THE FALLEN MASTER
CHAPTER TEN: BEFORE THE GRAND BATTLE
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon but I own this fiction and any other OC's in this story except for one
ITALIC: THOUGHS
BOLD/ITALIC: POKEMON SPEAKING THE HUMAN LANGUAGE
(Pikachu): Pokemon speaking there language which only there trainers could understand.
Valdrade, Sarah, and the others arrive at Ash's house after an hour of travel with Valdrade's Wailord and an instant teleportation using one of Valdrade's Psychic Pokémon. When they arrive at the house, Valdrade and Sarah expected to see Ash training himself and his Pokémon to the ground but they were mistaken. All of them saw Ash's Pokémons but they were not training but resting and there was no Ash to be found. That was a strange sight for the two of them.
"Strange." Valdrade said out loud. "It's not even noon but it seems Ash is done with his morning training."
"Yeah, usually we have to knock him out and drag him towards the house before he would stop his morning regime." Sarah mused as he watched Ash's Pokémon resting.
"Maybe his in that place again." Valdrade sighed sadly. Sarah looked away knowing full well where and what significant value that place holds towards Ash.
"I'll go get him; he is spending too much time in that depressing spot." Sarah said preparing to summon one of her Pokémon.
Before Sarah could summon her Pokémon she was stop by a whining Angie. "Could we please have some lunched first before you guys searched for that overly powerful trainer?" Angie whined while holding her growling stomach.
Normally Valdrade would have blasted her with psychic energy but decided that would just be a waste of energy, so she just sighed and gave the girl a mild glare. "Sorry Angie, we can't have lunched without Ash."
"Why not?" Angie asked barely containing her voice.
"You see Angie; because the three of us are living together we decided to split the cooking to the three of us, Valdrade will cook breakfast, Ash would cook for lunch, and I would cook for dinner." Sarah explained to her putting her poke-ball to her pocket.
"Hey wait just a second, Ash could cook?" Zoey asked, whom was surprised that the Ash, the person who would eat everything that resembles food, could cook.
"Yeah and quite well too." Sarah said with a giggle remembering the first time she tasted Ash's cooking.
"You have no idea how hard it is to teach that guy how to cook but it was worth it." Valdrade said in an undertone yet happy manner.
"Whoa, how did Ash turn out like this?" Anabel asked out of the blues.
Valdrade and Sarah just looked at Anabel, and then the rest of them with a look of regret, sadness and shame. "You guys don't want to know. Trust me on this; you would never want to know how Ash turn out to be like this." Sarah said hastily as she walked pass them.
"Is it something I said?" Anabel asked as she watched Sarah retreat towards the house.
"Don't asked us those types of questions." Valdrade said catching the attention of the four curios girls.
"What's that suppose to mean?" Greta asked her curiosity getting the better of her.
"Please I'm begging you guys; don't ask us those types of question. Because not a day goes by that we, Sarah and I, haven't regretted letting Ash turning into the person he is today." Valdrade said to them, looking at the ground.
The four of them were again at loss of words. They didn't know whether to press the subject even further or to yield at Valdrade's request. Seeing Valdrade's depress look they choose the former and nod at her.
"Thank you, let's go to the house maybe Ash is just sleeping." Valdrade said, and without looking at them followed Sarah towards the house.
The four at them just watch her before following her towards the house. The four of them did have one thought in mind. 'What happen to you, Ash?'
(Scene Change)
"Hey Val Ash isn't in his room." Sarah yelled while looking at Ash's empty bedroom.
'Well is not in Elena's old work room, oh yeah don't shout will you, you and I are temporarily connected with psychic link, so no need to shout.' Valdrade said through telepathic means.
They have been searching the house for any traces of Ash or where he might be. They were use of Ash disappearing out of nowhere but he had always left them a note informing them on where he is. So it's only natural for them to worry about his whereabouts especially because that group still exist and with them still around Ash is in constant danger, that aousend the thought of him being alone with Cynthia didn't sit well with them.
"Those two can't possibly search the entire house. It's big enough to be a manor." Zoey said looking out at the window, watching the view outside from the living room and avoiding the two frantic girls whom were searching for their friend.
"Those two are beginning to drive me nuts." Greta exclaim as she lay down on top of the sofa. "Can't they see that Ash is not in this house?"
"You can't actually blame them Greta. Ash seems to be very important to them." Anabel said while playing with her Espeon.
"I know that Anabel, you don't have to be a genius to figure that out." Greta grumbled.
Anabel giggle while watching her Espeon play with a yarn. She then looks around the room to see what the others were doing. She spotted Angie lying down at the floor below what seems to be a portrait covered with white cloth, she was probably too hungry to move or whine. Greta, much like Angie, was lying in the sofa with a frustrated expression on her face. Zoey on the other hand was sitting near the window looking at the sea-side view that the house provided. Anabel sighed happily, this was the most relaxed she had been since the announcement of the Grand League.
Anabel's relaxation was interrupted when Angie rise from where she was lying and began to whine. "Oooooohhhhhhhhhh...man...I am soooooooo hungry........can someone cook some food around here."
"Well we can but we can't, remember, Sarah and Ash told us that we should not touch anything inside this house, especially the kitchen." Anabel reminded her hungry friend.
"That's not fair.......I am so hungry that I could out eat a Snorlax." Angie whined while holding her grumbling stomach.
"Could you keep it down there Angie, I'm trying to rest overhear." Greta scolded her from the sofa (she was still lying from the sofa).
"But I'm soooo hungry." Angie continued to whine.
"Just distract yourself for a while Angie, and wait for Ash. Knowing those two they would not cook and wait for Ash to cook for us." Zoey said abandoning her gaze to the sea to watch her partner whining.
"Any ideas then...?" Angie desperately and in defeat
"Here's an idea, what about do something productive and keep quite." A cold deep voice suggested.
After hearing the familiar cold tone, they quickly shifted their gaze towards the source of the voice; their eyes widen and gape shockingly upon the sight that they saw. They could still see his Pikachu on his shoulder and his Lucario (Koyuki) at his side with an annoyed expression on her cute little jacal like face, but the sight that shocked them was the sight of Ash and what or more practically the person he was carrying. The sight which shocked them the most was the sight of Ash carrying Cynthia bridal style and by the expression on Cynthia's sleeping face she was quiet comfortable and was enjoying herself greatly.
Anabel was the first one to recover from her shocked and asked. "Ah, why....is..Cynthia...?" her question was cut-off when Ash sends her a mild yet extremely cold glare.
"I suggest that you four would keep quite. I don't like this but she fell asleep while we were talking, so don't even try forming weird and strange conclusion on why I am carrying her like this." Ash said with a voice that would not allow any more conversation. The four of them just nod dumbly on what Ash said.
"Good, now would you guys make way I..." Ash didn't finish his sentence when he heard two people entering the living room.
"Hey is Ash back yet." Sarah said staring at the four, still dumbfounded, girls.
"Yeah he has to cook lunch soon if we ever want to have some training." Valdrade added.
"Actually I just arrive." Ash said gaining the attention of his two bestfriend.
The temperature in the room suddenly became several degrees colder if one is to notice, the atmosphere suddenly became so tense that it was starting to become uncomfortable. The four other girls in the group quickly shifted from where they were resting when they saw the expression that was on the faces of Valdrade and Sarah. The expression on their faces was jealousy, anger, sadness, and so many hurt expressions.
"Ah, Ash why are you carrying Cynthia like that." Sarah asked as she recovered on the shocked and hurt feeling that she was feeling.
Ash sighed and told the two of them what he told the others minus the 'don't form any conclusion' statement. Valdrade and Sarah visibly relaxed knowing that Ash would never lie to them, but they are still rather uncomfortable on the sight of Ash carrying and holding someone that close and Cynthia's rather comfortable and happy expression on her face while she was being carried by Ash didn't help either. There expression changed from sad to irritate when they saw Cynthia tightly wrapping her arms around Ash's neck and snuggled closer to Ash's chest.
"Hey guys could you help me lat Cynthia down, I need to prepare lunch." Ash said with a not to comfortable expression. There was only one girl that she was comfortable holding and she was already dead. (Poor Ash)
"Sure Ash," Sarah said wanting Cynthia to get off of Ash as soon as possible. "Greta moved." Sarah barked.
Greta even thought she has a black belt in martial arts, knowing that she would be in a world of hurt if she doesn't move quickly stood up and walk towards the three other members of their group whom has no interest of being involve in this situation.
Ash quickly moves towards the sofa, the very sofa where Greta used to lay, and gently laid Cynthia on top of the sofa. When Ash attempted to remove her hands of his neck he notice that Cynthia's grip on his neck was quite tight and he seems incapable to get her grip off his neck. When he tried to remove her arms around his neck Cynthia unconsciously tighten her grip which cause her to snuggle even closer to his chest, much to the amusement of Anabel, Angie, Zoey, and Greta, and much to the annoyance of Valdrade and Sarah "Hey Val could you help me remove Cynthia's grip, she's beginning to choke me." Ash asked.
"Sure Ash." Valdrade said with an expression of wanting to rip Cynthia's arms off from her body.
With a simple raise of Valdrade's hand, Cynthia's arms were covered with psychic energy and were quickly removed from Ash's neck." Thanks Val, "Ash said while massaging the back of his neck. "I'll tell you later what the two of us talk about." Valdrade and Sarah nodded. "The four of you." Ash now was referring to the four girls whom were amused about his past predicament. "Not a word of this will come out of this room or I would personally rip you're tongues off, am I understood?" It was more of a statement (threat) than a question. "The four that he was referring to merely nodded knowing that he would comply on what he said. "Good, lunch would be ready in an hour, so please be patient, and when I mean patient I'm referring to Angie." Ash said as he walked towards the kitchen with Pikachu and Koyuki following him diligently. Angie's eyebrows twitch after hearing Ash's statement but let it slide because he was about to cook lunch.
"That was the weirdest entrance I have ever seen." Greta said to no one.
(Scene Change)
Currently in Cynthia's dream, she was having the best and the most romantic dream she had ever had.
In her dream the moon was full in a cloudless starry night. The moon was giving so much light that it was shinning towards the lake. In the middle of the lake there was a beautiful stage filled with diamond like marbles and in the middle of the stage there was to people dancing their troubles away with the melody that the wind was making.
Cynthia (in this dream) was wearing a beautiful black and silver gown that was made by the finest material. Her hair was loose showing her blonde golden. She was even wearing some fine jewellery that suits her quite well. It was really quite fitting because she was currently dancing with a man that closely resembles an Adonis, or if you ask her she would say he look more handsome than an Adonis.
Her dancing partner was (you guessed it) Ash. Ash was wearing an elegant robe black robe matching her gown, he was not wearing any jewellery except for the two necklaces that he was always wearing (Cynthia saw that during their little dance last chapter). But unlike the Ash that she was slowly falling for (when I mean slow, I mean fast and hard), this Ash was smiling and because Cynthia hadn't seen this Ash smile; she was imagining the most handsome smile she had ever seen and place it on the Ash that she was dancing with and it really match his facial impression.
After a moment of dancing (dream) Ash began a conversation."So are you enjoying yourself?"
"Yes, I'm greatly enjoying myself." Cynthia said burying her face in his chest."Thank you for showing me this wonderful place."
"It was a pleasure."Ash said wrapping his two strong arms around Cynthia's vulnerable body.
Cynthia snuggle closer to his chest and mumbled. "Thank you for giving me a wonderful night."
Ash then tilted her head so that she was facing him, looking at his deep black, cold yet wonderful eyes. "It was my pleasure." Ash whispered as he slowly leans forward to her lips.
Cynthia watched as Ash lean towards her and she can help but blush. She began to lean towards him as well.
"You look beautiful tonight." Ash whispered getting closer to Cynthia's lips.
"Thank you, Ash." Cynthia whispered excitedly.
"Cynthia," Ash whispered hoarsely as he was a few inches away from her lips.
"Yes Ash." Cynthia whispered silently, her blush intensifying.
"It's time to wake up, Cynthia." Ash said, suddenly his voice becoming much like of Sarah's.
"Huh!!!!!"
(Scene Change)
Anabel, Zoey, Angie, and Greta watch attentively as Valdrade and Sarah watch the sleeping Cynthia. It's not that they have nothing to do but it was necessary because, with just one look, they could tell that Valdrade and Sarah were in the verge of murdering Cynthia, and the way Cynthia was blushing and giggling while she was asleep didn't help her from the two girls who want to kill her.
"Thank you, Ash." They heard Cynthia said in her sleep with a deep blush. It was probably the wrong thing say.
Greta and Angie now was now physically restraining Sarah from strangling Cynthia while Angie and Zoey were doing the same with Valdrade, it's either she forgot she was gifted with a powerful psychic gift or that she wanted to kill Cynthia with her bare hands they will never know or perhaps would not want to know.
"It's time to wake up, Cynthia." Sarah shouted, when she notices that her blush was darker she screamed again. "Wake up already before I murder you, damn it."
Cynthia then began to stir and woke up from the most wonderful and most comfortable sleep she had ever experience. She slowly sat up and rubs her eyes and said. "Hey guys what I missed." She then see that Valdrade and Sarah were being restrained.
"What did I miss?" Cynthia repeated only this time her voice was a little wary.
"Oh nothing." Sarah said sweetly as she shook of the hold of Greta and Angie. "So could you tell me what you and Ash were talking about when we were gone?" Sarah said now with a voice that would scare the devil himself.
"What are you talking about Sarah?" Cynthia asked rubbing her eyes with her hands until flashes of what happen moments ago before she fallen asleep flooded her mind which cause her to blush. "Well...we...just................talked...........about..........you..............know..........stuff." Cynthia said trying to hide her blush.
"Stuff? What stuff, Cynthia." Valdrade asked suspiciously with two girls floating over her head, it seems now that she remember that she had extremely powerful psychic powers.
"Hey could you let us down now, Valdrade?" Angie screamed not enjoying her time in mid-air.
Valdrade look at them briefly and with one snap of her finger the two of fall to the ground with a thud. "Thanks Valdrade." Anabel said rubbing her rear end.
"Yeah whatever." Valdrade shrugged them of before returning her attention back to Cynthia." So what are the things that both of you really talked about?" Cynthia didn't know why, but the way Valdrade said that statement made her skin crawled.
Cynthia was save from answering when a cold voice screamed. "Lunch is ready."
"Yes lunch." Angie yelled before dashing towards the kitchen.
"Hey looks like lunch is ready I think I'll go and control Angie before she eats all of our food." And before anyone could do anything Cynthia was gone.
"Damn that woman." Sarah and Valdrade said in unison.
(Scene Change)
In lunch, they were all sited in the dining table with an uneasy atmosphere; the uneasy atmosphere was cause by Valdrade and Sarah who was still eyeing Cynthia suspiciously. Cynthia on the other hand was oblivious of the suspicious looks that she was receiving because she was still thinking of what happen moments ago and about her dream. The others on the other hand where waiting for their lunch to be served.
"Lunch is served." Ash said placing a large bowl of chicken curry and a bowl of steaming hot rice at the dining table.
With one look of the food that was on the table, Angie can't help but to drool on the food that was presented in front of her. "Those look delicious." Angie exclaim as she hastily took some rice and some curry to her plate.
"Angie control yourself would you." Greta told Angie, also getting a huge amount of rice and curry in her plate.
"Speak for yourself Greta; look at your plate it's almost as much as mine." Angie said smugly.
Before Greta could reply, Ash interrupted them "Quiet and eat." Ash said with a cold stern voice.
Greta and Angie quickly keep quiet and began to eat but they did not keep quiet for long.
With one taste of Ash's cooking their eyes widen and their mouths began to water. "This taste amazing." Angie said as she shoves more food to her mouth.
"Whoa this................... is amazing." Greta commented as she ate her food more hastily.
Anabel and Zoey just look at two girls as they ate their food like there was no tomorrow. They stared at their food for a moment before tasting it themselves, not long after they tasted Ash's cooking they began mimicking both Angie and Greta, the only difference is that it was in a slower pace.
Ash sighs desperately. "Are they always like this?"
"Yup, even when they eat mine or Sarah's cooking, they always eat like this." Valdrade responded eating her food that she put on her table.
Ash sighs once again.
(Scene Change) (After 30 minutes)
"That was delicious." Angie said as she finishes her tenth and last plate.
"Yeah..." Greta said as she finishes her eleventh plate. "That was really a good meal."
"Thank you, but next times don't eat like your life depends on it." Ash said as he pick the last two plates in the dinner table and putting it on the kitchen sink.
"Hey Sarah, you doing anything tomorrow?" Ash asks as he picks his coat and hat and instantly place those set of clothing on them.
Both Sarah and Valdrade look at Ash and Sarah shook her head into a negative.
"Good, Sarah I need you to referee a Pokémon battle tomorrow." Ash said as he was headed towards the door.
Valdrade and Sarah look at each other and at Ash. "Against who Ash?" Valdrade finally asked after a moment of silence.
"Against Cynthia." Ash said before exiting the kitchen.
Those two words have made the entire kitchen so silence that they could hear a needle drop.
After a minute of silence Sarah broke the silence. "So that was the thing that you two were talking about when we visited the town?"
Cynthia fought back a blush after having a reminder on what happen earlier that day. "Yeah we talk about that and things that were going to teach the group." Cynthia said successfully fighting back the blush that was coming.
Valdrade and Sarah seems to buy the excuse because now their eyes don't seems to look murderous. "So it means are training will be postpone for another day right?" Valdrade asked which Cynthia nodded.
"Sorry guys I just wanted to see for myself how strong Ash is." Cynthia said in an apologetic tone.
"That fine with us Cynthia." Anabel said with a smile.
"Yeah, I would want to see that battle." Angie also said with a smirk.
"Yeah Cynthia, don't worry about us." Zoey reassured.
"It will be good to see Ash get beat, so I don't mind." Greta said with a smirk.
"Thanks guys." Cynthia said in appreciation. Cynthia then looked at both Valdrade and Sarah.
"Valdrade, Sarah, could you guys do me a favour." Cynthia asked in a serious tone.
"What do you need us for Cynthia? You are currently the best trainer in the world. Why you need our assistant." Sarah said trying to fight back a smirk.
"I'm no fool Sarah. I battle you and Valdrade once and it was the battle of my life." Cynthia said with a soft glare. "You two push me to my absolute limit, and if you guys are telling me that Ash is better than the two of you I will need all the help that I can get." 'Not to mention that I almost use my Garchomp's full strength against you're strongest Pokémons and if Ash is that good as those two says Garchomp might accidently use her full power and I can't have that.' Cynthia mentally added.
"Fine." Valdrade said "I know what you need. All of you lets go to the trophy room." Valdrade then walked off.
'Tomorrow is going to be interesting.' Sarah thought as she followed Valdrade.
Cynthia and the others then followed soon enough.
(Scene Change)
After five minutes of walking inside the house, the six of them stopped at a elegant large door.
"Were here, man I haven't been inside this room for quite some time." Sarah said as she opened the door.
"What is inside the door?" Cynthia asked in anticipation.
"It's our trophy rom." Valdrade simply stated.
"So you drag us here to see some trophies that you guys collected during your travels." Greta asked with irritation clearly in his voice.
"Thanks." Cynthia said before anyone could make a sound.
"What? You mean this is what you want, to see their achievements." Angie asked a bit sceptical.
"Yes, you see, seeing Ash's achievements would help me determine his overall abilities." Cynthia explained to them.
"Isn't our battles with him enough for you to determine his overall skills?" Zoey asked.
Before Cynthia could say anything she was cut-off by Anabel. "No it's not enough. Our battles with him only lasted a minute or less."
"DON'T REMIND US WILL YOU." The three girls yelled at Anabel. Anabel merely smiled nervously.
"Nevertheless I need to see what I'm up against." Cynthia said with determination.
Valdrade and Sarah looked at each other and then nod, the battle tomorrow would certainly be interesting and intense.
THIS IS NOT MUCH OF A CHAPTER IN MY POINT OF VEIW BUT THIS IS ALL I CAN DO FOR NOW............... THE NEXT CHAPTER WOULD BE ASH VS CYNTHIA....................... I WOULD NOT UPDATE THIS STORY UNTIL I UPDATE MY BLEACH AND NARUTO FICTION WHICH WOULD TAKE ME PRACTICALLY TWO WEEKS............ NOT COUNTING NEXT WEEK BECAUSE IT SEEMS THAT I GOT ANOTHER ANNOYING TOURNAMENT TO PREPARE FOR..........
Preview (for the next two chapters)
"Interesting, it seems that I don't have a choice." Ash said with a confident smirk on his face, as he watches his Pikachu, his very last Pokémon, panting heavily
"What do you mean Ash?" Cynthia asked a bit confused. She was now very confident to win this battle; it was now down between Garchomp and his fatigue Pikachu. Her Garchomp not only has the type advantage but, even after a very hard fought battle against Koyuki; her Garchomp was still at full strength because of her ingenious use of the move rest. SO why is Ash still confident that he will still win? It doesn't make any sense.
Ash merely laughs softly which was a weird sight because of his brand new attitude. "Looks like it's time for me to show you my strongest Pokémon." Ash said as he looks Cynthia right in the eye with a sinister and confident glint in his eyes. "Consider yourself lucky Cynthia, very few trainers had force me to use this evolution of Pikachu and none of them barely stood a chance after he evolve."
Cynthia merely looks at Ash with a blank expression.
"I see your confuse. Don't worry I'll show you what I mean, Pikachu you ready." Ash asked his fateful partner/brother. Pikachu look at Ash and nodded, readying himself for the grand show. "Good."
Ash then close his eyes and raise his hands. "PIKACHU, MORPH!!!!"
A large explosion of electricity flooded the air as it completely covered Pikachu....