Misty! Live on Stage!
Characters: Ash, Misty, Brock, Bandit, Spectre
Discalimer: I am Satoshi Tajiri, the owner of Pokemon...I'm not, you say? Did my American accent give it away? Okay, I'm not Satoshi-Sama, and I don't own Pokemon, if I did there would be more hints for AAML, and the only other shippings would be Rocketshipping and Diamondshipping, all other would be in their graves by now except those that are true. Note, however, that I DO own Bandit & Spectre, because they are characters of my own design, LEAVE THEM ALONE AND DO NOT COPY THEM!!!! I also own the Dark Network Soldiers, Bobby Dill is mine as well, but I hate him and don't give a Raticate's Butt if you use him
Chapter 1
Misty thought that karaoke was romantic, so the group headed for a singing club, the crime rate was high, but the Dark Network had complete jurisdiction here, the murderers, rapists, thiefs, child m. drug dealers, and any other type of sleaze was here, but so were fierce looking Dark Network Soldiers, armed with standard issue Plasma Rifles and sidearm phazers, complete with blade & bulletproof padding and the right to arrest anyone in the neighborhood.
"This is NOT a good neighborhood." Brock observed the obvious, but Misty was eager to get to the Razor Raven Cafe, it had some of the best songs sung there, and she was hoping for some romance. Ash & Brock on the other hand wanted to check out the arcade, rumor had it that there was a game there that tested breeding skills of would be Pokemon Breeders, and Ash just plain wanted to check out the video games. They finally arrived at the cafe, it looked dangerous, there were several mean looking people there, and there were a few heavily muscled brutes who looked like proffesional wrestlers hanging about, but guarding the door were 4 D.N. Soldiers, 2 on each side of the door, each one looked like they could eat the brutes without taking a breath, those Soldiers were clearly the type to mess with if you wanted a painful defeat, complete with broken bones. Inside there were about 6 more, none of them burly, but all of them trouble for anyone who wanted to cause problems. "Look, guys, I know neither one of you wants to listen to music, but I do, so why don't you just go to the arcade and have fun, ok?" "Sure, Misty." Brock said, Ash wasn't so willing. "Look, Misty, I know you're tough, but I don't like the idea of, uh, just leaving you by yourself, I mean shouldn't we stick together?" Brock put his hand on Ash's shoulder to get his attention. "Nobody will mess with her, Ash, look at the guys guarding this place, they'd scare the pants off the Mafia, the 4 of them together could handle anything short of a full scale riot, then there are 6 more wandering around in here. "Brock's right, Ash, with all of these Dark Network Soldiers around, no one would dare make trouble, so you go on, I'll meet you there later, and I'll stick to the streets where Soldiers are aplenty, I'll be fine.
Reluctantly, Ash followed Brock away from the Razor Raven Cafe, which was once always a nice place to visit, and still was, it just had gotten a bad reputation from a few patrons who had caused trouble. Ash glanced over his shoulder thinking. "I shouldn't be leaving her here, what if something happens to her? I couldn't take losing Misty-" Ash's thoughts were intureupted as a guy twice Ash's size bumped into him, causing him to fall to the pavement painfully. When Ash looked up, the guy was glaring down on him.
"I hope nothing happens to Ash," Misty thought as she took her seat, making sure to seat herself at the same table as a beefy but fast looking Soldier who gave her a polite smile before turning his attention back to the crowd, and occasionally the music. "I shouldn't worry, Brock's with him, but I do worry, because I care, he's my friend, but, no, I care more about him then that. Hmm, and what if Brock starts hitting on a girl and doesn't notice if Ash gets hurt? Worse, what if the boyfriend of whoever he hits on decides to take on Ash? Or what if Ash steps in to help Brock? I know there are Soldiers around, but if anything happens to Ash, I couldn't take it, I couldn't face Mrs. Ketchum and I couldn't look at myself in the mirror. Misty, he'll be fine, there are Soldiers all around, no one will mess with Ash, and he's got more common sense and too much decency to start a fight himself, decency, kindess, compassion, courage, dependibleness, generosity, good looks, a charming smile, beautiful eyes, charisma, a strong will,-" "Miss?" startled, Misty looked over at the Soldier at her table. "Miss? Are you alright?" The Soldier was looking at her curiously, although his eyes would flicker around the room before returning to her. "I'm alright, I was just thinking. The Soldier smiled and asked "About a guy you Like?" Misty jumped in surprise, and blushed, demanding "What makes you say that!?" The Soldier chuckled. "You had a dreamy look on your face and a faraway look in your eyes, also, you're blushing." Misty blushed harder and tried to hide it, saying defensively "What if I was?" The Soldier held up his hands in a "Peace! Peace!" gesture and said "It's just that you looked worried, than you got that goofy smile and you sighed." Misty wasn't sure what to say to that, so she just explained the truth. "He and a friend of ours headed off for the arcade, but I'm worried because I'm not there for him." the Soldier nodded in understanding as his gaze darted around the room again. "The arcade is heavily guarded, once he gets there, he'll be fine, just enjoy the music, what's your name?" "Misty, what's yours?" "Just call me Scorpion" they shook hands and quieted as the music started again, the singer was a lanky 6.3, he had silver-blond hair past his shoulders and bright blue eyes, in contrast to her own deep blue. He was wearing a black button-up shirt and black combat pants, he also had on black boots, the guy looked to be about 25, and despite the difference in their age and her love for Ash, she couldn't help but think the guy was really handsome. He was a great singer too, he could go from romantic to dangerous at the drop of a hat, plus he did everything in between.
In the shadows, Bandit was watching the crowd, he took in every face, even Misty's, but didn't see Ash or Brock anywhere. "Blast!" Bandit thought "Ash isn't here, my plan is gonna be ruined, Spectre, you'd better pull this off at the right time!"
Ash climbed back to his feet, dusting himself off, and apologized. "Punk!" The guy said, grabbing Ash and pulling him up to his face, Ash flinched, not that he was afraid, but the guy had appallingly bad breath. "Ya wanna mess with me!?!?" "No!" Ash said, his anger was rising, but so was his maturity, he wasn't interested in starting a fight, apparently, though, this guy was. Brock was lying on the ground, he looked stunned and was muttering something about Nurse Joy, he wasn't gonna be a help anytime soon. "The guy grinned, showing teeth that clearly hadn't been brushed anytime within the past year. "You go messin' with Bobby Dill, you gonna get hoit!" Ash spoke up while trying to hold his breath. "I'm not messing with you, I just wanna go, I don't want a fight. The guy laughed and Ash almost passed out from the stench. "Leave!? You mussed with me, so now you pay with your teeth!" cocked back his fist and prepared to let it fly, Ash tensed his face muscles, praying it wouldn't knock him out, or he would be defenseless. Suddenly a beam of plasmic energy went off over their heads and a voice shouted "Alright! Put the kid down, that was a warning shot! Put him down now or next time it won't be a warning!" Bobby Dill, if that was his name, dropped Ash and and said "You're lucky I just remembered sumthin' I gotta do, see ya, kid." The Soldier in question rushed over to Ash and leaned over him "You okay, kid?" he asked, Ash struggled to his feet and replied bravely. "Yeah, just a bit spooked." Ash glanced over at Brock, who murmered "Oh, Nurse Joy, you are so good at making people feel better, please more." Ash sweatdropped and hurried to Brock's side to smack him over the head. "YEEOW! Ash! Wattya hitting me for!?" "Sorry Brock, but you were talking in your sleep about (Lowers his voice) Nurse Joy," Brock blushed and stood up, the two friends thanked the Soldier for his help and headed to the arcade, but they found it sucked (Brock's description) and was worthless for Pokemon Battles (Ash's description) so they decided to either go to the cafe to see how Misty was doing (Ash's idea) or go to the Pokemon Center and visit Nurse Joy (Brock's idea). Since there was no Pokemon Center, they headed for the cafe, they got there without incident
Back at the cafe, Misty was really enjoying Spectre's singing, one song was about a couple, madly in love but afraid to admit it, the song reminded Misty of herself and Ash. In the midst of one song, about a couple who were forever seperated because the girl had been afraid to admit her feelings, she mentioned to Scorpion Spectre's singing talent, he replied "Oh, yeah, he's the cafe's owner and best performer, the girls all love him." When the song finished, Spectre started talking. "Hey everyone, I hope you are enjoying yourselves as much as I am!" Misty & Scorpion joined in the chorus of "Yes!" mixed in with a few "No!"s. Spectre continued "Tonight I have a special treat, I'm gonna select someone from the audience and he or she will song a song or two, and I have a talent for selecting good singers," a bunch of, umm, rowdy looking girls jumped up shouting "ME! ME!" They looked drunk, Spectre ignored them and continued "hmmm, who now, aha! Is that who I think it is!? Hey, shine a light on her, will ya, fellas?" Suddenly a light shined on Misty and Spectre hopped off of the stage to walk over to her. "That pretty red-head reminds me of someone I've heard about, (To Misty) what's your name, young lady?"
Somewhat flustered, Misty replied "Uh, Misty." Spectre grinned past his microphone "Misty Waterflower? Of the Cerulean Sensational Sisters?" "Uh, yes." Spectre's grin became wider and he thought. "She's here, just like he said, now to lay the bait." Outloud he said to the audience. "Her sisters are running the gym, but I hear she is a superior trainer and a fantastic singer, how about we get HER up on stage!" There was a chorus of "YEAH!" and a few "NO!" Spectre took Misty's arm and said "The masses have spoken! C'mon Misty!" Misty resisted, saying "I'm more of a private audience singer, you know, among a small group of close friends?" Spectre leaned in away from his microphone and said "Then think of this as a larger group of close friends (Lowers his voice lower) sing for your boyfriend, I bet Ash would love to hear you sing." "Huh? How do you know about Ash!?" Misty was too flustered, and too busy thinking about Ash enjoying her singing to resist as Spectre pulled her backstage to get a costume, it was the Goldeen outfit Misty wore in "March of the Exeggutor Squad", you know, the REALLY cute outfit? "Hmm, too skimpy, makeup! What can we do here?" Spectre called, two lovely ladies who each looked to be about 20 appeared and gave Misty a jacket like the one Aeris has in FF7 and let down her hair. "Aha! Perfection!" Spectre said happily, he pulled Misty back onstage, where he noticed Ash & Brock sitting with Scorpion "Perfect, all according to plan." Spectre thought, he began talking into the microphone
In the shadows, Bandit noticed Ash & Brock come in and sit next to Scorpion, only moments before Spectre pulled Misty onstage "Excellent! I was beggining to wonder if even Spectre's timing would pull this off! That is an employee I must never loose, I should offer him a raise, even though Black Hand, Flash, and I are the only ones who outrank him."
Characters: Ash, Misty, Brock, Bandit, Spectre
Discalimer: I am Satoshi Tajiri, the owner of Pokemon...I'm not, you say? Did my American accent give it away? Okay, I'm not Satoshi-Sama, and I don't own Pokemon, if I did there would be more hints for AAML, and the only other shippings would be Rocketshipping and Diamondshipping, all other would be in their graves by now except those that are true. Note, however, that I DO own Bandit & Spectre, because they are characters of my own design, LEAVE THEM ALONE AND DO NOT COPY THEM!!!! I also own the Dark Network Soldiers, Bobby Dill is mine as well, but I hate him and don't give a Raticate's Butt if you use him
Chapter 1
Misty thought that karaoke was romantic, so the group headed for a singing club, the crime rate was high, but the Dark Network had complete jurisdiction here, the murderers, rapists, thiefs, child m. drug dealers, and any other type of sleaze was here, but so were fierce looking Dark Network Soldiers, armed with standard issue Plasma Rifles and sidearm phazers, complete with blade & bulletproof padding and the right to arrest anyone in the neighborhood.
"This is NOT a good neighborhood." Brock observed the obvious, but Misty was eager to get to the Razor Raven Cafe, it had some of the best songs sung there, and she was hoping for some romance. Ash & Brock on the other hand wanted to check out the arcade, rumor had it that there was a game there that tested breeding skills of would be Pokemon Breeders, and Ash just plain wanted to check out the video games. They finally arrived at the cafe, it looked dangerous, there were several mean looking people there, and there were a few heavily muscled brutes who looked like proffesional wrestlers hanging about, but guarding the door were 4 D.N. Soldiers, 2 on each side of the door, each one looked like they could eat the brutes without taking a breath, those Soldiers were clearly the type to mess with if you wanted a painful defeat, complete with broken bones. Inside there were about 6 more, none of them burly, but all of them trouble for anyone who wanted to cause problems. "Look, guys, I know neither one of you wants to listen to music, but I do, so why don't you just go to the arcade and have fun, ok?" "Sure, Misty." Brock said, Ash wasn't so willing. "Look, Misty, I know you're tough, but I don't like the idea of, uh, just leaving you by yourself, I mean shouldn't we stick together?" Brock put his hand on Ash's shoulder to get his attention. "Nobody will mess with her, Ash, look at the guys guarding this place, they'd scare the pants off the Mafia, the 4 of them together could handle anything short of a full scale riot, then there are 6 more wandering around in here. "Brock's right, Ash, with all of these Dark Network Soldiers around, no one would dare make trouble, so you go on, I'll meet you there later, and I'll stick to the streets where Soldiers are aplenty, I'll be fine.
Reluctantly, Ash followed Brock away from the Razor Raven Cafe, which was once always a nice place to visit, and still was, it just had gotten a bad reputation from a few patrons who had caused trouble. Ash glanced over his shoulder thinking. "I shouldn't be leaving her here, what if something happens to her? I couldn't take losing Misty-" Ash's thoughts were intureupted as a guy twice Ash's size bumped into him, causing him to fall to the pavement painfully. When Ash looked up, the guy was glaring down on him.
"I hope nothing happens to Ash," Misty thought as she took her seat, making sure to seat herself at the same table as a beefy but fast looking Soldier who gave her a polite smile before turning his attention back to the crowd, and occasionally the music. "I shouldn't worry, Brock's with him, but I do worry, because I care, he's my friend, but, no, I care more about him then that. Hmm, and what if Brock starts hitting on a girl and doesn't notice if Ash gets hurt? Worse, what if the boyfriend of whoever he hits on decides to take on Ash? Or what if Ash steps in to help Brock? I know there are Soldiers around, but if anything happens to Ash, I couldn't take it, I couldn't face Mrs. Ketchum and I couldn't look at myself in the mirror. Misty, he'll be fine, there are Soldiers all around, no one will mess with Ash, and he's got more common sense and too much decency to start a fight himself, decency, kindess, compassion, courage, dependibleness, generosity, good looks, a charming smile, beautiful eyes, charisma, a strong will,-" "Miss?" startled, Misty looked over at the Soldier at her table. "Miss? Are you alright?" The Soldier was looking at her curiously, although his eyes would flicker around the room before returning to her. "I'm alright, I was just thinking. The Soldier smiled and asked "About a guy you Like?" Misty jumped in surprise, and blushed, demanding "What makes you say that!?" The Soldier chuckled. "You had a dreamy look on your face and a faraway look in your eyes, also, you're blushing." Misty blushed harder and tried to hide it, saying defensively "What if I was?" The Soldier held up his hands in a "Peace! Peace!" gesture and said "It's just that you looked worried, than you got that goofy smile and you sighed." Misty wasn't sure what to say to that, so she just explained the truth. "He and a friend of ours headed off for the arcade, but I'm worried because I'm not there for him." the Soldier nodded in understanding as his gaze darted around the room again. "The arcade is heavily guarded, once he gets there, he'll be fine, just enjoy the music, what's your name?" "Misty, what's yours?" "Just call me Scorpion" they shook hands and quieted as the music started again, the singer was a lanky 6.3, he had silver-blond hair past his shoulders and bright blue eyes, in contrast to her own deep blue. He was wearing a black button-up shirt and black combat pants, he also had on black boots, the guy looked to be about 25, and despite the difference in their age and her love for Ash, she couldn't help but think the guy was really handsome. He was a great singer too, he could go from romantic to dangerous at the drop of a hat, plus he did everything in between.
In the shadows, Bandit was watching the crowd, he took in every face, even Misty's, but didn't see Ash or Brock anywhere. "Blast!" Bandit thought "Ash isn't here, my plan is gonna be ruined, Spectre, you'd better pull this off at the right time!"
Ash climbed back to his feet, dusting himself off, and apologized. "Punk!" The guy said, grabbing Ash and pulling him up to his face, Ash flinched, not that he was afraid, but the guy had appallingly bad breath. "Ya wanna mess with me!?!?" "No!" Ash said, his anger was rising, but so was his maturity, he wasn't interested in starting a fight, apparently, though, this guy was. Brock was lying on the ground, he looked stunned and was muttering something about Nurse Joy, he wasn't gonna be a help anytime soon. "The guy grinned, showing teeth that clearly hadn't been brushed anytime within the past year. "You go messin' with Bobby Dill, you gonna get hoit!" Ash spoke up while trying to hold his breath. "I'm not messing with you, I just wanna go, I don't want a fight. The guy laughed and Ash almost passed out from the stench. "Leave!? You mussed with me, so now you pay with your teeth!" cocked back his fist and prepared to let it fly, Ash tensed his face muscles, praying it wouldn't knock him out, or he would be defenseless. Suddenly a beam of plasmic energy went off over their heads and a voice shouted "Alright! Put the kid down, that was a warning shot! Put him down now or next time it won't be a warning!" Bobby Dill, if that was his name, dropped Ash and and said "You're lucky I just remembered sumthin' I gotta do, see ya, kid." The Soldier in question rushed over to Ash and leaned over him "You okay, kid?" he asked, Ash struggled to his feet and replied bravely. "Yeah, just a bit spooked." Ash glanced over at Brock, who murmered "Oh, Nurse Joy, you are so good at making people feel better, please more." Ash sweatdropped and hurried to Brock's side to smack him over the head. "YEEOW! Ash! Wattya hitting me for!?" "Sorry Brock, but you were talking in your sleep about (Lowers his voice) Nurse Joy," Brock blushed and stood up, the two friends thanked the Soldier for his help and headed to the arcade, but they found it sucked (Brock's description) and was worthless for Pokemon Battles (Ash's description) so they decided to either go to the cafe to see how Misty was doing (Ash's idea) or go to the Pokemon Center and visit Nurse Joy (Brock's idea). Since there was no Pokemon Center, they headed for the cafe, they got there without incident
Back at the cafe, Misty was really enjoying Spectre's singing, one song was about a couple, madly in love but afraid to admit it, the song reminded Misty of herself and Ash. In the midst of one song, about a couple who were forever seperated because the girl had been afraid to admit her feelings, she mentioned to Scorpion Spectre's singing talent, he replied "Oh, yeah, he's the cafe's owner and best performer, the girls all love him." When the song finished, Spectre started talking. "Hey everyone, I hope you are enjoying yourselves as much as I am!" Misty & Scorpion joined in the chorus of "Yes!" mixed in with a few "No!"s. Spectre continued "Tonight I have a special treat, I'm gonna select someone from the audience and he or she will song a song or two, and I have a talent for selecting good singers," a bunch of, umm, rowdy looking girls jumped up shouting "ME! ME!" They looked drunk, Spectre ignored them and continued "hmmm, who now, aha! Is that who I think it is!? Hey, shine a light on her, will ya, fellas?" Suddenly a light shined on Misty and Spectre hopped off of the stage to walk over to her. "That pretty red-head reminds me of someone I've heard about, (To Misty) what's your name, young lady?"
Somewhat flustered, Misty replied "Uh, Misty." Spectre grinned past his microphone "Misty Waterflower? Of the Cerulean Sensational Sisters?" "Uh, yes." Spectre's grin became wider and he thought. "She's here, just like he said, now to lay the bait." Outloud he said to the audience. "Her sisters are running the gym, but I hear she is a superior trainer and a fantastic singer, how about we get HER up on stage!" There was a chorus of "YEAH!" and a few "NO!" Spectre took Misty's arm and said "The masses have spoken! C'mon Misty!" Misty resisted, saying "I'm more of a private audience singer, you know, among a small group of close friends?" Spectre leaned in away from his microphone and said "Then think of this as a larger group of close friends (Lowers his voice lower) sing for your boyfriend, I bet Ash would love to hear you sing." "Huh? How do you know about Ash!?" Misty was too flustered, and too busy thinking about Ash enjoying her singing to resist as Spectre pulled her backstage to get a costume, it was the Goldeen outfit Misty wore in "March of the Exeggutor Squad", you know, the REALLY cute outfit? "Hmm, too skimpy, makeup! What can we do here?" Spectre called, two lovely ladies who each looked to be about 20 appeared and gave Misty a jacket like the one Aeris has in FF7 and let down her hair. "Aha! Perfection!" Spectre said happily, he pulled Misty back onstage, where he noticed Ash & Brock sitting with Scorpion "Perfect, all according to plan." Spectre thought, he began talking into the microphone
In the shadows, Bandit noticed Ash & Brock come in and sit next to Scorpion, only moments before Spectre pulled Misty onstage "Excellent! I was beggining to wonder if even Spectre's timing would pull this off! That is an employee I must never loose, I should offer him a raise, even though Black Hand, Flash, and I are the only ones who outrank him."