The Lone Master

A Pokémon story

tchurch: Another great chapter looks like team rocket is about to cause trouble ! About to or already did? ;)

Dream Guardian King Allen: Curse you TEAM ROCKET you tried to kill one Ash's friends, mega evolve Charizard and roast them. One this that needs to be addressed is that Snorlax doesn't evolve. But a good chapter all the same. I never said that Snorlax would evolve, I said level up ;). Or, if you absolutely want to believe I said evolve, just pretend that the trainer is a dumbass. (20 minutes later) Oh wait, I just reread the last chapter and I did say evolve… so yeah… the trainer is just a dumbass ;)

Chapter 10: Unexpected

Misty's POV

One of the doctors shifted and I saw the dart clearly. It was black with a red letter painted on it. An M? Who do I know that uses M for their symbol? Team Magma? Oh shit…

"Were sorry Ash, were going to have to ask you to leave to complete the rest of the operation." The doctor said.

"Of course. Do whatever is needed to save my friend. Cut her arm off if it will save her." The doctor chuckled.

"Well, you don't have to worry about her losing an arm. The poison had already traveled all over her body. We extracted most of it, but we have to give her a few microscopic robots that will go inside of her and extract the rest of the poison." He responded.

"Alright doctor." He said turning around. I noticed all the other doctors had left the room. I looked at his face. I could see dried tears running down his cheek. When he walked past me he showed no evidence that he even saw me, even though I was standing in the doorway. I turned around and saw Ash walking to the elevator. His head was hung low as he clicked the call button.

I walked up to him and he didn't even acknowledge me. The elevator door opened and we let a few people out before stepping inside. I couldn't stop staring at him as we descended to the lobby. The elevator stopped on the second floor and we picked a few people up. When we reached the lobby Ash just walked right out.

I followed him all the way back to his house, staying a little behind him. He opened the door and walked inside, this time closing the door behind him. I stood there for a minute before opening the door and walking inside. Where did Ash go? I thought as I looked around. I walked into his room and there he was, sitting on his bed. Tears had begun to run down his cheek again.

I just sat down next to him and pulled him into a tight hug. Ash didn't even flinch.

I never really got to meet Dawn, but I do know that she was a great friend to him. I just sat there, squeezing Ash. A few minutes later Ash muttered something. "I'm sorry?" I asked. "I couldn't hear you." I said.

"I will fucking murder every last Magma, the will regret the day they attacked my best friend." BEST friend? Crap… Dawn has probably taken my place in his life… I used to be his best friend…

FLASH BACK (a few days after they split ways; seven [or so] years ago)

"Hi Ash." I said to the videophone.

"Hey Misty, how've you been?" He asked.

"Good, I miss traveling with you though." Oh shit, didn't mean to say that… "I miss beating team Rocket's ass repeatedly. I also miss training my Pokémon. I don't get much experience at the gym."

"Yeah, I enjoyed traveling with you and Brock. You guys are my best friends, and you always will be."

END FLASH BACK

Ash then stood up, easily escaping my grasp. If only what he said was true… then again, he was apparently always trying to get a hold on me… I just never responded.

"Ash, you have to calm down. First you have to find team Magma, then you can beat them to a pulp."

"I don't care. I will search all my life to find them and kill them all." This is hopeless.

"Hey Misty, what brings you here?" Brock asked.

"I need help." I said.

"With what?"

"Seven years ago I made a mistake. I need help fixing it."

"Well, first tell me what happened." He said.

"Well, when we split ways, Ash would always call me whenever he could; which wasn't often. For about two months we would do this. Then a really annoying trainer wouldn't stop calling me until I agreed to go a couple hundred miles away to go fight him at his home. He got his parents to start calling me as well. I started ignoring calls, forgetting that Ash called every once in a while. I ended that by unplugging my videophone. I waited a month, then plugged it back in. This had stopped the calls. Apparently, during that time, Ash had tried to call me a few times, but due to the phone being unplugged, he stopped. The day after I unplugged it I started to get emails from the kid. This was apparently a really fat and lazy kid, so in order to be eligible to compete in the indigo league, he had gym leaders come to him." I said.

"I remember that kid. He called and called until Forest decided to shut him up. He went, but purposely didn't bring the badges. When Forest got back, he explained how he told the kid that he wasn't allowed to give gym badges if it wasn't won in a gym battle. He told the kid that he said that the battle had to be fought IN the gym. It shut him up alright." Brock said smirking. "Continue."

"Well, I started to ignore my email too. The kid eventually stopped trying to contact me, but I didn't know because I had ignored my email. Ash tried for four years to contact me, but stopped after that."

"Why did he stop?" Brock asked.

"He gave up on me. A year ago he made a final attempt to contact me, but it failed. Now things have escalated. I realized what happened, and so I forgave him. Gary and I broke up, and I tried to show my feelings for him. Ash just thinks I'm in it for the money, since both Gary and him are very wealthy people. Now Ash has started a relationship with Dawn, and I have no idea what to do." I said.

"Well, you're not in as bad a position as you think. Ash is not in a relationship with Dawn, she is like a little sister to him. Ash is too fragile to start a relationship. It's sort of like how I was when Professor Ivy dumped me, he couldn't stand hearing your name." He said.

"But then why is he pushing me away?" I asked.

"It's just his way of dealing with the issues in his life. Team Magma found out why the Rockets were trying so hard to capture Pikachu, and the attack less periodically, but they are much more of a pain to defeat. Now Ash is under a lot of stress, He constantly has to peer over his shoulder."

"So it was team Magma who poisoned Dawn." I said understanding completely.

"THEY DID WHAT?!" Brock screamed.

"Dawn was found with a poison dart in her arm. She might not be able to pull through."

"FUCK! Why didn't you tell me earlier! We gotta go save Ash!" He yelled standing up.

"What do you mean?"

"Ash and I traveled together a few times, and we would find one of our Pokémon knocked out. They would have a ransom note with them. They basically said 'give us pikachu or we'll do this to another Pokémon. Eventually the started injuring Pokémon. Once, Ash caught a Nidoran, the next day we found it dead with multiple bullet holes." He said. He then started to panic. "They started doing it with humans."

"They did WHAT?" I screeched.

"So we have to make sure Ash knows, and we have to keep you under close protection. One day we were talking about how great it had been when you traveled with us, and how you were our best friend. Some Magmas had been spying; they know what will make Ash crack… you." He said.

"Where am I?" I asked.

"Uh… speeding down the road towards Pallet." Brock said. "You fainted so I took you to the car and here we are." I didn't respond. After ten minutes of driving something caught my eye.

"Stop the car." I said. Brock did and looked at me. I just looked into the forest. Sure enough, Ash was climbing a tree, dressed in full camo with an AK-47 strapped onto his back.

"The fuck?" Brock said.

A.M.

Sorry for not posting, my brother's birthday was yesterday.

I have created a forum for Mario, to discus the lack of Luigi X Daisy. Here's a link: Luigi X Daisy Forum

PEACE!