A Past That Haunts

~. Sadistic Angel .~

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I don't own Pokemon.

Wow. 0_0 It's been a while, hasn't it? I'm not exactly sure where I left off in the plot. That tells you something... Well, Sorry I've been gone so long. I'm going to try to write a little more often.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

A month had passed since Misty's encounter with Kurt. She had been found in one of the unoccupied rooms inside the hospital when the nurse went in to clean it. After much convincing on Ash's part, they had allowed her to go home after a few tests that revealed she had no broken bones. The days had been so quiet. And Misty hated it. Ash seemed tense around her. As if he knew something. He would disappear for a couple of hours every day, and he would just shrug off any questions about his whereabouts. Sometimes they would talk and everything seemed the way it had been when they were younger, but it was usually quickly spoiled by something or other. Misty sat on the couch waiting patiently for Ash to show up as usual. With a frown on his face. She took a deep breath and glanced towards the door again as she heard a noice outside. Sure enough, it was Ash.

" Ash, where have you been?" she asked seriously. She knew he would avoid the question, but she was determined to get an answer.

" Andrea was released from the hospital. She's going home to Veridian. All the activity around her seems to have stopped. The accidents her family would suffer too. It seems Kurt stopped going after her. I told her it might be a trap, but she won't listen. she wants everything to be normal, and apparently this is as close as it's going to get." He sighed and sat down on the couch. This speech was to throw her off topic and make her think he had been looking after Andrea at the hospital. but Misty knew that if he didn't actually come out and say it, it was a lie.

" Look, Ash. I know you haven't been with Andrea all this time. I want to know where you have been. I don't want you keeping things from me." Misty began, but he cut her off. His eyes narrowed and she knew he was angry.

" All right, Misty. Let's be COMPLETELY honest with each other. What connection do you have to Kurt? Why do you hate him so much? Why does he seem to know you soooo damn well? Come on! Answer me!" he was practically screaming now, and he had gotten up. Misty's eyes narrowed too.

"WHATEVER reason I have to hate Kurt, it's a better one than you do. I assure you."

" You don't know my reasons..."

" I do know your resons. So he chased you and your little girlfriend for a couple of months. You don't know what he did to me."

" Misty! He made our lives miserable for a YEAR. A YEAR, Misty. It started shortly after you left. That's how long he made our lives a living hell. And I don't know your reasons, do I? Well, I know more than you think. I know it has something to do with this." He took out to papers from his pocket and threw them at her. She looked at them, one was a note from Dean, and the other a small wallet sized copy of the same picture Misty had on her dresser. She looked at him in amazement.

" Where did you get this?"

" I found it. I've been looking for things related to Kurt. I've been asking around."

" Well, Ash, since you want to know the whole story. Dean DIED protecting me. Kurt killed him. We were engaged, you know. We were going to get married in 2 months when it happened. We were engaged."

" I know. I actually cared what happened to you. I heard about the engagement, but when you didn't marry, they told me you had broken it off. I didn't know the whole story, or even most of it, until I started asking around. I just wish you had told me instead of trying to keep it from me." Misty looked at him, her eyes softening a bit.

" Well, I'm not the only one keeping secrets." she said, looking at the floor sadly and walked out of the room.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Sorry if it's kind of messed u, but I'm having a hard time writing something i left like 2 months ago. ^_^ Anyway, I'll try to have the next chapter out in a month or so. Sadistic Angel signing off.