Okay, time for the fourth chapter!
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Chapter 4: Chosen Club
Misty followed Ash back to his house. They walked in and Ash walked up the stairs. "I'm gonna go change."
"Okay," Misty said. Dawn walked up to her.
"Is it just me, or is he…different?"
"He is. It must be shadrint."
Dawn nodded. "Do you think he'll stay like this forever?"
"I don't know…"
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Ash came back down the stairs wearing full black. He had a black T-shirt with a black zip hoodie, which was currently unzipped. He was also wearing black jeans. Misty and Dawn looked at him curiously.
"Going for a new look, Ash?" Dawn said. Ash didn't reply. He walked towards the door. Pikachu jumped after him. Ash put his hand up.
"Not now, pikachu. You stay here."
Pikachu frowned and reluctantly went back towards the couch to…I dunno. He seems smart enough to watch TV. I guess he watch…pokémon? That would be kind of weird…okay, now I'm confusing myself…
Misty knew something was up. Ash usually never went anywhere without pikachu. He was definitely different. She hoped it wasn't permanent.
Ash closed the door behind him headed who knows where? Well, I do. And so will you in a few seconds. Just Misty and Dawn and pikachu and…well, everyone in this fic except Ash don't know.
Misty turned to Dawn. "Maybe we should go talk to professor Oak."
Dawn nodded.
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It didn't take Ash too long to get to viridian city because…well, it only takes about 2 minutes in the game so that's how long it took. Screw the show.
As he walked down the sidewalk he did that whole "Saturday night fever stride" thing. You know, what Peter Parker did in the 3rd Spiderman where he's all like "Yo wassup peoples, I'm the coolest dude ever and Ima give the guns to all o' y'alls!". Okay, so maybe he didn't actually say that. Come to think of it, nobody really talks like that. And if you do, you're a dumbass.
Ash kept walking, getting all sorts of weird stares until he saw a sign that said "Chosen Club" in blinking cursive. Below it in smaller letters was "The Place for Chosen Ones" Ash walked on in.
As Ash walked over to the counter, Harry Potter and Luke Skywalker stared at him.
"Oh my god…" Luke said, staring.
"Is that Ash?" Harry said in disbelief.
"I think so," Luke said.
"What happened?"
"I dunno." Luke turned back to Harry. "But I was afraid something like this would happen."
Harry looked at Luke curiously. "What do you mean?"
Luke took out his laptop. "You seen this?" He went on YouTube and turned the computer around to show Harry. On the screen was Ash dressed as a girl. It was from that one "Ashley" episode. If you haven't watched it, you should.
Harry facepalmed. "Oh boy…"
Luke closed the laptop. "You put that together with all the total douchebags he has to deal with, and it's no wonder he turned nuts like this."
Ash sat down on one of the stools by the counter. A girl in one of those…outfits looked at him, smiling (that doesn't mean anything, they do that all the time and it's actually really irritating but nobody ever mentions that so they just keep it up. Man, I'd hate to be one of them. Their cheeks must get really tired doing that). "Hey, Ash. It's been a while since you came here."
"Yeah, I've been traveling."
"Still doing that whole "pokémon master" buisness, huh? Well, what can I get for you?"
"Gimme a root beer," Ash said, trying to sound cool while being too young to drink. The girl nodded and got Ash a root beer. The boy next to Ash stared at him.
"Ash?" He said in disbelief.
"Yeah, that's me," Ash said, with an arrogant smile still stuck on his face. "How ya been doing, Arthur?"
"What happened? You look…different."
"I am different."
"Yeah, you got that right," said the boy on the other side of Ash. Ash turned to him.
"Who the hell are you?"
The boy looked exactly like Ash when he had first started his journey. His voice sounded different, though.
"Oh, he's the Ash from pokémon abridged," Arthur said. "He's new here."
"Pokémon abridged?" Ash said curiously.
The other Ash nodded. "It's where they take episodes from your show, pokémon, and add their own sound and voice dubbing. Most suck, but I'm from one of the few good ones."
"So you think you're better than me?" Ash said.
"What? No! No, no, no! I'm the best of the abridged, but you're waaaaaaaaay better than any of the abridged! Yeah, yeah! Way better!"
Ash laughed. "So then you're me, but with an entire different personality."
"Yeah. And in a different time."
Arthur hopped off his stool. "I'm outta here. This is getting way to weird for me." He walked away. The other Ash frowned.
"Said the 12-year-old boy who was chosen by a frog to fight some lazy bum named Monday by killing a bunch of people-dogs with the minute hand of a clock."
Ash nodded and chugged the rest of his root beer. "Well, I'm gone," he said. He hopped out of his stool and left. The other Ash raised his eyebrows.
"The real me isn't as bad as I thought. Still not as good as me, but…"
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"Will he stay like this forever?"
Misty and Dawn were in professor Oak's lab with Ash's mom and Tracy and…well, everyone but Ash.
Professor Oak looked at the floor. He seemed to be in deep thought. "I don't know…"
"But we can get it out, right?" Tracy said, though he didn't seem to want an answer.
"I'm not sure. It hasn't happened before. There haven't been many shadrint attacks before. But it is thought…" Professor Oak didn't finish.
"What?" Dawn said.
"It is thought that if a shadrint stays in somebody's body for long enough…well, they will…" Oak didn't have to finish this time. Everyone knew how it ended.
"We'll get it out!" Misty said. "We have to! There has to be some way!"
"Well, there is a theory…though it has never been tested, it may work."
"What?" Mrs. Ketchum said.
"It is possible that if the arrogance and aggression from the shadrint is overthrown by another, stronger emotion, it may push the shadrint out of the person's body. Of course, like I said, this theory hasn't been tested, so there's no way of knowing if it will really work."
"But what emotion could overthrow it?" Tracy said.
"Well," Mrs. Ketchum said, "there is love…"
Everyone looked at Misty. She looked around at all of them. "What?"
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And that's the 4th chapter! I know that whole "Chosen Club" Idea was a bit out of wack, but I just couldn't resist. Please review! I wanna know your opinion!
