Chapter 2: Bonding
Author's Notes: Sorry it's taken me so long to get this out guys. Things got really busy at school first I had exams and then planning a grad trip and going on it, and now I'm getting ready for graduation. * blah * lol ^_^ Anyway I have been working on this story a bit in school so here is the next chapter. Hope you all like it!!
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Pika318- yep he's Ash's father. And I don't know what Pikachu's official gender is but I like to think of Pikachu as a girl. * shrugs* dunno why I just do ^_^
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A forest was blanketed by the darkness of night, the only light came from the full moon shining brightly overhead. A quiet breeze rattled the branches of the trees, breaking the eerie quiet of the forest. And in the middle of the forest stood Ash lost, confused, and alone. He looked around him as a small chill raced up his spine causing him to involuntarily shiver. He had a bad feeling about this place. 'Where am I?' wondered Ash worried, 'Why is it so quiet?'
He carefully started to make his way through the forest, as he picked a random direction to start heading. The further he went the worse the bad feeling he had about the forest grew. After walking for a while a minor fog began to fill the forest making it hard for him to see things around himself. Ahead of him, Ash thought he saw the outline of a figure through the fog. Filled with the hope of figuring out where the heck he was, Ash ran as quick as he could toward the figure. Once he was close enough to make out who it was, he gasped in shock. There was a huge clearing in front of him and in the center of it was Misty. Her arms were tied behind her back, her feet tied together, her hair was undone so it flew freely in the small breeze, and her face was wet with tears. As she gazed up and saw Ash, her eyes filled with hope, and fresh tears of relief fell down her cheeks. "Ash?" she whispered hopefully, scared that he was just an illusion.
"Hold on, Misty!" called Ash as he got over his shock and rushed toward her.
Before he could get close to her though, the trees by him suddenly shot out vines wrapping around him from his shoulders to his ankles. Ash cried out in pain as the vines tightened as he struggled to get free. He continued to struggle till he saw a dark figure step out of the trees beside him. The person was wearing a black cloak with a hood over his head hiding his face. The only part of his face that was visible was his eyes. They were deep blood red eyes that reflected nothing but coldness and hatred towards him and Misty. And as Ash looked into them he felt the worst feeling of fear he ever had before. The person looked as for a second before focusing his attention on Misty, and walked over to her. Misty shock in terror as the person walked up to her, and picked her up throwing her over his shoulder; he quickly ran off into the fog. "No! Let me go!" screamed Misty in absolute terror, "Ash! Help me, please!"
"Misty!" screamed Ash as he struggled even harder to get free.
Then echoing in the forest was the most anguished, pain filled scream he had ever heard coming from Misty. "Misty!" screamed Ash in absolute horror as tears spilled down his face as her scream continued to echo in his mind and soul.
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"No!" cried Ash as he shot up out of his bed.
His eyes darted around the room dazedly, as he slowly realized he was in a bed and not the forest. He was covered in sweat, and gasping for air as he tried to calm down.
"Pika-pi, pikachu pi pi?" (Ash, are you ok?) asked Pikachu worried.
Ash looked down at her a sighed in relief as he realized it was just a nightmare. He pet her on the head as he answered, "Yeah I'm fine, Pikachu, just a bad dream. Sorry I woke you."
"Pika chu pi pi pika pika chu" (Must have been some dream.)
"It was way to intense, but I'll be ok," Replied Ash as he yawned, looking at the clock he saw that it was 9:30 am, "May as well get up."
"Pi." (Ok) agreed Pikachu as she hopped off the bed as Ash stood up.
Ash quickly got dressed and then they made their way toward the kitchen. Suddenly Ash came to abrupt stop as he looked into the room he had visited earlier last night. "Pikachu, you go on ahead I'm sure there is a bottle of ketchup with your name on it, waiting for you in the kitchen." Said Ash distracted.
"Pi Pika pika!" (Yay! Ketchup!) cheered Pikachu as she ran as fast as she could to the kitchen.
'Maybe I just dreamed those photos.' Thought Ash to himself as he walked into the room.
He quickly walked over to the fireplace, and there just like before were all the pictures of him from as a little kid to the day he left Pallat town on his pokemon journey. He picked one up, showing him when he was little riding his bike for the first time without training wheels. 'How does he have all these pictures?' wondered Ash really confused, 'It doesn't make sense there's no reason he should have these. I've never seen him before!'
"Anything wrong, Ashura?" asked Merrick as he walked into the room.
Startled out of his thoughts Ash quickly shot around and sighed in relief as he saw it was only Merrick. Then Ash quickly became defensive as the pictures came back to his mind. "How do you know my full name is Ashura?" demanded Ash as he glared at Merrick, "And why do you have all these pictures of me!"
Confusion and a small flicker of hurt flashed through Merrick's eyes as he looked at Ash. "Why shouldn't I know? I am your father, and so I do have –" began Merrick.
"What!" exclaimed Ash interrupting.
Ash looked at Merrick closely as realization began to sink in as he noticed all the similarities between them. "Didn't you-oh-," began Merrick as a slight bit of anger filled him, "Delilah never told you did she?"
"N-No." stammered Ash quietly in shock.
Ash could not believe it. Standing here in front of him was the man he had wondered about his whole life. Wondered what he looked like, what he was like, everything. And now by sheer luck he had found him, Ash quickly sat down on the nearest piece of furniture as hundreds of thoughts ran through his mind. 'My-dad. Wow, I've finally met my father.' Thought Ash as he felt joy, shock, and disbelief all at once.
"I guess this explains why you didn't seem to know me when you and your friends showed up on my doorstep." Laughed Merrick, "Come on, lets go to the kitchen before your friends start to wonder what is taking you so long."
"Uh-right." Stammered Ash as the shock began to wear off.
Ash stood up and dazedly followed Merrick to the kitchen. "Finally decided to join us, Ash." Smiled Misty as Ash and Merrick came into the room.
"Once you have some breakfast we should get going if we want to make it before it gets dark." Suggested Brock.
"Oh, you want to leave already." Said Merrick surprised; "I was sort of hoping you might have wanted to stay here for a little while, Ash, so we could get to know each other better."
"Really!" exclaimed Ash as he finally came out of his shocked state, excited at the idea of getting to know his father.
Merrick laughed, "Of course, what father wouldn't want to get to know his own child."
"What!" exclaimed a surprised Brock, Misty, and Pikachu.
"Pika-pi, pikachu pika ka" (Ash, is that true?)
"Yeah, I just found out. I've always wondered what my father was like, and now I have the chance to. You guys can go ahead of me, while I stay here for three days. Then I'll meet up with you in Viridian City. I'll call you before I head out." Said Ash in a quick flurry of words since he was so excited.
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"See you guys in three days!" yelled Ash as he waved goodbye to Brock and Misty.
Smiling he walked back into the mansion. They three days flew by for Ash, as they spent all their time filling each other in what has happened to them over their lives. Before they knew it the three days had past and it was time for Ash to continue on his journey. Ash quickly ran to the vid-phone and called Brock and Misty. "Hey guys I'm heading out now so I should be at the pokemon center before nightfall." Informed Ash.
"Awesome, we'll see you in a few hours man." Grinned Brock as he quickly left after a Nurse Joy that had just walked by.
"Oh brother." Sighed Misty as she watched him run off. "I better deal with him. Try not to get lost, Ash."
"Thanks for the vote of confidence, Misty." Growled Ash annoyed.
Misty laughed, "Any time. See you when you get here. If you do." And with that she hung up.
Ash mumbled something about scrawny girls as he gathered his hat and kitbag. "Alright, Pikachu, we're all set to go." Smiled Ash as she hopped up onto his shoulder. "We'll show Misty that we won't get lost."
"Pi!" cheered Pikachu as she gave the V for Victory sign with her paw.
They went to the front door to say goodbye to Ash's Dad.
To Be Continued….
Author's Notes: Sorry guys decided to cut it off there since I want the next part to work better than it is right now. Hope your liking it so far. I promise all the good stuff will be coming soon. ^_^ Till Next Time have fun reading all those great fanfics other authors have to offer.