Chapter twelve
Repayment the harsh way
"Mom?" A young nine year old boy by the name of Ash asked. "Why are we moving to Pallet?"
"It's a long story Ash." his mother replied as she got more clothes the closet and into Ash's luggage.
"But can't I celebrate my tenth birthday here?" Ash asked his mother. "I'm nearly ready to become a official pokemon trainer and I want to start my journey here. Not in Pallet."
"I'm sorry but we have no choice." Delia replied as she zipped the luggage and took it down from the bed.
"Will we ever come back?" Ash asked.
"I don't know Ash." Ash's mother replied. "We are all not safe here anymore. Your sister is going to stay with your auntie and your father will stay here while you and I will go to Pallet."
"Can't we at least bring Amelia with us?" Ash asked. "When we get there all I can do is wait for my tenth birthday. I really don't want to go mom."
"We have no choice Ash. You like it or not you will have to forget your life here and pretend nothing happened."
"One day I have to come back here if I want to become a pokemon master mom." Ash explained. "One day I will come back here and fix the mistakes this family has made."
"You do know that is going to be hard to do Ash. You going to make this family have a even worse family reputation. "
"This family reputation is already bad enough. Might as well die trying."
*~*~*~*
"This is Pallet?" Ash asked with a shock reaction on his face. "And this is where we are both going to live?"
"For now Ash. We will be back home soon." Delia smiled.
Ash just sighed.
"I wish we never had to go to this mom."
"I know Ash but we can't undo the past of your father's mistakes."
*~*~*~*
"Hey Ash are you okay?" Dawn asked as Ash kept looking at a huge mansion in front of his eyes.
"Ash?" Dawn asked but Ash was still ignoring the bluenette's calls. "Ash Ketchum!" Dawn yelled into Ash's ear.
"Ouch." Ash said as he rubbed his ear after the loud yell his friend gave to him. "What was that for?"
"Well you were playing deaf at me so I had no choice but to yell in your ear." Dawn replied. "Anyway why are you looking at this mansion? What is it that you like about it?"
"It reminds me of home." Ash replied.
"Home?" Dawn asked. "Isn't your home at Pallet in Kanto and not here in Hearthome in Sinnoh?"
"Still." Ash replied as he kept looking at the mansion. "It really does remind me of home." Ash said as he stopped looking at the mansion and went to join Brock and the others. While Ash was walking a few words ran though his mind.
"One day I will come back here and fix the mistakes this family has made."
*~*~*~*
"Oi Ash. Wake up!" Amelia called as she shake her brother. "His not waking up." She sighed.
"Pika pi." Pikachu sighed.
"Hey what is happening here?" May asked as she entered the tent Ash and Amelia were in.
"Ash won't wake up." Amelia sighed once again.
"Hey." May said. "I got a idea." May said as she shifted her eyes to Pikachu deviously. "Pikachu can you do a favor for me?"
"Pikachu?" Pikachu asked confused.
May knelt down to Pikachu's height and whispered a few words into his ears. When May finished it's ears went up.
"Pikachu?" Pikachu asked in concern. Sounding like he didn't like the idea.
"Trust me on this on." May winked.
Pikachu just shrugged his shoulder and released a powerful electrifying thunderbolt right at Ash and made Ash shock and turn all black. Ash glared at his younger sister.
"I swear I didn't do this Ash." Amelia said hoping that her older brother would believe her. "It was May's idea."
Ash looked at May and saw her with a cheeky smile on her face. Ash didn't like begin toasted by his own pokemon.
"Hehe." May smiled cheeky. "My bad."
*~*~*~*
Ash and his friends were walking their way to Lilycove. Ash wasn't isn't in his happy moods since his best friend told his Pikachu to use thunderbolt on his as a wake up call. He had Pikachu on his shoulder with his arms crossed showing that he wasn't in a good mood.
"What happened to Ash?" Max asked.
"I just told his Pikachu to use thunder bolt on Ash so he would wake up." May giggled as she remember seeing Ash getting shocked by Pikachu's thunder bolt.
"You did what?!" Max said in surprise.
May just laughed in responds and walked a little ahead of Max. Amelia was next to Ash who was still unpleased.
"Oh come on Ash." Amelia smiled as she patted Ash's shoulder. "It was only a joke."
"Yeah Ash." May said as she entered the conversation. "Friends?"
Ash just sighed.
"Friends." Ash replied. "Just don't do that again okay?"
"Just make sure you don't sleep late." May added.
"Fine." Ash smiled. "I won't."
*~*~*~*
"Welcome to team cyclone Sacul." The boss of team cyclone said as he offered Sacul a handshake.
"I'm glad to be here sir." Lucas replied as he accepted the handshake.
"It's good to know more people are coming here to team cyclone. We can finally start on our major plan."
"Major plan?" Lucas asked. "What is that?"
"Well I don't want to spoil anything but all I can say it's from it's from your nightmares." the boss of team cyclone said and soon followed a evil laugh.
"I have to know what this is." Lucas thought said. "I need to stop this."
"Well I should show you your room here at team cyclone head quarters." the boss of team cyclone told Lucas.
Soon the boss of team cyclone showed Lucas his room. They walked a dark hallway until they reached a room. The boss of the place slowly twisted the doorknob and pushed the door and inside was a room. It was a decent room. It had a bed near a wall, had a window and a round table with only a few chairs.
"This brings back memories." Lucas said in his head.
"Well?" the boss asked Lucas.
"It's okay sir." Lucas replied.
"Well have some sleep Sacul." the boss said as his hand on his shoulder. "We have big plans we want you to do."
"Yes sir." Lucas nodded.
Soon the head of team cyclone left Lucas in his room. Lucas laid on the bed and started at the ceiling.
"I'm going to do what is right." Lucas said. "I'm going to fix my mistakes and stop putting the people important to me away from my problems."
*~*~*~*
It was midday in Hoenn and everyone was having a great time. Brock was making stew for everyone, Max was training his pokemon and May was having a nap under a big shady oak tree. Ash was with his Pikachu as he and Pikachu where looking at the sky. He saw flying type pokemon flying in the sky. Then a memory of Ash's past came back to him.
"Hey look up there!" a young seven year old Ash pointed up to the sky with a pokemon in his arms. "Look at them fly. You know what? One day when I become a pokemon master I will catch as many pokemon I can. Even those flying type pokemon flying up there."
Then the pokemon in his arms started to stretch his arms towards the sky. Like it wanted to fly like the flying type pokemon in the sky.
"You want to fly up there don't you?" Ash asked his pokemon.
The pokemon in his arms just nodded. Then it watched the flying type pokemon fly out of their sight. Soon the pokemon in Ash's arms felt sad as the flying pokemon flew out of their sight.
"Don't worry." Ash smiled. "Our dreams will come true one day. Just wait a little longer."
"Pikachu?"
"Huh?"
"Pikachu." Pikachu repeated as he jumped onto his master's belly and looked into Ash's eyes. "Pika pi?" Pikachu asked like he was asking what he was thinking.
"I was just thinking about something." Ash replied as he patted Pikachu's furry head.
Ash shifted his eyes to the sleeping brunette who was sleeping under the oak tree. Then Ash remember what she did early this morning. Ash couldn't resit but to get some repayment.
"Pikachu would you be able to do a favor for me?"
"Pikachu?" Pikachu asked in confusion.
"I just want some repayment from a friend." Ash replied back.
*~*~*~*
"Lucas, Lucas, Lucas!" called out a young five year old brunette girl named Amelia. "Look what I got Lucas!" Amelia said as she hold a poke ball right in front of Lucas. "I got a dragonair!"
"That's nice to hear." Lucas smiled. "When do you think you are going to evolve it?"
"When it get's strong of course!" Amelia giggled. Then the young brunette looked at her older brother Ash. "When are you going to evolve yours big brother?"
"When it wants to." Ash replied. "I don't want to be forced to evolve if it doesn't want to."
"Well you will never become a pokemon trainer like that." Lucas told Ash. "Trainers need strong and evolved pokemon if they want to be strong and powerful."
"Any pokemon can be strong if you train them hard enough." Ash replied as his voice was a slightly higher than before.
"Stop it!" Amelia cried out. "Can't we not fight this once?" Amelia begged. "Just his once?"
"Well I have to go." Lucas said. "I'm ten already not like you Ash who is still seven and still has a pokemon that could be really strong by now." Lucas said as he left the Amelia and Ash and pushed opened the black huge gates that hold Ash and Amelia inside their property.
Ash pulled out a poke ball with the initials of "AK" on top of the poke ball.
"One day we will beat him." Ash mumbled.
Then suddenly Lucas's eyes flicked open. He looked around his room and found he was still in team cyclone's base and in his room. He sat up from his sleeping position and felt his heart beat fast and then slowly it went back to its normal heart beat. Lucas put his hand to his forehead.
"I haven't had dreams like does in ages." Lucas told himself. "Why are they coming back to me now?"
*~*~*~*
"ASH!" yelled a furious brunette. "I AM GOING TO KILL YOU!"
Ash swallowed hard. He looked at Pikachu.
"Little help here?" Ash whispered to his furry companion.
Pikachu just took a few steps back from Ash. Showing that he did what he had to do.
Earlier…
"Ready?" Ash asked.
"Pikachu." Pikachu said as he lowered his ears showing that he really didn't want to do this at May.
"Come on Pikachu." Ash said. "Just this once."
"Pikachu" Pikachu said as he shrugged his shoulders and soon released a powerful thunder bolt right on May.
Soon May was as black like Ash this morning. When she saw it was Ash that woke her from her sleep instead of Max she still had the anger she would if it was Max that woke her up in a unexpecting way. Soon she had fire in her eyes and out of nowhere fire also surround her.
"How dare you wake me up from a dream of rice buns and hot chicken noodles Ash!"
"My bad" Ash smiled with a sweat drop on his head. Repeating May's word's earlier.
"You will pay!" May yelled as she started to chase after Ash who didn't think twice to run as fast as he can from the rampaging brunette.
Ash was running away from May and past the camp site where Brock and Max were. When they saw Ash running away from May they quickly asked each other.
"Why is Ash running away from May?" Brock asked May's little brother Max.
"Maybe Ash did something to her that she didn't like." Max replied as he went back fixing the poke nav.
"May running like that reminds me of when Misty was around. Ash and Misty never seem to not stop fighting."
Soon Pikachu came following after Ash. Brock and Max saw Pikachu calling out like he was calling out Ash and May's names.
"We better go." Brock told Max.
"Good idea." Max replied as he dropped the poke nav on the table and chased after Ash and May.
Meanwhile Ash kept running until Ash took a break from running. Then he saw May right behind him. Ash turned around quickly and saw May right in front of him. Ash took a step back and tripped over. May also fell over since she was holding Ash's shirt. So they both fell on the ground. When the two were on the floor May was on top of Ash and Ash was under May's body. What both didn't expect was that when they both fell they actually locked lips when they fell. They both stayed like that until Pikachu came running to them.
"Pika pi!" Pikachu called out as he ran to Ash and May.
When Pikachu went there he was surprise to find his own trainer kissing his best friend. Soon May quickly pushed here self of the young boy's body with both having big red blush on both their faces. Ash also got up quickly with a blush not bigger or brighter than May's.
"Pikachu…" Pikachu said with a shock reaction it his face. "Pika pi chu pi?"
"It was a accident!" Both trainers called out to Pikachu. "We swear!"
"Please don't tell anyone. If you do Max will tell my parents and they will never trust me again to ever go on a pokemon journey on my own." May begged Ash's Pikachu.
"Pika pi." Pikachu nodded.
"Thanks buddy." Ash said as he patted Pikachu's furry head.
"Hey what happened here?" Brock called out as he and Max join Ash, May and Pikachu.
"Nothing happened here." May said as she got off the ground.
"Yeah nothing." Ash said as he scratched the back of his head. "Nothing at all."
"Well let's head back to camp." Brock replied. "It's getting dark."
"Yeah let's go." everyone replied.
End of chapter twelve
