To Catch Your Death
Part 2
[A/N
Okay, I wasn't planning to continue this. Not after I got that message that I copied someone's story. But, thanks to MistyMermaid, she convinced me too. So, while the last part was dedicated to Mewberries, this one's for her. Read her fic, Painful Secrets! It's really good. Okay, I've rambled enough.
Enjoy part 2!]
Brock was getting worried. It'd been 10 minutes since Misty'd left. He was about to go look for her, but what if she came back wile he was gone? He was about to send Zoobat to go and see if he could find her when he heard a cry of.
"Pika!" Pikachu came running from the bushes.
"Pikachu? Do you know where Misty or Ash are?" Brock demanded sharply.
"Pi, chu pika! Pika, pikapi Chu pipikapi! (Yes, come with me! Misty found Ash and he's sick! Hurry now!)"
Brock didn't catch much of this, he only got Ash's name. And by the worried tone in Pikachu's voice, he figured out that something was wrong with Ash.
"You want me to follow you?" He asked. Pikachu nodded vigurlessly.
"Pika pika." He said, sprinting off in the direction of his trainer and Misty.
-
Misty pulled Ash's head into her lap. His cheeks were flushed, and his forehead was hot to her touch.
Misty gently ran her fingers up and down his cheek. She'd always wanted to do this. To hold him and whisper how much she loved him. And to have him whisper that he did too.
"Please Ash, wake up." She whispered, tears beginning to form at the corners of her eyes.
A Caterpi crawled on to Ash's shoe.
Misty held back a shriek of terror.
"Please, Ash, I need you…" She said, trying to bat the Caterpi away from him. Before, whatever had happened, where ever they'd been, Ash'd been there to help her. He'd always done so, either by catching the Pokemon, or just reassuring her. But, she never thanked him, never repaid him, she only fought with him. Oh sure, she tried to help him, but, she wished she'd done more.
Misty wasn't able to hold back her tears anymore, and they began to flow down her cheeks.
"Oh god, Ash, why didn't you tell us? Why didn't you tell me? Why didn't I think? Why was I so stupid?!" She yelled, beginning to sob. "You can't die, Ash Ketchum, Y-you just can't!!" She cried, beginning to get angry and frustrated with him. Still, no response came from the boy.
"Y-You can't b…because…… I… I… Lo…lov…love y-"
"Misty!" Misty's plea was cut short by Brock's yell. He and Pikachu ran to where she sat. Misty hastily brushed away the tears from her eyes.
"What happened to him?" Brock cried, seeing Ash laying motionless in her lap.
"I-I don't know…" Misty said, trying to make her voice stay steady. "He's burning up, though." She said, feeling Ash's forehead again.
"We should get him to a hospital." Brock said, looking slightly pale himself. Misty nodded.
Pikachu leaped onto his trainer. He fumbled with the Pokeballs on his belt. Until, finally, he found the one he was looking for.
Charezord's. Pikachu reached a paw up and pressed the button, quickly throwing the Pokeball a few feet away from the others.
The large fiery dragon came out and snorted indignantly. "Zorddddddd…" It roared expecting to see Ash standing, in the middle of another stupid battle, no doubt. But, to his surprise, he saw Pikachu standing in front of it.
"Charezord, char, rizord? (Oi, mouse, where's… what's his name… Ash?)"
"Chuuuuuu…" Pikachu pointed to the object in the redheaded girl's lap.
Charezord looked down and if possible, gasped. There lay his trainer, pale and unmoving.
"Charezord," Brock began, "we need you to carry us to the nearest hospital." Charezord growled.
"Zord." He said, shaking his large head.
"P-Please, Charezord." Misty pleaded, unable to keep her emotions from her voice. "If you don't th…then Ash might… he might… just please! You must!!"
She pleaded.
Charezord was shocked at how this was effecting her. After all, weren't his trainer and her always fighting? But, he decided he would worry about that later. He owed a lot to Ash, who had saved his life countless times before.
Walking over to Brock, he stood in front of him, his back to him.
"Huh?" Brock asked, confused.
"Char, charezord, rizord zord! (Mouse, tell them to get on already!)" He snapped at Pikachu.
Pikachu motioned to Brock and Misty, then made as if he was getting on Charezord.
After about 10 attempts at trying to get them to understand, Misty finally did.
With some help from Brock, they managed to carry Ash's limp body over to Charezord.
Pikachu leaped on to Misty's shoulder.
Togepi poked her head out of Misty's backpack.
"Togepriii? Pri… priiiii!! (Mommy? Where's… daddy!)" She shrieked, seeing the seen before her.
"Pipipi, chu pika Pikapi pikachu. (Togepi, relax, Ash will be okay)" Pikachu reassured, trying to convince himself the same thing.
-Ash's POV-
When I regained conchisness, I wasn't sure what was going on. All I knew was cold… and my head hurt… all I wanted to do was go back to sleep. Then, I realized someone was holding me. Opening one eye a crack, I looked around me. I wasn't on the ground. The person who was holding me was… Misty?
I wanted to move, to say something, anything to let her know that I was okay, but suddenly, I felt a sharp pain in my forehead. Letting out a small gasp, I felt my body jerk from the pain. Then, I blacked out again.
-3rd Person mode on-
"Did he just move?!" Brock's voice snapped Misty awake. She'd almost fallen asleep.
"What?" She asked, looking up at him.
"Ash, did he just move?" Brock asked excitedly.
Misty looked down at the boy still resting in her lap. He was as pale and motionless as ever.
She shook her head sadly.
"No, he didn't…"
"Pika pi…" Pikachu whispered, looking at his trainer.
"Pri? Toge priii? (Is daddy deaded?)" Togepi asked, a look of horror in her eyes.
"Pika! Chu pikachu! (No! of course not! Don't even think such a thing!)" Pikachu cried horrified.
Charezord forced himself to keep flying. With the wait of the 3 humans on him, and coupled with the fact that he really didn't do much flying, this was really wearing him out.
But, he told himself that this was for his trainer, so he had to keep flying.
-2 hours later…-
"It's getting dark, and there's still know sine of a town." Misty said, looking at the sky.
"We should look for a good spot to camp." Brock suggested.
Misty nodded.
Suddenly, Charezord couldn't take it anymore.
His wings stopped and he began plummeting towards the ground so far below.
Misty and Togepi let out shrieks of terror.
Brock and Pikachu had looks of horror on their faces.
"Hya!!"
"Miiiii!!"
Two voices called and 2 Pokemon grabbed Brock and Misty.
It was Misty's staryou and Starmi.
Quickly, Misty pointed Ash's limp hand containing Charezord's Pokeball at it.
"Charezord, return!" She called, sucking him in just in time.
Staryou and Starmi landed quickly, not being able to fly very far.
"Well, looks like we're stuck here." Misty said getting off and recalling them.
Brock nodded.
"Yep, it seems that way. Well, let's make the best of things." Misty sighed.
"Yeah… But, what should we do?"
Brock took on the leader roll.
"Call out all your Pokemon, Ash's too accept for Charezord, of course. I'll do the same."
Soon, they had Bulbasaur, Squirtle, Pikachu, Muck, Psyduck, Staryou, Starmi, Horsea, Geodude, Onix, Zubat and Vulpix out.
"Now, I have seprit jobs for all of you. This is a emergency, so work with me here people! Errrr… Pokemon" Brock said, trying to sound like a leader.
Soon, they had a fire going, some Pokemon were off getting plants and water, others were setting up camp and Brock was cooking dinner.
Misty found herself with nothing to really do.
Then, she remembered Ash, laying on the grass.
She rushed over to him.
'How could I have been so damned stupid? He's the main reason we're here and I forget about him? Oh great job Misty. Why don't you just kill him?' She mentally yelled at herself.
'Stop that. Yes, it was stupid, but there's no reason to beat yourself up for something that was in the past. What's important is that you help him, now!' Misty's mind told her next.
Sitting down beside him, she took his head in her lap again. Slowly, so as not to disturb him, she pulled the entire upper half of his body in to her lap. For a while, she just sat there, running her hand through his tangled hair.
"Please Ash, you have to pull through this." She whispered softly in to his hair. She felt the familiar sensation of tears returning, but brushed them away.
"If you don't, who's going to be the greatest Pokemon master? Who's going to get us lost all the time? And who will I love?" She stopped and quickly looked up to make sure no one was watching. Then, she continued.
"If you don't pull through this Ash then I'll never be able to tell you… never be able to tell you… that I…"
"Misty? Dinner's ready."
Brock walked over to the girl and saw her holding Ash.
"C'mon Misty, you have to eat something. Ash wouldn't want you getting sick, now would he?" Misty sighed, but got up, she hesitated then said.
"Wait! Go get My and Ash's sleeping bags." She directed.
Brock, though slightly confused nodded.
Heading over, he rummaged through the 2 trainer's backpacks, before finally returning to Misty, their sleeping bags in his arms.
"Here, but what…?" He trailed off as Misty gently slid Ash's sleeping bag underneath him, then placed hers over him.
"All right," she said, satisfied that there was nothing else she could do for him at the moment. "Let's go eat."
-
"Jess-ieeeee!! I'm tired, and my feet hurt, and we're never going to find them and… look!" James stopped his whining as he saw a campsite in the distance.
"I knew we'd find dah twerps!" Meowth cried happily.
"See, I told you James." Jessie said smugly, pushing some lose strands of her long hair out of her eyes.
"What are we waitin fer?! Let's go get 'em!" Meowth cried excitedly.
The other 2 nodded and ran off in the direction of their enemy's campsite.
-
"I tink somethin's wrong." Meowth said surveying the seen before them.
Team rocket were crouched in the bushes, looking out at the camp.
"Yeah, where's the other one, Ash isn't it?" James asked.
"There's Pikachu, so he must be around here somewhere." Jessie said, seeing the little mouse that was their sole purpose for following these kids in the first place.
"Look dere!" Meowth suddenly cried, pointing to Misty who was walking back to Ash. He was slightly hidden by some bushes at the edge of the clearing.
The rest of Team Rocket gasped.
"What do you think happened to him?" James asked, a look of slight concern making it's way on to his face.
"I'm not sure…" Jessie said.
"If something's wrong with him, den, he won't train Pikachu and it won't get stronger." Meowth commented.
"For once, he's right." James agreed.
"Let's just watch…" Jessie suggested. The others nodded.
-
The night was silent save for the crackling of the campfire.
Misty sat alone beside it, once again holding Ash. He was still covered in the 2 sleeping bags, and had still made no sine of any improvements.
Misty reached in to her backpack, which lay beside her. The rest of their Pokemon and Brock were sleeping soundly.
How could they, when one of their best friends was so sick? Misty wondered.
But, she shrugged it off and looked around for the thing she was searching for.
Finally, her fingers touched the soft materiel of the Aqua blue blanket. Carefully, she pulled it out, and covered Ash's small body with it. He stirred, but didn't open his eyes.
Misty sighed and again ran her fingers through his hair, by now, she'd mostly untangled it, but still she continued to repeatedly do the movement. As if some how, it calmed her fears.
She sat there, the whole night, holding Ash. Silently praying, hoping that he would get better.
"I love you Ash…" Misty whispered. And she wasn't sure if it was just a trick of the firelight, or actual reality, but for just a moment, Ash smiled.
To Be Continued…
[A/N
Sorrysorrysorry!! Man, I never thought this fic would be so popular. Well, I'm still continuing this, since I've been looking for two weeks and found nothing like this. But, please keep on the look out and e-mail me if you find anything!
But for now, review! I didn't put JAL in it, because, no one really said anything about it. I probably won't even show Team Rocket for the rest of the fic, it was just for the TR fans ^_^. Well, as always review! Any ideas would be helpful! I've been taken over by the terrible… dun dunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn… writer's block ^_^. My goal is to make this part extremely long, which is why I wrote so many 'N's' ^^;. Well, Ja ne, minna-san!
^^Kasumi
Part 2
[A/N
Okay, I wasn't planning to continue this. Not after I got that message that I copied someone's story. But, thanks to MistyMermaid, she convinced me too. So, while the last part was dedicated to Mewberries, this one's for her. Read her fic, Painful Secrets! It's really good. Okay, I've rambled enough.
Enjoy part 2!]
Brock was getting worried. It'd been 10 minutes since Misty'd left. He was about to go look for her, but what if she came back wile he was gone? He was about to send Zoobat to go and see if he could find her when he heard a cry of.
"Pika!" Pikachu came running from the bushes.
"Pikachu? Do you know where Misty or Ash are?" Brock demanded sharply.
"Pi, chu pika! Pika, pikapi Chu pipikapi! (Yes, come with me! Misty found Ash and he's sick! Hurry now!)"
Brock didn't catch much of this, he only got Ash's name. And by the worried tone in Pikachu's voice, he figured out that something was wrong with Ash.
"You want me to follow you?" He asked. Pikachu nodded vigurlessly.
"Pika pika." He said, sprinting off in the direction of his trainer and Misty.
-
Misty pulled Ash's head into her lap. His cheeks were flushed, and his forehead was hot to her touch.
Misty gently ran her fingers up and down his cheek. She'd always wanted to do this. To hold him and whisper how much she loved him. And to have him whisper that he did too.
"Please Ash, wake up." She whispered, tears beginning to form at the corners of her eyes.
A Caterpi crawled on to Ash's shoe.
Misty held back a shriek of terror.
"Please, Ash, I need you…" She said, trying to bat the Caterpi away from him. Before, whatever had happened, where ever they'd been, Ash'd been there to help her. He'd always done so, either by catching the Pokemon, or just reassuring her. But, she never thanked him, never repaid him, she only fought with him. Oh sure, she tried to help him, but, she wished she'd done more.
Misty wasn't able to hold back her tears anymore, and they began to flow down her cheeks.
"Oh god, Ash, why didn't you tell us? Why didn't you tell me? Why didn't I think? Why was I so stupid?!" She yelled, beginning to sob. "You can't die, Ash Ketchum, Y-you just can't!!" She cried, beginning to get angry and frustrated with him. Still, no response came from the boy.
"Y-You can't b…because…… I… I… Lo…lov…love y-"
"Misty!" Misty's plea was cut short by Brock's yell. He and Pikachu ran to where she sat. Misty hastily brushed away the tears from her eyes.
"What happened to him?" Brock cried, seeing Ash laying motionless in her lap.
"I-I don't know…" Misty said, trying to make her voice stay steady. "He's burning up, though." She said, feeling Ash's forehead again.
"We should get him to a hospital." Brock said, looking slightly pale himself. Misty nodded.
Pikachu leaped onto his trainer. He fumbled with the Pokeballs on his belt. Until, finally, he found the one he was looking for.
Charezord's. Pikachu reached a paw up and pressed the button, quickly throwing the Pokeball a few feet away from the others.
The large fiery dragon came out and snorted indignantly. "Zorddddddd…" It roared expecting to see Ash standing, in the middle of another stupid battle, no doubt. But, to his surprise, he saw Pikachu standing in front of it.
"Charezord, char, rizord? (Oi, mouse, where's… what's his name… Ash?)"
"Chuuuuuu…" Pikachu pointed to the object in the redheaded girl's lap.
Charezord looked down and if possible, gasped. There lay his trainer, pale and unmoving.
"Charezord," Brock began, "we need you to carry us to the nearest hospital." Charezord growled.
"Zord." He said, shaking his large head.
"P-Please, Charezord." Misty pleaded, unable to keep her emotions from her voice. "If you don't th…then Ash might… he might… just please! You must!!"
She pleaded.
Charezord was shocked at how this was effecting her. After all, weren't his trainer and her always fighting? But, he decided he would worry about that later. He owed a lot to Ash, who had saved his life countless times before.
Walking over to Brock, he stood in front of him, his back to him.
"Huh?" Brock asked, confused.
"Char, charezord, rizord zord! (Mouse, tell them to get on already!)" He snapped at Pikachu.
Pikachu motioned to Brock and Misty, then made as if he was getting on Charezord.
After about 10 attempts at trying to get them to understand, Misty finally did.
With some help from Brock, they managed to carry Ash's limp body over to Charezord.
Pikachu leaped on to Misty's shoulder.
Togepi poked her head out of Misty's backpack.
"Togepriii? Pri… priiiii!! (Mommy? Where's… daddy!)" She shrieked, seeing the seen before her.
"Pipipi, chu pika Pikapi pikachu. (Togepi, relax, Ash will be okay)" Pikachu reassured, trying to convince himself the same thing.
-Ash's POV-
When I regained conchisness, I wasn't sure what was going on. All I knew was cold… and my head hurt… all I wanted to do was go back to sleep. Then, I realized someone was holding me. Opening one eye a crack, I looked around me. I wasn't on the ground. The person who was holding me was… Misty?
I wanted to move, to say something, anything to let her know that I was okay, but suddenly, I felt a sharp pain in my forehead. Letting out a small gasp, I felt my body jerk from the pain. Then, I blacked out again.
-3rd Person mode on-
"Did he just move?!" Brock's voice snapped Misty awake. She'd almost fallen asleep.
"What?" She asked, looking up at him.
"Ash, did he just move?" Brock asked excitedly.
Misty looked down at the boy still resting in her lap. He was as pale and motionless as ever.
She shook her head sadly.
"No, he didn't…"
"Pika pi…" Pikachu whispered, looking at his trainer.
"Pri? Toge priii? (Is daddy deaded?)" Togepi asked, a look of horror in her eyes.
"Pika! Chu pikachu! (No! of course not! Don't even think such a thing!)" Pikachu cried horrified.
Charezord forced himself to keep flying. With the wait of the 3 humans on him, and coupled with the fact that he really didn't do much flying, this was really wearing him out.
But, he told himself that this was for his trainer, so he had to keep flying.
-2 hours later…-
"It's getting dark, and there's still know sine of a town." Misty said, looking at the sky.
"We should look for a good spot to camp." Brock suggested.
Misty nodded.
Suddenly, Charezord couldn't take it anymore.
His wings stopped and he began plummeting towards the ground so far below.
Misty and Togepi let out shrieks of terror.
Brock and Pikachu had looks of horror on their faces.
"Hya!!"
"Miiiii!!"
Two voices called and 2 Pokemon grabbed Brock and Misty.
It was Misty's staryou and Starmi.
Quickly, Misty pointed Ash's limp hand containing Charezord's Pokeball at it.
"Charezord, return!" She called, sucking him in just in time.
Staryou and Starmi landed quickly, not being able to fly very far.
"Well, looks like we're stuck here." Misty said getting off and recalling them.
Brock nodded.
"Yep, it seems that way. Well, let's make the best of things." Misty sighed.
"Yeah… But, what should we do?"
Brock took on the leader roll.
"Call out all your Pokemon, Ash's too accept for Charezord, of course. I'll do the same."
Soon, they had Bulbasaur, Squirtle, Pikachu, Muck, Psyduck, Staryou, Starmi, Horsea, Geodude, Onix, Zubat and Vulpix out.
"Now, I have seprit jobs for all of you. This is a emergency, so work with me here people! Errrr… Pokemon" Brock said, trying to sound like a leader.
Soon, they had a fire going, some Pokemon were off getting plants and water, others were setting up camp and Brock was cooking dinner.
Misty found herself with nothing to really do.
Then, she remembered Ash, laying on the grass.
She rushed over to him.
'How could I have been so damned stupid? He's the main reason we're here and I forget about him? Oh great job Misty. Why don't you just kill him?' She mentally yelled at herself.
'Stop that. Yes, it was stupid, but there's no reason to beat yourself up for something that was in the past. What's important is that you help him, now!' Misty's mind told her next.
Sitting down beside him, she took his head in her lap again. Slowly, so as not to disturb him, she pulled the entire upper half of his body in to her lap. For a while, she just sat there, running her hand through his tangled hair.
"Please Ash, you have to pull through this." She whispered softly in to his hair. She felt the familiar sensation of tears returning, but brushed them away.
"If you don't, who's going to be the greatest Pokemon master? Who's going to get us lost all the time? And who will I love?" She stopped and quickly looked up to make sure no one was watching. Then, she continued.
"If you don't pull through this Ash then I'll never be able to tell you… never be able to tell you… that I…"
"Misty? Dinner's ready."
Brock walked over to the girl and saw her holding Ash.
"C'mon Misty, you have to eat something. Ash wouldn't want you getting sick, now would he?" Misty sighed, but got up, she hesitated then said.
"Wait! Go get My and Ash's sleeping bags." She directed.
Brock, though slightly confused nodded.
Heading over, he rummaged through the 2 trainer's backpacks, before finally returning to Misty, their sleeping bags in his arms.
"Here, but what…?" He trailed off as Misty gently slid Ash's sleeping bag underneath him, then placed hers over him.
"All right," she said, satisfied that there was nothing else she could do for him at the moment. "Let's go eat."
-
"Jess-ieeeee!! I'm tired, and my feet hurt, and we're never going to find them and… look!" James stopped his whining as he saw a campsite in the distance.
"I knew we'd find dah twerps!" Meowth cried happily.
"See, I told you James." Jessie said smugly, pushing some lose strands of her long hair out of her eyes.
"What are we waitin fer?! Let's go get 'em!" Meowth cried excitedly.
The other 2 nodded and ran off in the direction of their enemy's campsite.
-
"I tink somethin's wrong." Meowth said surveying the seen before them.
Team rocket were crouched in the bushes, looking out at the camp.
"Yeah, where's the other one, Ash isn't it?" James asked.
"There's Pikachu, so he must be around here somewhere." Jessie said, seeing the little mouse that was their sole purpose for following these kids in the first place.
"Look dere!" Meowth suddenly cried, pointing to Misty who was walking back to Ash. He was slightly hidden by some bushes at the edge of the clearing.
The rest of Team Rocket gasped.
"What do you think happened to him?" James asked, a look of slight concern making it's way on to his face.
"I'm not sure…" Jessie said.
"If something's wrong with him, den, he won't train Pikachu and it won't get stronger." Meowth commented.
"For once, he's right." James agreed.
"Let's just watch…" Jessie suggested. The others nodded.
-
The night was silent save for the crackling of the campfire.
Misty sat alone beside it, once again holding Ash. He was still covered in the 2 sleeping bags, and had still made no sine of any improvements.
Misty reached in to her backpack, which lay beside her. The rest of their Pokemon and Brock were sleeping soundly.
How could they, when one of their best friends was so sick? Misty wondered.
But, she shrugged it off and looked around for the thing she was searching for.
Finally, her fingers touched the soft materiel of the Aqua blue blanket. Carefully, she pulled it out, and covered Ash's small body with it. He stirred, but didn't open his eyes.
Misty sighed and again ran her fingers through his hair, by now, she'd mostly untangled it, but still she continued to repeatedly do the movement. As if some how, it calmed her fears.
She sat there, the whole night, holding Ash. Silently praying, hoping that he would get better.
"I love you Ash…" Misty whispered. And she wasn't sure if it was just a trick of the firelight, or actual reality, but for just a moment, Ash smiled.
To Be Continued…
[A/N
Sorrysorrysorry!! Man, I never thought this fic would be so popular. Well, I'm still continuing this, since I've been looking for two weeks and found nothing like this. But, please keep on the look out and e-mail me if you find anything!
But for now, review! I didn't put JAL in it, because, no one really said anything about it. I probably won't even show Team Rocket for the rest of the fic, it was just for the TR fans ^_^. Well, as always review! Any ideas would be helpful! I've been taken over by the terrible… dun dunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn… writer's block ^_^. My goal is to make this part extremely long, which is why I wrote so many 'N's' ^^;. Well, Ja ne, minna-san!
^^Kasumi