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Defoliation Arc: Mission 001
A/N: Suicune95
Hey everyone! Here's chapter 9 for you. I'm trying to get these chapters out as fast as possible. I still feel kind of guilty for making you wait four months for chapter seven. So, without further ado, I present chapter nine.
Dawn and Ash were sitting in Dawn's living room, putting the finishing touches on their wedding plans. Dawn had already gotten the dress, and Ash the tux. They were to be wed in less than two days. Dawn wondered why Ash hadn't wanted to wait for her baby to be born, she was nearly six months, and that wouldn't look too good in a wedding dress.
"Alright Dawn," Ash said, "We're now officially ready to get married."
"Yeah…" Dawn muttered.
"Aren't you totally psyched?" Ash asked.
"Uh-huh," Dawn replied, not very convincingly.
Ash stared at her, long and hard. "You're not still thinking about Paul, are you?"
"I can't help it!" She shouted, "What if he does wake up?"
"Dawn," Ash said, rubbing his temples for what felt like the millionth time that week, "I told you, the doctors said he's not going to wake up! So get over him already, will ya?"
"I guess you're right Ash," Dawn muttered uncertainly. She wanted to cry so badly, but she showed a fake smile towards Ash.
"That's my girl," Ash said, turning to leave, "I'll see you tomorrow at nine o'clock. Okay?"
"Alright, bye Ash,"
Both Misty and May had gone to check on Paul that day. The doctors had informed them that Paul was having spikes in his brain activity, which may bring him out of his coma. They believed that Paul would wake up soon.
"Why isn't Dawn here?" May inquired.
"I don't know," Misty replied, "they said they'd call her."
"She should be here," May said, "Paul is her husband after all."
"Oh well," Misty sighed, "There's really not much we can do about it."
Both girls heard the sound of footsteps in the hall, obviously in a hurry.
"May, Misty!" Drew yelled as he burst into the room. Both girls jumped.
"What?" May asked startled.
"I just found out something terrible," Drew replied, out of breath.
"Well, what is it?" Misty asked impatiently.
"I just found out that Dawn is going to marry Ash in two days' time," Drew responded, still catching his breath.
May looked surprised, Misty looked absolutely astonished.
"What!" Misty yelled loud enough for the whole hospital to hear her.
May looked angry, and then devastated. "Why didn't she talk to me first?"
"Apparently, they wanted to keep it a secret. Ash told Dawn that Paul was going to die anyways, so I guess she agreed," Drew explained quickly.
"But why wouldn't she tell me?" May paced the light blue tiled floor in frustration.
"Umm," Drew started, "Did you not just hear what I explained?"
"Don't sass me, I'm in a lot of pain right now Drew!" May screamed.
Misty cut into the conversation, "Why would Ash go after Dawn, he's dating me, right? My boyfriend is now about to marry my best friend!"
May put a hand on her friend's shoulder, "Face it sweetheart, you just got two-timed."
Then May went back to pacing, with Misty alongside her, both girls simultaneously questioning their respective topics.
"Well, May, if it's any consolation," Drew started, "Dawn wanted to tell you, but Ash wouldn't let her."
Misty began to laugh, "Y'know, it's funny. We're talking about Paul's wife marrying another man right in front of him, and he's not even getting angry."
"Misty, it's kind of hard to be angry in your sleep," Drew stated awkwardly.
"I don't know," May replied, "It kind of looks like his scowl is growing back to me."
The trio all looked closely at Paul's face. It was true, a scowl was growing
"Hey, you're right May," Misty replied, "It did grow back, do you think he's waking up?"
All three of them moved in closer for a better look. Now they were all right in front of Paul's face.
"I think his eyebrow is twitching," Drew muttered.
"You're right," Misty and May both said in unison.
"Do you mind?" They heard a deep voice say, in a rather annoyed tone.
The trio jumped back, away from Paul's face as Paul opened his eyes.
"Paul?" They all yelled.
Paul sat up in bed. "Who were you expecting?"
"You mean you're awake?" May asked.
"What do you mean?" He asked, taking a good look at his surroundings, "Okay, who's the one who thought I belong in a mental home?"
Drew started slowly raising his hand, but May slapped it down again.
"Paul," Misty started, "You're in a hospital."
"What?" He asked, surprised.
A nurse walked into the room, not looking up from the clipboard she was carrying.
"Alright I'm here to do a reading of Mr. Shinji's vital signs," the nurse said looking up.
"Nurse, he's awake," Drew said.
The nurse was so surprised she almost dropped her clipboard. "Yes, he's awa- What? Oh my, I can't believe it, he's awake! We thought he would be dead for sure."
"Thanks for the vote of confidence," Paul grumbled. He was now in a sitting position on the bed
The nurse ran out to alert a doctor and call Dawn.
"Okay,Paul," Misty asked, "Do you remember anything that's happened?"
Dawn was back on the sofa, watching soap operas again when she heard a knock at the door.
"Who the heck could that be? It's nearly ten o'clock!" Dawn exclaimed, slowly getting up to get the door.
"Oh, hey Ash," Dawn said as she answered the door.
"Hey Dawn," Ash said walking in. "I forgot something here earlier. Mind if I go get it?"
"Go right ahead Ash," Dawn said, as the phone then promptly began ringing.
"Really, who calls at this hour?" Dawn asked as she checked the caller ID on the TV set.
"It's the… hospital?" Dawn questioned, "I'd better take this."
"No Dawn!" Ash yelled suddenly, causing Dawn to drop the cordless phone. "Don't answer that phone!"
"But what if it's about Paul?" Dawn asked.
"Dawn, what did I say?" Ash asked, angrily grasping her shoulders.
"I'm marrying you now," Dawn muttered.
"That's right!" Ash yelled, shaking her back and forth, "So get Paul out of your head already!"
Ash stopped shaking Dawn back and forth so violently.
"Ouch, Ash that hurt!" Dawn yelled.
"Shut up!" Ash yelled back, earning a shocked look from Dawn, "Just shut up from now on! I'm sick and tired of all your blabbing, just shut up already!"
Dawn just stared at him in silence for a moment, and then her expression changed to looking shocked and pained. Ash was beginning to get dangerous. What's with Ash? What did he have against Paul? Dawn didn't want to fight with Ash. Right now, the last thing she needed was another Rihanna and Chris Brown incident.
"Fine," She replied simply, "If that's how you feel."
"I'm leaving now," Ash said as he stomped out the door.
"What?" Paul yelled, after he'd heard the news about Dawn and Ash.
"Yeah Paul, they're going to get married in two days' time and run off together to some small town with lots of old people in it," Drew replied.
"Why would she do that? We're married!" Paul exclaimed.
"Apparently Ash told her that you were going to die in your coma and she caved. But I can't blame her much. Seeing you all "dead" was pretty hard for her. If I were in her situation, I probably would've done the same thing. After all, Dawn needed to move on…I guess," Misty replied calmly.
"She thought you'd want that for her," May added.
"So, let me get this straight," Paul said, "I've been in a coma for about five months due to some weird car accident planned by my evil father, and now my wife is marrying another man."
"Yes, that's most of it," Drew replied.
"I told you karma would catch up with you eventually," May added on.
"What on Earth did I do to deserve this May?" Paul inquired.
"Oh, nothing, other than the fact that you're a complete ass!" May replied.
Misty stepped between the two, "Come on guys, we need to focus on the real enemy here. Now shake hands and make up."
May awkwardly shuffled away from Paul.
"Come on guys, I'm not asking you to French kiss or anything! Just shake his hand May!" Misty exclaimed, exasperated.
"I'm not shaking her hand," Paul muttered, turning away from May.
Misty slapped Paul across the face, "And you, your wife is about to marry another man! What are you going to do about that? You're going to loose your wife! Aren't you going to stop her?"
"Oh like hell I'll stop her!" Paul said, attempting to get up, "Okay, why don't my legs work?"
Another nurse walked into the room as Paul asked this question.
"You've just come out of an accident induced coma, you may not be able to walk for a day or two," The nurse answered his question.
"A day or two, I need to go somewhere right now!" Paul yelled, sitting bolt upright.
"That's too damn bad then," The nurse replied, pushing Paul back into his pillow, "For now you'll just have to lie here and get better."
"Ooh, that nurse told you Paul," Drew joked.
May slapped Drew on the arm, "Not the time Drew,"
"And you," the nurse continued, "get out! Mr. Shinji needs to recover, not listen to senseless babbling; so get out!" The nurse shooed them out of the room.
Misty was sitting in her living room watching crime shows when she heard a knock at the door.
"And just when they were about to find out who pulled off the murder!" Misty sighed. She answered the door to find her friend May standing in the door way.
"Hey Misty!" May said cheerfully.
"Not a good time May," Misty grumbled as she made her way back into the living room.
"Well sorry for dropping in to visit," May replied, "So, how's Paul doing? It's been two days, he must be better by now."
"I don't know, they've got nurses and doctors flocking him all hours of the day checking up on him constantly. I can't get in," Misty replied, plopping back down on the cream colored couch, flicking through channels absent-mindedly.
"Surely he's been able to regain his mobility, the nurse said he would be able to in a few days, right?" May asked.
"Who knows what doctors say, can't trust one of them," Misty replied, flicking through the TV guide now.
"Misty," May replied, "we're talking about doctors, not politicians. I'm sure we can trust what they say." Misty shrugged her shoulders tiredly, "Whatever, we'll go visit him today if you like."
"Who said I wanted to visit the jackass?" May questioned indignantly.
"Well, since you seem so worried about him, I figured you'd want to go visit him," Misty replied.
"Whatever, let's leave now," May replied, "the sooner we start, the sooner we finish right?"
"I know about three places where that doesn't work, but okay," Misty said, turning the TV set off and grabbing her jacket.
Approximately ten minutes later Misty and May entered the room that Paul was being kept in.
"Ah, perfect timing," The nurse greeted them as they walked in, "Are you here to pick Mr. Shinji up?"
"Pick him up?" Misty inquired, "You mean he's being released today?"
"Yes, he's due to be checked out today with a clean bill of health. After he woke from his coma we found no problems with him, so he's being released," The nurse answered.
"And glad about it for that matter," Paul said, coming out of the bathroom, "Get me out of this death ward."
"Alright, get in the car," May said grumpily.
"Well, well, well, someone's not too happy to see me," Paul sarcastically replied.
"You were a jackass in your coma, and you're still a jackass now. However, at least when you were in your coma you were a quiet jackass," May replied, walking out the hospital room door.
The trio eventually made it to the parking lot and into Misty's car.
"Alright plum head," Misty said, "ready to go crash a wedding?"
Paul grinned evilly, "When do we start?"
A/N: ILuvPurple16
Hey there people! Okay, so we're going to have one more chapter, which will probably take a little more time than the other chapters, cause it's going to be the longest.
Get ready for a chapter with wedding crashing.
Remember to review. Flames, criticisms, anything. We thank you for taking the time to go over our work
-Suicune & Purple ^_^
