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A/N: Okay, this one was Graham's, he reckons it sucks but I beg to differ. Do you? Tell us in your reviews!
Misty looked over at Ash - still no movement from him could be seen. She then turned to James.
"I can't believe how much of an idiot you can be at times!" she screamed as tears rolled down her face. She gazed again at her fallen husband.
"I HATE YOU!" she screamed as she proceeded to pound on his chest. James was too shocked to do anything, so he just tried to back away. At this point Brock and Jessie ran up to Misty and tried to pull her away from James as Misty's sisters, who were still a bit out of it, looked on in total amazement.
"Misty, come on, give it a rest will ya, it was an accident" Brock explained.
"An accident, an accident...well Jimmy Boy's accident may have lost me my husband" she snapped back. By this time Ash was up and standing behind Misty.
"Well now, it's nice to see Jimmy boy ain't lost his touch of getting bullied off a red head" he joked.
"Who do you mean?" Jessie questioned with a scowl on her face.
At the sound of Ash's voice Misty swung round and almost fell back in shock. There, in front of her, alive and well, was her husband. He was holding his side to cease the bleeding off the bullet wound, but apart from that he was fine. She immediately rushed up to him and flung her arms around him.
"Don't you dare scare the hell outta me like that again" she said as she repeatedly kissed him on the lips between words. Brock looked at Jessie and smiled.
"Makes you wonder if there's hope for any of us" he mocked. It was at this point Misty got a good look at her husband's side.
"Ash, we've got to get you to a doctor" she said desperatly. Brock knelt down and examined the wound.
"Nah Misty, it's just a flesh wound, however we do have to get the bullet out of him first before I can patch him up."
"Do whatever you have to, Brocko" Ash confirmed.
"Will do, man." Brock went into his backpack and pulled out a pair of pliers.
"Ahhhhhh, what are you going to do with those?" Ash asked nervously, his face going a little white.
"I think that's obvious, man. Now this may hurt a bit, so you might wanna hold onto something." It was at this point Ash tightened his grip round Misty. "Okay, we're in" Brock announced.
"That ain't the part I'm dreading" Ash told them.
"On 3: 1,2,3."
"Ahhhhh fu-" Ash's comments were cut off by Misty bringing her lips to his and engulfing him in a long loving kiss. Jessie looked at the couple in amazement.
"That's got to be a record" she joked as finally Misty broke the kiss. Ash looked down at his wife in total disbelief.
"W-what was that for?" he stuttered.
"Did not want you cursing in front of the baby" she said mockingly.
"Like, baby?" Daisy asked.
"Yeah, that's right guys, you're going to be aunts" Misty explained with a grin. The 3 sensational sisters all screamed with delight and rushed up and embraced their younger sister.
"That oughta do it, Ash" Brock told him as he placed and tightened a bandage over the wound.
"Thanks Brock." At this point James, who had finally gotten over the shock of what he had done, stepped forward.
"Ash, I -"
"Forget about it Jimmy, don't beat yourself up, we all make mistakes" Ash said without hesitation.
"B...but I shot you, how can you forgive me so easily?"
"You made one mistake, James. On the other hand, you've saved Misty's life numerous times these last few days. Now, you tell me which one in my eyes wins" he said with a grin. James looked at his young friend and smiled.
"Thank you."
"Anytime pal" he said as he gave him a thumb's up. Misty, who had walked up beside Ash, had heard the end of their conversation, and realised she had been too harsh on him.
"James." James turned and looked at Misty. "I'm sorry, I don't hate you, I guess I just got caught up in the moment, I -"
"It's okay Misty, you were worried for your husband, it's understandable." He paused. "Friends?" he asked as he extended his hand.
"Friends" Misty said with a smile as she shook his hand.
"Okay, we're all happy and friends again" Brock said sarcastically. He paused then continued. "BUT COULD SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT THE HELL WE DO NOW?" he blurted out.
"Well, first we gotta get you 3 out of the city" Ash said, pointing to the 3 sensational sisters.
"Like, we'd love to bro, but we dunno where we would be, like, safe" Lily replied. Suddenly, something registered in Misty's mind.
"Ash, I know where he's going next."
"What?" Ash asked in confusion.
"Saffron" she replied.
"Misty, how do you know that?" Jessie asked. Misty looked at the group before her, trying to hold back the tears.
"B-because he's taking the route we took on our first journey together" she said as her emotions got the better of her. Jessie walked up and embraced her friend in a hug.
"Of course, why the hell did I not see it before?" Ash asked himself in anger.
"But wait Ash, if that's the case, why did he leave Pewter alone? Your first gym battle was there" Brock reminded him.
"Because he knew starting in Cerulean was getting to me through Misty" Ash told him.
"Ash, if we got this right that means that for every city we visit he misses out one." Misty said. She paused then continued. "And that means the showdown, the final show down, will be in Viridian."
"Ya see guys, that's why I love this woman, not only is she beautiful and talented, but she's smart too. Mist, I could kiss ya, you've given us a great lead to follow."
"Well you can if you want, I ain't going to stop ya."
"Errrr, maybe later" he said jokingly. Misty scowled over at her husband but knew it was all in good fun.
"Ash, I just thought of something" James announced suddenly.
"Yeah, what is it Jimmy?" Ash asked.
"If we started in Viridian, and he was in Cerulean at the time kidnapping Misty's sisters, that means that every town we visit he's in the next place doing more damage."
"Shit Jimmy, you're right" Ash realised. "Okay, we got to figure out were he is now."
"Misty already told you" Jessie replied.
"Huh, where did you say, honey?"
"Saffron."
"What? Why would he not go to Vermilion?" James asked.
"Gees Jimmy boy, how many hours a day can you be an idiot?" Brock snapped back. "Why the hell would he be stupid enough to go to Vermillion if Surge is there? He'd wipe the floor with him" Brock explained.
"Oh yeah, that's a good point" James replied. Just then, Ash's thoughts told him something.
"You think we should notify Erica and the others?" Jessie asked.
"No, Erica is not at risk" Ash said. "If Mist's theory is correct, and he misses out a city for every one we visit, that means according to corresponding order only Saffron and Fuschia are left before the showdown in Viridian" he explained. "But then I got to ask myself, why Saffron? Sabrina and her psychic powers would totally destroy Team Rocket."
Jessie and James looked at each other with a look of sadness on there face. Ash saw this and decided to investigate.
"Ok guys, whatever you're hiding, spill."
"Ash, Sabrina does not have her powers anymore" Jessie explained.
"But how?" Brock asked.
"They disintegrated after the death of her parents a few years back" James told them.
"But that means she's..." Misty trailed off.
"One dead gym leader if we don't get a move on" Brock blurted out.
"Ok, if we got this route thing figured out then you guys should be safe on Cinnabar Island. Go take a vacation for a few weeks, ok?" Ash asked.
"Like, no problem Bro, you just take care of our little sis" Violet explained.
"I will. Brock and James, see you get them on the plane safely" he said as he embraced his 3 sisters in laws one at a time. Misty then said her goodbyes to her sisters, with hugs and exchanged messages to be careful, and turned and walked up beside Ash.
"Me and the girls will meet you 2 at the Pokemon center in half an hour, ok guys?" Ash suggested.
"Sure thing man, we won't be long" Brock said, and with that left with James and Misty's sisters.
Brock and James returned to the Pokemon centre about an hour later to find Ash and Jessie watching TV in the room they got for the group.
"Yo guys, sorry we took so long, the last plane to Cinnabar was a little late" James told them.
"That's ok" Ash replied.
"Hey Ash, where's Misty?" Brock asked.
"Here" he replied. At first, Brock did not know what he meant, but as he walked around to take a seat he soon understood, for there asleep, lying across the couch with her head on Ash's lap was Misty.
"I guess she must be tired" Brock said.
"Ash, I hate to be a stick in the mud, but if we don't get going Sabrina and Iya could be in grave danger" James explained.
"That's assuming this theory about the route is correct" Jessie added.
"Hold it, you mean Koga's no longer in charge of Fuschia, it's his sister?" Ash asked.
"Yeah."
"Ahhhh, that delightful woman in pink, I'd sure like to meet her again" Brock said while in his ga ga mode.
"Ok Casanova, cool it" Jessie snapped.
"Ok, I guess we better get moving then." He looked down at Misty and gently spoke to her.
"Mist...Mist, come on honey, we got to go."
"Mmmmm...we going now?" she asked sleepily.
"Yup."
"Oh ok." She sat up. "Hey guys, you're back, did my sisters get off ok?" she asked in concern.
"Yeah Misty, they're on their way to Cinnabar as we speak" Brock replied. Misty simply nodded at her friend in response. It was at this point Jimmy brought out his 'toy'.
"Ok guys, time to resume bastard hunting, haha!" They all looked at James nervously. "Relax guys, I'm kidding" he said as he put the gun down.
"Well, we better go, if we start now we can be at the Saffron gym in around 2 hours" Brock told the group. Just then the phone rang.
"Hello?"
"Hey Ashy Boy." A familier voice rang through Ash's ears and he scowled.
"Gary, you bastard, where are you?" Ash demanded.
"That's not important. Just to let you know, the fact that your lovely wife has figured out the routes won't save you. Good day my friend, haha." And with that, the other line went dead.
"BASTARD!!! How do they know we find this stuff out?" Ash shouted in an angry and bitter tone as he slammed the receiver down.
Just then, something caught Brock's eye. "Jess, how long you had that green earring in your right ear?"
"Since I was 12. I had 2 but one got lost during my time in Team Rocket. I never did find the other one" Jessie told him.
"Let me see that, will ya?"
"Sure." She took the earring out and handed it to Brock.
"Awww, you gotta be fucking kidding me" Brock blurted out in anger.
"Brock, what's wrong?" Ash asked.
"This earring is a bug, it's been tipping us off the whole time. Jess has been like his spy in our camp" Brock explained.
"Guys, I'm sorry, I did not know..." Jessie apologised in disbelief.
"It's ok Jess, we know, that bastard is playing with all our heads" James told her.
Ash walked up and took the green studded earring from Brocks hand, and in one swift movement he had flung it to the floor and put a bullet through it using a pistol that was left on the table. He sighed in anger and looked up at his wife and his group of friends.
"Ok guys, let's go."
Around an hour and a half later, we find our friends at the entrance to the Saffron gym.
"Ok, we better check in here to see if Sabrina is ok" Ash suggested.
"Right" the other 4 said in unison. Ash then lead the group into the gym and into the main battle arena.
"Sabrina, can you hear me? It's Ash. Yo, Sab -" Ash cut himself off as he spotted the body of Sabrina lying face down across the other side of the room.
"Is she...?" Misty questioned.
"I dunno, Mist" Ash replied. The group cautiously approached her.
"Ok Jimmy, on 3 we turn her, ok?" Brock asked.
"Ok" James replied.
"1,2,3." The guys turned her over and the girls right there and then where physically sick in front of them.
"Oh fuck" Ash blurted out, for there in front of the friends was indeed the body of Sabrina. But it was not a gun wound or a blow to the head, it was much more sadistic.
Her throat had been slashed.
"That pathetic excuse for a human being" Jessie blurted out after finally finishing vomiting.
"This is unforgivable" James added.
"I know" Ash replied. Just then he noticed a piece of paper near Sabrina's body. He picked it up, unfolded it and read its comments aloud.
"She sure looks good that way. But I bet your wife would look even better." At this point Misty tightened her grip on Ash's arm. Ash simply held her close to reassure her things were going to be fine, even though deep down he knew that was a promise he could nether guarantee or keep.
He clenched his fist and with tears forming in his eyes and with all the gathered hurt and pain that had built up inside him these past few weeks going through his body, he mustard up the courage to shout one word in a harsh and bitter tone that sent chills up and down the spine of all the members of the group among him.
"GIOVANNI!!!"
A/N: Don't ya just looooove drama?! By the way, we have no idea how long this story is going to be. Just bear with us. The final showdown is coming!!!
A/N: Okay, this one was Graham's, he reckons it sucks but I beg to differ. Do you? Tell us in your reviews!
Misty looked over at Ash - still no movement from him could be seen. She then turned to James.
"I can't believe how much of an idiot you can be at times!" she screamed as tears rolled down her face. She gazed again at her fallen husband.
"I HATE YOU!" she screamed as she proceeded to pound on his chest. James was too shocked to do anything, so he just tried to back away. At this point Brock and Jessie ran up to Misty and tried to pull her away from James as Misty's sisters, who were still a bit out of it, looked on in total amazement.
"Misty, come on, give it a rest will ya, it was an accident" Brock explained.
"An accident, an accident...well Jimmy Boy's accident may have lost me my husband" she snapped back. By this time Ash was up and standing behind Misty.
"Well now, it's nice to see Jimmy boy ain't lost his touch of getting bullied off a red head" he joked.
"Who do you mean?" Jessie questioned with a scowl on her face.
At the sound of Ash's voice Misty swung round and almost fell back in shock. There, in front of her, alive and well, was her husband. He was holding his side to cease the bleeding off the bullet wound, but apart from that he was fine. She immediately rushed up to him and flung her arms around him.
"Don't you dare scare the hell outta me like that again" she said as she repeatedly kissed him on the lips between words. Brock looked at Jessie and smiled.
"Makes you wonder if there's hope for any of us" he mocked. It was at this point Misty got a good look at her husband's side.
"Ash, we've got to get you to a doctor" she said desperatly. Brock knelt down and examined the wound.
"Nah Misty, it's just a flesh wound, however we do have to get the bullet out of him first before I can patch him up."
"Do whatever you have to, Brocko" Ash confirmed.
"Will do, man." Brock went into his backpack and pulled out a pair of pliers.
"Ahhhhhh, what are you going to do with those?" Ash asked nervously, his face going a little white.
"I think that's obvious, man. Now this may hurt a bit, so you might wanna hold onto something." It was at this point Ash tightened his grip round Misty. "Okay, we're in" Brock announced.
"That ain't the part I'm dreading" Ash told them.
"On 3: 1,2,3."
"Ahhhhh fu-" Ash's comments were cut off by Misty bringing her lips to his and engulfing him in a long loving kiss. Jessie looked at the couple in amazement.
"That's got to be a record" she joked as finally Misty broke the kiss. Ash looked down at his wife in total disbelief.
"W-what was that for?" he stuttered.
"Did not want you cursing in front of the baby" she said mockingly.
"Like, baby?" Daisy asked.
"Yeah, that's right guys, you're going to be aunts" Misty explained with a grin. The 3 sensational sisters all screamed with delight and rushed up and embraced their younger sister.
"That oughta do it, Ash" Brock told him as he placed and tightened a bandage over the wound.
"Thanks Brock." At this point James, who had finally gotten over the shock of what he had done, stepped forward.
"Ash, I -"
"Forget about it Jimmy, don't beat yourself up, we all make mistakes" Ash said without hesitation.
"B...but I shot you, how can you forgive me so easily?"
"You made one mistake, James. On the other hand, you've saved Misty's life numerous times these last few days. Now, you tell me which one in my eyes wins" he said with a grin. James looked at his young friend and smiled.
"Thank you."
"Anytime pal" he said as he gave him a thumb's up. Misty, who had walked up beside Ash, had heard the end of their conversation, and realised she had been too harsh on him.
"James." James turned and looked at Misty. "I'm sorry, I don't hate you, I guess I just got caught up in the moment, I -"
"It's okay Misty, you were worried for your husband, it's understandable." He paused. "Friends?" he asked as he extended his hand.
"Friends" Misty said with a smile as she shook his hand.
"Okay, we're all happy and friends again" Brock said sarcastically. He paused then continued. "BUT COULD SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT THE HELL WE DO NOW?" he blurted out.
"Well, first we gotta get you 3 out of the city" Ash said, pointing to the 3 sensational sisters.
"Like, we'd love to bro, but we dunno where we would be, like, safe" Lily replied. Suddenly, something registered in Misty's mind.
"Ash, I know where he's going next."
"What?" Ash asked in confusion.
"Saffron" she replied.
"Misty, how do you know that?" Jessie asked. Misty looked at the group before her, trying to hold back the tears.
"B-because he's taking the route we took on our first journey together" she said as her emotions got the better of her. Jessie walked up and embraced her friend in a hug.
"Of course, why the hell did I not see it before?" Ash asked himself in anger.
"But wait Ash, if that's the case, why did he leave Pewter alone? Your first gym battle was there" Brock reminded him.
"Because he knew starting in Cerulean was getting to me through Misty" Ash told him.
"Ash, if we got this right that means that for every city we visit he misses out one." Misty said. She paused then continued. "And that means the showdown, the final show down, will be in Viridian."
"Ya see guys, that's why I love this woman, not only is she beautiful and talented, but she's smart too. Mist, I could kiss ya, you've given us a great lead to follow."
"Well you can if you want, I ain't going to stop ya."
"Errrr, maybe later" he said jokingly. Misty scowled over at her husband but knew it was all in good fun.
"Ash, I just thought of something" James announced suddenly.
"Yeah, what is it Jimmy?" Ash asked.
"If we started in Viridian, and he was in Cerulean at the time kidnapping Misty's sisters, that means that every town we visit he's in the next place doing more damage."
"Shit Jimmy, you're right" Ash realised. "Okay, we got to figure out were he is now."
"Misty already told you" Jessie replied.
"Huh, where did you say, honey?"
"Saffron."
"What? Why would he not go to Vermilion?" James asked.
"Gees Jimmy boy, how many hours a day can you be an idiot?" Brock snapped back. "Why the hell would he be stupid enough to go to Vermillion if Surge is there? He'd wipe the floor with him" Brock explained.
"Oh yeah, that's a good point" James replied. Just then, Ash's thoughts told him something.
"You think we should notify Erica and the others?" Jessie asked.
"No, Erica is not at risk" Ash said. "If Mist's theory is correct, and he misses out a city for every one we visit, that means according to corresponding order only Saffron and Fuschia are left before the showdown in Viridian" he explained. "But then I got to ask myself, why Saffron? Sabrina and her psychic powers would totally destroy Team Rocket."
Jessie and James looked at each other with a look of sadness on there face. Ash saw this and decided to investigate.
"Ok guys, whatever you're hiding, spill."
"Ash, Sabrina does not have her powers anymore" Jessie explained.
"But how?" Brock asked.
"They disintegrated after the death of her parents a few years back" James told them.
"But that means she's..." Misty trailed off.
"One dead gym leader if we don't get a move on" Brock blurted out.
"Ok, if we got this route thing figured out then you guys should be safe on Cinnabar Island. Go take a vacation for a few weeks, ok?" Ash asked.
"Like, no problem Bro, you just take care of our little sis" Violet explained.
"I will. Brock and James, see you get them on the plane safely" he said as he embraced his 3 sisters in laws one at a time. Misty then said her goodbyes to her sisters, with hugs and exchanged messages to be careful, and turned and walked up beside Ash.
"Me and the girls will meet you 2 at the Pokemon center in half an hour, ok guys?" Ash suggested.
"Sure thing man, we won't be long" Brock said, and with that left with James and Misty's sisters.
Brock and James returned to the Pokemon centre about an hour later to find Ash and Jessie watching TV in the room they got for the group.
"Yo guys, sorry we took so long, the last plane to Cinnabar was a little late" James told them.
"That's ok" Ash replied.
"Hey Ash, where's Misty?" Brock asked.
"Here" he replied. At first, Brock did not know what he meant, but as he walked around to take a seat he soon understood, for there asleep, lying across the couch with her head on Ash's lap was Misty.
"I guess she must be tired" Brock said.
"Ash, I hate to be a stick in the mud, but if we don't get going Sabrina and Iya could be in grave danger" James explained.
"That's assuming this theory about the route is correct" Jessie added.
"Hold it, you mean Koga's no longer in charge of Fuschia, it's his sister?" Ash asked.
"Yeah."
"Ahhhh, that delightful woman in pink, I'd sure like to meet her again" Brock said while in his ga ga mode.
"Ok Casanova, cool it" Jessie snapped.
"Ok, I guess we better get moving then." He looked down at Misty and gently spoke to her.
"Mist...Mist, come on honey, we got to go."
"Mmmmm...we going now?" she asked sleepily.
"Yup."
"Oh ok." She sat up. "Hey guys, you're back, did my sisters get off ok?" she asked in concern.
"Yeah Misty, they're on their way to Cinnabar as we speak" Brock replied. Misty simply nodded at her friend in response. It was at this point Jimmy brought out his 'toy'.
"Ok guys, time to resume bastard hunting, haha!" They all looked at James nervously. "Relax guys, I'm kidding" he said as he put the gun down.
"Well, we better go, if we start now we can be at the Saffron gym in around 2 hours" Brock told the group. Just then the phone rang.
"Hello?"
"Hey Ashy Boy." A familier voice rang through Ash's ears and he scowled.
"Gary, you bastard, where are you?" Ash demanded.
"That's not important. Just to let you know, the fact that your lovely wife has figured out the routes won't save you. Good day my friend, haha." And with that, the other line went dead.
"BASTARD!!! How do they know we find this stuff out?" Ash shouted in an angry and bitter tone as he slammed the receiver down.
Just then, something caught Brock's eye. "Jess, how long you had that green earring in your right ear?"
"Since I was 12. I had 2 but one got lost during my time in Team Rocket. I never did find the other one" Jessie told him.
"Let me see that, will ya?"
"Sure." She took the earring out and handed it to Brock.
"Awww, you gotta be fucking kidding me" Brock blurted out in anger.
"Brock, what's wrong?" Ash asked.
"This earring is a bug, it's been tipping us off the whole time. Jess has been like his spy in our camp" Brock explained.
"Guys, I'm sorry, I did not know..." Jessie apologised in disbelief.
"It's ok Jess, we know, that bastard is playing with all our heads" James told her.
Ash walked up and took the green studded earring from Brocks hand, and in one swift movement he had flung it to the floor and put a bullet through it using a pistol that was left on the table. He sighed in anger and looked up at his wife and his group of friends.
"Ok guys, let's go."
Around an hour and a half later, we find our friends at the entrance to the Saffron gym.
"Ok, we better check in here to see if Sabrina is ok" Ash suggested.
"Right" the other 4 said in unison. Ash then lead the group into the gym and into the main battle arena.
"Sabrina, can you hear me? It's Ash. Yo, Sab -" Ash cut himself off as he spotted the body of Sabrina lying face down across the other side of the room.
"Is she...?" Misty questioned.
"I dunno, Mist" Ash replied. The group cautiously approached her.
"Ok Jimmy, on 3 we turn her, ok?" Brock asked.
"Ok" James replied.
"1,2,3." The guys turned her over and the girls right there and then where physically sick in front of them.
"Oh fuck" Ash blurted out, for there in front of the friends was indeed the body of Sabrina. But it was not a gun wound or a blow to the head, it was much more sadistic.
Her throat had been slashed.
"That pathetic excuse for a human being" Jessie blurted out after finally finishing vomiting.
"This is unforgivable" James added.
"I know" Ash replied. Just then he noticed a piece of paper near Sabrina's body. He picked it up, unfolded it and read its comments aloud.
"She sure looks good that way. But I bet your wife would look even better." At this point Misty tightened her grip on Ash's arm. Ash simply held her close to reassure her things were going to be fine, even though deep down he knew that was a promise he could nether guarantee or keep.
He clenched his fist and with tears forming in his eyes and with all the gathered hurt and pain that had built up inside him these past few weeks going through his body, he mustard up the courage to shout one word in a harsh and bitter tone that sent chills up and down the spine of all the members of the group among him.
"GIOVANNI!!!"
A/N: Don't ya just looooove drama?! By the way, we have no idea how long this story is going to be. Just bear with us. The final showdown is coming!!!