Mtsilverpt.5

Mt. silver

Pt. 5: mount silver

Hello people I'm back! On the last episode our hero's met the surprisingly friendly balakemers, Misty made a friend, and Ash became 'ruler of the human race!' haha! Now it's off to mount silver, where our hero's will encounter the greatest challenge of their whole life! What is it? Well…OF COURSE I WON'T TELL YOU! IT'S A SECRET! Ok, well, here goes!

Ash introducing title: mount silver!

Darkness around them, a faint glow of pikachu's flash lighting their way, our hero's creep through the dark and foreboding tunnels of mount silver. Ancient and untouched this natural maze consisted of many dark, new, and powerful creatures. Scared out of her wits, Misty jumped at every sound, every twitch, and every bump. More than once she had had to punch or kick away a powerful bug creature or other strange and slimy things. She started to wonder of slime was a trend around here! "Ash what was that??!!" Misty whispered as she heard another rustle. Ash sighed, "Mist calm down, its probably nothing. Were halfway through, only a little longer till the top. Ok? I'm here." Misty breathed deeply and made a mental note not to bother Ash.

They walked and walked and walked. The air around them seemed heavy and humid, almost sticking in their lungs. They panted and walked on, despite it all. * Oh man, I never thought it would be this bad in here! Maybe we shouldn't have come… * Ash thought. Misty looked into Ash's eyes and saw the doubt lingering in them, the notion to turn around and go back. She rubbed his arm and whispered in his ear, " don't think of turning around mister! We've come this far, were going to the top!" ash laughed quietly and smiled his thanks; Misty's continuing sarcasm dismissed all thoughts he had of turning around.

The heat hung in the air like peas soup, coming in continuous bursts of warm air, much like a giant monster breathing out and in, out and in, out and in… Misty shuddered at the thought. "Hey guys! Look!" Ash shouted. He pointed to a door at the top of a waterfall. From it came a flame of rainbow colors swirling and flickering in a never-ending dance of mystery and wonder. "Is there a way to get up?" asked Misty, glancing around. Brock started looking around, for the mysterious flame lit the room. "No. We'll either have to climb, or ride up the waterfall." Brock concluded. Misty reached onto her belt and gently pulled off a pokeball.

"Come on vaporeon! We need you!" Misty shouted as vaporeon appeared in front of them. "Vaporeon!" it shouted as it saw its beloved master and closest friend, Misty. Misty crouched next to it and rubbed its head. "Hi little guy! Hey see that waterfall? Think you can take us up there?" Misty asked. Vaporeon glanced to each of the three friends in question then looked back to Misty. "One at a time of course!" Misty said, understanding. Vaporeon seemed to relax then and shook his head eagerly. Ash smiled at how easily Misty handled the, all to often, overexcited pokemon.

Vaporeon splashed into the water and brock got on first. Vaporeon seemed to fly up the waterfall. Brock landed safely and waved to Ash and Misty. Ash got on next, with a similar display by vaporeon, except vaporeon's strength was getting lower by the second. (You try swimming up a waterfall that fast!) Next was Misty's turn. Vaporeon struggled to get up, with Misty swimming along side instead of riding on the loyal pokemon's back. "Come on vaporeon, you can do it! Come on!" Misty said in its ear. The pokemon seemed to smile and, with Misty's help, rocketed up the last length of waterfall.

Ash reached down, clearly hiding his previous look of worry and terror, and helped the soaking wet girl and vaporeon out of the icy-cold water. Misty knew he had been worried for her. She had also known that vaporeon would get tired so that is why she had wanted to go last, to help vaporeon with the ride. The affectionate teen reached up and stroked Ash's cheek when brock wasn't looking and he silently kissed her fingers as they went down. They both smiled warmly and continued, with brock and pikachu by their side, into the mysterious room.

The small band of people and pokemon all shielded their eyes and screamed when they entered. The light was greater and brighter, to the point were it was torturer to human eyes. Pikachu quickly recovered from the shock and looked at the room and its contents. The room was bathed in rainbow fire, it's ceiling so high that it couldn't be seen. The room was domelike, from what little pikachu could tell, and there seemed to be little ancient drawings and words all along the walls. Pikachu paid no attention to the beautiful rainbow fire, the high ceiling, or the amazing ruins.

All it saw was the single, solitary creature in the middle.

The creature was birdlike - its wings twice the size of its body, its beak long and pointed. The rainbow fire seemed to come from it, and yet it seemed to go into it at the same time. It had two clawed - feet? Pikachu had always wondered what those were called - with talons that were sharper than any sword ever forged.

It was ho-oh

Misty gasped when she saw it. She had never seen ho-oh before, yes, of course she had heard legends, but never did she think she would meet this legendary creature! Ash and brock were similarly shocked, but Ash recovered before his two companions, grabbing a pokeball on his belt. He threw the ball, "Come on Raikou! We need you!" as the pokemon materialized Ash put the pokeball back on his belt. Raikou came out with a swirl of bright light. It looked very much like a yellow and black striped tiger with a strange mask on. It was powerful, you could tell by just looking at it. It was one of the three legendary pokemon, Entei, Raikou, and Suicune. Ash had encountered this pokemon on his journeys in johto. The group had followed it using Ash's pokedex. Finally they had a grand battle with it and Raikou joined the team. The pokemon roared, the dome room shook; the group fell off their feet,

Ho-oh seemed bored.

Raikou growled at ho-oh, then Ash called out his commands. The two pokemon got into battle, both of them hating the other. Ash called out his loyal companion, pikachu, to help Raikou, for Raikou indeed needed help. The three jumped, dodged, rolled, swerved, attacked, defended; it all seemed a never-ending dance of power and love, wild and tamed, legendary and soon to be.

Ten minuets passed, thirty, an hour; the time rolled on and on the battle raged. Ho-oh never got tired; Raikou and pikachu were near exhaustion. Noble Ash held back brock and Misty's screamed of protest and there pleads to help. He was a pokemon trainer; the fight was as uneven as it was. Two to one. It took Ash all he could to help his loyal pokemon hang in there, to help them keep standing. Finally they collapsed. Ash recalled Raikou, brought pikachu behind him and was trying to call out the rest of his pokemon.

He never got that far.

Ho-oh had anticipated this. Ho-oh had waited for this. Ho-oh was already lodging his

Next attack.

On Ash and Misty.

He released psychotic waves into their brains, made them hallucinate and walk around inside their dreams and outside. Brock was petrified, not by his own will, but by the will of ho-oh. In brocks mind poisonous spiders were crawling all over his skin.

Brock hates spiders.

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Misty was running trough the same forest as her dream. She knew that much. "Ash! Why! Oh why! You said you loved me! You said you would love me forever!" she screamed into the gloom all about her. Her anger soon turned to sadness. She sat on a nearby tree stump and thought. In her mind this was real. In her mind Ash had deserted her. In her mind Ash wanted to kill her. Misty broke down. Her delicate shoulders bobbed up and down with racking sobs. She remembered those secret nights outside the varidian pokemon center where they sat, holding each other and looking at the stars high above. The night filled with romance, filled with love.

Misty's sobs abruptly stopped. Her head snapped up. Standing in front of her was Ash. She clenched her teeth tight together to stop the screaming sobs wanting to burst out of her mouth. Standing beside Ash was a beautiful woman. She was slender and tall, with a perfect form, curves so perfect and defined, and hair of golden-blond flowing down her back.

Misty hated her.

She gently kissed Ash's lips. He kissed back. The kiss was long and passionate. Their arms were wrapped around each other, like they would never let go.

Misty hated him.

*He used to hold me like that. We used to kiss like that. I used to love him. * She thought. Tears rimed her beautiful blue eyes. She turned her depression into anger. She ran forward and pulled them apart. With the same movement she slapped the woman across the face and punched Ash's nose so hard he staggered backward as blood oozed feely from it. The woman fell to the ground. " Ashyboy that ho hurt me!" she screamed. Ash seemed outraged. He ran over to Misty and slapped her. " Don't you dare touch her! If you do you wont live to do it again!" with that he slapped her across the face and pushed her down. Kicking Misty continuously, he helped the other woman up with his free hand.

In the back of her mind Misty knew this wasn't real. She knew Ash would never do this to her. She knew he loved her.

But his was too real for her to concentrate on that thought; for her to pull herself out of this hallucination wrought by ho-oh.

Misty hated Ash.

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Ash sported similar hallucinations; in the same forest, with the same predicament. He was cradling on the ground, his head in his arms, being kicked and beaten by Misty's boyfriend.

Gary

Ash hated Gary; Ash hated this forest.

But through it all, he never hated Misty. Ash's willpower was stronger than hers. He knew this was a hallucination. He concentrated on that thought. He thought of Misty; of that day that met; of the day they admitted their love; and of the many night spent in her arms, looking at the stars above. He ignored the scene of Misty holding onto gary's arm and kissing his lips passionately. He knew it wasn't real. It couldn't be. He concentrated on the aroma of her hair, the sway of her hips as she walked, the feel of her warm body against his, and the feel of her kiss on his lips.

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The pain was no more. The forest was no more. Ash opened his eyes.

He was back.

He had beaten ho-oh. Ho-oh swayed in the air, overwhelmed by the swarm of emotions that soared out and into its body when Ash broke free. It collapsed in the air. It's body fell hard to the floor near Misty. The floor collapsed under its tremendous weight and formed a wide ledge about six inches from Misty's body. Ho-oh fell into the water underneath the newly formed ledge.

All the hallucinations went away; were broken by ho-oh's sudden collapse into unconsciousness. Ash scrambled up just in time to see Misty fall over the ledge.

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Misty's head snapped up. She looked around. The first thing the torn woman saw was Ash, standing looking at her with a horrified look on his face. Her face twisted in hate, in pure, utter hatred. He deserted her, he cheated on her, and he had beaten her. Her face turned to one of horror once she noticed the other thing in the room. She saw ho-oh fall and break the floor, revealing the water millions of miles below. She saw the ledge now formed where the floor under her torso and feet had been just a split second before she fell.

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Ash reacted on instinct. He lunged for the ledge and grabbed one of Misty's hands just before she would have been doomed for the dark water below. "Ash! Help me! Ash!" Misty screamed, holding on to his hand with all her strength. The doomed woman's feet dangled uselessly beneath her. Her grasp was tentative, yet strong. All thought of hatred for Ash was flown from her mind, this man was going to save her life.

"Misty!! I wont let go! I promise! Hold on!" Ash screamed. He slipped his hands down around her wrist, one hand at a time. Pulling with all his might he tried to help her up. But her hand slipped, ever so slowly, out of his grasp.

She started to fall. Ash was too quick. He grabbed her hand again and she automatically flung her other hand up and held on. She was suspended in air. They stared at each other, both remembering their experiences. What if she wasn't there? What would Ash do? "I love you, you know that…don't you? I'll never desert you. Mist…" Ash trailed off with his words…to frightened to say anymore.

Brock had heard. Finally out of his trance from the spiders, even though they were gone. He understood why Ash and Misty hadn't fought so much; he understood why Misty had become meaner to him. To hide their love.

He smiled.

Then brock noticed the situation at hand. Ash and Misty were slipping slowly off the ledge, to entranced to even noticed. Brock ran over and grabbed Ash's legs. He haled and pulled, Ash struggled, "come on Misty! Pull yourself up! You can do it! I'm here, and I love you!" Ash screamed over and over.

Misty came back on the floor. Brock fell to his back, gasping for breath. He went to confront the two lovers, but changed his mind at the scene.

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"Misty! Oh mist! You're so stupid! Why'd you go over! Oh Mist!" Ash was saying. He was on his knees Misty in his arms, holding on tight. "Ash…I love you…I'm so sorry… I should never have doubted you! Ho-oh...he…it…" Misty was panting as Ash kissed her face. "Shhh…I understand. Is ok…calm down, It's over. Its all over." Ash said. The scared girl panted a little more before claming down. They rocked back and forth, needing the others support at this crucial moment.

Misty took a deep breath and steadied herself. The two got up and turned around…where brock was smiling at them. Misty's face went redder than a Charizard's flame! "Brock…we can explain…you see... uh…we…um…uh…" Ash and Misty stammered. They relaxed, visibly, as brock waved a hand at them laughing, and dismissing the notion. He was pleased with the turn of events.

Ash's face got graver as he thought of how they were going to get out. He mentioned it to Misty and brock. "The balakemer whistle?" brock asked. "No," Ash said, shaking his head. " They told me they were to frightened to go inside the mountain. We're all to weak to go on much further, and too frightened to stay." Ash studied the room and all his companions. Pikachu lay on the ground, fainted. No light lit the way inside the cave and Ash had no revives strong enough to get pikachu all the way through the mountain. They had run out of super potions a long time ago.

"Another problem, we can't see." Ash commented. Ash got an idea and pulled off another pokeball from his belt. Out came charizard, the infamous dragon pokemon. "Hey buddy, ya think you could light the way for us?" Ash asked. Charizard nodded his head and lit the room with fiery light. Ash pointed out a door on the other side of the cavern that hadn't been noticed before. The troop of worn people slowly walked over and stepped into the sunlight of a fine summer day.

They all blinked as the sunlight reached their eyes. The top of mount silver still loomed about a hundred feet above them, with no visible path to it. But they had reached a small outcropping in the mountain, one of the 'eyes' Ash realized. Birds chirped happily above them, clouds and the warm sun all smiling down at them from the bright blue summer sky. The warm breeze brushed their faces, reviving them. Misty finally knew why the air was so warm inside: it came from here!

Ash and Misty held hands, relieved to finally be free of the physical and emotional bonds that had been with them since the beginning of mount silver. No longer were they in the treacherous, hot mountain; no longer did they have to hide there overwhelming feelings; free! They sighed in unison with the miraculous realization. Just one problem, they noted with remorse, NO MORE PLAY FIGHTING!!! "Hm." Misty said shortly, and Ash squeezed her hand to say, "my exact feelings mist, exactly!"

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The trio stretched and yawned as the first light of morning reached their eyes. They had taken a nap shortly after coming up and now they were getting ready for the flight down. Yes- fight. Charizard had agreed to take them down, one by one, lower down the mountain face and zubat had agreed to help with pikachu. The trip would take about a week, with Charizard's rests and the, relatively, short fights.

Then all the sudden out of nowhere came a voice.

Prepare for trouble!

Yes and make it double!

To protect our friends from starvation!

To help them in this big wide nation!

Jesse!

James!

Mister and miss James Rocket blast off at the speed of light!

Surrender now and we'll play with my kite! "Ow! Jessie!"

Meowth! Hiya twerps! "Ow!! Jessie stop dat!"

Team rocket floated up in their Meowth-head balloon. "Hey Misty! How ya doin' girl!" Jessie asked as she hopped out of the basket attached to the hot-air balloon. "Great! Absolutely great! What…how…how in the world did you find us and what did you mean in the seventh line?!" Misty greeted her as they shared a friendly hug. Jessie winked at her, "you know us, and we'll talk later about the second question!' she said with a girlish giggle. Ash looked confused and didn't wait one minute in asking Misty. " Ohhh…nothing; Just a little gossip. You wouldn't be interested." The young woman said as she kissed him on the cheek.

"Misty!" Jessie said as she saw Misty kiss Ash in front of brock. Misty smiled mischievously, "we do have a lot to talk about don't we!"

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Well after several more minuets of friendly chatter, team rocket took everyone down in their balloon. As they got to the bottom Ash blew his balakemer-tooth whistle, calling for the balakemers. Then our heroes rode to the mighty underground city of the balakemers.

Well so our story ends. Ash and Misty are deep in love with no bounds, emotional or physical; Jessie and James are married; and the threat of ho-oh is no longer upon our hero's shoulders. And so begins the story that has no end. But here we will leave you. Join Ash, Misty, and the rest of the crew next time for our two epilogues. There are two different endings to this story, one for people who like more stories of young love, the other for a story of what happened years later. Until next time, join me for the next episode of…POKEMON!!!!

Note from the author: Coming up next we will have two epilogues. Epilogue 1 and Epilogue 2. Epilogue 1 will take place a few weeks after this episode and Epilogue 2 will take place years later. Please enjoy both! I know I'm a more fan of epilogue 1. But I had an idea and am writing another epilogue for those of you, mostly older people (15 and higher?), who like more serious/funny/romantic stuff. (I.E. grown up characters, proposal, marriage, dating, etc. nothing that serious for you SICKOS out there.) I assure you it will be much like, writing wise, this fanfic series. Please read it! I would recommend reading the one you don't prefer first and the other one last. (It's what I would do!) So thank you for reading my fic! More to come! (I PROMISE you!)

Epilogue 1 and Epilogue 2 coming soon…