"Ash, what is that thing?!" She yelled through the
noise. Ash quickly fished out his pokédex.
Findar: One of the legendary type pokémon. This pokémon
is a combination of grass/flying and normal.
Ash gasped, "Legendary type pokémon?" He stared at the
tiny picture of the Findar on his pokédex, then to the real
thing, circling the towering skyscrapers above.
Other Legendary type pokémon include: Articuno, Moltres,
and Zapdos. These pokémon are commonly known as the masters of
Lightning, Fire, Water and Earth. As the legend goes, these pokémon
each have one messenger of their own.
Misty's eyes widened upon hearing this. She tugged on Ash's
shoulder. "Quick, what else does it say?!" The group
huddled around the small pokédex.
Each of these messengers are special pokémon with the
ability to talk.
Suddenly Misty grabbed the pokédex out of Ash's hand and began
yelling at the thing. "Forget that! I wanna know who these
messengers are!!"
The pokédex pinged and the voice started up again, No
more data.
Misty face began turning a deep shade of red, and in a fit of
rage, she hurled the rectangular gadget at the unsuspecting Ash.
"This dumb thing is useless!!"
Ash winced, holding his bruised stomach. "I have just been
thrown through a window, and chased by a giant, possible man-eating,
bird! I don't need to be abused by you as well!" Misty was
about to continue the argument before she heard the enormous
Findar let out another ear-piercing shriek.
The group looked up to see a second huge fire bird attack the
Findar in flight.
"Huh, what's that Ash?" Tracey asked. Ash picked up the
fallen pokédex and pointed it towards the fire bird.
Moltres, known as the legendary bird of fire. Every flap
of its wings creates a dazzling flash of flames.
Everyone stared in awe as the two legends began to do battle in
the sky. The corner of Arin's eye suddenly caught two familiar
figures standing on top of a rooftop nearby. "Hey look!"
She pointed in the direction of Team Rocket. Ash, Tracey and
Misty gasped.
"It's Team Rocket!" Tracey announced. Ash frowned.
"Jessie.and James. We haven't seen them for months!"
"Ash. You can't let them capture that pokémon." Misty
pleaded quietly and lowered her eyes to the ground. Ash heaved a
sigh. He watched the young beauty for a moment longer, before
reaching for a pokéball and tossing it high into the air.
"Charizard, I choose you!!" In a flash of white light,
Charizard appeared, hovering in the air and ready for battle.
"Alright Pikachu, get on his back. The both of you are gonna
fight together, right?!"
"Pika pi! Pikachu!" With a nod of his head, Pikachu
scrambled up onto the large Charizard's back before it took off
in a fury of blistering hot flames.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Crystal Ember, accompanied by her two pokémon, Pichu and Vulpix,
wandered the lonely dirt track until she finally reached a fork
in the road. She sighed heavily, dumping her heavy rucksack on
the ground.
"Hmm, Neon City...or the Purple Woods. Well, we've never
been to the purple woods before. Maybe we can catch some new pokémon,
ay?" Crystal called back eagerly. Vulpix, Pichu sprawled
across her back, wearily crawled up to her master's side before
collapsing to the ground. Crystal stared down at her two
companions and sweat-dropped. "What fearless, brave pokémon
I have." She muttered.
"Vul?" Vulpix looked up with a pathetic expression.
Crystal sighed, a little irritated, and picked the exhausted pokémon
up into her arms. Pichu leapt from Vulpix's back and onto Crystal's
shoulder where he settled down nicely and began to sleep.
"Well," Crystal wheezed, and stumbled under the weight
of the two pokémon, "It's on to the purple
woods! Sheesh, you two are getting heavy!"
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
A little while later
Gary Oak marched along the dirt path, cursing as he went. "All
girls are trouble! Damnit, when I see her i'm gonna, OWE!! Great,
now my feet hurt! That's all I need."
When Gary had finally recovered and gotten out of hospital, he
had found his car perfectly normal and in it's usual pristine
clean conditionon one side. The other side had been
completely destroyed; doors ripped off, paint scratched, tyres
missing, you name it!
Gary gritted his teeth and bit down hard on his tongue to prevent
himself from cursing at the passing Pidgey. Finally he came to a
fork in the road where Crystal had passed earlier. He read the
sign pointing to Neon City and the Purple Woods.
"Hmmif I was Crystal, where would I go?" He
chuckled a little, "Heh, that's easy." Taking the left
turn, Gary headed towards the mysterious Purple Woods.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Rubble and debree rained down on the small group as Charizard was
effortlessly thrown against a large, tilting skyscraper.
"Charizard no!" Ash shouted as he raced to his fallen
pokémon. Pikachu had leapt to the safety of solid ground before
Charizard could crash into the building. The electric mouse
hopped onto Ash's shoulder as he gently stroked the Charizard's
scaly head. Ash took one more glance at the two pokémon battling
in mid flight before returning Charizard to his pokéball.
"Ash! What are you doing? You can't give up! You never give
up." Misty cried desperately. "Please, don't let Team
Rocket win." Ash turned to meet her with a steady gaze,
without uttering a single wordfor once.
"Misty, Ash can't send out anymore of his pokémon. None of
us have anything powerful enough to defeat them." Tracey
sighed, "We have to leave it for now. It's getting too
dangerous for us to stick around." He laid a reassuring hand
on Misty's shoulder. "We can get help later. Then we can
come back stronger than ever. I promise you we'll defeat them."
Arin looked up at Tracey, admiration shining in her eyes. He was
still holding tightly onto her hand.
Another explosion brought Ash out of his deep trance. He studied
Misty for a second then took her hand in his. The last thing he
wanted to do was let her down. "Misty, I promise you that we'll
help... just not now." Misty swallowed the hard lump in her
throat and nodded silently. Ash led the small group as they wove
in and out of the of the city's collapsed buildings.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
The crooked branches of the towering trees overhead seemed to
reach out for Gary as he crept through the eerie Purple Woods.
"Purple woods" He whispered before practically
jumping out of his skin as he came face to face with a pair of
glowing red eyes. He calmed down a bit after he realised the eyes
belonged to a Zubat perched on a low tree branch. "This
place is more like a freak show." He muttered under his
breath. Swallowing the lump in his throat, Gary continued walking
the narrow path through the thick, ever-darkening woods. Soon he
could hardly see two feet ahead of him. His feet were now lost in
the thick ghostly mist which floated through the forest.
*SNAP!*
Gary turned sharply to his right, searching for something he wasn't
so sure he wanted to find. Calming his nerves, Gary continued on
his way. But it wasn't long before he heard another twig snapping
behind him. He looked from right to left, trying to get
accustomed to the dark. All he could make out were the gnarled
branches of the many trees surrounding him. Cautiously, Gary took
a second step into the mist before, *SNAP!! CRACK!! BANG!! CRASH!!
THUD!*
"Euiweee!?!"
Gary lay face down on the muddy ground, his arm throbbing
painfully from the fall. He tilted his head up to see who or what
had fallen on him. First came the little brown nose, second a
pair of big soft dark eyes. Finally Gary could make out the
creatures long brown ears and big bushy tail.
"An Eevee?" The Eevee cocked his head to the side,
cried happily, then lurched forward to bite his nose.
"Owe!! Dammit." Gary sat up, rubbing his sore nose
tenderly. "A psychotic Eevee." He muttered before
standing up and brushing himself down.
The Eevee watched the young human curiously and began to sniff
his boots. Gary stopped brushing the mud off of himself and
stared down at the puppy like pokémon with one arched eyebrow.
"Hey, there are hundreds of toilets around here, yah know. I'm
not one of them! Now go away!" Gary marched away from the
infant pup without a second glance. However, the pokémon had
already decided that he liked this human ((What
reason I shall never be sure of ^_^ ::suddenly,
hundreds of Gary fans attack her!:: ...eep!!))
and began following him through the thick mist.
Time passed and Gary had no idea where he was or where he was
going to. He had hoped to catch up with Crystal by now. He
cringed a little as he felt a sharp pang in his chest. It was, of
course, guilt. He had been teasing Ash about being so far behind.
But now that he himself didn't have a car any longer, he knew how
it felt to be behind. And he hated it!
*SNAP!*
Gary stopped and sighed heavily as he heard the sound of another
twig snapping behind him. Frowning, Gary turned around. There
sticking out from the white mist drifting below, was a big, brown
fluffy tail with a cream coloured tip.
He snorted. "Hah! What do you take me for?!" he said,
slightly amused by the creatures pathetic attempts at being
inconspicuous. Eevee poked his soft brown head up through the
mist and smiled pathetically.
"Euiwee?" It cried happily.
Gary folded his arms and shook his head. "I've already got
two Eevee, a Vaporeon, a Flareon and a Jolteon! There's no point
in adding you to my collection." Gary paused, "No
offense or nothin'." With that, he turned around and began
walking on again. Eevee pounced on him, and began tugging at the
bottom of his pants with his needle like teeth.
"Hey, come on! Let go, let go!"
"Weeee, euiwee!" The puppy cried and looked up at him
with big pitiful eyes. Gary sighed heavily and picked him up.
"Alright, alright! You can stay with me, Sheesh. Hmm, you're
the first pokémon I've ever met who wants to be
captured." Gary studied the infant pup in his arms. It
looked more or less like any other Eevee, apart from the black
stripe down its snout.
"Huh, you're kinda cute. Not that I'm going soft or anyth--"
Gary stopped in mid-sentence. In the distance was the shrill cry
of a pack of carnivorous Persians; ready for the night hunt.
"Uh-oh." Gary searched for an empty pokéball in his
rucksack, then pointed it at Eevee. "Eevee, return!"
Eevee jumped back and cried angrily. "Huh? Why won't you--?"
"Puuurrrr!!" Two gleaming red eyes emerged from the
shadowed bushes, not too far from where the two were standing.
Eevee cowered and leapt inside Gary's backpack.
"Oh, great. You're gonna weigh me down!" Gary called
back as he took to his heel and raced through the forest.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Floating, unnoticed, above the young girl's head, Mew glanced
around the dark Purple Woods. At first it had been quite an
adventure travelling into this unknown territory but the
adventure came to an abrupt halt when Crystal finally realised
that she'd been reading the map upside down.
Crystal smiled sheepishly. "Okay, okay. So I got us lost. A
one off, I promise!"
Vulpix glared back at her trainer. "Vulpix, vul, vul! (it's
not been the first time!)" Crystal cringed a little. She
opened her bag to find Pichu still fast asleep, and smiled
happily. Carefully placing her backpack over her shoulders,
Crystal continued to read the map, making sure that this time it
was the right way up.
Vulpix sat on the ground and began to clean her glossy fur coat
with pride. Suddenly, her ears pricked back as she felt the
slight vibrations in the ground.
"Vul?"
Suddenly, a familiar voice rang out through the dark forest.
"AHH!! Murderous Persians!!!"
Crystal looked up from her map, one eyebrow arched high. "Say
what??"
Gary Oak burst through the bushes, Eevee's head poking out the
top of his rucksack. Gary collapsed to the ground infront of
Crystal and panted heavily. "PersiansI hate Persians."
He muttered grimly.
Crystal bent low to see his face, "Gary? Is that you?"
Suddenly an alert sounded in Gary's brain, and his eyes locked
with her's. "Crystal YOU!!!" He growled. "This
is all your fault!!"
Vulpix and Crystal exchanged a quick glance. "....eep."
Pokémon and trainer took to their heels and fled from the raging
Gary Oak who was already up and chasing them. Behind him of
course was the ravenous pack of Persians, who were fast gaining
on their prey.
Gary, revenge the only thing in his mind, lunged at his rival.
His strong arms wrapped around her waist, and the two fell to the
ground with a loud thud! Crystal sat up, lifting her hand to her
painful head. She glared angrily as Gary lifted himself off of
her.
"Thanks a lot." She growled, inspecting the small cuts
covering her knees. Gary cursed as he realised the fall had torn
the bottom of his jeans.
"Forget about you, my jeans are wrecked!" He snapped at
her. However, Crystal wasn't listening. Her eyes grew wide with
fear as she watched the silent pack advance on them; their bloody
fangs bared.
Gary however, continued his whining. "Do you have any idea
how much these damn things cost!" Crystal sweat-dropped and
began pointing at the large pack of carnivorous Persians ready to
attack. Gary still remained completely oblivious of the danger
they were in. "You know what you are?!" He yelled,
"You're a damn jinx!"
"Stop your whining, and turn around." Crystal said,
gritting her teeth. Gary frowned at her with a confused
expression. All of a sudden, the ravenous pack of Persians came
back to him, and he swallowed thickly.
"Oh right.forgot about them." He whispered in a
hoarse voice. Slowly, he reached behind for his rucksack, but to
his alarm it was no longer there. He realised that in their fall,
both he and Crystal's rucksacks had fallen off.
"Damnit, all my pokémon are in there." He hissed
through clenched teeth. Crystal spotted her own rucksack not to
far off from Gary's.
Her eyes widened in fright, "Pichu's in there."
Black, stormy clouds were forming in the dark thunderous sky
above. It was beginning to rain.
The large pack of Persians was circling the two trainers and
their pokémon like wild Vultures.
Gary growled in frustration, his hands curling into fists. If
only he could reach his bag. There was no way one Vulpix and an
inexperienced Eevee could battle twenty Persians. Suddenly, he
felt Crystal shiver beside him as the Persians advanced; claws
unsheathed and at the ready. Gary stood infront of them
protectively, startling his young female rival.
Thunder rumbled in the black swirling sky above, throwing Gary
completely off guard. Fangs bared, the pack leapt towards their
prey. Suddenly, a huge lightning bolt struck the ground a few
inches infront of Gary. As the lightning erupted in the blackened
sky above, an enormous shadow beast appeared; scaring the pack of
Persians off.
Gary took one look at the giant shadow creature behind him and
promptly fainted in Crystal's arms.
Crystal sweat-dropped, "Oh brother." She glanced back
at the phantom shadow creature. It had disappeared, and in its
place stood Pikachu. Ash, Misty, Arin and Tracey appeared behind
him.
"We just keep running into each other." Misty giggled,
a 'Priiii-ing' Togepi in her arms. Pikachu leapt onto Ash's
shoulder and waved enthusiastically.
Crystal dropped Gary onto the muddy ground and hugged Misty
happily, "Talk about great timing. You almost had me fooled
with Pikachu."
Ash bent down beside his unconscious rival and grinned, "Well,
at least we tricked Gary, ha, ha!" Tracey helped Ash to lift
him up.
"The main thing is we scared off those wild Persians. They
can be pretty vicious. I think we'd better move from here before
they come back." Misty nodded quickly, thinking of the
consequences of being caught by one of those wild pokémon.
Suddenly, Arin caught Crystal's eye. She was holding onto Tracey's
shirt, her eyes flitting from tree to tree. She hadn't liked the
look of those wild Persians either.
"Arin! What are you doing here?" Crystal cried out in
surprise. Arin turned to see Crystal and immediately flung
herself into the older girl's arms. Crystal looked to Misty and
Ash for an explanation, but they only shrugged in answer.
"Misty?" Ash asked, slowly waving his hand infront of
her face. Misty's aqua blue eyes turned up to meet his, and for a
brief, fleeting moment, Ash could feel something between them.
His heart beat faster, and he felt like there were a hundred
Butterfree fluttering around in his stomach.
"C'mon Mist. The others are going on without us!" Misty
clutched at her pendant, her face turning a deep shade of red.
She had felt that 'something' between them too
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
The small group of weary travellers had stopped to set up camp in
a large, dry thicket at the edge of the Purple Woods. After
having a good, filling dinner, each retired to their own sleeping
bag.
Crystal gazed up at the small patch of sky visible from the
thicket. The rain had finally stopped, and the sky was beginning
to clear. Thousands of sparkling stars shone like diamonds in the
night sky. She frowned as she felt something curl up against her
side. She glanced down to see Arin fast asleep in her own little
sleeping bag.
Gary smirked, "Huh, how cute. Crystal's gone soft."
Crystal glared at him. "Am not."
"Are too."
"Am not.".
"Are too."
"Am not."
"Am not."
"Are too!"
"Gottcha!" Gary laughed triumphantly and settled down
in his sleeping bag while Crystal cursed herself for falling for
such a cheap trick. Crystal glanced over to him again. Gary was
staring up at the sparkling stars, Eevee curled up on his stomach.
"Yeah, well it looks like your going all soft on your Eevee."
Gary was about to protest when he noticed Ash and Misty, once
again, staring at each other with longing.
"Heh, looks like Ashy-boy got himself a girl-phmmff!!"
Gary was cut off by Crystal who had slapped her hand against his
mouth.
"You're the most insensitive person I've ever met." She
whispered, slowly pulling her hand away from his mouth.
Gary cocked an eyebrow, "So what if I do blab 'the big
secret'? Do I get a prize?" Suddenly, Tracey slipped
his headband around Gary's head, using it as a gag.
"There's your prize." Crystal smirked and slipped
inside her sleeping bag, leaving Gary pulling and tugging at his
gag.
Ash yawned, and stretched out in his sleeping bag. "Goodnight
Tracey, goodnight Arin, goodnight Crystal, goodnight Pikachu,
goodnight Ga-"
"Ash, shut up." Gary grumbled beneath his gag, and
pulled his sleeping bag over his head. Ash sighed and lay back in
his own sleeping bag. It seemed like Gary would never change.
Pausing, Ash turned to Misty and smiled, "Goodnight Misty."
There was no answer. He shrugged, guessing she was already asleep.
Closing his eyes, he was about to fall asleep when he heard a
small, timid voice answer.
"Goodnight Ashsweet dreams."
Gary moaned. "Oh brother."
~~~~~~~~~~
Out here in the quiet of the night
Beneath the stars and moon
We both know we've got somethin' on our minds
We won't admit, but it's true
You look at me, I look away
I wanna' tell you what I'm feeling, but I
Don't' know how to start
I wanna' tell you, but now I'm afraid that
You might break my heart
Oh, why should anything so easy, ever be so hard to do?
I wanna' tell you what I'm feeling and to say that,
I love you
I practise all the things that I could say
Line by line, every word
I tell myself today could be the day
But everytime, I lose my nerve
I look at you, you look away
I wanna' tell you what I'm feeling, but I
Don't' know how to start
I wanna' tell you, but now I'm afraid that
You might break my heart
Oh, why should anything so easy, ever be so hard to do?
I wanna' tell you what I'm feeling and to say that,
I love you
Why, do you turn away
It must be, you're afraid like me
(I try) I try, but I can't pretend that I
Don't feel for you the way I do
Can't you see
I wanna' tell you what I'm feeling, but I
Don't' know how to start
I wanna' tell you, but now I'm afraid that
You might break my heart
Oh, why should anything so easy, ever be so hard to do?
I wanna' tell you what I'm feeling and to say that,
I love you
Misty sighed dreamily as she stroked Ash's face with the back of
her hand. She bent down to kiss his cheek gently. A small smile
crept onto his face as he continued to sleep. Misty smiled softly.
She would never know for sure how Ash felt for herunless
she asked him
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
BIG THANX to all the ppl who reviewed!!!!!! It's really the only
reason I'm continuing this piece of crap ^^;
Oks, I'm done. I'll luv ya and leave ya!
