After a long wait, it hasfinally arrived. I apologize for the long wait, my computer crashed so I have been unable to continue the updates until now. I hope you guys like the chapter!!! :)

Ch. 6 – Love's Revival


In the Celadon City Pokemon Center, the Ash fighters rest from the battle. With them are Jimmy and Marina who are also resting. It had been a day after the actuall attack. After Wes's capture, Rui had been in a deep depression. Most of the females in the group try to calm her down, but did not reach much success. The only one that was able to cal her down was Dawn, since they were both in the same boat.

Most of the group was down in the lobby. Brock and Tracey had gone to get some food at the local market. Rui had been in her room with Dawn and Zoey, trying to calm down after Wes's capture. The others were telling Jimmy and Marina about what had happened before hand. "Wow" Marina stated after the other finished the story.

"Yeah," Jimmy agreed. He was a little taken back the whole story. "I've heard of Ash before. I wanted to battle him after I heard he won the Sinnoh league a few years back."

"Sorry," Misty stated. "I just hope Wes and Terry are okay."

"Where's Brock and Tracey?" May asked aloud. "They should have been back by now."

"I don't know," Gary stated. "Right now, I'm just hopin' Rui will be alright. Dawn already lost Ash, I can't stand seeing a girl cry over her boyfriend."

"What are you talking about Gary?!" Misty asked with a smirk. "You didn't have any problem letting all those other girls you used to travel with cry over you." Gary lowered his head as everyone eyed him from his last statement.

Immediately, Tracey bursted through the Pokemon Center doors panting. The other looked in shock as he breathed heavily. "Tracey! What happened?!"

Regaining his breath, Tracey answered, "Guys… get Dawn and Rui… follow me to… hospital… NOW!" He screamed the last part as he ran out the way he came, leaving the other in confusion.

"May, you go get Dawn, Zoey and Rui. We'll meet you at the hospital. Brock probably either got jabbed by Croagunk in the wrong place or some girl got scared when he came up to her and also hit him in the wrong place." Misty stated. May giggled to the statement and ran after Dawn and the others.

"Let's go, before Brock gets hurt again," Gary teased. The group, including Jimmy and Marina, ran to the nearby hospital.

A few minutes later, Dawn, Rui, May, and Zoey were all running towards the hospital. "So what's the problem?" Zoey asked as they ran.

"Not sure," May answered. "Misty said Brock probably finally got what's coming to him." The girls, including Rui, giggled as they reached the Hospital.

As they entered, they saw their friends all chattering all seemed to be overjoyed with something. As the four girls looked around, they saw Brock was okay. "Hey guys!" Dawn grined as they came near. The group looked to the four girls and gave a smile of pure joy, leaving Dawn weirded out.

"What's with the smile?" May asked sheepishly. The group began to disperse, revealing a younger trainer with long blonde hair. The four girl's eyes widen as they realized who it was. "Terry?" May asked sheepishly again.

"Hey!" Terry grinned. The four girls quickly surround her asking her a multitude of questions. "Hey! Take it easy, me and Wes just got back you know!" The lasty statement left the four in shock.

"Wes is here?" Rui asked almost chocking. She then heard footsteps coming towards them as a voice called her name.

"Rui."

Rui turned and saw the sandy haired trainer right in front of her. "Wes," she whispered as her eyes watered. She immediately tackled Wes in a loving embrace as her tears rushed. The two fell on the floor and Rui held Wes close as she cried. "Wes! I can't believe you're okay!" She cried onto his shoulder as he only held her lovingly.

"Shh…" Wes whispered as he held her close. He smelled the scent of Rui's hair, a scent he had missed the whole time he was gone. "I'm here Rui… I'm here." After a few moments, Rui got up and helped Wes up.

As he rose, Wes winced in pain and held his side. "Wes, are you okay?!" Rui cried out.

Wes gave her a weak smile and answered, "Yeah, I'm just still a little sore. J can really kick hard." He chuckled at the last part. He then noticed Dawn coming up. "Hey Dawn."

"Hey Wes," Dawn greeted with a smile. "It's good to see you're okay." Wes smiled back at the bluenette. He looked to the others who were also smiling. Dawn came closer and asked, "What happened to you two? How did you Escape?"

"Before I answer that," Wes began, "I think there is someone who wants to see you." He gave her a bright smile, a brighter one than he ever gave before. I scared Dawn in truth. She then looked to the others who were also smilling. She was truly scared now. "Go to room 224 and you'll see what I mean." Dawn looked to the others who were nodding to his statement.

"O…kay," Dawn stated awkwardly. She began to walk down the hospital hall in the direction.

The others watched her as she left. Once she was out of sight, the others began to talk again. "I can't wait to see Dawn's reaction!" Misty exclaimed. "She's goin' to be in the surprise of her life!"

"What are you talking about?!" May and Zoey exclaimed to the group. This was since they had not known the news.


As Dawn walked down the hallway, she read the numbers of the doors. "218… 219… 220… 221… 222… 223…" Finally she reached the room Wes told her. "Here it is, 224!" She took the door handle and opened the door slowly, so not to wake up anybody who was in there. As she opened the door, she peered inside, and what she saw shocked her.

A boy laid on in a bed, unconcious. Wires were connectd all over his body and neck. He had dark ebony hair that reminded dawn of ash, and strangely, Dark Raven. She went over the boy a looked at his face. 'He's kinda cute,' Dawn thought. She immediately noticed the machine that indicated the heartbeat of patient. It was beating at a slow rate, but it kept constant. Dawn figured that this boy was near death, but was saved just in the knick of time.

Dawn then noticed something on the table on the table next to the monitor, it was a clipboard with the buys status. Feeling curious, Dawn looked over the papers taking quick checks to the boy's status. As she looked over the boy's stats, but one thing caught her eye: His name. Dawn's eyes widen as she looks to the boy, to the clipboard and then the boy again. The name kept racing through her mind as she realized who the sleeping teen was.

"Ash Ketchum"

She leaned over his face and soaked in his features. The face was the same, except for the missing marks on his cheeks. Dawn had to admit he was slightly cuter without the marks. But as she looked at his face, she couldn't help feel ther tears form in her eyes. She sat on her knees and rested her head on her crossed arms on Ash's bed as she sobbed. "Ash," she whispered. "I can't belive it."

Dawn gasped as she felt something her hand. She turned her head to see a hand on her's. As she trailed the arm up, she came into lock with the eyes of they boy she loved. Ash was smiling a weak, but caring smile. His eyes glistened as he saw Dawn again. "Hey Dawn…" Ash managed to say. Dawn gasped at hearing his calm loving voice.

"Ash!" Dawn exclaimed softly as she took his hand and rubbed the back against her cheek. She smiled as she starred at the smiling teen before her. "It's really you."

"Yeah…" Ash managed to say before falling to unconciousness. Dawn began to worry as she saw her beloved fal back to sleep.

"Ash? Ash!" She screamed as she tried to reawaken him. She suddenly felt a hand on her shoulder and turned to see Wes with a smile.

"He needs rest," Wes said softly. Dawn looked and saw Rui, May and Zoey all behind him in shock. "Dawn," Wes continues, "let's go back to the others. Ash needs to sleep; he's been through a lot."

Dawn looked back to Ash's sleeping form. She kissed his hand and rose to her feet. She smiled back to the others with teary eyes and a wide smile. The others nodded and they all began to walk out of the room. Before she was out of the room, Dawn took one last look at Ash. She could see the sleeping form with a small smile on his face. Dawn smiled and left to allow her beloved sleep.

The small group walked to the center lobby of the hospital and only saw Gary and Brock waiting for him. "Where are the others?" Dawn asked.

"They all left to the back to the Pokemon Center," Gary answered. "They're waiting for us to come and have Wes and Terry explain what happened."

"Then let's go!" May exclaimed as she ran out of the buildings. The others sweatdropped before following.

"Hey Wes," Dawn started. The Orre trainer turned to the bluenette with a questioning look. "Thanks for finding Ash." She grinned.

"Believe me, Dawn," Wes returned, "I owe him way more than he owes me." Dawn gave him a questioning look before Wes continued. "I'll explain at the Pokemon Center."

After walking a few minutes, the group reaches the Pokemon Center. Dawn is immediately tackled by a flurry of yellow. Dawn laughs as she hugs the small electronic rodents and says, "Hey Pikachu! I guess you heard the good news!"

"Pika!"

"Hey Dawn!" a voice cried. Dawn looked to see it was Misty that called her. She saw all her friends smilling as they sat in a circle. Her friends were seated around in the following order: Misty, Gary, brock, Tracey, Jimmy, Marina, Drew and Rui. She noticed that Wes was seated in between Rui and Terry. She figured that this was so they can explain what happened, and so Rui could stay close to Wes.

"Hey guys," Dawn returned as she got back to her feet with Pikachu on her shoulder. "So, what did I miss?"

"Not much," Gary answered. "How's Ashy-noy doin'?"

"Really Gary?" Misty questioned with an annoyed look. "Ash is captured by Hunter J for nearly half a year, he's in the hospital, and you still call him Ashy-boy?"

"Hey, that's my thing," Gary answered lazily. The others shrugged as they sat.

"Well, either way Gary, Ash is okay. His heartbeat's pretty weak, but he's getting better." Dawn answered. Her reply was a sigh of relief from Terry, Brock and May.

"Now that that's settled," Brock stated, "It's time for Wes and Terry to tell us what happened. " The others nodded as brock turned to Wes. "Wes, although we want to hear what you learned on the ship, I think we all want to know how you and Terry managed to escape J's ship and rescue Ash."

Wes nodded then gave a sigh. "Well, first off, we didn't save Ash." The others gave him a confused look before he continued, "If anything, Ash saved both of us." Terry nodded before she took over.

"You see," Terry stated, "After J's attack, we were captive inside J's dungeon. A little mideval in my taste though." The others sweatdropped at the comment. "Anyway, while we were there, Wes told me all he found out. After that, J came in and told us she had already found some people who would pay for us." Terry took a deep breath before Wes continued.

"After a few hours," Wes continued, "We began to feel like there was no hope. That was until the alarms started blaring and the walls infront of us crumbled. Behind the wall was none other than Ash with his Gliscor and Scizor." The others gasped at the last six words.

"How did Ash find You?!" Misty was the first to ask.

"When did he get a Scizor?!" Gary added.

"Easy, easy," Wes stated while moving his arms. "Let me finish and then I'll tell ya. Well, after Ash freed us, we ran through the ship. We got to the loading dock where Ash opened the doors and I summoned Flygon. When Terry and I were on Flygon, Ash refused to come with us." The others gasped again at the last statement.

"Why?" Dawn asked worriedly.

"He said that he would face J and finish her off once and for all. He said he didn't care what happened to him, only that his friends were safe." Terry answered.

"That's Ash for ya," Brock said with a smile. "Always thinking of others before himself."

"Yeah," May added.

"Too bad that nearly gets him killed every time." Gary stated without thinking. His reward was a smack on the back of the head from Misty.

"Either way Wes, you were saying," Zoey said as Gary went into a corner.

"Well, naturally, Terry and I didn't want to leave Ash behind. That was until the doors to loading dock were bursting into flames. I called Flygon and we flew out of the ship." Wes answered.

"We were only flying for a few minutes when we heard a powerful scream that could pierce a person's ears." Terry added. "We turned around to see Ash, falling out of the ship in a thousand foot drop to the forest below." The other's gasped at what could have been Ash's fate.

"It was close," Wes said with closed eyes. "But we managed to save him just before he hit the ground. Howeverm when I checked his pulse, it was extremely low, near death you could say." The other's gasped again. Hearing the term 'dead' associated with their long time friend terrified them. "I told Flygon to fly as fast as it could back to Celadon city. We got there in only an hour, and Ash was saved." The others sighed in relief to hear their friend was going to be Okay. Tracey however, had been pondering something.

"What are you thinking Tracey?" Jimmy asked, finally speaking for the first time.

"Well, I'm just wondering," Tracey began. "How did you guys manage to get past J and Dark Raven?" Immediately, Wes and Terry's expressions darkened, leaving everyone confused.

"Ash," Wes began, "is Dark Raven."

That statement left the group more confused than a herd of Psyducks. Some were confused, others were infuriated, while others, specifically Dawn and Misty, were in complete regret. "What did you say?" Marina asked, just as stumped as the others.

"Dark Raven and Ash are the same person," Terry stated calmly.

"How can Ash possibly J's apprentice?" Gary asked, completely stupified that his long time rival could possibly be the apprentice to someone like J.

"It wasn't by choice," Wes answered as he lowered his head. "He told me that she threatened to hurt you and his Pokemon if he did not comply with her. She knew everything about him, and would have gladly destroyed you before killing him." Everybody watched dumbfounded as they heard how J threatened them to get to Ash. "After he agreed, she would put him through torturous training that nearly killed him every time. I'm just shocked that he has survived for so long."

Silence dominated the room. No one had the nerve to say one word about the subject. Dawn was the most traumatized by the speech. Hearing how her loved one had been tortured by one of the most insane women on the planet left her petrified. "Ash…" She whispered quietly as a single tear ran down her cheek.

"I can't believe it…" Misty cried. She couldn't bear to hear her best friend being in such a position.


Meanwhile…

Ash was sleeping in his bed, dreaming of whether or not he truly saw Dawn or not. "Was that really her?" Ash thought. "Could I be dead? Or am I just dreaming?" The question ravelled in his mind as he rested on the hospital bed. As he slept, his body began to tense as the dream became a nightmare.

Dream Sequence

Ash's eyes began to open to view his surroundings. He was bound to a metal table by his arms, legs, waist and neck. As he struggled, he saw a figure approach from the shadows. The figure sent chills through Ash's spine as he knew the person all too well. "J-J!!!" Ash muttered in shock.

"Hello Dark Raven," J said with a maniacal smile. She walked over to the bound Trainerand looked over his body. He was wearing his original Sinnoh atire.

"My name is ASH KETCHUM!!!" Ash screamed with hatred.

"Perphaps," J smirked. "But now you have done the ultimate act of treason, so now you will pay the price." With a snap of her fingers, another figure appeared. Ash gasped as he recognized the was Dawn bound to a table verticaly contrary to Ash being bound horizontally.

"Dawn!!!" Ash cried out as he saw the coordinator he loved bound. She was unconcious as her head hung."What have you done to her?!"

J smirked as she neared the raven haired teen. "I'm going to watch you suffer as you see her cry in pain." Using the back of her hand, J slapped Ash across the face before ramming her fist into his stomach.

"ACH!" Ash cried out as he got the wind knocked out of him.

"Now that that's settled, let's begin." J smirked. She takes put a controller and flips the switch. Sparks of electricity begin to shoot out of Dawn's bindings as she screamed in pain.

"DAWN!!!" Ash cried out as he watched the bluenette scream in pain. Tears ran down his face at the painful sight before him.

Dream End


Back at the Pokemon Center…

The group had been taking in the fact that Ash was one of their hated enemies. They couldn't believe how cruely they thought of him while he was Dark Raven. "I can't believe what I said to him…" Msity mumbled as she thought of her life long friend.

"I'm sure he knew that this would happen Misty," Brock reassured. "If I know Ash, he already knew what he was getting into. But you're right, it must have hurt Ash to hear us say how much we hated him as Dark Raven."

"You really know how to lighten the mood, don't ya Brock?" Gary asked sarcastically, earning him another whack from Misty.

"I just hope Ash feels better," Tracey said truthfully. "But how come our Pokemon didn't catch his scent? I'm sure Pikachu would have caught it a mile away."

"Ash explained that," Wes answered. "He said that his Dark Raven oufit created a second scent. It didn't cloak his original scent, but instead, merged with his own scent, thus creating a new scent."

"I guess that make's sense," Gary stated. The others nodded when a woman with pink hair and a nurses outfit came running through the doors to the Pokemon Center. "Nurse Joy?"

Panting, the nurse said, "Are you… friends of Ash Ketchum?" Everyone gasped at a deadly thought.

"Yes, has something happened to him?" Brock asked instantly, forgeting his usual attempts at romance for once.

"We need help! He's at high risk!" The nurse answered. With that, the group of trainers run to attempt to assist their friend, Dawn being at the front of the pack (Surprisingly enough).

It only took a few minutes for the group of trainers to reach the hospital and run toAsh's room. Dawn was at the front of the group, and behind her was Brock and misty and the rest of the group. When they arrived and saw doctors and nurses surrounding Ash all handelling different machines. Two nurses were attempting to awake Ash who seemed to be in the nightmare of his life. Dawn gasped as she saw her beloved in such pain. "What's happening?!" Brock commanded.

"All of Ash's nerves are going haywire!" One doctor answer.

"He won't wake up!" One of the nurses exclaimed as Ash's body tensed and turned.

"Ash!" Dawn cried out as she passed the doctors and ran next to Ash. "Ash, Wake up!!!"

Ash continued to turn and shake on the bed. "J… Dawn…" He mumble repeatedly. Dawn gasped as she heard her name.

"He's been repeating those same words over and over for the last three minutes!" One of the doctors exclaimed before he went back to another machine.

Dawn's eyes softened as she looked to Ash. She leaned down so her lips were nxt to her beloved's ears. "Ash, I'm alright…" she whispered. "I'm with you Ash. You're safe, please wake up." She raised her head when she heard a moan come from the raven haired teen.

At that moment, Ash's movements slowed. His body calmed down along with his breathing. As Dawn looked around she saw he doctors and nurses sigh in relief. She figured that Ash's nervous system and heart rate had gone down to a more stable level.

"Phew!!!" One of the doctors exclaimed. "He's calmed down, heart rate normal."

Ash's eyes then began flutter open to adjust to the light. As he looked, he saw the doctors, nurses, his friend, and lastly, a smiling bluenette. "D-Dawn…" he managed to mutter.

"Ash," Dawn whispered as she kneeled down. "Ash, I'm here."

"I-I thought I lost you…" Ash sobbed as tears began to go down his face.

Dawn only moved closer and embrace her beloved. "You'll never lose me Ash. I promise."


After the long wait it has finally arrived – The next chapter in Dark Raven! One of my shorter chapters, but an effective one. I hope you guys like it. Don't worry, this isn't the end, there's still more to come soon.

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