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A/N: Not too many changes but I definitely think that putting this into two chappies was a good idea. Shortens it up…LOL! Well anyway, hope you enjoy the revised version!
READ AND REVIEW,
Kasagi Onaso
Changing Identity
Psycho
ONE YEAR LATER…
Catch-up
Misty is now EIGHTEEN and three quarters. Every time you hear the name 'Jana' we are talking about Misty. She now loves bug pokèmon. She is a grass trainer.BACK TO DA STORY…
"Ivysaur! Return!" The one called Jana recalled her pokèmon. She smiled. She had just won another battle. With every one, she knew her Ivysaur was getting closer and closer to evolving. With her grass pokèmon and a strange mix of a water pokèmon, she could beat anyone who stood in her way.
"Jana! Are you ready to go?"
"Sure Odeshi." She walked to where her friend was standing.
"Wow," Odeshi breathed. "It sure is hot out here. Do you wanna go get a cone?" Jana nodded.
"Sure."
As they were walking, they started a small conversation.
"So what pokèmon do you have now?"
"Um, Beedrill, Ivysaur, Gloom, Nidoqueen, Nidorino, and Starmie." Odeshi yawned.
"Your Ivysaur hasn't evolved yet?" Jana sighed.
"No."
"Too bad. It looks really close though. Now tell me why you have that Starmie again?"
"Because Staryu was my first pokèmon." Jana shrugged one shoulder. "It only seemed right to train it."
"Ah, I see. Look, there it is. Boy, it looks crowded." Jana squinted her eyes at the small shop.
"Yeah. Wait. What's that sign say up there?"
"Pok-è-mon… Come see… Oh, I don't know. We have to get closer."
"What does it say now?"
"Pokèmon—Come see the Pokèmon Master! Today at three." Jana gulped.
"Who's the Pokèmon Master?"
"Ash Ketchum. Duh-h-h-h."
"What time is it?"
"2:45. Hmm, if we're lucky, we may get to see him. Come on!"
"Shi-san, I don't know…"
"Oh, come on. That way, we can see him and eat ice-cream at the same time."
"Oh, alright."
They walked into the store.
"Yo! Ace!" The man at the counter nodded to them.
"Hello Jana. Odeshi. What can I get for you?"
"Um, I'll have a vanilla cone," said Jana. Odeshi elbowed her and laughed.
"Oh, you're so original! I'll have a Mocha cup with hot-fudge, peanuts, and caramel." Jana flinched.
"You're too NOT."
Ace led them into the back where there was no one else sitting there.
"A special place for my favorite ladies."
"Aw, thanks Ace," they said in unison. Ace shook his head.
"If you two didn't have different hair colors, one would think you were twins. Dou Itashimashite, my girls." With that, he turned and walked into the crowd of people.
"That was sweet!" Jana nodded.
"I know." She licked her cone thoughtfully. Odeshi laughed.
"You know, maybe we're fraternal twins." Jana linked arms with her.
"Maybe."
There was a crash and a Pikachu skittered into the clearing.
"Pikachu! You're not supposed to make any noise!" The two girls stood up quickly.
"Who's there?" Another Pikachu joined the first but this one had a little hair sticking up on its forehead.
"Come on, Sparky! We gotta hide!" Jana took a step back with realization. Sparky had been Richie's Pikachu. Then the other one must be…? A man with black spiky hair ran out after the Pikachu. Close behind him, were two other figures. A man with brown spiky hair and a woman with long brown hair.
Julie.
Her insides churned with dislike and rage. Odeshi stepped forward.
"Um, can we help you?" The man with black hair looked up.
"Yeah. We're in hiding."
"What?" He stood up.
"I'm Ash Ketchum. And you two are…?"
"I'm Odeshi Hisaka," said Odeshi, with stars in her eyes. He nodded, turned his gaze on the quiet one and a sharp prick of recognition hit him.
"I'm Jana Flower." He nodded again.
"Well, I canceled out the meeting at three and I got hit by an angry mob… Anyway, this is Richie and Julie." Richie blinked at Jana.
"Nice to meet you." Julie nodded. Jana narrowed her eyes slightly.
"Ditto." Ash eyed the pokèballs on Jana's waist belt.
"Oh. Are you a trainer?" Jana nodded.
"We both are."
"What kind of pokèmon?"
"Grass," they both answered in unison. Odeshi shrugged.
"Well except for Jana's Starmie. That's her only other pokèmon that's not a grass." Jana flushed.
"I have a good water pokèmon because then, since fire beats grass, I at least have a good chance of knocking out a couple of their pokèmon before Starmie faints." Ash blinked.
"Wow. That's a good strategy."
"Thank you." Richie coughed.
"May we see your pokèmon?" Odeshi and Jana exchanged glances and then they nodded. Richie eyed them. "Are you two twins?"
"N—yes," said Jana, as Odeshi elbowed her and smiled. "Fraternal because of our hair color." Richie laughed.
"Sure. Well anyway…"
"Oh, yeah. Go! Oddish, Gloom, Gloom, and Vileplume!" Jana smiled.
"GO! Beedrill, Ivysaur, Gloom, Nidoqueen, Nidorino, and Starmie!"
"Hiya!" The star pokèmon turned to Ash's Pikachu and made a soft sound. Ash was starting to get suspicious. But then it saw her Beedrill.
"Oh," he said in dismay. "You like bugs?"
"Well, they're okay. I like Caterpie a lot. They're cute." Richie elbowed Ash with a raised eyebrow.
"What're you thinking, man?"
"Doesn't she look like…?"
"Yeah but she likes bugs. I mean, that was Misty's big no-no." Ash nodded. "But she has really good pokèmon."
"I'll say." Jana turned to Julie.
"Do you have any pokèmon?" Julie yawned and put on a stiff smile.
"No. I think they are a waste of time. But I do like Clefairy. She's really cute." Jana nodded.
"Oh. I love them."
They walked to the park, talking about things, this or another. Jana laughed.
"So-o-o-o… When did you become Master? Last year, right?"
"Yeah."
"How long had you been training?"
"Umm, about eight years."
"Eight years?" she said, amazed. Ash became defensive.
"Well, in that time, I got all eight Kanto badges, beat the orange league, got all the badges in Johto, caught all the pokèmon, and became Master."
"Wow," said Odeshi and Jana. Ash smiled. Then his smiled faded into frown.
"Richie…?"
"Oh, yeah. Here." He got out a poster from his bag. "Have you seen her? The Cerulean sisters are going crazy." Jana gulped when she saw the picture. It had been taken when Ash had just beaten the last of the elite and had become number one. Her arms were wrapped around him and Richie in a messy hug and vice-versa. She was laughing.
"This is…?"
"Misty Waterflower. Maybe you've seen her…?" Jana shook her head.
"No I haven't."
You liar. You see her every day in the mirror.
Ash's face fell.
"Oh. Well if you do…?" Odeshi tapped her chin.
"We'll call the number at the bottom of this poster." Odeshi suddenly looked at Jana and tried to see her without the streaks. Sure, they would look a lot alike, but Jana's eyes were still a deep green. Contacts could've done that. Odeshi shook her head. No, couldn't be.
Could it?
"I think you have seen her," said Julie, in a soft voice. "More frequently than anyone else." Jana narrowed her eyes and took a step back.
"W-what are you talking about?"
"Yeah Julie," said Ash. "What're you talking about? She wouldn't lie to us if she had seen Misty. What is it to her?"
"Everything," Julie said, turning her eyes on Jana. "If she is Misty." Jana blinked and saw a glint of hair as Julie shook her head.
Julie's hair.
"You! That was you I saw! In the shadows when I was walking out of that hotel when I first met Odeshi." Julie nodded.
"I knew you wouldn't go far. So I followed you. It was my idea to come to this city. I knew we would find you here." Jana took another step back.
"But…?"
"Time for your punishment. You've been a bad girl." Julie reached into her pocket and pulled out a pokèball. "Too bad you have a water pokèmon. Now this is going to be just a little harder." She smiled. "But not much. GO CHARIZARD!" She laughed evilly as the giant dragon appeared. "Ever since I saw you that day, I found out your name, where your location was, I even found out what pokèmon you were training. So I struck a deal with the local pokèmon center. Either they give me a Charmeleon or I shoot them. But they didn't have a Charmeleon so they gave me a Charmander.
"It took forever to train. To get it to the level it is now. But it was worth it. Now I will get you for all the pain you caused Ashy! Flame-thrower!" Jana leaped out of the way, just as a hot cylinder of billowing flames shot past her. She crashed to the ground and struggled to get up.
"Misty!" She heard Ash call her name.
"Be still Ash! Or I will kill you too." But he didn't stop. She felt him at her side and he helped her up.
"I'm sorry," Misty whispered. Ash refuses to make any eye contact with her and turns away.
"GO BELLSPROUT! TIE HIMUP!"
"Go Beedrill, Ivysaur, Gloom, Nidoqueen, Nidorino, and Starmie! Give it your best shot guys!"
"Go Poliwhirl, Wooper, and Quilava! Kick their butts!" Misty was thrown back yet again and dirt was sprayed into her left eye. Crying out, she pulled the contacts out, leaving her eyes a green-blue. Blinking a couple times, she breathed out. Then she shook her head, a hate in her eyes.
"You can beat the water easily! Vine whip! Razor Leaf!" She beckoned Ivysaur over. "Return. I'm saving you. Water gun, Starmie!" she yelled as an ember singed one of Gloom's orange petals. All of her pokèmon were knocked out.
Except for Charizard.
He was taking her pokèmon by the storm. Her Starmie had time for a powerful hydro pump before it was knocked out.
Misty gripped Ivysaur's pokèball to her chest and back away. Tripping over a rock, she fell back and she was on her back. Sitting up quickly, she pushed at the ground with her feet, and slowly backed up. The Charizard threw an flame wheel attack at her and she flung herself out of the way, but not before catching the flames with her arm. Crying out, she hit the ground and the pokèball flew out of her hand, releasing Ivysaur. Misty tried to move her burnt arm but it felt numb. The Ivysaur blinked and gasped when it saw the Charizard. Julie smiled cruelly.
"Maximum Fire."
"No!'" cried Misty. She dragged herself in front of the Ivysaur. "I won't let you," she whispered.
"Your loss, my gain. Go ahead Charizard!" Charizard threw a column of burning black flames at Misty and Ivysaur. Misty was thrown back and into a tree as the flames licked her legs, arms, and her face. Pain seared through her as small blisters formed on her body. She screamed in pain. When the flames stopped, she opened her eyes and looked around for Ivysaur. She gasped when she saw it. It was lying in a heap, smoke flying from the singeing leaves in its back. She let out a strangled cry and ran to the pokèmon's side. Placing a hand on its stomach, she felt for a heartbeat. "Finish it off," she heard Julie say.
"No," Misty whispered, backing up against the seemingly dead pokèmon. "I WON'T LET YOU!" Suddenly, Misty felt a heat behind her and something pushed against her back, forcing her a bit forward.
"Wha—? Oh, Ivysaur!" Her Ivysaur had evolved into a massive Venusaur. The pokèmon roared as deafening as the Charizard. Julie blinked but regained her smile.
"No matter Charizard! Kill them both!" The Venusaur lugged its massive body in front of Misty and roared again, another challenging cry. The Charizard blinked and answered the call. The Venusaur narrowed its eyes, waving its once singed leaves at the massive lizard pokèmon. It roared once more, its cry echoing through the forest around them
Then it attacked.
With speed not thought possible coming from a Venusaur, it rushed at Charizard and knocked it off its feet. With and enraged cry, it landed on its tail. Venusaur began to glow. Misty's eyes widened with excitement and surprise.
"SOLARBEAM!" She shouted. Venusaur bellowed loudly and a large, powerful, golden beam shot at Charizard. With a pained growl, Charizard fainted and Julie quickly recalled it.
"What's going on here?" Julie shot a quick look at the approaching Officer Jennies and sent a hate-filled look at Misty, who was rubbing her burned arm.
"I'll get you," she whispered, snarling. Then she took off towards the woods, leaving all her other pokèmon behind. Misty felt lightheaded as she stood up, looking after Julie. Suddenly, an arm was there to support her as it wrapped around her waist. She looked up, vision blurring, and saw Ash's smiling face.
Then she blanked out.
Waking up slowly, she sat up suddenly, grabbing at the oxygen mask on her face. She looked around the white room and pulled up the covers. She cried out as on of the sheets stuck to her burned arm. Or, rather, stuck to the wrapping covering her arm. "Where am I?" There was a soft knock on her door.
"Can I come in?" It was Ash. She bit her lip.
"Yeah. I guess." He walked in, shutting the door behind him, and sat on the edge of her bed
"How's your arm?" She moved it around.
"Fine, I suppose." There was an awkward and uncomfortable silence. Ash cleared his throat.
"Um, Misty?"
"Yeah?"
"Did you mean what you said to me in that hotel room?" A dull banging began to fill her head, like the slow, steady beat of a drum.
"What did I say? I can't remember." She closed her eyes and rubbed her temples, feeling him shift uncomfortably on the bed.
"You said…You said that…That it was a waste to try…" He gulped. She snapped her eyes open, remembering.
"I remember." A crystal formed on his cheek, taking a silent trip to his chin.
"Oh."
"And…I still mean it." He looked away.
"Listen I'm sorry-" Then she kissed him.
"You're so damn stupid," she whispered. "But I love you anyway." He smiled and kissed her again, running his fingers through her blonde-red hair.
"Are we ready?" asked Ash, as they headed out of the Pokecenter. Misty counted the bags and nodded.
"We're all set." Oddeshi came up and hugged Misty.
"Please write," she whispered.
"I will. And take care of my pokèmon!" Oddeshi nodded, wiping some tears from her eyes. "Aw come on," said Misty, beginning to tear up to. "You're gonna make me cry too." Ash tugged on her hand and she winked at Oddeshi, who winked back.
Misty gripped her new Venusaur as she and Ash headed off to begin her journey.
Like it? Hate it? Okay, I like wrote this story years ago (maybe not years but A year) so I know it might suck. When it's done being revised I'm like NO DIFFERENCE. Oh, well. I'll need at least 15 reviews to make another chapter. I already have eight! Come on, make a person happy! LOL! Well get some reviews in and cyal8r!
Lot's 'o Love,
Kasagi Onaso