A TRUE FRIEND

Disclaimer: I don't own pokemon, or any of its characters, except for the ones in this story.

Just as Professor Oak stepped out of the hospital, he looked to see that Max was heading towards his direction, so he decided to make the boy's day, "Hey Max, tell everybody that Ash has just woken up." He said, before heading towards his bus.

"Sure thing, Professor." Max said. Just as soon as the bus left for Pallet Town, the words finally register, "Hey everybody! Ash is awake!!" He started to yell out, before running towards the hospital.

A lot of their friends were cheering while Gary and a small few decided to go see him. Misty was stuck on her spot, since a thought came to her head. May and Duplica were the only ones who noticed, "Something wrong Misty?" Duplica asked.

Misty looked up at them, "He wouldn't by any chance stoop low enough to listen in on what I said to him, is he?" She asked.

"I'm not sure Ash is that mean." May said, "I know that he's always willing to help out, even when we get into an argument over something stupid."

"Actually it wouldn't surprise me if Ashy-boy would be crazy enough to try a stunt like that. He might have grown as a person and a trainer, but he can still act like a child from the stories that I've heard about him." Duplica countered, "Although I would like to know the reason why he would pull such a stunt."

A vein appeared on Misty's head, "That's what I intend to find out!" She yelled out as she stormed towards the hospital. May and Duplica looked at each other and knew that they had some damage control to do.

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Brock was doing a little crowd control, with Gary, who just came in, lending a hand. "Okay everyone, we need to keep it down while the doctor gives Ash a going over." Brock said before intercepting Misty, "Sorry Misty, but you're going to have to wait as well if you want to see Ash." He then noticed that said girl looked like she was going to explode, "Let me guess, you want to know if Ash woke up when you were talking to him."

"And was he?" Misty asked, not caring about the stares she was receiving.

"I wouldn't put it past him." Gary said, getting their attention, "While Ash might have a one track mind when it comes to pokemon, he has probably the kindest hearts and his patience might be as thing as a piece of string. If he did what you think he did, then good chance he probably did but not why you thought he did."

"And would you care to tell me why he would do such a mean thing?" Misty asked.

Before he could answer, the doctor came out of Ash's room in a panic, "Doctor, what's the matter?" Delia asked.

The doctor was slowly catching his breath, "Ash has vanished into thin air." When people started to give him a strange look, he decided to try and explain it the best he can, "I was just writing some stuff up, when I looked up, and it looked like he flicked out of existence like a light bulb going out."

"Or a pokemon was using teleport." Brock said feeling a little worried that somebody might be trying to get some pay back at Ash for stopping them from doing something really bad.

"There is no need to worry." A voice rang out of nowhere, "The one you call Ash is outside at the moment. You may come out, but please don't interfere with what we're about to do for him."

Misty and Brock looked at each other wide eyed before heading out with the rest of the group. When they got out to the park, everyone was stunned because there in the middle of the park was Ash, and he is surrounded by legendary pokemon from the Kanto and Johto regions. On the ground, surrounding Ash in a circle were Entei, Suicune, and Raikou. In a circle up in the air were Moltres, Articuno, Zapdos, Ho-oh and Lugia. A foot or two near Ash are Mew and Celebi, with a third figure right in the middle, right above the boy's head was the one pokemon that nobody expected to see or see again.

"Mewtwo!"

Here is the next chapter, sorry, couldn't resist a cliffhanger. The next one will be the final chapter, and probably the longest. Sorry about some of the chapters, I was starting to loose a little interest, but I didn't want to leave it hanging or put it up for adoption. Read and Review.