Dancing Queen
Author's Note: This chapter wasn't very well explained so I decided to rewrite it for ya all!
Chapter Thirteen: Bailed
"What?!" Misty cried in anguish, "Tsuki?! Why Tsuki?!"
Richie shrugged his shoulders not having any clue what the big idea was. Misty was beginning to fume in her anger. Ash placed a kind hand on her shoulder, calming her slightly with his touch.
"Do you know her?" Ash asked.
"Yes!" Misty snapped, "And I know that she isn't capable of homicide!"
The was a sudden squeal of happiness at the door when a blur shot past both Misty and Richie and leapt on top of Ash. Ash fell backwards at the impact of the large bunny looking creature.
"Pikachu!" Ash laughed hugging his buddy close, "So sorry I kept you worried."
'I'm getting used to it,' Pikachu answered simply.
"This is serious!" Misty cried making everyone in the room jump. "An innocent person is in jail!"
"Then go bail her out. You have proof?" Richie smirked confidently.
Misty blushed slightly at her outburst. Maybe, Tsuki wasn't as innocent as she thought.
"Let's go see Tsuki." Ash said sensibly. "Then hear her story."
"Yes," Richie sighed, "Like I was telling you guys in the first place."
After clearing Ash and Misty out of the hospital and meeting up with everyone, Richie, Ash, Misty, and Pikachu went to the police station. The rest of the group went to the ice cream parlor across the street. Brock took Togepi from a grateful Misty even though he wished to go. Misty wouldn't allow it of course.
They entered the noisy police station and pushed through the mess of people to the nearest Officer Jenny.
"Excuse me," Ash said over the babble to Jenny, "Could you help us?"
Officer Jenny looked over the rim of her small glasses she had been wearing to read the papers staked upon her desk. She smiled sweetly down at the children and called,
"Can I help you?"
They all blinked in confusion. Ash cleared his throat and shouted, "We came to see Tsuki Kenka."
"What?!"
"WE CAME TO SEE TSUKI KENKA!"
"WHAT?!"
"CAN YOU HEAR ME?"
"I CAN'T HEAR YOU! SPEAK UP!"
"WE CAME TO SEE…"
"DID YOU COME TO SEE TSUKI?"
"YES!"
"NO? THEN WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!"
"NO! WE DID COME TO SEE TSUKI?"
"YOU CAME TO SEE MY POOCHIE??"
"NO!"
"I DON'T OWN A DOG!"
"THAT'S NOT WHAT I SAID!"
"YOU'RE GRANDPA IS DEAD?!"
"MY GRANDPA'S BEEN DEAD FOR 15 YEARS!"
"YOUR MOTHER'S IN TEARS?"
"WHAT?!"
"SOMETHING'S WRONG WITH YOUR EARS?"
"NOOOO!"
"HOLD ON. EVERYBODY…SHUUUUUUUTTTTTTT UPPPPPPPPPPPPP!!"
Silence fell over the entire police station. Officer Jenny smiled in satisfaction and turned back to the startled Ash and company.
"What is it?"
"I'm Misty." Misty introduced herself as the babble started up again but much softer then before.
"And I'm Ash Ketchum."
"My name's Richie."
"Pikachu!"
"Ah." Officer Jenny smiled, "So you are the kids that were witnesses to that attempted murder. I suppose you want to answer some questions…"
"First," Misty interrupted. "Could we speak to Tsuki?"
Jenny looked at Misty thoughtfully for an second and then nodded.
"One at a time, I'm afraid." Jenny smiled at the two boys and the pikachu. "Ladies first."
Ash and Richie looked somewhat rejected as Officer Jenny led Misty to the room where she could talk to Tsuki.
"I'LL SUE!!" Tsuki shouted as she was pushed roughly into the white room.
Her eyes lit up upon seeing Misty behind the glass that separated the room into two halves. Tsuki ran to the black phone and picked it up in a scramble.
"Misty! Thank Mew! Now I can finally get out of here!"
"Of course!" Misty smiled. "I know you're innocent, Tsuki."
"I'm glad someone does!" Tsuki sighed.
"Could you tell me what happened though?" Misty asked in concern.
Tsuki's face went pale as her eyes trailed down to the chalk white desk. A couple uneasy minutes passed until Tsuki muttered, "Nothing. I was just in the wrong place at the wrong time."
"Aw. Come on," Misty smirked cheerfully. "You can trust me."
"I can't tell you."
"How will I prove you are innocent then?"
"If you trusted me you wouldn't doubt my judgment!" Tsuki hissed.
"Then maybe… I don't know what I know anymore," Misty said coldly.
Misty's eyes didn't meet Tsuki. Tsuki felt her heart slam into the pit of her stomach. She swallowed her fear and called in a shaky voice into the phone.
"It's easy, Misty," Tsuki smiled weakly. "All you have to tell them that it wasn't me."
"But I'm not so sure it, wasn't you," Misty cried tears filling her cerulean eyes. "I wish I could believe you Tsuki. Truly. But you're a suspect now."
"It wasn't me," Tsuki shouted waving her arms about in the air. "Please. You, of all people, should know that!"
"Why can't you explain what happened that night?" Misty asked.
Tsuki bit her lip and glared at Misty in spite, "You wouldn't believe me. If you truly trusted me, you would know that it wasn't me."
"I need proof!" Misty shouted in anger slamming her fist down on the table. "I have had a heck of a lot of people hurt me because I was too stupid to realize their real intentions. This is my life, now! And I have to be careful…"
The door opened slowly and a police officer walked in.
"You're time is up." He said slowly. "Visitor time is over for today."
"But- I didn't get to ask…" Misty stuttered.
Ash appeared when the door opened again. He looked from Misty then to the beautiful raven haired girl behind the glass. His eyes narrowed at the sight of her. Tsuki looked a bit startled but then smirked slightly. She mouthed something but Misty couldn't catch it. The guard then escorted them both out of the room.
"What?!" Misty screamed in bewilderment.
"That's right," Ash smiled as the exited the police station.
"What do you mean you bailed her out?!" Misty shouted. "She could be dangerous."
"She is not," Ash sighed shaking his head. "It's quite obvious."
"How?!" Misty said gripping Ash's shoulder and forcing him to look her in the face, "How could you tell?"
"She's psychic, Misty," Ash smiled sheepishly. "If she were evil I should be able to sense about the same aurora around her that Sabrina had around her when we were at Lavender Town."
"Y-you… but how could you do that?" Misty asked.
"Easy," Ash said offhandedly. "If you stare at them long enough."
"What did she say to you back there?" Misty asked not through with Ash just yet.
Ash laughed. He blushed and escaped from Misty's grip.
"She could tell what I was doing. She told me to shut up," Ash smirked. "Some might take it as a insult but I found it rather funny."
"Oh," Misty said in confusion. "So how much yen did you spend?"
"Not as much as I could have," Ash grinned, "Officer Jenny let me get Tsuki out with less bail cause she trusted my judgment and proof."
"Proof?"
"It wasn't a lot. But it's enough to let her off the hook for now," Ash smiled, "I told him that Tsuki couldn't commit that crime. She doesn't have any fire pokemon."
Misty blinked and then shook her head, "Then what about matches."
"The fire started up way to quickly for it to be done with matches. Elementary, my dear Watson!" Ash laughed patting Misty on the shoulder.
Misty scowled slightly,
"Come on. Let's go to the ice cream parlor now. Richie and Pikachu will wonder what's taking us."
Ash closed his eyes as if concentrating on something. When he opened them again his amber eyes shown a bright gold of a child, "You going anywhere tonight, Misty?"
To Be Continued…
R + R!
Ah! The power of cheese! Lol. Grilled cheese is good food! The food of inspiration!
