A/N: ^^ okay, my friend Gemma said that I should stop inserting these in
the actual story. My only real one is that Errol is Meowth, see 'Rebirth'
at for more details. Also, the flash back that I
promised to have in this chapter, well, isn't. It will be in the next one
though. I've already written it. ¬.¬ But, haven't typed it yet. Gomen
nasai.
Disclaimer: Do have to?! Oh, all right. I don't own Pokemon.
Chapter 4
Mistakes
In my life, I've made many mistakes. Some, worse than others. I made the two worst mistakes of my life in one day. These mistakes change my life... forever. I was feeling... pretty normal. Heh.. a month of being sober can do that. In that time, Ash and I had flushed out Team Aqua and Magma. No need to into detail about that. Ash was now a Red, and taking every chance to embarrass me. Yesterday, for example.
I opened the door to a wall of various colored roses. They fell all over the room. Tetsue walked in carrying a bouquet of orange roses. "They match your hair," he said.
Ash just had to walk in at that moment. "Hey Lex-. Oh, hello Tetsue."
"Um... Gozaimasu, Ketchum-san."
"Good-morning. Would you take care of your business here and get out?"
"Papa.. don't be mean." I threw a bunch of violet roses at Tetsue. "And these match your hair!" I should have closed the door. But I didn't.
"Okay, Lexi. I'll be waiting at the shooting gallery." And he was gone.
"Ya know... It's customary for boys in my family to give 1,000 roses to the girl they love."
"Love..," I murmured. "But, we're still young."
"Lexi, we're not children," his smile never faded. "Lexi-ko, I love you. That's not going to change."
"There's something you don't know about me. Tetsue.
"What's that?"
"My dad... he's well, you know, 'King Twerp'."
"Heh... Lexi, do you think that matters to me?"
"But it means I'm a twerp!"
"So? I'm not a full-blooded Rocket, either. No one is."
'But I should be...' "Aishiteru, Tetsue-chan.*"
"My grandfather says that a boy in our family should have a fiancé by his 15th birthday."
I smiled. "That's next Friday, isn't it?"
"Yes, Lexi. It is." He took a breath. Pulling out a small box, he said. "Alexis Ketchum, will you be my bride?"
My first mistake was not saying yes or no, it was paranoia that we would be attacked, Misty and I, that is. Because of it, I'd installed security cameras all over the apartment. They recorded every thing.
"I'm forever yours, Tetsue." This may seem fast to you, but I'd come to love and trust Tetsue very much in a short time. Cheers erupted outside. "Tetsue... what's going on?" I said, dead-panning.
Turning to the door, he said, or rather shouted, "Michael! I'm TRYING to propose to this girl in PEACE!!"
"Yeah, Michael. Let me see!" said Sakura. The six-year-old meowth pokemorph peeked over the rail.
"Sakura, my dear, please get down!" Jessie.
"Tetsue-chan, did your family put you up to this?"
"Da kid was bein' chicken. So, in a woid, yes!"
"Errol, I told you before, I'm not a kid!"
"Tetsue?" I asked.
"Hai?"
"This might be a special day for us and our families, but I still have assignments and so do you. So, see you at 8?"
"Okay, Lexi-ko."
Picking up a violet rose, I put it in my hair and left. All I had to do that day was teach Ash how to use a gun.
Disclaimer: Do have to?! Oh, all right. I don't own Pokemon.
Chapter 4
Mistakes
In my life, I've made many mistakes. Some, worse than others. I made the two worst mistakes of my life in one day. These mistakes change my life... forever. I was feeling... pretty normal. Heh.. a month of being sober can do that. In that time, Ash and I had flushed out Team Aqua and Magma. No need to into detail about that. Ash was now a Red, and taking every chance to embarrass me. Yesterday, for example.
I opened the door to a wall of various colored roses. They fell all over the room. Tetsue walked in carrying a bouquet of orange roses. "They match your hair," he said.
Ash just had to walk in at that moment. "Hey Lex-. Oh, hello Tetsue."
"Um... Gozaimasu, Ketchum-san."
"Good-morning. Would you take care of your business here and get out?"
"Papa.. don't be mean." I threw a bunch of violet roses at Tetsue. "And these match your hair!" I should have closed the door. But I didn't.
"Okay, Lexi. I'll be waiting at the shooting gallery." And he was gone.
"Ya know... It's customary for boys in my family to give 1,000 roses to the girl they love."
"Love..," I murmured. "But, we're still young."
"Lexi, we're not children," his smile never faded. "Lexi-ko, I love you. That's not going to change."
"There's something you don't know about me. Tetsue.
"What's that?"
"My dad... he's well, you know, 'King Twerp'."
"Heh... Lexi, do you think that matters to me?"
"But it means I'm a twerp!"
"So? I'm not a full-blooded Rocket, either. No one is."
'But I should be...' "Aishiteru, Tetsue-chan.*"
"My grandfather says that a boy in our family should have a fiancé by his 15th birthday."
I smiled. "That's next Friday, isn't it?"
"Yes, Lexi. It is." He took a breath. Pulling out a small box, he said. "Alexis Ketchum, will you be my bride?"
My first mistake was not saying yes or no, it was paranoia that we would be attacked, Misty and I, that is. Because of it, I'd installed security cameras all over the apartment. They recorded every thing.
"I'm forever yours, Tetsue." This may seem fast to you, but I'd come to love and trust Tetsue very much in a short time. Cheers erupted outside. "Tetsue... what's going on?" I said, dead-panning.
Turning to the door, he said, or rather shouted, "Michael! I'm TRYING to propose to this girl in PEACE!!"
"Yeah, Michael. Let me see!" said Sakura. The six-year-old meowth pokemorph peeked over the rail.
"Sakura, my dear, please get down!" Jessie.
"Tetsue-chan, did your family put you up to this?"
"Da kid was bein' chicken. So, in a woid, yes!"
"Errol, I told you before, I'm not a kid!"
"Tetsue?" I asked.
"Hai?"
"This might be a special day for us and our families, but I still have assignments and so do you. So, see you at 8?"
"Okay, Lexi-ko."
Picking up a violet rose, I put it in my hair and left. All I had to do that day was teach Ash how to use a gun.
