Massive shout out to RyoshiMorino, who has helped me discover what I really want to write about, so now that I've cleared my head..It took me 4 hours to write this. So this is Chapter 11.. ENJOY! :D

5 hours later...

Ash stood by Dawn's side at the Viridian City Trainer Hospital, she still hadn't awoke since the accident. Gary and his mother constantly kept trying to get him out of the room and get some fresh air or a cup of tea, but he refused. He only ran back to Pallet Town for an hour and came back in a hurry. He wanted to stay by Dawn's side to make sure she was ok. All he could think about is how he couldn't protect her, that it should've been him in her position. He lightly stroked her bruised forehead and kissed her cut cheek before sitting down on the chair aside the bed and grasped her hand loosely. He sulked in humiliation. He hated being here with Dawn, if only he had the power to switch bodies with her then she'd be awake and lively right now probably saying 'No need to worry'

"Yeah right" Ash scoffed to himself, "No need to worry ae Dawn, that's what you always said, but now I am worrying, I can't even protect you from the simplest of things, no wonder you freaked out when 'he' asked you to marry him, you probably thought it was for the best because I couldn't help you, I wasn't there for you when you needed me an-" Ash noticed movement coming from Dawn. Her hand lightly squeezed Ash' as she tried to open her eyes. He got up pressing the button on the side of the bed alerting any available Nurse's or Doctor's to come and assist her. He hovered over her whispering her name until her eyes flew open in shock.

"Ash, what am I doing here?" she shouted in panic, Ash gave her a frown, backing away from the bed letting her hand slip away from his own,

"Wait so you don't remember?"

"No, I really don't. Why am I here?"

"Dawn, the Doctor's will take care of you for the moment, I need to step out the room for just now ok?" he whispered soothingly, causing her to lye back down on the bed,

"Ash, please don't be long, I don't want to be on my own again" she clenched onto the covers hiding her face from him and he smiled and walked out of the door as the Doctor's attended to her.

He wandered into the Lobby where everybody was waiting, his friends, mother, Gary, Gary's sister, Brock and even Kenny. Gary walked up to him giving him a hug in comfort as so did all the girls. Tracey and Professor Oak had to stay and attend to the Pokemon back at the Ranch while everyone else rushed to the emergency. Ash glared at Kenny across the room, the look in his eyes could stab him in the neck if it wanted to. He slowly walked upto Kenny igoring Brock and knelt down balancing on his knees until his face was right beside Kenny's, he smiled at him before reaching towards his ear.

"You know, I'm never going to let you forget this, if anything happens to her, then I'm holding you personally responsible. And Kenny" Kenny turned to face away from Ash hoping he wouldn't hear anymore insults or death threats, "You endangered her life, but I'm not going to bother with yours, your going to live with this for the rest of your life" he got up relaxed and headed outside of the Hospital, leaning against the wall staring at the sky, begging himself not to cry.

5 hours earlier...

"Brock, why did you invite him here? I don't want to see him!" Ash was furious at his best-friend for betraying him, bringing his worst enemy here to confront him about Dawn,

"Look Ash, before you start yapping on, listen to me for once. Have a 3 on 3 battle, the winner get's to talk to Dawn first?" May was even more angry, this definitely wasn't Brock speaking,

"You must be crazy Brock, Ash would never agree to that!" Brock turned to May and gave her a wink,

"I'm sure he will May, he wants to forget about what happened in Sinnoh and bring it here close to home, he shouldn't have a problem beating Kenny. And if he's doing it for Dawn, in his right mind he would never loose" Brock turned his head towards Ash "am I right Ash?" Ash nodded in agreement with a killer look. He had a huge problem with Kenny but didn't want to increase his rage even more by speaking to him.

"Right, great. Brock here can referee while I kick your ass Ash Ketchum, and prove to Dawn that I'm the one for her!" Ash laughed at Kenny's confident suggestion,

"Really? Your going to beat a Pokemon Trainer? A trainer who's had far more contest and experience in battle than you? A trainer who not only became on of the Elite Four but has proved himself to own a Master Ball" everyone gasped, they didn't know Ash had a Master Ball, or yet what Pokemon he had inside it.

He pulled out the ball from his jacket pocket and enlarged it, trying to create tension and teased Kenny before placing it back into his pocket. Brock smiled at this, he knew Ash was confident and would never back down, or never loose, whether or not he had that powerful Pokemon at his disposal.

Ash turned to Kenny who had stopped mid way between the patio and the field "Are you sure you want to do this Kenny?" Ash's voice was confident and fierce. It made Kenny's back shiver and becoming frightened like a puppy dog.

"The match between Ash Ketchum of Pallet Town and Kenny from Twinleaf Town will now begin, eat trainer will use 3 Pokemon each, the battle will end once one trainers Pokemon is declared unable to battle, substitutions are allowed" Brock let him hands fall by his side declaring that each trainer throw out their first Pokemon. Kenny threw his Pokeball up into the air obviously wary of what he was doing,

"Alakazam, Let's go" Ash laughed, throwing his Pokeball in the air,

"Typhlosion, I choose you"

"BEGIN!" Brock shouted,

"Ok Alakazam, Physic"

"Typhlosion, Flame charge!"

Alakazam stayed still holding his spoon objects together as his eyes grew a sky blue concentrating on Typhlosion's movements. Typhlosion was currently increasing it's speed, eve-loping fire around his body and furiously charging into Alakazam knocking it into a backwards roll.

"Nice job Typhlosion" Typhlosion flexed it's muscles at his master and Kenny giggling like he used to do when it was a Quilava,

"Come on Alakazam, use Disable"

"Flame Charge, again!"

Before Alakazam could zone in on Typhlosion, it was right up in it's face attacking it with the same move it did previousely,
"Alakazam is unable to battle, Typhlosion wins!" Kenny returned his Pokemon to his Pokeball as so did Ash, thanking it was it's hard work. Ash was the first to throw out his second Pokeball, followed by Kenny. Both Pokemon arriving on the battle field at the same time.

"Floatzel, let's go"

"Buizel, I choose you"

Everybody stood and stared at the match up, Ash's Buizel was going up against it's evolved form Floatzel. Ash trusted his Pokemon, he's always been able to beat their evolved forms to matter what the challenge. He's done it before and he would do it again.

"Why didn't you evolve you Buizel Ash?" Kenny asked with a smug look,

"Because Kenny, I can train my Pokemon to become powerful with or without evolving, you should know that about me by now, Pikachu has never wanted to evolve. He's powerful enough without it, and so is my Buizel" Kenny was smiling,

"Let's see then"

"BEGIN!" Brock shouted again,

"Buizel, Aqua Jet combination!"

"Floatzel, Razor Wind"

Buizel faced it's opponent getting ready to use waterpulse then surrounded itself with a powerful waterfall, like a Hydro Pump heading straight for Floatzel. Floatzel jumped not knowing where he was going to land and pushed back his radar fins on his arms getting ready to attack with Razor Wind. The two powerful attacks colided causing smoke to linger acorss the battlefield.

"Floatzel, use Swfit!" Kenny commanded

"Counter shield!"

Golden stars flew from Floatzel's mouth heading straight for Buizel, he protected himself by break-dancing on the ground and shooting Water Gun into the air, creating a barrier, like what Pikachu did with his electricity. Kenny was taking aback by his move. He was now fed up of Ash stealing his thunder and getting what he wanted. He trembled in rage, glaring at his Floatzel with his beady eyes. He reached behind his back lifting up his green waistcoat and grabbed 4 Pokeballs, enlarging them and throwing them into the air. His Empoleon, Breloom, Machamp and Torterra flew out of their Pokeballs.

"Torterra, use Frenzy Plant on Ash and hold him in place! Breloom and Machamp, Cross Chop and Stun Spore on Buizel and Empoleon, use Flash Cannon on Ash!" the whole field was invaded with horrified gasps, nobody could do anything because their Pokemon were all on the other side of the field, if they had called on them it would be too late!

Ash was stuck in place with Toreterra's Frenzy Plant, unable to move, helplessly looking down at Buizel who was trying to defend him and himself. Ash looked up at the group standing by the patio,

"Paul! Go and get Gary! NOW!" Brock felt helpless, he didn't have his Pokemon with him either, they were all back at home comforting Jasmine.

"Think about what you doing Kenny, who do you think you are? Let Ash go now!" May screamed down trying to run over with Brendan holding her back from the danger. Nobody could move, they were all stuck where they were unable to do a thing.

All of a sudden a familiar Jubilee Pokemon flew above them heading straight for Ash as a slightly tall, blue haired girl jumped down in front of Ash covering him, he looked up at her, eyes filled with passion and sorrow. She smiled at him, before whispering,

"I choose you Ash"

Screams of horror echoed around the field as Empoleon's Flash Cannon headed straight for her as she blocked it's view of Ash. "Now it's my turn to protect you" she said to him before getting hit with the powerful attack. She fell to the ground with Brock and everyone else running straight for her screaming at her state. Kenny stood there motionless and lifeless.

Ash screamed to be let down so he could comfort her and see if she was ok, but it was no use. Kenny was in a state himself, kneeling on the ground below him staring helplessly at her. Ash had no choice, he called down to call the Hospital right away to tell them what had happened then Gary will drive her there.

Present:

Brock had walked outside to see Ash. He felt sorry that he'd brought this on not knowing Kenny's state of mind. He knealt down to where Ash was currently sitting trying to apologize.

"Ash I'm so sorry I really didn't know he-"

"Forget it Brock, what's done is done, we can't do anything about it now can we?" his voice was stern and clear.

"Well, what can I do to make it upto you?"

"You can start by going home to Jasmine and taking care of her, that's all I want right now"

"What do you mean?" Ash's voice turned sympathetic and concerned

"Well, you see Brock, what happened today was hard enough, just go home and see her, she needs you right now"

"What like Dawn needs you? I'm just saying Ash, don't push her away, she loves you"

"Yeah, I know that now" he sighed. Brock stood up holding out his hand for Ash to take so he could pull him up onto his feet. He accepted dusting himself off as he stood there.

"Thanks Brock, I know you didn't mean any harm, take care of Jasmine for me and I'll speak to you soon ok?"

"Yeah Ash, thanks" they embraced each other in a hug before he pulled his keys out of his pocket and walked towards the car park where his car was parked. As he drove off towards the road entrance, he honked his horn giving a wave to Ash as he waved back.

Ash walked calmly back inside heading towards Dawn's room completely ignoring everybody else sitting in the waiting area. Gary was stood in front of Dawn's room waiting for Ash's arrival. Gary looked at Ash with concern and worry.

"Hey Ash, how are you doing?" he asked in a low sympathetic voice,

"How's Dawn doing?" completely ignoring the question,

"Doctor said she'll be fine in a couple of days, she just needs rest"

"That's good then, we'll stay at my mums until she's able to go home"

"Ash, what do you mean 'goes home'? I thought you-"

"Yeah Gary, I do, but she needs to see her mum. Everyone else should go back too, I need to keep training and get ready until Cynthia's better to battle me to defend her title"

"But Ash-"

"But nothing Gary, my decision is final. Give this to Dawn for me please" Ash handed a folded A4 piece of paper to Gary, as he took it, the material was different in the middle like there was something inside. "Just make sure she gets it, I'll speak to you soon Gary" he nodded back in agreement as he watched Ash walking over to his mother smiling and embracing her in a hug before pulling her away to talk in private. Gary hesitantly opened the door smiling at Dawn as he entered softly, her face grew a frown.

"What do you want!?" she scoffed

"I know I'm not the best person you want to see right now, but here, Ash told me to give you this" he handed her the piece of paper with the contents of it still there, she gazed up at him in a confused manner.

"What's this?"

"I don't know, Ash just told me to give it to you. Do you want me to go?" Gary sounded sorry and uneasy, he wasn't normally nice but he had to make an exception,

"No, please stay, I'm sure I can trust you to read this with me?"

"Yeah, sure" Gary smiled as he pulled the chair in closer towards Dawn bedside as she opened the letter. A picture that looked crumbled and old flew out of it, she took it in her hand noticing the people in it. It was the same photo he had in his bedroom in the frame but miniature small enough to fit in his wallet. It was obvious he had kept it since it was taken, never letting go.

She grasped at the photo holding it to her chest as tears streamed down from her eyes. Gary comforted her resting her head on his shoulder with his arm wrapped around her back. She wiped away a few tears before reading the letter, noticing the beautiful italic writing sitting neatly on the page,

Dear Dawn,
You know, I didn't know what to write in this letter. I was thinking of a thousand things to say but not one suited how I feel about you. You see, I promised you I would protect you no matter what the circumstances, yet look where it's gotten you. You have to know that once your better, you need to go home and visit your mother. She would be happy to see you, and you can also tell her about me asking you to marry me, if that's what you still want. I'm going away for a couple of weeks, just to prepare myself for the Championship, hoping Cynthia is better by the end of the month.

Stay at my mum's house until your better ok, and I will come and get you when I'm finished. A few weeks will feel like hours, I promise. Gary, Daisy and my mum will be there for you throughout every step of the way. I love you Dawn, please remember that. If anything happens, just know we'll have memories stored everywhere.

When you get back to my mum's, she will give you a key which will enable you to unlock the box in my wardobe in my bedroom, please don't loose that key, I'm entrusting you with it. A kiss every night for my beautiful Sapphire,

Ash x

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