C. Cowboy: OK, OK, I GIVE, I GIVE!!!! I know when I am out numbered!! (C. Cowboy raises a white flag) Angie, ANYTHING BUT FLAMES, I HATE FLAMES!!!! But anyway, back to the story at hand: the tournament is about to continue, as the rivals will meet for possibly the last time. Has anybody noticed Ash getting colder and colder by the chapter, especially the last one? Well, I think I've said too much already. BTW, I'll be narrowing down the Hand Of Fate to two suspects; I know I usually wait till the end of the story to take the lid off my secrets but what the heck! Now on with the next part!
CHAPTER 14: DREAMS NEARING REALITY
Misty lay in her bed but she didn't sleep. She tried all night and now found it was early morning. What happened to Ash? Why was he acting so strange? It was like he was a totally different person. Misty rolled over on her stomach and began to quietly cry. She knew he would be upset, but he acted like he blamed her for it. She then set up and got a picture out off her bag, one of her and Ash, taken a few weeks ago. Back when they were happy, before her boyfriend's life began falling apart. "Ash, why won't you let me help you?" She then looked over and saw Crystal's vacant bed. She went with Brock and Prof. Ivy to help out in Pallet earlier that morning. And as usual Ash instead of opening up about his feelings, he had gone, once again, inside himself. Misty had hoped that now that they were together, he would be more open with her about his feelings. Guess she was wrong. All she could do know was stay by his side until he couldn't take the pain anymore and finally come to her. "I just wish he would hurry." she said to herself as she lay back down and pulled the blanket over her head.
Meanwhile, back at Pallet Brock got out of his truck and looked around at the burnt out remains of the once beautiful town.
He then went around back to Prof. Ivy's van and began to unload the bags. Ivy and Crystal went looking around and left him to do the job. Brock began to pull luggage off the top when he drop a suitcase and it flew open. Brock began to pick up what drop out, a bunch of female undergarments (Brock really like that) then he pick up a larger piece of clothing and his smile left his face. "What's this? Some kind of body armor?" Brock said as he looked at the strange full body outfit that had a large muscular appearance. Then he picked up what looked like a thin black body suit with a large gray-silver 'R' on the front. All the blood left his face. " Oh my God… whose bag is this?" Brock asked out loud. Then he heard footsteps behind him. "You shouldn't have found that." A voice said from behind him. Before Brock could react he felt something hit him on the back of the neck, and his world went dark.
Back at the stadium, Ash and Pikachu stood in the red trainer's box, as the Announcer came on, "Ladies and gentlemen! This Three On Three match will determine who will go into to final round of this tournament. Last night, Richie Sparks won his match and is already in the finals, and he will face ether, in the blue corner, Gary Oak!" then around twelve girls stood up behind Gary, "GARY, GARY! HE'S THE MAN! IF HE CAN'T DO IT, KETCHUM CAN!!!" Gary spun around at the girls who were giggling and waving at Ash, and yelled, "TRAITORS!!!" Ash had developed a pretty large following though this tournament. Misty glared at girls when Melody, who was setting beside her, jumped up, "GO! GARY!!" Misty gave her an evil smile. Melody blushed several shades of red and set back down silently. Then the announcer continued, "Or, in the red corner, Ash Ketchum!" the crowd laterally erupted catching Ash completely by surprised. It seemed he was the crowd favorite to win. The announcer came back once more, "Both participants have dedicated this match to their hometown of Pallet Town, which was destroyed in a nightmarish fire earlier yesterday." Both Gary and Ash started with weaker Pokemon, Cendaquill and a Charmander. As the battle began, Misty heard someone set down beside her; she looked around as saw Prisma of the Elite Four in the seat beside her with a warm smile on her face. "Why, hello Misty, It has been a while!" Misty's eyes went wide, "PRISMA! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?" I came to watch a match, it's too bad I won't get to face Ash this year." Misty looked angrily at her, "WHAT DO MEAN, ARE SAYING YOU DON'T THINK ASH'LL WIN???" The Pokemon master just smiled at her, "Oh no! I have a lot of faith in that young man! But win or lose, I won't get to battle him." Now Misty was confused, "What?" Prisma's smile grew wider, "I'm not the only one impressed with Ash's performance. Lance said if Ash wins the tournament, he's going to challenge him, bypassing the rest of the Elite, including myself. If Ash wins against Lance, he will be named a Pokemon Master and offered a place in the Elite." Misty was now ecstatic, "ALRIGHT! IF THIS DON'T CHEER HIM UP, NOTHING WILL!!!" Prisma grabbed Misty's mouth before she could say anything, "Be quite! Lance wants it to be a surprise!" She then turned her attention to the match; Ash's Cendaquill had Gary's Charmander on the ropes. "I've only seen one other trainer that good, Red Ketchum. Say Ash isn't any relation to Red, is he?" Misty nodded, "Yeah, Ash is Red's son." Prisma's smile went even wider, "Well if that's the case, if he's anything like his dad, this will be a good tournament!"
When the two looked back at the match they saw that Ash and Gary were already on their second Pokemon, Gary was using a Vaporion and Ash was using Pikachu. With a single thunder shock, Vaporion was crispy. Gary recalled his Pokemon as Ash called back Pikachu, "Alright, we've had enough fun now! Lets call out the big guns." Gary said as he threw a Pokeball and in a flash the mighty Entei stood on Gary's side of the ring. "Alright, this could be fun! GO LUGIA!" The stadium was silent as everyone stared at the legendary pokemon standing (or floating in Lugia's case) in the ring. It has been some time, Entei. I see you yourself have found yourself a trainer. Lugia said to Entei but only to Entei's mind, no one else heard their conversation. Yes, Old Friend, as did you. I see it is the chosen one, no less. You do know what prophesy says will happen once you have been captured. Lugia nodded, yes, the Time Of Destiny is indeed at hand. Lugia said as the ancient Prophecy of the Time Of Destiny ran threw his mind,
Once one of the two guardians is tamed,
A dark shadow will cover the land,
A shadow in the form of an evil army,
Led by two fallen heroes,
Then two rays of hope will rise up against the darkness,
One from the light and one from the darkness itself,
Apart they will fail, but once reunited,
The world shall be saved.
Shall we begin this match? Lugia said unnerved by what he knew was soon to happen. Lugia sent a hyper beam at Entei but it leapt into the air and sent its own blast at Lugia. You are as good as I expected, Lugia! Entei said as it sent another blast at the gigantic Pokemon. Lugia then began to power up for an Aeroblast. Lugia sent it and it hit Entei dead on. Entei slid back a few feet but stayed on its feet. Entei then returned with a massive fire blast that knocked it out of the sky. Lugia got back to its feet and glared at Entei, its eyes glowing blue, Lugia then sent a massive psychic blast at Entei. This knocked Entei down and this time, it didn't get back up. Gary nodded respectively at Ash; he knew when he had been defeated.
The announcer was at a loss for words as he finally said, "the winner is, ASH KETCHUM!!!" Misty jumped from her seat and ran down to congratulate Ash. She ran up to him and wrapped her arms around his neck. Ash just pushed her away, "I'm hungry. I'm going to take my pokemon to the Pokemon center and grab a bit to eat. I'll be back at the hotel in about an hour or two. I guess I'll see you then." Ash said coldly as he walked past the heartbroken Misty. Pikachu set on Ash shoulder and watched Misty fight back tears. [The Hell you do that for?] Pikachu asked more then a little upset. Ash just looked sadly at Pikachu, "Because, I have no other choice…"
TO BE CONTINUED…
C. Cowboy: See A*Mon I can make it through a whole chapter without making fun of you! Please for the love of God, no flames!! BTW I only pick on people I respect. I know it weird, but it's just something I do. Go fig. Just thought I would let you know. Anyway, What happened to Brock? For the last time, WHO IS FATE??? A few people have guessed right, but I ain't sayin' who! And next Chapter somethin' really bad is going to happen. I ain't sayin' what, just wait and see. (Yes, Angie, it probably will be tomorrow, so don't even ask.)