Love and Lost: Part 3
A Pokèmon: AAMRN fic made by Pikachu
Author's notes: Hi ya'll!!!!! You people are so kind! Thank you all for all your reviews!!!
Due to Jim Ohki and ComedyMagmar's requests, I will try for each chapter to be uploaded in umm…let's say 2000 words and up. Thanks to the guys who kept my spirits up, especially these reviewers:
Alex Warlorn : actual : Jim Ohki : Porkypop : leo : unown : silver storm : dashade : iCy CaNdY : utena-chan : Rea17 : Comedy Magmar : Jigglypuff : Jenny : guo2k
I really thank you all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And due to …ahem… someone's request, the contents of this chappie is dedicated to her, because of her great idea. So, if you read this chapter, which you will, the person whom I dedicated this chapter to… is… nah! Just read the author's notes down the bottom.
***Start…***
Ash got out of the Pallet City Gym his head hanging low. He got in his car (A/N: Yes, he has a car…) and drove all the way back, avoiding the stares of his fans outside. He turned the radio on, lessening the air of sadness around him.
The song, sung by *N sync, surrounded the car's space.
You're not gonna love meI won't go for that
It just won't happen
Even if you say you are gonna be there,
I don't want you back
'Cause it's not about love
Just don't tell me thatYou are gonna love me
I don't wanna hear it baby
You don't have to tell me that it's gonna be your last lie
No, baby I won't go for that
And even if you did say
You were gonna be there
I don't want you back
'Cause it's not about love
Just don't tell me that
And with that the song ended, reminding him of the earlier events. Ash changed the station.
(Another song, sung by *N sync. They're my favorite group, so I think all the songs are going to be *N sync. The song above is called Just Don't Tell Me That and can be found on their album Celebrity. Justin Timberlake, Larry Campbell and Wade Robson call this song See Right Through You.)
Tell me what kind of girl would wanna play me Turn me down then try to break meBaby how could you betray me for all I've done for you
You think I care about your biz, now it's not enough
You better get your story straight, babe
Tell me why you wanna play
I've had enough
These games, they gotta stop
I'm 'bout to get pissed off
You had to keep leading me on
Baby, you thought you had me fooled but I see right through you
Look into my eyes
Tell me what you see
You see a man who thought you loved me
Played me like a fool but I see right through you
I look into your eyes
I tell you what I see
I see a girl who ran game on me
You thought you had me fooled but I see right through you
Tell me girl, what's his name, what'd he do to take you
Does he freak you the way I do?
'Cause you know that I know how to
When he leaves you, don't come cryin' back to me
'Cause I'll be moving on you see
And you'll be just a memory
I think I've had enough
These games, they gotta stop
I'm 'bout to get pissed off
You had to keep leading me on
Baby, you thought you had me fooled but I see right through you
Look into my eyes
Tell me what you see
You see a man who thought you loved me
Played me like a fool but I see right through you
I look into your eyes
I tell you what I see
I see a girl who ran game on me
You thought you had me fooled but I see right through you
Baby tell me does he do it, do it like I do? (no)
Baby tell me will he love you, love you like I do? (no)
Now you're cryin' cause you can't believe that we are through
I don't care 'cause I see right through you
Let me tell you that this is how it's gonna be
After all that we have been through, what you meant to me
You won't do this to me, 'cause I
See right through you
Look into my eyes
Tell me what you see
You see a man who thought you loved me
Played me like a fool but I see right through you
I look into your eyes
I tell you what I see
I see a girl who ran game on me
You thought you had me fooled but I see right through you
Ash sighed. Wow, the song fitted the two of them well. As he continued to drive his black car to his house now visible. Erika can be seen watering the flowers and plants in their back yard. Erika caught sight of him and waved energetically. He parked his car in the driveway as Erika ran to him.
"Had a nice day, Ash?" she asked, pulling off the green bandana on her head.
"Yeah." Ash replied quietly, walking inside his house.
"Ash?" Erika asked. "Ash, are you okay?"
"I'm fine, really. Don't bother." Ash said, walking up to his room. "Where's mom?"
"She got out to buy some groceries." Erika said, noticing that he was really dizzy, she ran up to him and put his arm around her for support. "Are you sure you're okay? You have a fever…." Erika's voice trailed off as she put the back of her hand under Ash's chin. He was very hot and his eyes kept blinking, as if trying not to go to sleep.
"I'm fine… I know I am…" Ash struggled to walk to the stairway. As he reached the first step, his eyes closed slowly and he fainted there on the spot.
"Ash!" Erika said, kneeling down next to him. She shook his shoulders, but he wouldn't wake up. Erika sighed and tried to carry Ash to his room by wrapping his arm around her shoulder and dragging him up there.
***
Ash groaned, felling that his body was heavy like steel. He tried to get up, but his fever brought him back to the bed. He looked up the wall and saw it was already 7:00 in the morning. The door was opened and Ash's mom came in.
"How are you feeling, honey?" Delia asked her son, sitting down on a chair next to Ash's bed. Ash smiled.
"Still a bit tired, and my body feels like lead." Ash said, trying to sit up. "How come it's already 7:00? Did I sleep that long ever since I came home from the Gym?"
"Well, as Erika told me, you had a very high fever. She tried to bring you up here, and then I came and helped her. You are so heavy, you know that?" Delia chuckled. She dipped a towel in ice-cold water and put it on Ash's forehead. Then she put the tray of chicken soup on the bedside table.
"Can you eat by yourself? Is your hand too heavy? If it is, I'll just help you eat." Mrs. Ketchum said, turning to Ash. Ash laughed.
"Oh c'mon mom! I can do it!" Ash said, laughing again. This time his mom laughed with him.
"Anyway dear, if you want anything, don't hesitate to ask. And don't stand up, Pikachu's right below your bed, okay?"
"Okay mom. By the way, where's Erika?" Ash asked, noticing that Erika was nowhere in sight.
"She's still asleep, Ash." Delia answered, standing up. "Well, go eat your soup dear, then I'll give you your medicine." Delia walked out, closing the door behind her. Ash sat up straight, the feeling heaviness slowly disappearing. He reached for the tray and put it in his lap, eating spoonfuls of his mom's delicious cooking. As he finished, he placed the tray back on the bedside table and looked down on a sleeping Pikachu.
"Pi…pi pika pi…pi pikachu…" Pikachu mumbled, turning over. It opened its small, round brown eyes and looked up at its owner. Pikachu jumped to the bed and looked at Ash concernedly.
"Pi pika pi, pi pikachu? Pika pi?" (Are you all right Ash? Are you hurt?) Pikachu asked. Ash smiled.
"Don't worry Pikachu. I'm… I'm all right. I think you should go to sleep now, since you watched over me all night, right? Here, sleep beside me." Ash picked the Pokèmon up and put it on his second pillow. Pikachu yawned and went to sleep.
Ash turned, still sitting down on his bed, staring out the window. The sun delivered tiny streaks of golden light in his bedroom, illuminating it. Ash sighed. The song did fit them perfectly well… he thought. As he got lost into his own thoughts about the red-haired girl, the phone beside him rang.
"Hello, Ketchum residence, Ash Ketchum speaking." Ash said, his voice probably unrecognizable to the person on the other line.
"Ash? Is that you? What happened to you?" Daisy asked worriedly to Ash.
"Hello Daisy. How are you? Why did you call?" Ash asked back, ignoring the questions asked earlier.
"Well…umm…Ash?"
"Yeah?"
"I've been keeping a secret for so long, I think for too long, that I should've told my sisters, especially you." Daisy said, her voice trembling. "And I want to ask first… are you in a worse emotional state?"
"Well…knowing that you are Misty's sister, maybe I should tell you…yes. I am." Ash sighed. Just because of her."
"Are you sure you can handle more worse indications and happenings than that?" Daisy asked again.
"Of course…" Ash said, curiosity overcoming him.
"You see, months ago…about 5 or 6, I saw something…something that I couldn't imagine her doing. I was walking down the Cerulean Gym's halls and I saw her…I saw a door slightly ajar. Umm…Out of curiosity, I peeped into it, my eyes widening in shock at what I just saw." Daisy took a deep breath. "M-M-Mist-ty w-was there, umm… k-kissing G-Gary O-Oak. I heard from several students and people in the gym that a member of the Elite Four, Gary Oak was visiting the City. At that moment, you were at the mall to meet some fans of yours and sign some autographs. I gasped at what I saw and went to my sisters, Lily and Violet. I hurried to them and tried to say it to them, but…but they won't believe it. T-They j-just said that Misty wouldn't and couldn't do it…couldn't betray you… but she did. She tried to end her relationship with Gary. She tried so many times, but when she's going to say it, Gary suddenly…suddenly…" Daisy found herself that she couldn't continue anymore. A click was heard and another voice was heard.
"Gary will always kiss her… to stop her from breaking it. Then we would always catch her, but we just shook it off our heads. When we heard all about you, we decided to tell it to you…" Lily explained, waiting for Ash's answer.
"So…she was just cheating on me… using me…" Ash whispered, trying to stop tears falling down his face. "After eight years…"
"We're so sorry Ash…I think it was just better with you not knowing it…" Violet suddenly said, tears flowing down the three Sensational Sisters.
"No. I am glad that you…you three told this to me. I can't even believe that you three told me this instead of keeping it to yourselves for your sister's sake…I thank you." Ash said, wiping the single tear that crossed his cheek.
"Daisy? Lily? Violet? What are you doing in there?" Misty's voice can be heard in the background.
"We're so sorry Ash. We have to go now…Misty's here." Lily said, putting her phone down.
"We are, Ash. Even we can't believe what she had done to you." Violet said. "Bye Ash…"
"Bye Ash." Daisy said, and with that the line was cut off.
"Misty…Misty Waterflower betrayed me…" Ash said, the phone still in his hands. The door was opened and a girl in a green skirt with a black shirt came in.
"Ash?" Erika said, closing the door behind her. "Ash, what's wrong?" Erika examined his eyes, which were blank. "Ash? Answer me Ash. Are you okay? Ash? Ash!" Erika shook his shoulders as the phone tumbled down the floor.
It was after some minutes that Ash regained consciousness. Erika looked up.
"Ash? What happened to you?" Erika said, looking intently at his brown eyes.
"I guess I should tell someone…" Ash said, and then started to explain what really happened between the two of them. Erika listened intently to the explanation, her fists balling up at every wrong deed that Misty Waterflower had done…
The phone rang again. Erika picked it up and answered.
"Hello? May I speak with Ash Ketchum please?" Lily's voice echoed through the other line.
"Please wait." Erika said as she handed him the phone.
"Hello Lily? Yeah. Umm…why did you call?" Ash asked uncertainly.
"I want you to come over for some further explanation." Lily said.
"Okay. Can I bring someone with me?" Ash asked.
"Sure!" Lily said, cheering the atmosphere a little bit. They said their goodbyes and put the phone down.
***The next day…***
"Bye mom!" Ash waved as he drove out of his driveway.
"Bye Honey! Take care of yourselves! I don't want you two to get lost!" Delia waved good-bye.
"Don't worry, Mrs. Ketchum." Erika said as they disappeared from Mrs. Ketchum's sight.
***Cerulean City Gym…***
"Hey, someone's pulling up in the parking lot!!!!" Daisy said, noticing the black car.
"And good car too!" Violet said. "I think he's a celebrity or a gym leader to own that kind of a car."
"He's both. He's Ash, you idiots." Lily exclaimed.
"H-he's Ash?!?!?!" The two guy-crazy girls squeaked, pressing their noses against the window.
"Yes, he is Ash." Lily confirmed, looking at her sisters strangely.
"How come he's so cute all of a sudden?" Violet asked, her eyes still glued on the Pokèmon Master who was walking beside a pretty girl.
"And who is that girl?" Daisy asked, noticing Erika.
"That must be the girl I spoke with yesterday. She said she was just a friend." Lily said.
***Inside…***
"Hiya cutie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Long time no see!" Lily greeted, hugging the young man.
"Hi Lily." Ash said, gasping from Lily's grasp.
"Lily! The cutie can't breathe for God's sake! Let him go!" Daisy said, making Violet and Erika giggle.
"I'm afraid I haven't introduced myself. I'm Erika, Celadon City Gym Leader."
"Lily Waterflower."
"Daisy Waterflower."
"huh?"
"Introduce yourself, silly!" Lily said, bopping her sister in the head.
"Oh. Violet Waterflower. And I suppose you know our younger sister Misty…she's not…she's not here right now…"
"I know… anyway, Ash told me about his problem and I want to know more." Erika said, smiling to the three.
"That's okay." Lily answered. "Just follow us."
***
Misty noticed a shiny black car parked outside. Noticing whom it belongs to; she hurried to different rooms to find the spike-haired man.
***
As the trio explained the details further, Erika volunteered to get some sodas for them. As she walked down the halls of the gym to the snack bar, (Hey, remember the Sensational Sisters Synchronized Swimming shows they have?) she noticed someone familiar running down the halls.
"Erika?" Misty Waterflower said, eyeing the girl. "What are you doing here?"
"I was just about to get some sodas for your sisters and Ash."
"Ash? What is that filthy kid doing here?" She criticized, making Erika's eyes turn into slits.
"Don't ever call him that."
"Why? You're his new girlfriend now?"
"No, I am not."
"So…right. You are his new girlfriend now. I can't believe he replaced me with a bug-lover like you."
"Just shut up." Erika snapped, losing her politeness.
"Oh. Now you tell me to shut up." Misty sneered. Erika looked at the red-haired girl.
Smack!
Erika's palm hit Misty's right cheek, Misty's face facing left.
"You…you did so much to hurt Ash, you know that?" Erika sneered back, looking at her. Misty staggered a few steps backward.
"Do you know that he got sick because of you? Do you know that I was the one who took care of him? And did you know how much pain he suffered through because of you?" Erika continued, lowering her hand. "Do you know that huh? Do you?!" Erika started, making Misty back up against the wall. "He already had enough of you rubbing the facts in, then you do this to him?"
"Why would you care, Erika?" Misty countered.
"Why I care, Misty Waterflower? Why I care?" Erika said. "Think about it, Waterflower. Did you ever wonder what will happen to Ash if he found out your secret?"
"W-what secret?"
"Oh c'mon Misty…don't play dumb with me… your sisters have told us all about it." Erika said in spitefulness.
"T-they did?"
"Oh yes they did. And you know what? They did that because they couldn't stand the crisis Ash was in and what you have done these past months… They felt sorry for Ash and felt disgusted that their younger sister would do such a thing… to betray…betray someone that loves her so much than his own life. Do you know what it feels like to love someone who doesn't love you back, Misty?"
"Just shut up, Erika. No one would ever get between us. Besides, it was his fault that he didn't pay enough attention to me…paying all his attention to his damn Pokèmon…" Misty said, staring at Erika right in the eye. "And you have no right to do this to me. My sisters would never do this to me."
"Yeah…but then, you wanna know why I care?" Erika snapped.
"I said, shut up!" Misty's hand flew through the air to hit Erika's cheek. Erika grabbed it before a nail graced her skin.
"I care because I love him, Misty. And if he would ever give me a chance, I would never cheat on him like you did, getting a relationship started with his rival. Now, if you would excuse me, I think your sisters and Ash needs some sodas so I will be down at the snack bar." Erika threw Misty's hand down and proceeded to the snack bar.
I would never cheat on him like you did… Erika's words echoed through Misty's mind as she walked absentmindedly ahead.
Author's notes: So, is that long enough for you???????????????? I spent the whole say writing this… anyway, hope you like and enjoy….and REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And I really dedicate this chap to Rea17 since she gave me the idea! And Erika's still that cute polite girl. Thanks, and REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!
-A. Pikachu