Ash groaned and opened his eyes wearily. His vision was a blur, but when it cleared it showed that he was sitting on a chair in the back garden. He must have fallen asleep when he was resting out in the garden.
He stood up and heard something and looked over to she Misty standing by the fence, looking up at the sky. "Hey Misty" Ash asked, but she didn't seem to hear him as she continued to look at the sky.
"Is it true what Zapdosman said?" She said suddenly.
Ash was confused, but nervous. "What did he say?"
Misty turned and looked at him. "Are you really Ariadosman?"
Ash froze. How had she found out? "I..." He didn't seem any point in denying it. He lowered his head. "Yes...but I hope that doesn't change anything. We're still friends right?"
Misty had a look of disgust on her face. "Friends? With a mutated freak? I don't think so. I hate bugs, and now I hate you"
Ash felt as though his heart had been ripped out of his chest and thrown in a blender. How could she hate him? He never thought she'd say that, espscially after what had happened a week ago, with the game of truth or dare. "Misty, I'm still me"
"Ya, your still part human, isn't that nice?" Misty said in a sarcastic tone. "By now I'm getting impatient waiting for that bike you've owed me for the past eight years. I give up, nice knowing you...not!" And with that, she turned and stormed into the house.
Ash's legs gave way under him and he sat in the chair. He couldn't believe it, Misty was leaving. So the only reason she did follow him was for the bike.
Suddenly, he heard her scream, and he had run into the house before he knew it. As he ran in, he saw something on the floor. He bent down and gasped. It was blood, and it was covering the whole floor.
Taking deep breaths, he looked into the kitchen. Brock and Misty were lying on the floor, along with Pikachu and all his other Pokémon, and they were all covered in blood. He walked in, his breaths becoming deeper and his heart beating faster. He knelt down next to Pikachu and shook his friend, trying to get a responce, but there was nothing, and it was clear that none of them were breathing.
There was a suddenly clater from behind Ash, the sound of metal scrapinf off something and Ash turned just in time to see Zapdosman flying forward with a dagger two inches from Ash's face.
Ash's eyes shot open, cold sweat covered his face and his breathing was fast. He was sitting out in the back garden and the sun was shining brightly. "A...dream?" He said in disbelief. It had seemed so real, every part of it. From whats-his-name with the dagger to Misty saying she hated him. Just the memory of what she had said in his nightmare gave him a piercing feeling in his heart.
If she ever did find out, would that be her reaction. No, Misty would never say that to him. But still, the fact that it was possible made him think his dicission not to tell her was definately the right thing to do. He couldn't live if Misty hated him, it was the worst thing possible.
He sighed deeply and wiped his forehead. "Why me?" He thought as he lay back and looked at the sky.
[Come on Ash, how hard can it be?] Ariados said as he and Ash sat at the edge of a building the next day.
"Very. It's not that easy Ariados. I know all I have to do is tell Misty I like her, but it's the fear of getting rejected that holds me back" Ash explained looking down at the passing cars below. "If I told Misty, and she didn't feel the same, I'd be nearly willing to turn a dagger on myself"
Ariados shivered. [Come on, you wouldn't...would you?]
Ash closed his eyes. "I don't know, she means the whole world to me. I'd die before I'd let anything happen to her"
[Wow] Ariados, amazed at how much Ash cared for Misty. It must be a human thing, Ariados had never experienced this kind of feeling, and no other Ariados he knew had spoken so deeply. Ariados smiled. [Don't worry, I'm sure everything will be ok]
Ash sighed. "I sure hope so..."
Misty walked through the streets of Goldenrod. Even though she had been there for a few weeks, she didn't know how dangerous it could get. She strolled in and out of shops, paying little attention to anything else. As she walked out of a jewlery shop and put some of her change back into her backpack, a man walked up to her.
"Give me whatever's in the bag" He said in a rushed voice.
Misty looked up at him. "Why the hell would I-" She froze as the man took out a gun and pointed it at her.
"I'm not afraid to use this you know. Now hand over the bag" He repeated.
Misty swallowed hard. She couldn't hand over her bag, all her Pokéballs were in it. The money could be replaced, but not her Pokémon. She hugged the bag to herself.
"You can do this the easy way or the hard way" the man said grabbing Misty's wrist so she couldn't get away.
Misty tried to pull away but the mans grip was to tight. "Let me go!" She yelled, but the man pointed the gun at her face.
There was a sudden blur of red and purple and the next thing Misty knew there was someone standing in front of her looking down at the man, who was now on the floor with his hands covering his face.
Ash, known at that moment as Ariadosman, stood in front of Misty, his hand clenched in a fist. "Didn't I catch you last week?" He said to the man lying on the ground.
Misty stepped back, breathing hard and hugging her bag tighter. He took a sudden sharp breath as the person standing in front of her looked back. "Are you ok?" He asked.
There was something fermiliar about him. Misty didn't know why she felt like this, she'd never met this person in her life. She nodded slowly as she couldn't find words.
Ash smiled at her and turned back to the man. "You gonna come quietly or do you wanna take this the hard way?" He said, raising his fist to make his point.
In a split second the man had pulled out his gun again and was pointing it at Ash. "One wrong move and I'll shoot" He said warningly, the people around them now stepping far away, including Misty.
Ash frowned and looked at the gun before he lowered his hand, but showed no sign of fear. The man stood up and kept the gun pointed at Ash's forehead. "Any last words?" He asked grinning.
Ash stared into the other mans eyes, but made no responce. "Think Ketchum think!" He thought angrily. As the mans finger began to pull the trigger, as punched his arm hard upwards, causing the gunshot to narrowly miss his head. There were a few screams from around and Ash brought his other fist forward and gave the man a blow to the chest, causing him to lose his grip on the gun and fall back, gasping for breath.
"Let's wrap things up Ariados" Ash said as the bug Pokémon, who had been on standby, lept to his side, causing Misty to jump away. Ariados grinned and released a String Shot, wrapping the man in a sticky web. "You know what to do" Ash said and the bug Pokémon nodded, stopping when web was covering most of the man except his head. Ariados kept a short but strong web line connected to the man and lept off towards the police station, dragging the man with him.
Ash sighed and turned back to Misty. "Watch yourself, ok?" He said and Misty nodded slowly. He smiled and winked, causing Misty's heart to skip a beat, before he shot a web out and was out of sight before anyone knew it.
Misty stood frozen, as everyone else returned to normal faster then she expected. She had heard about Ariadosman in the news, but he seemed so different in person. From what she heard he was this wacky weirdo that just appeared out of no were and seemed to be all over the city at once. The way the news put it he didn't seem like someone to trust, but then again who can trust the news? Misty felt like she knew him. He was a good person, she could tell.
She walked back home, feeling happier than she found neccessery. Why was she so happy? And when he winked at her, why did she get that fermilier feeling? Like when Ash smiles at her or something? She blushed slightly but brushed it off.
Speaking of Ash, he wasn't acting completely normal over the past few weeks. What was wrong with him? He kept saying there was nothing wrong, and he wouldn't tell anyone were he went during the day. This made Misty curious. "I don't know what's going on, but I'm going to find out...It just better not be a girlfriend" She thought angrily as she walked into the house.
To Be Continued
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Sorry this took so long guys, but whacha gonna do? I know not many people read this fic anyway, but it don't matter, I have fun writin' it anyway. Well I'll let you guys judge this for yourself, please review and slán!
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