Author's Notes: I'm hoping that this will be a fic that many will be
interested in. Yet, I'm not too certain right now. Much of what I write
doesn't get very many reviews. I only have one fic that's quite popular
right now and I'm wondering if that's how my writing is. Very uninteresting
to others. Yet, I don't have any proof that this is the case and I hope
that it's otherwise. Anyway, here's chapter 2!
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Jared woke up early in the morning. The sun was up, but just barely. He quickly got ready to move out. As he was leaving the barn, he saw Ash already set to leave with his Pikachu on his shoulder with his Spearow. "You're up early," Jared commented.
"I'm always up early. Ever since I began living on the run from Senzei, I've learned to get up early because the soldiers they usually send after me get up a little later and this allows me to get further ahead of them," Ash replied.
"Oh," Jared replied.
They left the barn with a little money for their stay and they set off. Jared noticed that the sky promised to be gray and dismal like the clouds covering the sky and sun. After a while of traveling, Jared commented that he had a strange dream. "Tell me about it," Ash told Jared.
"Well, I was gathering firewood and I thought that I heard something. I didn't think that the noise was something good so I returned to the farm only to find the farmer trying to kill me. As I trip over a root, the farmer is about to kill me when a very large Arcanine rips the farmer's throat out. I don't know why the beast left me alone, but he did. Then I go to where you were sleeping and you aren't there," Jared tells Ash. Ash lifts an eyebrow as Jared continues; "I quickly grab your gun and go to shoot the Arcanine. As I try to find the Arcanine, a woman stops me."
"What did she look like?" Ash inquires, slowing his Rapidash to a stop. His Spearow flies off to nearby branch and his Pikachu runs over to a tree.
"She was very beautiful. She had deep cerulean eyes, almost like your Spearow's, except for the fact that your Spearow's eyes are black. Anyway, she also has bright orange hair that's in a side ponytail. She was also wearing a blue dress," Jared answered. Ash sighs and Jared thinks, He doesn't believe me! "You must believe me!"
"Oh I believe you," Ash tells Jared, dismounting. "I believe in dreams."
"Oh, well, then she leaves the barn and goes to the Arcanine. She greets the beast like an old friend and not a wild pokemon. That's when I realized I was dreaming. Oh! Also, she had a very sweet voice," Jared finished.
"She spoke!?" Ash asked in astonishment. "What did she say?"
"Well, I asked if I was dreaming and she told me that I was," Jared replied.
"This woman," Ash began, "did she have a name?"
"Not that she told me. Why?" Jared asked.
"Well, if she comes into my dreams, wouldn't it be nice to be able to talk with her as if we had met before?" Ash replied, sitting up against a tree, obviously taking a break from riding.
"Are we stopping?" Jared asked.
"It's not a good day to travel," Ash replied, motioning over to his Pikachu who then ran over and curled up next to him. "If anything is wrong Spearow will let us know."
Jared is comforted a little about this and as he settles down next to a tree. Soon Jared is fast asleep, glad to be able to get some real sleep after a restless night's sleep.
* * * * * * * * * * *
Butch rode hard and had rested at a base that night. The same morning when Jared and Ash were leaving the barn, Butch was getting into a helicopter that would take him to Saffron city quickly. Butch knew that he had failed to capture the criminal, but the news that he had about Ash Ketchum would make up for his failure. That and the fact that the criminal was traveling with him. Butch wanted to kill Ash for all the times that he had stopped Team Rocket and now for this embarrassment.
As the helicopter flew threw the sky, Butch watched the ground move by swiftly. He thought about how he would put this so that he would get the least amount of trouble when he reported this. If anything, he would be put out on patrols which would be preferable to the worst possibility, execution for failure. Senzei did not like people to fail anyone who would be a burden such as that were quickly killed. This meant that there were no failures in his army. Anyone who failed at a task were promptly killed.
Butch just hoped that he would be able to survive this, as he had information that Senzei had waited for a long time to hear. Ash Ketchum was back. This time Butch figured that Senzei would probably give the order to kill him. Yet, Butch knew that he would need to talk with Giovanni who would then talk to Senzei's personal bodyguard. No one ever spoke directly with Senzei, who hadn't been summoned by him first. Even then, it was rare that they actually got to speak with Senzei. Butch barely managed a grin to how he would prefer going on patrols to being around Saffron city. Butch didn't understand how Giovanni was able to be so close to Senzei without being killed as quickly as anyone else. Yet, that's what the boss is good at, Butch thought. He's great at knowing how to work things for his own good. In this circumstance, he's just doing what he can to survive. If he acted differently, then he might not be alive right now, and then I might be in his position. Butch shuddered at the thought. There was no way he wanted to have that position. It was dangerous enough to be at his position. Butch just wished that things could go back to the way they were. He wondered where Cassidy was and how she was doing. In all the time they were in Team Rocket, they never had been separated. Now, they never seemed to be together. James and Jessie got it easy, Butch thought bitterly at his own predicament. They got out of Team Rocket when they had the chance before Senzei began killing Rockets.
Butch sighed as he spotted Saffron city in the distance. He really didn't want to be in this position anymore. He wanted to retire and live in the country like he heard that Jessie and James were doing. How he envied them.
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In mid-afternoon, Jared is cutting wood for their fire that night. Because he couldn't find anything else to use, he began using Ash's sword. He had a decent pile when he felt a hand grasp the sword as he was about to swing the sword to cut another branch. Jared tuned and saw Ash. He didn't seem too happy with Jared using his sword for cutting wood.
"Never use my sword like this again," Ash told Jared. "Do you understand me?"
Jared quickly nodded. "Now, this sword has been in my family for generations. I was given it by my father who I had barely met for the first time in my life. I would have been able to learn why he never came to spend time with me, but he was killed very shortly after I was given the sword," Ash continued.
"Is that why you want to kill Senzei," Jared interjected, thinking that there was a link between the soldiers and Ash's father's death.
"No. Although Senzei's soldiers were the ones who killed him as you have guessed, why I want to kill him is for something else entirely," Ash replied.
"Why is that? Did he kill someone you loved?" Jared asked, knowing that he was pressing his luck.
"If he killed either of us, that would have been far kinder than what he actually did," Ash replied. "Often times I do wish that he would have killed either of us. Then we wouldn't be like this."
Jared didn't want to know anymore and so thought of a way to get out of this situation. "Well, I've been enough of a burden to you then," Jared said, beginning to walk away. "I wish you luck in your quest. I hope that you find peace in his death."
Jared begins walking off, knowing that Ash may try to say something to stop him. "I need you," Ash said bluntly.
Jared didn't expect this. He expected flattery, which he would have ignored. This Jared could not ignore. "Not on the life of my mother," Jared paused then continued. "Even if I knew who she was."
"That doesn't change the fact that I need you," Ash said, staring at Jared with piercing yet, blazing eyes.
"I don't care. If I did, I might be already dead," Jared snapped.
"You're the only one who has ever escaped the dungeons of Saffron Fortress. There is no one else that can help me," Ash said.
"That's not my problem. Though, yes, I did escape the dungeons, that was pure chance. Once in a lifetime!"
Jared now began walking off determined to ignore whatever Ash said again. Suddenly Ash's sword appeared right beside him embedded in the tree that was right next to Jared. Jared looked and saw that it was at least an inch inside the tree. Jared then looked at how far he was from Ash. At least twenty feet. Jared knew now that he would do what Ash said, just because Ash could kill him easily if Jared tried anything. "I- I'll go get some more firewood," Jared said lamely.
* * * * * * * * * * *
Misty was after a Wooper. She wanted to catch it, but first she had to corner it so it would battle. She ran up and tried to find it in a jumble of branches that she saw it to in. As she was searching, she heard someone call out to her, "Miss!"
Misty looked around startled and the Wooper took that chance to escape. Misty saw the Wooper run off and cursed. It got away. Misty then turned towards the boy who had been tied up against a tree. It was the boy she had seen the night before in the barn. "What is it?" Misty asked.
"Um, the soldiers tied me up here!" the boy called out.
"Why didn't they kill you?" Misty asked, amused. She was certain that he was lying.
"Oh yes! Interesting question. I asked them that myself!" Jared said.
"And what did they say?" Misty asked.
"They told me that they preferred to let Senzei get the pleasure of seeing me die," Jared asked.
Misty was certain that Jared was lying. Misty hadn't seen any sign of soldiers around and they wouldn't leave someone they tied up alone. "Please miss! You've got to help me! A rather large Noctowl examined me quite closely just not a few minutes ago!"
Misty sighed. No matter if he was telling her the truth, she couldn't help but feel guilty for leaving him tied up. Misty pulled out her knife and cut the boy free. Misty then sighed and sat down. She then turned back to the boy to find him gone. "Please give my regards to Ash!" Misty heard him cry out from the darkness.
"He's not going to like this," Misty muttered to herself and sighed.
* * * * * * * * * * *
It was mid-morning. Ash was on the Rapidash and his Spearow flew onto his shoulder. "Now lets go find Jared," Ash told his Spearow.
Ash then began to track where Jared had gone. He didn't do too good of a job hiding his trail, Ash thought to himself. I wonder how far he could have gotten.
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Author's Notes: How's this piece of the story? I was wondering where I should stop for the wait for the next chapter and I figured that here was good enough. Now, tell me what you think of it so far? I know that it isn't too long and it will be done soon anyway. So, even if you don't like this fic, please review! I accept all reviews especially flames. Although I don't prefer flames, it's better than nothing! Anyway, please look forward to the next chapter!
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Jared woke up early in the morning. The sun was up, but just barely. He quickly got ready to move out. As he was leaving the barn, he saw Ash already set to leave with his Pikachu on his shoulder with his Spearow. "You're up early," Jared commented.
"I'm always up early. Ever since I began living on the run from Senzei, I've learned to get up early because the soldiers they usually send after me get up a little later and this allows me to get further ahead of them," Ash replied.
"Oh," Jared replied.
They left the barn with a little money for their stay and they set off. Jared noticed that the sky promised to be gray and dismal like the clouds covering the sky and sun. After a while of traveling, Jared commented that he had a strange dream. "Tell me about it," Ash told Jared.
"Well, I was gathering firewood and I thought that I heard something. I didn't think that the noise was something good so I returned to the farm only to find the farmer trying to kill me. As I trip over a root, the farmer is about to kill me when a very large Arcanine rips the farmer's throat out. I don't know why the beast left me alone, but he did. Then I go to where you were sleeping and you aren't there," Jared tells Ash. Ash lifts an eyebrow as Jared continues; "I quickly grab your gun and go to shoot the Arcanine. As I try to find the Arcanine, a woman stops me."
"What did she look like?" Ash inquires, slowing his Rapidash to a stop. His Spearow flies off to nearby branch and his Pikachu runs over to a tree.
"She was very beautiful. She had deep cerulean eyes, almost like your Spearow's, except for the fact that your Spearow's eyes are black. Anyway, she also has bright orange hair that's in a side ponytail. She was also wearing a blue dress," Jared answered. Ash sighs and Jared thinks, He doesn't believe me! "You must believe me!"
"Oh I believe you," Ash tells Jared, dismounting. "I believe in dreams."
"Oh, well, then she leaves the barn and goes to the Arcanine. She greets the beast like an old friend and not a wild pokemon. That's when I realized I was dreaming. Oh! Also, she had a very sweet voice," Jared finished.
"She spoke!?" Ash asked in astonishment. "What did she say?"
"Well, I asked if I was dreaming and she told me that I was," Jared replied.
"This woman," Ash began, "did she have a name?"
"Not that she told me. Why?" Jared asked.
"Well, if she comes into my dreams, wouldn't it be nice to be able to talk with her as if we had met before?" Ash replied, sitting up against a tree, obviously taking a break from riding.
"Are we stopping?" Jared asked.
"It's not a good day to travel," Ash replied, motioning over to his Pikachu who then ran over and curled up next to him. "If anything is wrong Spearow will let us know."
Jared is comforted a little about this and as he settles down next to a tree. Soon Jared is fast asleep, glad to be able to get some real sleep after a restless night's sleep.
* * * * * * * * * * *
Butch rode hard and had rested at a base that night. The same morning when Jared and Ash were leaving the barn, Butch was getting into a helicopter that would take him to Saffron city quickly. Butch knew that he had failed to capture the criminal, but the news that he had about Ash Ketchum would make up for his failure. That and the fact that the criminal was traveling with him. Butch wanted to kill Ash for all the times that he had stopped Team Rocket and now for this embarrassment.
As the helicopter flew threw the sky, Butch watched the ground move by swiftly. He thought about how he would put this so that he would get the least amount of trouble when he reported this. If anything, he would be put out on patrols which would be preferable to the worst possibility, execution for failure. Senzei did not like people to fail anyone who would be a burden such as that were quickly killed. This meant that there were no failures in his army. Anyone who failed at a task were promptly killed.
Butch just hoped that he would be able to survive this, as he had information that Senzei had waited for a long time to hear. Ash Ketchum was back. This time Butch figured that Senzei would probably give the order to kill him. Yet, Butch knew that he would need to talk with Giovanni who would then talk to Senzei's personal bodyguard. No one ever spoke directly with Senzei, who hadn't been summoned by him first. Even then, it was rare that they actually got to speak with Senzei. Butch barely managed a grin to how he would prefer going on patrols to being around Saffron city. Butch didn't understand how Giovanni was able to be so close to Senzei without being killed as quickly as anyone else. Yet, that's what the boss is good at, Butch thought. He's great at knowing how to work things for his own good. In this circumstance, he's just doing what he can to survive. If he acted differently, then he might not be alive right now, and then I might be in his position. Butch shuddered at the thought. There was no way he wanted to have that position. It was dangerous enough to be at his position. Butch just wished that things could go back to the way they were. He wondered where Cassidy was and how she was doing. In all the time they were in Team Rocket, they never had been separated. Now, they never seemed to be together. James and Jessie got it easy, Butch thought bitterly at his own predicament. They got out of Team Rocket when they had the chance before Senzei began killing Rockets.
Butch sighed as he spotted Saffron city in the distance. He really didn't want to be in this position anymore. He wanted to retire and live in the country like he heard that Jessie and James were doing. How he envied them.
* * * * * * * * * * *
In mid-afternoon, Jared is cutting wood for their fire that night. Because he couldn't find anything else to use, he began using Ash's sword. He had a decent pile when he felt a hand grasp the sword as he was about to swing the sword to cut another branch. Jared tuned and saw Ash. He didn't seem too happy with Jared using his sword for cutting wood.
"Never use my sword like this again," Ash told Jared. "Do you understand me?"
Jared quickly nodded. "Now, this sword has been in my family for generations. I was given it by my father who I had barely met for the first time in my life. I would have been able to learn why he never came to spend time with me, but he was killed very shortly after I was given the sword," Ash continued.
"Is that why you want to kill Senzei," Jared interjected, thinking that there was a link between the soldiers and Ash's father's death.
"No. Although Senzei's soldiers were the ones who killed him as you have guessed, why I want to kill him is for something else entirely," Ash replied.
"Why is that? Did he kill someone you loved?" Jared asked, knowing that he was pressing his luck.
"If he killed either of us, that would have been far kinder than what he actually did," Ash replied. "Often times I do wish that he would have killed either of us. Then we wouldn't be like this."
Jared didn't want to know anymore and so thought of a way to get out of this situation. "Well, I've been enough of a burden to you then," Jared said, beginning to walk away. "I wish you luck in your quest. I hope that you find peace in his death."
Jared begins walking off, knowing that Ash may try to say something to stop him. "I need you," Ash said bluntly.
Jared didn't expect this. He expected flattery, which he would have ignored. This Jared could not ignore. "Not on the life of my mother," Jared paused then continued. "Even if I knew who she was."
"That doesn't change the fact that I need you," Ash said, staring at Jared with piercing yet, blazing eyes.
"I don't care. If I did, I might be already dead," Jared snapped.
"You're the only one who has ever escaped the dungeons of Saffron Fortress. There is no one else that can help me," Ash said.
"That's not my problem. Though, yes, I did escape the dungeons, that was pure chance. Once in a lifetime!"
Jared now began walking off determined to ignore whatever Ash said again. Suddenly Ash's sword appeared right beside him embedded in the tree that was right next to Jared. Jared looked and saw that it was at least an inch inside the tree. Jared then looked at how far he was from Ash. At least twenty feet. Jared knew now that he would do what Ash said, just because Ash could kill him easily if Jared tried anything. "I- I'll go get some more firewood," Jared said lamely.
* * * * * * * * * * *
Misty was after a Wooper. She wanted to catch it, but first she had to corner it so it would battle. She ran up and tried to find it in a jumble of branches that she saw it to in. As she was searching, she heard someone call out to her, "Miss!"
Misty looked around startled and the Wooper took that chance to escape. Misty saw the Wooper run off and cursed. It got away. Misty then turned towards the boy who had been tied up against a tree. It was the boy she had seen the night before in the barn. "What is it?" Misty asked.
"Um, the soldiers tied me up here!" the boy called out.
"Why didn't they kill you?" Misty asked, amused. She was certain that he was lying.
"Oh yes! Interesting question. I asked them that myself!" Jared said.
"And what did they say?" Misty asked.
"They told me that they preferred to let Senzei get the pleasure of seeing me die," Jared asked.
Misty was certain that Jared was lying. Misty hadn't seen any sign of soldiers around and they wouldn't leave someone they tied up alone. "Please miss! You've got to help me! A rather large Noctowl examined me quite closely just not a few minutes ago!"
Misty sighed. No matter if he was telling her the truth, she couldn't help but feel guilty for leaving him tied up. Misty pulled out her knife and cut the boy free. Misty then sighed and sat down. She then turned back to the boy to find him gone. "Please give my regards to Ash!" Misty heard him cry out from the darkness.
"He's not going to like this," Misty muttered to herself and sighed.
* * * * * * * * * * *
It was mid-morning. Ash was on the Rapidash and his Spearow flew onto his shoulder. "Now lets go find Jared," Ash told his Spearow.
Ash then began to track where Jared had gone. He didn't do too good of a job hiding his trail, Ash thought to himself. I wonder how far he could have gotten.
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Author's Notes: How's this piece of the story? I was wondering where I should stop for the wait for the next chapter and I figured that here was good enough. Now, tell me what you think of it so far? I know that it isn't too long and it will be done soon anyway. So, even if you don't like this fic, please review! I accept all reviews especially flames. Although I don't prefer flames, it's better than nothing! Anyway, please look forward to the next chapter!