, who rested his aching body, waiting for paramedics to come. The driver of the car just stood with shock and extreme guilt at Cilan's body on the cold ground.

"Hang in there, Cilan..."

"Pan, Pansage..."

"Huuuu..."

*end*

Ash and Iris just stood there as Chili's shoulders slumped, showing his sorrow to them, and Cress cried loud and heavily into his own hands.

"Cilan..." Ash whispered with sorrow for his friend. "I'm so sorry..."

Cilan gave his old pal a soft smile. "Heheh, it's alright, Ash..." He spoke with softness. "I'll be just fine."

"A-A-Are you sure?" Iris asked Cilan, still eying his terrible wounds all over his left side. "I mean, I-I-It looks pretty bad..." She shivered at the sight of all the fleshy yuck. Blood was still slightly coming out, showing through the white bandage on his lower cheek. The rest above that was just scrapped and a few cuts that didn't need a big bandage, like the bottom half did.

Cilan smiled awkwardly at her. "I'm sure..." He murmured to her and smiled. "It could've been worse, you know..."

Iris blushed violently at his calmness about the whole situation.

"...I'll never get you, Cilan!"

"Fine with me, Iris."

"Hmph!" She pouted and turned her head away from her, being her stubborn usual self. She didn't like Cilan being smart with her right now. It was something she didn't really miss about the good old days.

Cress's weeping caught Ash's attention. His weeps were deep and heavy, sounding very meaningful. It sounded as if Cilan had died, which he didn't. He would bring in a full gasp of air, let it out in a long weep and then several short ones after, repeating the terrible cycle over and over again, causing pain in Ash's chest himself. Ash's eyes began to water a little, catching Cilan's green gaze.

"Ash, don't you-." Cilan started but it was too late. Ash had started out giving short, quite weeps. Then those turned into ones like Cress's, just not as loud and emotional. He wasn't Cilan's triplet brother after all.

Then Iris joined in the choir of weeping, almost crying like a newborn baby, wanting to know what is going on and why.

"Cilan...!" Ash and Iris let out a cry. Now Chili was the only unwounded one not weeping his heart out. Ash and Iris ran over to Cilan and hugged him like he was their father, just coming home from work. Cilan grunted with all the extra weight coming on him and then used his right arm to grip them close, yet gentle, as if they were his own children.

"I'm sorry..." Cilan whispered to the weeping young ones. "I didn't intend to worry you guys and cause you sorrow..." He patter their heads softly with his tender hands. He brushed Iris's hair, feeling her smooth, purple locks in between his tender, long fingers. He reached over to Ash and pulled his hat down, attempting to cheer him up a little, but failed.

"Cilan will be out of the hospital in a month or so," Chili told them solidly. "So I advise you go home back to Kanto, Ash. We'll call you up when Cilan's out of the hospital and ready to see you."

Ash looked up at the older teenager and Chili gave him a stern look, unlike his natural personality, grinning most of the time and capable of making everyone pumped up over a gym battle against him. He must be really hurting inside, just doesn't want to show it to them, even his own brothers, who he once was with in the womb of their mother together, sharing food together, like true triplet brothers do.

"...Alright," Ash finally said after an awkward silence of only Cress's weeping. "But only after a week. I have to stay with Cilan, just in case if he die-."

"Don't say it, Ash...!" Cress cried out to the young boy and rehearsed his crying and weeps once more.

"Cress, stop crying so much. You're gonna pass out from loosing so much body fluids." Chili told Cress, coldly.

"But it's all my fault...! If I were paying attention, Cilan wouldn't be hurt...!"

Cress went back into his deep weeping as Chili tried to hold his own back.

"It's my fault, too. I wasn't looking either." Chili began.

"Guys... Cress... Chili... Stop putting my faults onto yourselves." Cilan suddenly spoke from being silent.

They all looked at Cilan questionably, but let him continue before conflicting.

"If I was looking out for myself," Cilan then continued softly. "Then I would not be in this mess and trouble. I would be at the Striaton Gym, serving tables as a waiter, battling challengers as a gym leader. I take all the blame for this. You two need to relax. Don't worry about me and take care of the gym while I recover. But don't forget to check on me everyday."

Cilan smiled sweetly at his dear brothers as they gave him blank stairs, then Chili gave a light smile.

"Alright," he said to Cilan, feeling a little pain in his chest having to leave his brother. "We'll let you get some rest."

Chili reached over and took Cress's wrist, signaling for him to suck it up and leave with him. Cress let out a single sniff before yanking his wrist out of Chili's grip.

"Yes..." He mumbled to Cilan, not wanting to leave him either. "Get some rest."

As they went to leave, Ash turned to look at Cilan. He was slowly closing his eyes and relaxing, getting reading to sleep.

"We'll tell the nurse we're done visiting you for the day," Ash told him silently, causing Cilan to jump a little. Ash smiled brightly at his old pal. "See you tomorrow, Cilan."

Cilan blinked at Ash, then smiled twice as friendly as Ash's. "See ya, Ash..." She mumbled gently to him, getting really tired.

Ash close the door to Cilan's hospital room, soft and quite, trying to not disturb him.

(Intermission)

"Do you want to stay at the gym with us for the night?" Chili asked as the four of them started walking down the halls of Intensive Care in the Striaton City Hospital. Chili suddenly seeming brighter than he was moments ago. The room must have given Cilan's two triplet brothers a dreary and sorrowful feeling in their hearts.

Cress sniffed and slowly lifted his heavy head. "We have a guest room you are more than welcome to use for now, Ash and Iris." He seemed more brighter than he was before, too, but still had a bit of a sad look in his eyes. Maybe it was from crying so much and so hard, it almost left an engraving of shadiness in them.

Iris perked up at the idea. "Yes," she said. "That would be wonderful!"

"Thank you, Cress! Chili!" Ash piped, joining Iris's happiness.

Cress blinked and gave them a shy smile, showing that he was still down in the dumps about Cilan.

"You're welcome!" They two brothers said in sync and almost perfect harmony, their different pitch voices clashing with each others. Chili's deep, yet not too manly voice and Cress's handsome and kind voice with a bit of sorrow mixed with it. With the triplet brothers all speaking at the same time, it turns almost perfect harmony into a choir of handsome voices colliding, causing something like a beautiful song made for young ladies to adore till their passing.

"Please tell me there is two beds!" Iris suddenly squeaked as they turned to corner, slowing down as they approached the elevator.

Chili blinked at them and snickered, realizing what Iris feared, letting out a deep, handsome and loud laugh.

"There is," Cress told Iris as Chili continued to laugh. He pushed the button with a down arrow painted on it, causing it to light up. "We knew we'd never be having a married couple coming for a visit." He said as a sweet smile wiped across his face and let out a soft, quite laugh.

"Ehuh...?" Ash made a confused sound. "So, you're parents never come to visit you guys?"

Cress's once smiling face turned into a frown. He seemed to not like the mentioning of their parents.

"Mom died giving birth to us," Chili told Ash gruffly, with a hint of sadness. "Dad only took care of us until we were appointed gym leaders. We never had a strong relationship with him. He was always mopping about losing the love of his life, our dear mother."

Cress's face grew more saddened as the doors of the elevator opened, revealing a few people who were eager to see their sick and injured.

The foursome stepped away from the paths of a crying two year old in the arms of a sad mother and a weeping five year old tugging at her mother's skirt. They must be visiting their father, most likely dying of illness or a disease.

As the shook-up family weeped themselves down the hall, Cress motioned for his brother and guests to get in the elevator.

Once in, Chili pushed a button with the number one on it, causing the doors of the elevator to shut.

"I tried making a good relationship with our father," Cress spoke as the elevator jerked them down. "But every time he looked at me, he'd burst into tears."

"Cress reminded our father too much of our mother," Chili added. "Our mother was always soft spoken, just like Cress was when he was little. He also had mother's blue eyes."

Iris and Ash felt the gloominess of the brothers reach them, causing their own shoulders to slump in pity for them.

"I'm so sorry..." Iris murmured sadly. "I didn't mean to bring up something that sad..."

"No, Iris..." Ash whispered to her. "It was me who did... I asked about their parents..."

After a very awkward silence, Chili perked back up to his usual self, causing Cress to give him an awkward look.

"Well, this day has been too gloomy for my tastebuds!" She exclaimed with a buff voice. "Let's just get on our way home and sleep!"

Ash nodded, but his stomach had a suggestion to add. It growled loudly, causing a huge smile to wipe across Cress's face. He laughed for the first time since Cilan's accident.

"But we must feed our guests first, Chili!" Cress told his triplet brother, proudly. "Can't send two growing kids to bed without one of our great-tasting meals!"

(Intermission)

Cress placed a plate of food in front of Iris as Chili put one in front of Ash. He noticed that Ash was staring into space, deep in thought. Chili blinked and raised an eyebrow.

"What's on you're mind, Ash?" The flame hair boy asked him, worried that he might be thinking of Cilan.

"Hmm? Oh, it's nothing." Ash responded to Chili's question bluntly and picked up his fork. He licked his lips slowly as he saw the delicious plate of food before him and grinned. "Mmm! This looks good!"

As Ash dug in, Chili stared at him, still wanting to know what he was just thinking about.

"I haven't had anything this good since Cilan left to come home to you guys!" Ash said with a jolly grin.

Cress came in with a serving plater, his plate and Chili's were on it. He noticed Chili and raised an eyebrow, concerned for his brothers actions.

"Chili...?" Cress asked him. "What's the matter?" Chili's head perked up and he looked at Cress, surprised.

"Eh...? Oh, nothing..." Chili responded, noticing he was staring at Ash.

Cress gave him an awkward smile and set down his brother's plate of food, then his own on the table.

"Come on," Cress told his brother with a bright smile. "Let us eat."

Chili blinked and grinned. "Heheh, yeah!" He chuckled and sat down next to Cress, who already picked up his fork and began eating peacefully.

(Intermission)

Ash was done before anyone else and decided to call up his mom.

"Go right ahead," Cress told Ash with a smile. "The phone is around the corner."

Ash nodded. "Thanks, Cress." He said to him as he went to go make the call.

Ash dialed up his Kanto home on the phone and waited.

*ring*

*ring*

*ring*

*ri-* The other end picked up.

Ash's mom appeared on the screen and she gasped at the sight of her son.

"Ash!" She exclaimed with joy. "It's good to see you made it to Unova! Oh, I miss you so much, deary!"

"I only left this morning, mom..." Ash told her as he blushed. "It hasn't been that long..."

"I know!" His mom said with a laugh. Then she got serious. "So how is Cilan?"

Ash looked away from his mom and off to the side. "He looks pretty bad..." He told her with a sad tone in his voice. "His whole left side of his body is banged up badly..."

Ash's mom's shoulders slumped at seeing her dear son getting sad about his friend. She too, worried for Cilan, even tho they don't know each other well enough for her to feel a whole lot of pity for him.

"I'm sure he'll get better soon..." She told her son with sympathy in her tone.

"Oh, I know that, mom!"Ash said, suddenly perky up back to his old self, just like Chili did back at the hospital on the way to the gym. Ash laughed. "You should have seen Cilan! He wasn't all down in the dumps about getting injured all that much, he was almost as bright as he usually is! Er... Well when I was traveling with him last."

"Oh, that's great!" Ash's mom said with overflowing joy and laughed, too. "Now we need to make sure Cilan doesn't wear himself out from being too bright spirited!"

Ash laughed. "Yeah," he said and looked at the clock. "Well, I gotta get to bed, mom. I'm staying with Iris at the Striaton Gym, along with Cilan's brothers."

Ash's mom crossed her arms. "You better get to bed soon, young man!" She said sternly, causing Ash to jump a little in the sudden change in mood. Then she laughed. "Just kidding! I'll just let this one slide, like a vacation!"

Ash gave her an awkward smile and laughed a little. "Well, bye," he said to his mom. "Goodnight."

"Goodnight, Ash."

She hanged up on the other end.

(Intermission)

"Here's the guest bedroom," Cress showed Ash and Iris a door to where they'd be staying. "It's been a while since we've had a guest, but we make sure we clean the room when we clean ours, so it should be fine."

Ash and Iris nodded solemnly. "Okay!" Ash said with a grin. "Thank you so much, Cress!" Iris added with a chirp.

Cress gave one of his waiter smiles. "Alright," he said with friendliness. "Come and get me if you need anything!"

Ash and Iris nodded. "Goodnight, Cress." Ash said.

"You too, Ash!" Cress replied and turned to go to his bedroom. "Goodnight."

Iris turned the doorknob and opened its door. In the guest room was three twin sized beds, each had white sheets, pillow, and a tannish-creamish comforters. There must be three if each one of the triplet's had a friend over to stay the night, or just multiple special guests.

Iris plopped her suitcase down next to the one closest to the wall, probably having Cilan's bedroom close by, due to the design of the gym. She flew herself onto the bed and she bounded slightly up and down on the mattress. She sighed.

"I'm still not sure about Cilan, Ash..." She whispered softly, full of sorrow in her tone.

"Hmm...?" Ash asked as he set down his suitcase next to the bed beside Iris's choice. "Oh, well... I guess I kinda think he'll be alright..."

Iris whipped her head around and gave Ash wild eyes. "Did you NOT see the condition he was in?!" She exclaimed with surprise. "He was almost battered up as a Tepig, ready to be made into meat!"

Ash laughed and sat down on his bed. "You must like Cilan a lot if you're really panicking!" He chuckled as he took off his shoes. "His brothers aren't even worried now as you still are!"

Iris jumped back in offense and shock, her whole face turning red. "A-A-Am not! Ash!" She exclaimed in terror. "That's not funny!"

Ash snickered as he unzipped his jacket and slipped it off, revealing his white shirt he sleeps in. "Of course it is, Iris!" He chuckled. "You're blushing about it!"

Iris crossed her arms and pouted, giving Ash a dirty look. "Ash Ketchum!" She hissed at him. "Stop it, now! Please!"

Ash huffed. "Alright, Alright...!" He half-mumbled, half-growled. "Geez, keep you're cool for once, Iris..."

"Humf!" Iris pouted one more time before taking her pajamas out of her suitcase and going to the bathroom to change.

"Iris and Cilan, sitting in a tree. K-I-S-S-I-N-G. First comes love, then comes marriage, here comes Cilan with a baby carriage...!" Ash mocked her from his bed as he took off his pants and snickered.

"ASH!" She exclaimed with rage and embarrassment from the bathroom.

The door swung open to their bedroom and there stood Chili, in his red and tannish-gray pajamas, slightly ruffled, red hair, and a grumpy look on his face.

"Do I have to get Cress in here to babysit you guys until you go to sleep?!" He growled in rage. They must have woken him up from his deep slumber.

"N-N-No, you don't, Chili..." Iris stuttered from the bathroom, in fear of Chili's incredible rage.

Chili huffed. "Then calm down and stop yelling at each other or I will..." He hissed quietly at them, before leaving grumpy to go back to his room, shutting their door with a slam.

There was silence in the room, until Iris came out of the bathroom, her pajamas on. Ash was already under his covers, starting to fall asleep.

Iris slipped under her covers. "Goodnight..." She mumbled to Ash as she turned off the lamp on her side table, making the room go dark.

Ash let out a snore and she cringed. "Whatever." Iris gave up and went to sleep.