Author's note: Thanks for all the reviews. I really didn't expect so many
reviews to come all at once and so was quite surprised. Also note that I
already have a thought of who will end up with Ash, but I don't think that
anyone except me will not be surprised with the ending, but I could be
wrong as I'm only human. Also, on note of the name Yellow, I just thought
that it would be something that Ash could think of himself as he vaguely
remembers Pikachu, though he doesn't know why. Please don't get upset with
Marin's last name, though (_). Also sorry for the mistake on him being in
a coma for three years. It actually is one year. Sorry if that confused
anyone. One last note, when Ash was swept down in the river, Misty didn't
even have a real chance to think before he was gone. It wasn't her fault
that he was lost nor was it Brock, even though Brock blamed himself. For
those who realized where I got a few names, please note that I couldn't
think of any other names and those were already made (Yes I am quite lazy,
but it is difficult to come up with some names). Anyway, enjoy Chapter 3.
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Four years after Yellow woke up, he has made a small life for himself and has already married Marin. Since Yellow doesn't know his original last name, he has decided to use Marin's maiden name, Crystal. He has a few children, the oldest is a girl that Ash couldn't explain, but he felt pressed to name her Misty. She is currently 2. All he could tell is that he had some sort of connection to that name. The other child that he has Marin wanted to name him Tarin. He is just barely 6 months old. Yellow didn't have any objections to that.
He also has gone into being a guide for Pokemon trainers that come by and would pay to see where there are pokemon to catch as well as a place for finding or avoiding other or certain trainers. He also had been able to make up several campsites so it would help and not destroy the land and so that Pokemon wouldn't become scarce. Yellow still has not remembered anything of his past, but still feels a great emptiness inside when he thinks about it.
Yellow tries to find small jobs that he can do when he's waiting for another trainer to guide. Often times these would be raising a Pokemon or holding onto one that someone wanted to keep, but didn't want to risk losing it. Marin already had a small Pokemon Center that she used to treat all Pokemon including wild ones that were too weak to run away. Orphaned Pokemon also were abundant there, as three seemed to be a high fatality rate for adult Pokemon in that area.
Yellow has hardly entered any city for very long as he has been constantly on the move. Yellow also is very pleased with how his daughter has shown a very high interest in Pokemon, but Marin keeps on telling Yellow that their daughter is only after a playmate.
Yellow walks into Cherrygrove City for some supplies that he needed to pick up for the Pokemon orphanage that Marin had started long before Yellow was around. Yellow goes into the Poke mart and buys several max potions, max revives, and full heals. He also notes a sign in the store that was announcing that there was a competition for the title of Pokemon Master as the old one was still missing and presumed dead.
Yellow ignores it as he didn't feel any obligation to go for that as he kept on telling himself that he would have needed to start much earlier if he wanted to even have a chance at that, but he couldn't shake the feeling that he should go for it. Yellow shook his head whenever he felt that way, thinking that it must have been some unfulfilled dream that he once had. Even if I was interested, Yellow thought, I wouldn't be able to go for it because Marin needs me here since Talon broke his leg making this same errand last month. As Yellow is leaving the city, he notices Marin waiting for him. Yellow hurries over, trying to think of why she would be waiting for him.
"Anything wrong?" Yellow asks, when he gets up next to Marin.
"No, I just wanted to walk with you back home," Marin replies, sweetly.
"Oh. I thought that something might be wrong and you needed my help," Yellow replies, relieved.
"You just wish that I needed your help," Marin joked, laughing.
"So, could you have had Misty and Tarin without my help," Yellow asked in mock horror.
"Of course not! I meant that you can't do anything without MY help," Marin teased.
Yellow had to laugh at that. Marin often times would ask Yellow to give her a hand and Yellow seldom needed any help other than when Misty or Tarin would demand their mother in their own special way. Yellow usually needed to take some medication when Tarin would demand his mother, as Yellow then would get a really bad headache. They continued walking in the trees for a time in silence for a minute when Marin broke the silence.
"Have you remembered anything yet?" Marin asked, half hoping, but also half-afraid.
"No. If anything does come back, it would never be enough to take me away from you," Yellow said, hugging Marin suddenly.
Marin cried out in surprise, as it wasn't often that Yellow hugged her so spontaneously. "Well, I can't help but thinking that. I don't know if you have another family somewhere else or if you have parents that are still alive who don't know where you are. I wish that we would know. I never knew who my grandparents on my mother's side were, but I want my children to know who your parents were. Even if they are already dead, I feel it's important to have that knowledge."
"I understand, but I still want you to know that I do love you," Yellow said, trying to comfort not only Marin, but also himself.
"Well, I think that we should hurry back. You know how much dad hates having a worried Misty around him," Marin said, winking at Yellow.
Yellow nodded and they began moving more quickly back to the house they lived in.
* * * * * * * * * * *
Misty in Pallet was still having trouble coming to terms with reality without Ash. She still hadn't taken off her wedding ring since he disappeared. Even though, she had told everyone that she thought Ash to be dead, she only did that to get everyone to stop being so nervous around her. As that was often the topic that was talked about around her and even though everyone didn't want to admit it, they also talked about Ash when they thought that she couldn't hear.
Misty then decided to go pay a visit to Ash's mother. Even though she was still in a coma, Misty felt that she should still be there for her mother-in-law no matter where Ash was. Misty privately still refused to believe that Ash was dead. He'll come back to us someday, Misty often told herself. She also refused to go anywhere on the anniversary of their wedding, the anniversary of when Ash disappeared into the river, and both of their birthdays.
Misty walked up to the hospital room that he mother-in-law was in. Right before she went in, the doctor pulled her to the side. By the serious look in his eyes, Misty knew what he was going to say before he said it. I should let her go and stop making her suffer with my wishing that Ash was still alive, blah blah blah, Misty said to herself.
"I don't know why she has held on this long. I still believe that you're making her continue living, as you still don't seem to want Ash to be dead. This is like having your heart torn out everyday. I don't know why, but my colleagues have told me that it is probably due to something else which is why she is still holding on," the doctor said not for the first time.
"So you think that I should stop coming here visiting her just because I'M the one making her suffer!?" Misty cried, angry at the gall of the doctor.
"I didn't say that. I said that I think that you need to put Ash behind you. There has been no sign of him since he went into that river. If he still is alive then that would mean that he doesn't want to come back for whatever reason," the doctor replied, so monotone that Misty, in open shock, felt like hitting him until Ash returned.
"I will NEVER give up hope that Ash will return! I'm certain that his mother feels the same way! I have not spoken much to his mother since he disappeared and we have never talked about Ash when we did talk! If anything, it's HERSELF that is causing her this suffering!" Misty screamed then ran to the elevator, took it down and ran home, unable to hold in the tears that were falling as she ran home.
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Gary was one of the other few that refused to accept that Ash was dead. He would have gone to get Ash no matter what kind of situation that Ash was in and dragged him back if he had to. His contacts had all dried up. He would often set out to search for Ash, but with no leads on where he should go, he would often become discouraged and return without anything so much as a thread of Ash's clothing.
Every morning, when Gary was out searching for Ash, he would cry out to the dawn, "You better be alive Ash! If you're not I will never forgive you! You owe me at least that much!"
When Gary was done, he would often wait for an answer, but hear nothing other than the occasional breeze that would blow gently by him. He had lost all interest in battling, but would still battle when someone challenged him, as he still wanted to be able to look Ash in the eye as a rival still instead of someone who had lost it all over Ash's disappearance.
Gary was beginning to be gone for longer and longer periods of time as those around in Pallet were beginning to think of him as dead. Gary was planning on setting out on his own soon, but was still lacking the conviction to do so.
He was ready to enter Pallet again. He wasn't planning on visiting Misty, but when he saw Misty run into her house, he decided that he should at least try to cheer her up. As he reached the front porch, he knocked gently on the door. The door opened before Gary was through knocking. He saw a very distraught Misty when the door opened.
"WHAT DO YOU WANT!?" Misty screamed in Gary's face before she realized who it was.
"Um, I just saw you run in here and thought that maybe we could talk," Gary said calmly, not wanting to get Misty to a violent mood.
Misty was taken aback and quickly apologized to Gary about her outburst. She then invited Gary in to the house. "What makes you come back so soon?" Misty asked as she sat down on the couch in the living room, motioning for Gary to sit as well. Gary could tell that she probably already knew the answer.
"I still can't find anything about Ash. I'm thinking of leaving and not returning until I find Ash, but where do I start? Of course all of the coast, but that would mean every Island, as well as all along Kanto and Johto," Gary replied, unsure of what he should say.
"Well, why don't you do that? You could keep in touch with me and I would do what I could to help you," Misty said, relieved to remember that there were still some who were like her and would never give up finding Ash alive.
"I just don't know. I don't want to make anyone worry about me and what would I do about money? I doubt that I would fight too many battles to get money if it was known that I was looking for someone," Gary replied, becoming depressed again as he thought about how helpless he was against finding his one true rival that was so close to being his match. Though Gary still wouldn't admit that Ash at any point was better than him.
"If it ever comes down to you needing money, I still have plenty that I could send you, and besides, wouldn't Professor Oak help you? He still believes that Ash is alive."
Gary thought about this he didn't really like to admit it, but Misty was right. That would work. Just then a Togetic jumped on Misty's lap. It surprised both of them, but mostly Gary.
"I didn't know that your Togepi evolved," Gary said in awe. "When did this happen?"
"I don't really remember. I think that it was a year or two ago. I think that he was just trying to cheer me up," Misty replied, hugging Togetic close to her. "I still remember when I got Togepi. It was when Ash first found the egg and we all decided to battle to try to see who would keep Togepi. Ash won of course, but it seemed that Togepi had already chosen me as I was what it first saw when it hatched from the egg."
Gary didn't interrupt Misty's reminiscing, but could see how remembering anything about Ash was difficult for. The least I could do is to do what she asked and go on the long journey to find Ash, Gary thought to himself. Gary then got up and excused himself as he was going to visit his grandfather and let him know what Gary's plans were. This time I WILL find Ash, Gary thought, more determined than he had been in a long while.
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Author's Note: So, any thoughts on what should happen? I've already decided for the big picture, but what should happen next chapter? If Ash does remember his old life which will he choose? Will he really stay with Marin or will he eventually go back to Misty? Also, for those who want Ash to regain his memory, he will but probably not in the way that you'd either like or expect. Also, I wonder if and when Ash regains his memory, which life should he choose? I mean a new Pokemon Master is already being chosen. What would he do? I'm sorry for all those who didn't want Ash to hook up with Marin.
*
Four years after Yellow woke up, he has made a small life for himself and has already married Marin. Since Yellow doesn't know his original last name, he has decided to use Marin's maiden name, Crystal. He has a few children, the oldest is a girl that Ash couldn't explain, but he felt pressed to name her Misty. She is currently 2. All he could tell is that he had some sort of connection to that name. The other child that he has Marin wanted to name him Tarin. He is just barely 6 months old. Yellow didn't have any objections to that.
He also has gone into being a guide for Pokemon trainers that come by and would pay to see where there are pokemon to catch as well as a place for finding or avoiding other or certain trainers. He also had been able to make up several campsites so it would help and not destroy the land and so that Pokemon wouldn't become scarce. Yellow still has not remembered anything of his past, but still feels a great emptiness inside when he thinks about it.
Yellow tries to find small jobs that he can do when he's waiting for another trainer to guide. Often times these would be raising a Pokemon or holding onto one that someone wanted to keep, but didn't want to risk losing it. Marin already had a small Pokemon Center that she used to treat all Pokemon including wild ones that were too weak to run away. Orphaned Pokemon also were abundant there, as three seemed to be a high fatality rate for adult Pokemon in that area.
Yellow has hardly entered any city for very long as he has been constantly on the move. Yellow also is very pleased with how his daughter has shown a very high interest in Pokemon, but Marin keeps on telling Yellow that their daughter is only after a playmate.
Yellow walks into Cherrygrove City for some supplies that he needed to pick up for the Pokemon orphanage that Marin had started long before Yellow was around. Yellow goes into the Poke mart and buys several max potions, max revives, and full heals. He also notes a sign in the store that was announcing that there was a competition for the title of Pokemon Master as the old one was still missing and presumed dead.
Yellow ignores it as he didn't feel any obligation to go for that as he kept on telling himself that he would have needed to start much earlier if he wanted to even have a chance at that, but he couldn't shake the feeling that he should go for it. Yellow shook his head whenever he felt that way, thinking that it must have been some unfulfilled dream that he once had. Even if I was interested, Yellow thought, I wouldn't be able to go for it because Marin needs me here since Talon broke his leg making this same errand last month. As Yellow is leaving the city, he notices Marin waiting for him. Yellow hurries over, trying to think of why she would be waiting for him.
"Anything wrong?" Yellow asks, when he gets up next to Marin.
"No, I just wanted to walk with you back home," Marin replies, sweetly.
"Oh. I thought that something might be wrong and you needed my help," Yellow replies, relieved.
"You just wish that I needed your help," Marin joked, laughing.
"So, could you have had Misty and Tarin without my help," Yellow asked in mock horror.
"Of course not! I meant that you can't do anything without MY help," Marin teased.
Yellow had to laugh at that. Marin often times would ask Yellow to give her a hand and Yellow seldom needed any help other than when Misty or Tarin would demand their mother in their own special way. Yellow usually needed to take some medication when Tarin would demand his mother, as Yellow then would get a really bad headache. They continued walking in the trees for a time in silence for a minute when Marin broke the silence.
"Have you remembered anything yet?" Marin asked, half hoping, but also half-afraid.
"No. If anything does come back, it would never be enough to take me away from you," Yellow said, hugging Marin suddenly.
Marin cried out in surprise, as it wasn't often that Yellow hugged her so spontaneously. "Well, I can't help but thinking that. I don't know if you have another family somewhere else or if you have parents that are still alive who don't know where you are. I wish that we would know. I never knew who my grandparents on my mother's side were, but I want my children to know who your parents were. Even if they are already dead, I feel it's important to have that knowledge."
"I understand, but I still want you to know that I do love you," Yellow said, trying to comfort not only Marin, but also himself.
"Well, I think that we should hurry back. You know how much dad hates having a worried Misty around him," Marin said, winking at Yellow.
Yellow nodded and they began moving more quickly back to the house they lived in.
* * * * * * * * * * *
Misty in Pallet was still having trouble coming to terms with reality without Ash. She still hadn't taken off her wedding ring since he disappeared. Even though, she had told everyone that she thought Ash to be dead, she only did that to get everyone to stop being so nervous around her. As that was often the topic that was talked about around her and even though everyone didn't want to admit it, they also talked about Ash when they thought that she couldn't hear.
Misty then decided to go pay a visit to Ash's mother. Even though she was still in a coma, Misty felt that she should still be there for her mother-in-law no matter where Ash was. Misty privately still refused to believe that Ash was dead. He'll come back to us someday, Misty often told herself. She also refused to go anywhere on the anniversary of their wedding, the anniversary of when Ash disappeared into the river, and both of their birthdays.
Misty walked up to the hospital room that he mother-in-law was in. Right before she went in, the doctor pulled her to the side. By the serious look in his eyes, Misty knew what he was going to say before he said it. I should let her go and stop making her suffer with my wishing that Ash was still alive, blah blah blah, Misty said to herself.
"I don't know why she has held on this long. I still believe that you're making her continue living, as you still don't seem to want Ash to be dead. This is like having your heart torn out everyday. I don't know why, but my colleagues have told me that it is probably due to something else which is why she is still holding on," the doctor said not for the first time.
"So you think that I should stop coming here visiting her just because I'M the one making her suffer!?" Misty cried, angry at the gall of the doctor.
"I didn't say that. I said that I think that you need to put Ash behind you. There has been no sign of him since he went into that river. If he still is alive then that would mean that he doesn't want to come back for whatever reason," the doctor replied, so monotone that Misty, in open shock, felt like hitting him until Ash returned.
"I will NEVER give up hope that Ash will return! I'm certain that his mother feels the same way! I have not spoken much to his mother since he disappeared and we have never talked about Ash when we did talk! If anything, it's HERSELF that is causing her this suffering!" Misty screamed then ran to the elevator, took it down and ran home, unable to hold in the tears that were falling as she ran home.
* * * * * * * * * * *
Gary was one of the other few that refused to accept that Ash was dead. He would have gone to get Ash no matter what kind of situation that Ash was in and dragged him back if he had to. His contacts had all dried up. He would often set out to search for Ash, but with no leads on where he should go, he would often become discouraged and return without anything so much as a thread of Ash's clothing.
Every morning, when Gary was out searching for Ash, he would cry out to the dawn, "You better be alive Ash! If you're not I will never forgive you! You owe me at least that much!"
When Gary was done, he would often wait for an answer, but hear nothing other than the occasional breeze that would blow gently by him. He had lost all interest in battling, but would still battle when someone challenged him, as he still wanted to be able to look Ash in the eye as a rival still instead of someone who had lost it all over Ash's disappearance.
Gary was beginning to be gone for longer and longer periods of time as those around in Pallet were beginning to think of him as dead. Gary was planning on setting out on his own soon, but was still lacking the conviction to do so.
He was ready to enter Pallet again. He wasn't planning on visiting Misty, but when he saw Misty run into her house, he decided that he should at least try to cheer her up. As he reached the front porch, he knocked gently on the door. The door opened before Gary was through knocking. He saw a very distraught Misty when the door opened.
"WHAT DO YOU WANT!?" Misty screamed in Gary's face before she realized who it was.
"Um, I just saw you run in here and thought that maybe we could talk," Gary said calmly, not wanting to get Misty to a violent mood.
Misty was taken aback and quickly apologized to Gary about her outburst. She then invited Gary in to the house. "What makes you come back so soon?" Misty asked as she sat down on the couch in the living room, motioning for Gary to sit as well. Gary could tell that she probably already knew the answer.
"I still can't find anything about Ash. I'm thinking of leaving and not returning until I find Ash, but where do I start? Of course all of the coast, but that would mean every Island, as well as all along Kanto and Johto," Gary replied, unsure of what he should say.
"Well, why don't you do that? You could keep in touch with me and I would do what I could to help you," Misty said, relieved to remember that there were still some who were like her and would never give up finding Ash alive.
"I just don't know. I don't want to make anyone worry about me and what would I do about money? I doubt that I would fight too many battles to get money if it was known that I was looking for someone," Gary replied, becoming depressed again as he thought about how helpless he was against finding his one true rival that was so close to being his match. Though Gary still wouldn't admit that Ash at any point was better than him.
"If it ever comes down to you needing money, I still have plenty that I could send you, and besides, wouldn't Professor Oak help you? He still believes that Ash is alive."
Gary thought about this he didn't really like to admit it, but Misty was right. That would work. Just then a Togetic jumped on Misty's lap. It surprised both of them, but mostly Gary.
"I didn't know that your Togepi evolved," Gary said in awe. "When did this happen?"
"I don't really remember. I think that it was a year or two ago. I think that he was just trying to cheer me up," Misty replied, hugging Togetic close to her. "I still remember when I got Togepi. It was when Ash first found the egg and we all decided to battle to try to see who would keep Togepi. Ash won of course, but it seemed that Togepi had already chosen me as I was what it first saw when it hatched from the egg."
Gary didn't interrupt Misty's reminiscing, but could see how remembering anything about Ash was difficult for. The least I could do is to do what she asked and go on the long journey to find Ash, Gary thought to himself. Gary then got up and excused himself as he was going to visit his grandfather and let him know what Gary's plans were. This time I WILL find Ash, Gary thought, more determined than he had been in a long while.
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Author's Note: So, any thoughts on what should happen? I've already decided for the big picture, but what should happen next chapter? If Ash does remember his old life which will he choose? Will he really stay with Marin or will he eventually go back to Misty? Also, for those who want Ash to regain his memory, he will but probably not in the way that you'd either like or expect. Also, I wonder if and when Ash regains his memory, which life should he choose? I mean a new Pokemon Master is already being chosen. What would he do? I'm sorry for all those who didn't want Ash to hook up with Marin.
