A/N : Hey! It has been a long ride, hasn't it? And i finally got word pad, so Microsoft word can stop doing its spell checks and getting on my nerves!!!

Well anyway, this chapter is going to be stuffed with phone calls. And yes, James finally makes that phone call to Gary. Its a long.....BORING....conversation.......

Well, i couldn't think of anything better!!! And, oh yes, I

promise

this story won't be that long, but the parts keep coming!

Thanks for all your reviews!!! I know chapter 6 was a little. disappointing. yes! But I hope this one will make up for it!!! ^_^





1 WHO SHOT ASH KETCHUM

PART 7

By Ketch Up

11.00 a.m.

James fiddles with his change. 'Oh yeah! Jenny told me to phone Gary, didn't she? I bet she still wants me too. Should ring her and find out.' He walked to the nearest phone booth and called.

'Hello, Lavender Town Police Station, Frank speaking, how may i help you?'

'Frank! Its me, James! I need to speak to Jenny. Have to told her about-' (The phone is snatched out Frank's hands.)

'No. He hasn't told me anything! Tell me!!'

'Oh Jenny! Is that you?'

'Duh!!!'

'Well, you see... Misty told us the initals were-'

'You interviewed Misty?'

'Yeah!'

'Did you return her horsea?'

'I don't know...isn't horsea with nurse Joy?'

'Maybe. Well, anyway, what did Misty say?'

'She said........................................................................ ............................................................................ ............................................................................ .......................................................'

'SO...your culprit is your old boss...Giovanni. Thats PATH-ET-IC!!!'

'Huh?' (James was so surprised he nearly broke the phone line.)'What!? But it has to be!!'

'Not precisely. You never know. By the way, have you phoned up Gary yet?'

'No...'

'WELL PHONE HIM UP!!!'

'I will, after this call...'

'Then i think i better go now then, right?'

'yeah.....'

Beep Beep... The phone line went dead. Well, i think i will have to ring Gary up now then. James thought and dialed the number.

(A/N: Prepare for...Boredom!! Hey! This part is necessary)!!

'Hello?'

'Ur...hello. This is James. I need to talk to Gary.'

'James from where, who and what?'

'James from Team Rock- James from the Lavender Town Police Station.'

'Err...' ( The voice went cranky.)(Somebody' trying to imitate Prof. Oak's voice!

'Err...well my grandson James isn't here right now. He went pokemon catchin' with his friends.'

'Huh?'

'And if you don't mind me, i need to go back researching pokemon.'

'Well wait for a sec. Do you know about Ash's incident?'

'Ash? Who cares a crap about Ash.'

'Wait a sec...who are you?'(He finally gets suspicious!)

'Me? Urr...Prof Oak!!!'

'You are not! Even I'm smarter than that!!!'

'Wanna bet?' (The voice changed back into Gary's.)

'yeah, your Gary, aren't ya?'

'Okay. I admit. I am. But what the hell do ya want with me!? I haven't done anything bad!!!' (Yeah, sure. We believe you Gary.) 'What? You don't believe me?'

'Gary. All i am here is to ask you some questions.'

'Oh FRICK!!! I don't have anytime for that!!'

'Well you will.' (James is getting annoyed.) (Such a long conversation...)

'Okay. Fine. But i've got archery in an hour. I signed up for that yesterday! And it looks FUN!!!'

'Well, these questions will only take a minute.'

'As if.'

'THEY WILL!!!'

'Go on then, Mr. Ex- Team Rocket!'

'Hey! Thats not funny! Well.' (James straitens his clothes even though he's on the phone.)'So Gary...when did you first meet Ash Ketchum?'

'First meet Ash huh? Well, that was ages ago. We were actually best friends i admit.'

'Best friends?'

'Yeah. Best pals- well at least i think. Then he started being mean to me and so we started hating each other, and when the time came for us to become pokemon trainers- STUFF HIM!!!' (A/N: Thats hogwash Gary!)'He got up really early just to get the best pokemon, just for HIMSELF!!! But then he came late and he got the worst one! Hahaha!'

'Well Gary. I hope you'd like to know, that pikachu that twerp has is very rare and strong. Why, when i was still with Team Rocket, me and my partner spended half of our lives trying to steal it!'

'Well, that was a waste of your time i guess.'

'Shush Up you brat!'

'Yeah yeah. Just tell me the next question.'

'Okay. When were you on August the 13th this year?'

' 13th? Nah, don't ask me.'

'Why?!' ( James gets suspicious.) 'Were you somewhere in a dark alleyway?'

'DON'T ASK ME!!! I CAN'T REMEMBER UP TO AUGUST THE 5TH!!! THAT WAS AGES AGO!!!'

'No it wasn't.'

'Humph. It was so.' (Gary is getting pissed off)

'Well, fine. Do you know a girl called Misty?'

'What? Misty? she? i think i know her...yeah. That annoying girl that always hangs around Ash? How could i forget...'

'Anything about her?'

'Well. I do know she's really stuck up.'

'She was a red headed twerp.'

'True...'

'Okay, next question. Is Ash your rival?'

'Duh!!! We were always rivals, even when we were friends. Maybe because of rivalry we started hating each other. Stuff it.'

'Sooo...do you hate him enough, that you would try to murder him?!'

'Where are you going at?' (Gary delivers this in an annoyed tone.)

'Just asking. WOuld you?'

'No. I don't want to murder Ash. Just not yet. But i wished someone would attempt it other than me.'

'Well someone already did. He shot Ash in the arse. He's not dead, but why would someone shoot him in the arse?'

'Don't ask me! I reckon that guy was proberly aiming for his head! But his aiming is so bad!'

'YeAH I KNOW! That guy should take aiming lessons!'

'Hey! That reminds me! I've got archery right now!!! I have to go!!!'

'Okay, fine. Just answer this last question. Wat's your last name?'

'Oak.' Gary said confidently and hung up.

James stood there, dumbstruck. Gary's initials were also, too, G.O. But... he wasn't too sure. He then looked at his notepad and realized there was nothing written on it. 'Oh Crappitta!!!' He growled and drooped his head that he didn't even notice Jesse running towards him.

'Hey! I thought you hated me!' James exclaimed.

'I did! But i found out boss's phone number. I was at the back of my head!!!'

'Okay! What is it!?!?' James asked excitedly.

'Its..................'

'Thats good! Now i can finally phone up boss!! Where did you find it?'

'Hello?' Jesse said being sarcastic and was walking away. 'Is there anything in that head of yours!?'

'Huh?'

'Its called a PHONE BOOK!!!' She screamed as she took off.

'Urgh!' James thought he'll rip his hair into shreds. (Don't James! Don't!)

'Okay!' He calmed down. 'I haven't written down anything with that talk with Gary, but i've stored that talk in my memory. First i'll phone Jenny, and then Giovanni. Got it!' He clicked his fingers.

James went back into the booth and called.

'hello? Is that James? Good. I was expecting your call.'

'Well, i did. I called Gary....'

'What did he say? what did he say!?!?!?'

'Err.....' James struggled to remember. 'Nothing important...' He stuttered.

'Don't tell me you didn't write it down.'

'Okay! I won't tell you!'

'AND DON'T TELL ME YOU FORGOTTEN IT!!!'

'I won't!'

'ARGH!!!!!!!!'

'Well, C'mon! I remember something at least!!!!'

'What?' Jenny sounded like she didn't even care no more.

'Gary's last name is Oak.' ( Oh. So he remembered the most important thing.)

'Oak? Big deal. James, next time when you phone someone, think about not phoning without a pen and notepad in your hands. And i don't care, because your always remembering the useless piece of information, and forgetting the most important! Big Deal!! I don't want to know that Gary's last name is Oak. I want to know where he was on August 13th!'

' I asked that though!'

'And what did he say?' Jenny answered, bored.

'He forgot.'

Jenny sighed. 'Urgh! James. I think YOU 'forgot.'

'Well, i'm gonna phone Giovanni now,'

'Yeah, go phone Giovanni...' Jenny hung up the phone.

'Wait!!! Grh!' James growled. I'll dial Giovanni later. I am now totally depressed. And i haven't had my coffee yet! James grumbled and walked his way to Cafe Scymariven.

1.54 p.m

Lavender Police Station

Jenny turned her head towards Frank. 'James is just sooooooooo useless.'

'What? What did he do this time???/' Frank asked.

'What did he do?! Nothing!'

'Then whats wrong?'

'James did NOTHING when he called Gary. He forgot to get everything down on paper and he forgotten it all AND he only remembered one TOTALLY useless piece of information.'

'And what's that?'

'Gary's last name is Oak.'Jenny said, sarcastically.

'Wait!! Thats useful!!!'

'Shush Up. I don't want to hear anymore rubbish today.' Jenny walked over to her garage, leaving Frank speechless. 'Misty said, that she read on the cloak that he had the initals, G.O'

2 p.m

Cafe Scymariven

'I'm gonna phone Giovanni real soon!' James told Melody as he was ordering his cup of coffee.

'Go for it man!' Melody cheered.

2.03 p.m

Somewhere........

'That James, He's getting close.................' The dark man crackled.

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A/N A little longer hey? Well, as i said before, this chapter was filled with pathetic, but necessary phone calls.

I hope you've enjoyed it though!!!

And, if your wondering a lot on who shot ash, here's a clue.

We know who he is and lets just say, he's close and getting himself into boiling water. Basically gave it away. It could be anyone. Maybe Misty is lying about the cloak thing initial. Really, you need to finish the story to know who it is!!!

And now to take your flames.. If there are any,,,,, -_-;