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What do you think?
Here is chapter 9. I won't be gone for the whole month of June
after all. Only the first 2 weeks. So please R&R.
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Ash looked at the little girl carefully. He sudenly felt sick. Without warning, the girl charged at him. Ash moved so fast upon seeing her, that he had actually raised some dust. When it all settled, everyone looked in astonishment. The girl was frozen to the floor. Not literally. She just couldn't move. She was paralyzed.
" Father! Help. He has called upon the powers of an Arbok and paralyzed me."
Misty looked at Ash, standing about 3 feet way from where he had been standing before. She looked at his hand. Sure enough, there was a scar on it. She wasn't able to see it extremely well, though. Ash looked as shocked as everyone else. He had only dodged her attack. He had not done anything to...paralyze her.
" Satoshi, what is going on?" Misty asked nerviously. She had seen something move in the bushes right before the girl had claimed she was paralyzed.
" I don't know, Misty. My father..." he answered.
The people all looked at them in awe. The girl, now able to move, was sorrounded by all the strong men. She seemed to be of importance to the people.
" Please, sir, I beg of you to leave us. Spare our lives. Call your immortal army off."
Ash just looked ahead, stupefied.
" Come on, Ash. Let's go." Msity said, pulling
on his shirt. Ash still wouldn't move.
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Ash sat in his room alone. He knew what he had to do, but could he? Could he face his father after all those years? When his father had left when Ash was 7, his mother had told him he had gone to Denk and been killed. However, when he was 16, he had found out the truth. His father was alive, but he was working for some unknown person. Part of the reason Ash had joined ZUEL, and before that, Giselle's dirty business, was in hopes of finding out who his father was working for. Now he knew. His father was still at Denk. His mother had hidden it from him all those years. Ash sighed. He had a splitting headache. He picked up 3 of his pokeballs, and walked out of his room. He had a few unfinished business at ZUEL. Maybe a pokemon battle would help him feel better.
As Ash walked through the street, he noticed a few people looked at him a bit oddly. As if they knew him. All A.D.O members were encouraged to disguise themselves somewhat just in case they ever ran into someone they knew. As Ash arrived at the dump were all the battle were usually held, he got an odd feeling. Something like nostalgia. He opened the gate, and pressed the code into the carefully hidden computer inside on of the old cars there. As the ground underneath opened partly, he could hear the cheers of all the spectators. He managed to get under the backseat where the entrance was. He could swear it had been moved. Either that, or he was getting fat.
' I should have gone in through the front door.' he thought.
But he liked making surprise entrances. The whole underground arena had a series of tunnels. Some going out, some going in, and some going both ways. It had been carefully constructed so that anyone could escape quickly if the police somehow got in. He walked behind people making bets among themselves. He took out a roll of 100 dollar bills, and took out 50.
" 500 on Ash Ketchum." he told one of the men, handing him the money.
" You're on. Brock will kick his ass if he even get to the finals of tonight's tournament."
" Fool. Don't you know Ash Ketchum is dead?" one of the men asked him.
" Is he?" Ash asked slyly.
" I've heard rumors that he's alive," the man making the bet with Ash, began, " For your sake, I hope he shows."
" Well, let's see if I'm lucky tonight. Make it 1,000." Ash said with a smile.
" Sure. I've never made that much in one night. Count me in."
" Meet me back here after the winner is declared."
Ash walked away with a smile on his face. Behind him, he could hear the men talking.
" That WAS Ash Ketchum. Why would you bet against him?"
" Haven't you heard about Brock's new pokemon? He got a Dragonite. Supposedly trained by Drake."
" But Brock doesn't have that much experience with his Dragonite. Didn't you see the last battle? He kept using Hyper Beam, and tired out his own pokemon!"
" Trust me. Brock will win."
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Ash walked around. He didn't have to register quite yet. He looked around for another sucker to bet against. This was alot of fun.
" Come on Jessie. I'm sure it's true."
" James we don't have that kind of money to risk. Ash wouldn't show his face now that he joined that organizations thing."
" How much you wanna bet?" Ash asked from behind.
" Twerp! Wow, I thought it was just a rumor. Here James. How much money did you need, again?"
" Now that it is comfirmed, 600."
" You better win, Ash, or you are going to pay us anything we lose."
" I have 4,000 riding on it already. I don't think I'll lose."
" So why did you show up. I thought you were forbidden to let people know you were alive."
Ash shrugged. A loud voice on the speaker told all participants to register. He put his 300 down on the table.
" Hey, Ash. Didn't expect you to show. I heard rumors, but..." the man taking registrations began.
" News travels fast. How many contestants tonight?"
" 35. We might need another one."
" I was going to watch tonight, but since you're in, Ash, I think I'll sign up too." Brock said behind.
" It will be a pleasure beating you." Ash said, walking away.
" Hey, Ash. I always tried to warn you as kids. Don't be too cocky."
" See you on the field, man."
" Hope you win your battles so I can go against you."
" Is that your twisted way way of saying 'good luck'?"
" Not re..." Ash cut him off.
" Good luck to you, too, then."
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" Pikachu. Thunder Tornado!" Ash ordered.
Pikachu started spinning around so fast, that it formed a tornado. Meanwhile, it was storing electricity. Suddenly, it stopped. Then a bolt of lightning struck Brock's ninetails. Ninatails was thrown back, but not defeated.
" Ninetails. Hell's fire seed."
" Pikachu hit him with a thunder rain." As the electricity rained down on Ninetails, an unreadable expression came over Ash's face. He hated seeing pokemon in pain. As Ash snapped back to reality, he realized Ninetails was down.
" Brock, give up yet?"
" No. Not quite yet. My last pokemon might surprise you a little."
" I recommend you don't use Dragonite, Brock."
" Like I am going to listen to you. Dragonite, go!"
Dragonite came out of its pokemon. It looked at Brock, awaiting orders.
" Dragonite. Hyper Beam!" Brock yelled.
Dragonite turned around quickly, and opened its mouth. It quickly closed it as it saw Ash. Confused, it turned to Brock.
" What the hell is wrong with you? Use Hyper Beam!" Dragonite shook its head. It would not attack its former owner. It opened its wings, and flew away, stopping on top of a giant rock outside the field.
" The pokemon refuses to battle. Ash Ketchum has once again triumphed in a ZUEL tournament."
The cheers from the crowd were defeaning. Ash couldn't help but smile and forget his current troubles.
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Okay, short chapter. Next Chapter, Chapter 10, should be out by next Friday, before I leave. The you can expect something from me on the 18 of June. Read & Review please!