It was a foggy morning in Kanto's kingdom and while most slept in their beds and cuddled up in their warm duvets, in the Waterflower household, a young orange-haired girl was awake, sitting at the table. She looked at her glass of water. Her thoughts were still shaken by the news that her best friend would leave her and return to his royal life. Misty took a sip of the lukewarm water.
"Why can't Ash be selfish as all the other men?" Misty sighed with a small smile, "Maybe it's because the idiot/idiotic boy has won me over?" Thought Misty when she stood up and made a sandwich without butter
"How will things be here without Ash and Pikachu? First, Ash was totally useless to stay as 'an ordinary peasant', but he always fought with a smile on his face and made the hard life become a little better," she asked aloud.
Misty giggled and said, "I remember Pikachu always had that murderous look in his eyes. He didn't trust me and never let me stand close to Ash, but he soon warmed up to me and slowly began to show me a little trust."
Misty looked down at her feet and sighed. "Looks like I'm going to lose another family member, mom and dad," she whispered as she walked to the window and looked up at the hazy sky.
After Ash had gone to bed last night, Brock explained why he had been "forced" Ash to return to the life he hated:
"I understand that you are angry that I have to take His Highness back to the castle, but you must understand that his people need him. You might see him as your friend, but he has the responsibility to protect you and his people with love and justice," Brock explained with a smile as he tried to find a reasonable explanation. Unfortunately for him, he would be having a "battle" with Misty Waterflower.
"Ash already has a destiny," Misty cried as she angrily threw her arms around.
"He has a choice with what he wants to do. His fate shouldn't be decided just because he was born into the wrong family! Fate brought Ash and Pikachu to me and mom that day. Ash chose to stay with us, he wasn't forced to stay!" Misty finished
Brock looked in shock at the angry beauty and realized that he had misjudged the peasant. Brock had thought that she had been someone who had Ash as a prisoner, but now he saw Misty Waterflower in a new light.
"I am very sorry that I ruined your life, but His Hi- Ash knows what he must do and I hope you will say goodbye to him with a smile." Brock said before he went away.
"I hope you will say goodbye to him with a smile." The words echoed in Misty's head. She had been with Ash long enough to know that if she looked sad or cried, Ash would feel guilty and bad. She knew that Ash hated to leave her side and it would be difficult for him to leave.
Misty smiled a true smile and thought. "I'll give you a smile when we say goodbye even if I'm crying on the inside."
A hand touched her shoulder. "Mist, why are you sad?" asked a calm and anxious person behind Misty.
Misty knew that voice and she knew it was time to start acting. She turned and smiled a happy smile. "What do you mean, Ash? I'm alright," she said, her happy smile turning into a persuasive one. Ash frowned and grabbed Misty's hand.
"You're lying."
Misty looked into his brown eyes and became petrified, "Why does he have that effect on me?" Misty was thinking when she bit her lip.
Ash has always had the ability to see how Misty felt. He could read her like a book and it was impossible to hide anything when she looked into his beautiful eyes.
"You're lying, Mist." Misty tried to look away, but she could not. "When you lie, you have that smile and you always have your left hand clenched like a fist. You are trying to avoid my eyes because you are afraid that I will be able to see the loneliness in your eyes," Ash said. He released her hand and smiled.
"You need not to be worried about me, Mist. I want this and I want to be able to protect those I care about," Ash said. He assured her when he smiled a goofy smile before he walked away.
Misty put a hand against her chest and could feel her heart beat faster. "Protect those you care about?" she whispered while her face turned pink.
Far away from the beautiful kingdom, inside the deepest forests, there were two people riding on opposite Rapidash. Anyone who was at the front kept a dusty map. On the trees, there are lots of different ad pieces with various men and women's faces on them.
The two people wearing cloaks flew around as they wished. The Rapidash whinnied and tried to run from this dark forest. The only things that went into this forest were suicidal people, refugees, and the worst criminal in the entire Kanto region. The two people rode between the dead trees until they saw a run-down little house.
The blonde-haired woman and the green-haired man got off their horses and tied them to a tree. They went into the house and saw a bloody fight.
A man who wore a black cloak to hide his identity held a man in a very uncomfortable position. The man held a knife to the neck of a muscular man.
"I will say this one more time," the masked man said when he pulled the knife closer to the man's throat. "Where is my money?"
"I-I don't have it. Please, I have a family and a pregnant wi," the masked man cut a straight stretch of the man's throat and let his body fall. All the criminals looked uninterested at the man and soon started to drink their beer again.
Cassidy and Butch stared in shock, but reluctantly went to the table where the bloody man's body was. The man looked up at them with a cold glance and pulled a knife from his boots.
"What do you want?"
"Are you James? The man who killed the king and queen's three year old son?" James took off his hood and looked at the two strangers with a little more interest.
"If I told you I was him, what would you say?"
Cassidy and Butch looked at each other and nodded. Butch took out a bag and pulled out a red book. "We would like to ask you to do a small job for us and getting a large sum of money in return," Butch said with a challenging tone as he gave James a sack of coins.
James took the bag and opened it. "So what can I do for you?" he said.
Cassidy opened the book and showed him a picture of a blue crystal. "We've heard rumors that you never leave any trace behind you when you have 'fixed' someone. We want you to bring a boy to us alive," she said.
"I have a feeling that this boy is something special, am I wrong?" Said The criminal man.
"He is the missing link between us and world domination." Explained Butch for James, James nodded and took a sip of his beer.
"A hundred years ago, when some special people first learned to use aura from studying Lucario, a prodigy was born and his name was Aaron. He learned to control the aura at a young age and he was the strongest of them all. The years went by and more and more common for some to follow Aaron's footsteps, but one of his best students disappeared suddenly one day. Years passed and peace continued in the world, but one day, the missing student returned. His name was Ankoku. Ankoku had completely changed, around his neck, he wore a red crystal. He used the crystal to kill the aura guardians. A war formed between normal humans and aura guardians. Those who wanted to clean the world from the aura guardians called themselves 'The Immortal Shadows." Butch began to tell the story of Aura's history.
"During the time when the war was occurring, Aaron's wife gave birth to a healthy little boy. The Immortal Shadows found Aaron's wife and killed her, but Aaron and his newborn son had managed to escape. Using his aura, Aaron managed to elicit the magical creature Mew and ask a favor. Mew sent Aaron's son into the future where he believed his son would be safe." The speaker continued.
"A few weeks later, Aaron was captured by The Immortal Shadows and was taken to their leader, Ankoku. Ankoku's plan was to take over the world, but to do that, he needed an aura that was strong enough to fill The Crystal of Aura, but Aaron refused. Aaron was killed and Ankoku kept himself hidden." Butch took a sip of the beer he had ordered and continued.
"Several years later, he found the truth about why Aaron had allowed himself to be killed so easily. Ankoku began his search for the last aura guardian. The years passed, but he could not find the boy. That's when he figured out that the boy had been sent into the future. Ankoku wrote this book to anyone who would be able to finish his dream: killing all the aura guardians." Said Butch, having told the summary of the entire thick book.
"We want the boy because he is Aaron's son and our key to achieving our master's dream."
"I accepted the job, but I must know this about him: what his name is, appearance, where he is, those he holds dear and if there's anything you know that I can use to my advantage," James said as he pushed away his empty glass.
"His name is Ash, but you know him better as the missing prince Ashton Satoshi Ketchum. He has black hair, tanned skin, his birthmark is two lightning bolt-like lines; one on each cheek. Whoever is closest to him is his Pikachu and he is hiding somewhere in Cerulean City. We think he stays at ex-spy John Waterflower's house. We have recently seen that he's been around Ashton Ketchum's bodyguard Brock," Butch or Cassidy answered. James grinned.
"When do you want the boy?"
"Within half a month,"
James nodded and made a hand motion to Cassidy and Butch to leave. Butch and Cassidy nodded and left. James ordered another glass of beer.
He took out a cigarette and blew the smoke out. "This will become fun," James said in a pleased tone when he breathed in the dangerous smoke.
Just so you know when Misty said "Why cann't Ash be selfish as other men" so I didn't mean that all men are selfish, just so you know so you don't think I have any hatred towards them. In any case, what did you about the chapter? I liked the beginning between Ash and Misty and "Aura's Back Story", but I didn't like so much when Cassidy and Butch went into the house. Tell me what you think, buut today had I actually the urge to write! (y)! I hope you liked the chapter, sorry it was so short.. Love you guys and I hope you will continue to follow this story! :D
Ps: (Anime loveers) Is there any of you who have seen 07-GHOST ? If you have done it, is there any chance that you know where to find seasong 2? PLZ TELL ME! :-)
And I'm really grateful to you QUEENSPELLER67 you for taking the time to correct my terrible English! :)
