9 Fateful Months

Chapter 4: To protect the world from devastation, no, really this time.

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I do not own pokemon or any of the affiliated characters, so don't sue me, cuz if you do you'll get no money and u will make me unhappy, then I will have to go on a postal rampage and attack my math's teacher with a sharpened toothbrush. ANYWAY, plz don't take offence to any of the crap I write, and if u don't like pokemon, then I don't recommend reading this, baka.

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Xx Kusanagi xX

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The kiss was so sudden, after all he thought he had done, why didn't she hate him, after he brought this on her. He did love her, but he didn't deserve her, no matter what he did he brought her sorrow, she is too good for the likes of him. These thoughts raced through Ash's mind as he tried to make sense of the situation, but the obvious eluded him, she loved him, for better or for worse.

Both of their tears hit the ground, they were once again embracing each other, but not out of lust, they needed each other, more than ever. They broke the kiss and Ash lowered his head in shame.

"I'm so sorry Misty, for what I did, for everything," Ash sobbed with his head facing the floor. "You are too good for me, I don't deserve you"

"Stop it Ash!" Misty shouted back, surprising Ash. "You were the one who said that you loved me, you mean everything to me now Ash, the reason I wake up is just to see your face, when I saw you lying on the floor, I thought my life would end, but I wouldn't just give up and let you die, I fought, I fought for your survival, and I didn't fight for you just to hear you say you don't deserve me, Ash, no matter what, I love you, and despite all the foolish things we both do, I will never leave your side!"

Misty's eyes seemed to become even more teary, and she began to cry harder. Ash walked over to her, and looked into her eyes, and held her to his body. They both stood there, holding each other until the nurse came back into the room and explained that Ash was allowed to leave the hospital, and she whispered into Misty's ear to keep an eye on his behavior.

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A few days had passed, no one knew what Ash and Misty talked about in the hospital room, but one thing was certain, they were not going to leave each other's side for the rest of their lives. Ash and Misty had been talking and spending a lot f time together, and they even sat down with Brock to tell him their decision.

"Brock, both Misty and I have come to an important decision." Ash said with a concerned look on his face. "We have given this a lot of thought, but we can't just have an abortion and pretend this didn't happen, we are going to keep the baby and raise him as our child."

Brock nodded his head and turned to Misty. " Are you sure you know what you are doing, you do realize that with you pregnant we can't just keep on traveling"

"And that's why we decided to go back to Pallet town and stay there until our child is born" Misty said as ash nodded his head in agreement. "Having an abortion is not an option Brock, I know this may sound silly and irrational, but it is a part of me, a part of us, that I just can't get rid of"

"We will head back to Pallet town in 2 days, is that alright with you Brock" Ash said hoping not to complicate matters.

"That's a great idea, besides, I feel your mother deserves to know what has been going on" Brock said to Ash, immediately changing his expression. Although Brock was abit disappointed with Ash and Misty's behavior, in some way he respected them now for the decision they had come to, he found it to be very mature. No one said anything, the sounds of feet tapping the ground and the odd occasional cough could be heard.

No more words were said on the subject, instead the three just got up and left for bed, it was quite late in the evening.

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Morning was no longer something to dread anymore, Ash now had a purpose to carry on, someone to love and care for. He got out of bed quickly and went to brush his teeth and wash his face, tripping over a sleeping Pikachu in the process. He changed quickly and hurried out of his bedroom and over to Misty's door. He knocked twice and the door opened to reveal misty in a short summer dress.

"So, looking forward to the afternoon Mist?" Ash said eagerly looking forward to the afternoon he was about to have.

"I can't believe this, I'm going out on a date with you!" Misty said playfully while she grabbed onto his arm.

"Who said this was a date" Ash retorted, receiving a punch in the shoulder for his efforts. After they left the pokemon center, Ash and Misty went to go see a movie in the cinema, ate a big lunch, then decided to take a leisurely strole in the park.

"Hey Ash, come here and sit down with me" Misty said while wondering over to a bench in the shade. "Lets have a quick chat" The two walked over to the bench and sat down, all the while holding onto each others hands.

"What did you want to chat about darling?" Ash asked in a soft voice.

"DARLING!?" Misty said almost choking with laughter. "Please Ash, I admire the sentiment, but is "Darling" really necessary?" She said while laughing. "Anyway, I wanted to talk to you about names for our child"

"Names, but Misty, its only been one month, surely your thinking abit too far ahead." Ash said.

"Nonsense!" she said poking him in the stomach. "Now, lets see, if it's a girl, then Hikari, and if it's a boy, Shinji"

"Shinji?!" Ash said in an amused voice. "Only chickens and wusses get called Shinji!"

"Well that's what you think!"

"I say we call her Rei!"

"REI?! She will probably become a depressed doll if we call her that!"

The couple continued with their playful argument, when unbeknownst to them, two figures slowly approached them from behind. The one figure had long red hair that sort or poked out to the side, instead of going down, while the other had neat blue hair, carefully combed and treated.

"Hey, do you recognize those voices" the first figure said.

"Come to think of It, I do, now where have I heard those voices before" The second said

"Oh my, now I remember, it's the twerps," the first said.

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The café was buzzing, waiters were flying around at light speed, and people were discussing various things at abnormal volume, infact, Brock was sure he overheard someone say they had a sexually transmitted disease, but not being one to be different, Brock too was speaking at an abnormal volume.

"Amazing what happened to Ash and Misty don't you think?" Brock said to Marlene, he had been spending every spare moment of his time with her since she arrived.

"Yeah, I never expected them to change so quickly, I think when Ash tried to commit suicide, it really shocked them back into reality" Marlene said, swiping a strand of her blonde hair away from her face.

"Who would have thought though, Ash being the father of Misty's child, if you saw those two on a day to day basis, you would never believe they could be couples." Brock said while taking a sip on his extra strong cappuccino, he had taken to drinking powerful drinks after he found out about Misty's child.

"Oh come on, you can't tell me you haven't seen this coming for years, those two were practically dying for the other one to tell each other their feelings." Marlene said, noticing Brock shudder as he took a sip from his cappuccino. "You really should take a less strong drink next time Brock, your gonna look similar to the energizer bunny soon if your not careful."

"What did you say, I'm sorry, I couldn't hear you, I could have sworn I heard a loud ringing in my head" Brock said as his hand started shaking involuntarily.
"Never mind silly" Marlene said, letting a giggle slip, and then proceeded to blush furiously, but for some reason Brock didn't seem to notice. "Misty was right, Brock is about as dense as syrup when it comes to telling what woman want" she thought to herself.

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The two figures walked around and approached the couple to get a good look. Ash and Misty's previous argument had turned into a tickling battle, and they were too busy tickling each other's stomachs and chests to notice the two figures approach.

"Excuse me, but aren't you Ash Ketchum and Misty Cerulean?" The two figures asked simultaneously. Ash and Misty froze, and slowly raised their heads as the familiar voices brought back memories in their brains. Before them stood the two most irritating and unfortunate people on the face of the planet, Jesse and James.

Normally Ash would have gotten up and demanded what they wanted, and was infact about to, until Misty tugged on his shoulder and pointed towards something. Ash's jaw literally hit the ground and cracked the paving. Not only were Jesse and James standing before them, but it appeared that they were wheeling a baby pram around. "You are Ash Ketchum and Misty Cerulean, aren't you?" Jesse said again.

"Um, yes…." Was all Ash managed to squeeze out. Misty just sat there and remained silent, without saying a word.

Without warning, Jesse and James lunged forward and hugged both Ash and Misty tightly, shouting words like "it's been so long" and "I was hoping to see you again". Throughout this entire hugging session, Ash and Misty were seriously confused, normally this duo would attempt some silly trick with some silly disguise to try and steal their pokemon, but this time they didn't even have their pokemon with them. Finally they stopped hugging the two and returned back next to the baby pram.

"Would someone please explain what just happened," Misty said looking at the Jesse and James. "Last time I checked, you were attacking us, and now your hugging us and telling us how much you've missed us, and what is that pram doing here!?"

" They haven't heard yet!" James said turning to Jesse. Jesse raised her right hand and on her finger was a large diamond ring. "Were married now!"

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Brock and Marlene walked down the street, they had decided to go and visit the local arcade and burn off some steam. It was quite a long walk, so they had lots of time to talk.

"So, how do you know Misty?" Brock said to Marlene as they walked down a street, cars, people and pokemon passing them by.

"Well, Misty and I have been friends since we were little children, we used to go to the same pre prep school together, and we both loved water pokemon, so we got along well." Marlene said with a fond tone in her voice. "We were as close as two friends could be, we spent every minute we could together, I was with her for everything, her first pokemon, her first battle, and, I was with her when her father died…"

"I'm sorry for prying Marlene, I never meant to…."

"No, don't worry, its better I get this out of my system, when her dad died, Misty became sad and lifeless, she had no parents left, I only had my father, it felt like we were sisters, all she had left was that bitch of a stepmother who wanted nothing but…….." Marlene said as a tear began to form in her eye.

"Stop Marlene, I don't want to see you upset" Brock said as he grabbed Marlene's hand and held it tightly. "Please, I don't want to see you cry, lets go to the arcade and forget I ever mentioned it, all right?"

"Brock….." Marlene said as a few tears began to streak down her cheek. The walked down the street holding hands, and for the first time since Brock had met Marlene, he realized that she was more than just someone to talk to.

After Brock and Marlene arrived at the arcade, they had forgotten about most of the conversation already, they were happily laughing and discussing about their past adventures with Ash and Misty.

"Misty was beet red when Ash asked her to dance, come to think of it, Ash and Misty have always been strange around one another, Misty always used to blush whenever her and Ash mentioned something about relationships, haha, and you should have seen how jealous she got whenever another girl so much as looked at Ash" Brock said while laughing.

"I remember when she phoned me and told me that she was traveling with Ash, and how she only wanted to get her bike back, I saw right through that little lie of hers, and it was quite cute really, each time she called, she would seem to talk about Ash more each time, until all she used to talk about was Ash, it was just a matter of time before something like this happened" Marlene said to Brock, who was still holding onto her hand.

"Well, it looks like were here, prepare to be beaten in every game imaginable" Brock said with an adventurous tone in his voice.

"You must be kidding Brock, I used to be brilliant at arcade games, prepare to be thrashed!" Marlene said before running into the arcade and putting some money into the token machine.  The two spend the entire afternoon playing every game inside the arcade, and enjoyed every moment of it, Marlene was very competitive though, and always seemed to completely decimate Brock at every game they played.  Meanwhile, Ash and Misty were busy having one of the strangest afternoons ever.

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All Ash and Misty could do was stand there and let the unnaturally large sweat beads form on their heads. This was all too much, first seeing their enemy's again, then being hugged to death, and then hearing that they were married. "If they are married, then than must mean that…" Misty said as she got up and walked cautiously over towards the pram. Inside lay a tiny child, wiggling its feel and hands around, and when it noticed Misty, it pointed its finger at her and made little "happy baby noises" (!!).

"What is it Mist, it looks like you've seen a ghastly" Ash said as he walked up to Misty and also peered into the pram. "Jesus H Christ!"

"Isn't she beautiful" Jesse said bending over and picking the child up, "Her name is Cassandra, who's a beautiful baby, yes, you are!"

"She is beautiful, isn't she" James said, putting his arm over ash's shoulder. "Jesse gave birth to her just 2 months ago, made me the happiest father alive"

"Yeah, she is cute" Was all Ash could say, he was still in shock from this occurrence. He though Misty being pregnant was bad, but Jesse and James being married, and parents too!

"Oh, almost forgot, don't worry, we wont try any funny stuff, we ended our connection with Team Rocket way before they were disbanded" James said, reminding ash of the day he heard Team Rocket was no more. " We settled down and decided to make something of our life, and pretty soon we married, my life has a new meaning now, no more silly antics chasing innocent people around and trying to take their pokemon."

Misty was busy laughing and letting Cassandra play with her finger, she seemed to be taking this whole thing just fine, infact she looked like she was enjoying playing with the baby and chatting to Jesse. "So, what about that smart talking Meowth?" Ash said becoming more comfortable, James suddenly went completely quiet, Ash didn't know quite what happened, but he knew James didn't want to talk about it. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend you."

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After the exciting afternoon that Brock and Marlene shared, they returned back to the pokemon center and went for a bite to eat in the cafeteria. The evening was drawing closer, and the sun had begun to descend, but it was still quite bright outside, so rays of light shone through the window and cast shadows on everyone in the cafeteria, making the room feel like a piece of art.

Brock and Marlene were seated next to a window, and the light cast silhouettes on both of them. The conversation had been mainly discussing the day they just had, but nothing important, until Marlene sat up straight, looked Brock in the eyes and began to speak.

"Brock, about Misty and me, you need to know about our past, I should have finished telling you earlier, but I didn't want to spoil our afternoon" Marlene said as her golden smile melted off her face and was replaced with a concerned look.

"You don't have to do this if you don't want to Marlene" Brock said, trying not to upset her.

"No, you need to know, I don't think Misty has spoken to you or Ash about this, but I need to tell you, someone has to know." Marlene said as her expression began to fade. "Misty's mother, she died when she gave birth to Misty, like me, my mother also died in labor when she gave birth to me, Misty and I were always more than just friends, we were like sisters, we had this in common. But unlike my father who just sunk into a depression and let his job absorb him when my mother died, Misty's father set out to find a new wife, and when misty was six, he married someone." Marlene began to get teary.

"This woman, her name was Sarah, she wanted nothing but the family wealth, the pokemon gym, and she would stop at nothing to get it, she deceived Misty's father into marrying her, and at first she was bearable, but soon she started arriving home late, drunk, or worse. Misty's father seemed to be oblivious to this, but everyone else wasn't, Misty especially. When Misty confronted her father about it, he just said that Misty was being irrational and that she missed her real mother, but he was wrong. Slowly but surely he began to realize what was going on, he began to realize how deceiving and shameless she was, so he changed his will to stop the family from suffering because of his ignorance, but before he could have it officially declared, he died of a mysterious heart attack. This tore misty apart, she became lifeless, she wouldn't say anything, wouldn't talk to her sisters, her grand mother, or even me. Sarah took this opportunity to try and gain power over the gym, and riches, and even Misty. With some help from my family, we got Misty's sisters officially declared as her guardians and the gym was put in their possetion, but that deceitful bitch took one quarter of the family's riches! When Misty met Ash, something inside of her woke up, something that we all thought died along with her father, Brock, promise me you wont let it die again, Misty is like my sister, we both have no mothers, I can't see her lose a part of her again, I refuse to let it happen!" Marlene said to Brock, explaining how she really knew misty, how the family got split up. She began to whimper, and slowly tears began to fall.

Brock had always known Misty guardians were her sisters, but he and Ash never knew how this was arranged. And here he sat, with Misty's best friend, who had both shared a similar fate. He leaned forward and lifted Marlene's chin up lightly. "Marlene…." Their faces moved closer to one another, until their lips were almost touching. Suddenly an explosion could be heard, and the floor shook violently. "What was that!"? Brock and Marlene said standing up quickly and reaching for their poke balls.

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Misty was still chatting away to Jesse while standing over the baby. " Yeah, we wondered what happened to you guys after a while, you just stopped showing up, we thought you got eaten of blown up." Misty said amusingly to Jesse.

"Well, its complicated, it's a story best saved for a rainy day, but when we stopped chasing you around, we realized all the wrong we had done, and have been trying to recorrect our past, James is now a top lawyer you know." Jesse said with gusto

"Oh, really, that's nice, and what do you do nowadays?" Misty asked

"Oh, what I've always wanted to do, I own a flower shop, its not much, and it doesn't pay very well, but its what I have always wanted to do, besides, James makes enough money for us to live rather nicely." Jesse said with enthusiasm. Misty and Jesse continued to gossip about things as James and Ash sat down and discussed things.

"Look at those two talk, so, tell me, have you and your friend admitted your feelings to each other yet" James said under his breath.

"What, how could you possibly know about that?" Ash bellowed out.

"oh come on, its obvious, anyone who could have seen you two would have known instantly!" James told him. "So, were you to out here on a date???"

"I guess, its complicated."

"Ill bet it is" James said grinning and nudging him in the chest. Jesse and Misty were busy wrapping up their conversation.

"I would love to stay and chat about things, but James and I must be on our way now, Oh, how about you come over and have dinner with us this evening?" Jesse said placing Cassandra back into her pram.

"That sounds like a great idea!" Misty said before Ash could even get a word in.

"Great, well see you at about 8, here's the address" Jesse said writing some words on a piece of paper and handing it to Misty. "See you later this evening, come on James!"

The two walked off into the distance wheeling the pram down the paving of the park. Eventually they disappeared behind some trees, and Ash and Misty still stood there, confused, but somehow satisfied by the odd reunion.

"Well that was interesting" Misty said turning to Ash. " Those are the last two people I expected to see, but married with a child, this made our date well worth it!"

"Funny" Ash said " I always thought James was gay"

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Authors Incoherent Babbling  (READ THIS, ITS IMPORTANT!)

I have had FAR too much sugar! Well, another chapter done, and I finished it good time too, but my mom was being a total pain in the ass, so finishing it was abit delayed. Sorry if you don't like Jesse or James, but they will play a crucial part in the story, especially towards the end, so I cant just throw them out.

Ok, by now im sure you have realized that Brock and Marlene are a couple, so im gonna give you some information about Marlene, just so u can get a better picture of her. She is the same age as Misty, she has short blonde hair and is very rich, but not snotty and selfish about it, her and Misty have been friends since childhood.

Well, this was an interesting chapter, I might have tried to do too much in one chapter, and hopefully you have had the patience to read through all of it, but this is an important chapter, it explains a lot about Misty's back ground, and how close her and Marlene really are. Oh, and I know what your thinking, James is gay, I know that, but I need those two to be together for a lot of reasons, you will find out soon.

I would have updated sooner, but exams are a total pain, so I have very little free time right now, and for some reason I find I can bring myself to watch anime (love hina, Nadesico, Evangelion, Hand Maid May, etc…..) more than I can write fics, but worry not, for each week I will try do my best to post new chapters, its just a little chaotic right now so bear with me!

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