I don't own Pokemon. This fic is my own ideas.

Johto champions

Ch 10

(Ash, Brock, Misty, Ritchie and Casey are running back from Ash's semi final match, which Ash won, but narrowly against Giselle. He won by using Pikachu against Giselle's newly evolved Marowak.

Ritchie knocked on the restaurant

"Catherine are you there?" he whispered

(No answer came from inside)

"Must be sleeping," he told Ash

(Ash tried the door and it opened. They went inside)

"I will try upstairs," Misty told Ash and Ritchie

(Casey gasped)

"What is it Case" Ash hurried over to her

"Cath, Cath" Casey stammered

Ritchie gasped, "Ash go to the pokemon centre and tell Nurse Joy to call an doctor

"But Ritchie" Ash tried to say

"Just go" Ritchie blared out

"Ok, Ok" Ash ran outside

(Ritchie sat by Catherine)

"Why could I let this happen I could have stopped here and not gone to Ash's match?" he sobbed

(Misty went over to him)

"You didn't know this was to happen," she said

"I know, I know" he said "But I feel it was all my fault

***

(20 minutes later and a doctor came to the restaurant. He put Catherine on a stretcher and led her into an ambulance)

"Sir couldn't I go in with her" Ritchie asked the doctor

"Are you relations of this young girl?" the doctor asked quizzingly staring at first Ritchie and then Ash

"No sir" Ritchie said "But she doesn't have any family living here she just works here

"Very well" said the doctor "Two of you can come with me

(The five of them huddled together in a group)

"Ash cant he has to train for tomorrow" Misty said

"Ritchie you should go you are the one who is her friend" Ash told him

"Casey do you want to come with me, let these three train" Ritchie asked the Electrabuzz fan

"Ok" Casey brightened

"Tell Catherine if she wakes up she will have a pokemon for tomorrow" Ash told Ritchie

"Ok" the two of them shook hands and Ritchie and Casey climbed into the ambulance

As it drew away Misty looked at Ash

"Come on are we going to train or what" she glared at him

"Ok, Ok" Ash and Misty ran down the road to the pokemon centre with Brock following them

***

(A phone rang in the house of Catherine's family, her mother Joan picked it up)

"Hello" she said brightly. Her face went white

"Dean?" she asked Catherine's father after she put the phone down "Where is Katie?"

"Katie is playing with Olivia" Dean said. Olivia was one of Katie's best friends and Katie was Catherine's younger sister

"Oh thank goodness" Joan's face brightened. Then it softened "Because we have some bad news

"What is it?" Dean asked her

"Catherine is in the hospital" Joan sobbed Dean went over to her and hugged her

"What happened?" he asked her

"I don't know" she sobbed "Something about an accident

"We will better go up and see her" Dean got up and put his coat on

"Better ring Lauren first, to see if she can look after Katie, she will be on her own because Mellin is in the Johto league and will have only Olivia to take care off" he dialled the number

***

Ritchie and Casey were sitting by the bedside of Catherine. Suddenly Mellin who got beat by Ash came through the door

"Ritchie, Casey what are you doing here!" she exclaimed

"Well what are you doing here?" Casey asked her

"I know Catherine" she said "My little sister, well my mum and dad's blood child because I am adopted, is friends with Catherine's little sister Katie, when I was younger Catherine used to look after me all the time, and now" she sighed

"Is her mum and dad coming?" Ritchie asked her

"Yes in fact it was my mum who told me the news because she is looking after Katie"

"Well we wont be needed anymore" Ritchie told her

"But you will she need friends like you and Casey"

"Ok we will stay" Ritchie sat down

***

Meanwhile Ash Misty and Brock sat down at a table having something to eat

"Oh no" Brock groaned

(Ash turned around, Gary was coming)

"What do you want?" Ash asked him

"Oh nothing just to make sure you don't chicken out for tomorrow," Gary laughed

"I wont" Ash looked calm

"Cause I am doubly prepared now since you beat my girlfriend" Gary laughed

"Giselle is your girlfriend" Misty exclaimed

"Oh no" Brock sobbed

"Get over it" Gary laughed

"But why wasn't you there today" Misty asked Gary

" Well I was, you know, busy with training" Gary started to walk away "See you again losers"

(Ash looked stunned)

"Ash are you ok" Misty asked him "Guess I have to do this the easy way

(She reached out and gave him a kiss. Ash soon woke up after that)

"What, What" he sputtered

"Ash I do love you," she said softly

"I do too" he grinned at her

(Brock looked at Pikachu)

"Why is it always me" he whined

"Pikachu" Pikachu said

(Ash and Misty walked away holding hands)

"Hey wait" Brock ran after them

Next chapter narrated by Ash

It's the final. Me vs. Gary. And at the hospital will Catherine be ok

Author's notes

Thanks the egg again for Mellin she wanted to be in it again (smiles)

The family names and Mellins family are my own names and haven't been copied from anywhere I hope

Please read and review and this fic wont be updated for a long time because of school studies but when I get free time I will update it

Digifan