Duh duh duuuhhhh... the secret is about to come out, in the chapter Ash will
learn the truth (evil laughter). Anyway this fic will probably go on for at
least a few more chapters; I at least want to hit the twenty-chapter mark or
the twenty-five mark.... Looks like this might be one of my long fic.
Eyes of a Child
By firehedgehog
Chapter Fifteen
Gary took a deep breath, he was so nervous as he stood outside the
hospital room Ash stayed in.
His skin felt clammy from sweat and nervousness come on... after all his
time journeying around the pokemon world he shouldn't be this nervous.
"Alrighty now, I can do this... just keep repeating that to yourself,"
Gary whispered to himself, he was so scared that Ash might reject him.
Rejection would tear him apart, if he did he would once again loose his little
brother.
Taking no chances of loosing his nerve he stepped forward and clasped
the doorknob, with a deep breath he turned it and opened the door.
'Now or never Oak' Gary thought, with that he stepped in looking at the
floor.
"Ash, I have something important to tell you... I'm your brother," he said
in a loud clear voice, nothing answered him... he blinked.
"Ash?" he asked fearing the worse, he blinked seeing no one was there.
"That was nice and all, but Ash went exploring quite awhile ago," a
voice said, with a yelp Gary spun around startled at the voice.
"Err... did you just hear what I said?" he asked feeling embarrassed, the
owner of the voice... a janitor smirked.
"Yup," he said, Gary went bright red in embarrassment.
"Which way did Ash go?" he asked cheeks still burning, the janitor
pointed down a hall.
"Goodluck," the Janitor said, Gary nodded and ran down the hall...
ignoring the janitors laugh behind him.
'Ash' was his only thought.
***
A quite exhausted dark haired boy sat down with a sigh; Ash blinked his
sightless eyes and wondered how many levels they had to go up still.
"How many floors have we gone Pikachu?" he asked the electric mouse
pokemon, pikachu gave a thoughtful chu.
"Pi pika," Pikachu finally sighed, Ash sighed at the answer.
"Four floors, and I'm exhausted," he grumbled, and it as taking forever
to climb them. Because of his blindness it took three times the energy to go
the stairs, after all he had to take it quite slow so he wouldn't trip and
break his neck.
"Pi," Pikachu said softly, Ash smiled when he felt the pokemon gently
rub its furred face against Ash's cheek.
"Thanks pikachu, I needed that... ready to get moving again?" he asked, he
heard pikachu move up a few steps.
"Pika," Pikachu cheered, Ash smiled and continued up the stairway of
doom (Bwaaah ha ha, I love sugar rushes).
***
'Five, six, seven, eight... fifteen, how many nurses does this one spot in
the hospital need anyway' Gary thought with a sweatdrop, for the last fifteen
minutes he had been searching for his long lost brother... actually it was more
like misplaced.
'Ah this is driving me crazy, it would be nice if they would actually
help me' he thought angrily, every time he tried to ask a nurse to help they
would brush him off as if he was a piece of dust.
"Stupid nurses, stupid hospital," he growled, if he didn't find Ash soon
he was going to strangle one of those idiot ignorant nurses painfully.
Finally he stomped to a staircase, he didn't want to take the elevator...
it would take a miracle for it to get to this floor.
The door slipped closed behind him as he headed down, if he had stayed a
moment more on that floor he would of seen a door open leading to another
staircase... one that Ash just stepped out from.
~Ding~
The elevator door just opened too...
This just wasn't Gary's day.
***
The moment Ash stepped onto his floor he felt a chill, he also had a
feeling that he had missed something... or someone (readers laugh evilly).
Suddenly a room door slams open and a nurse rushes out, without even
noticing him she slammed into him. The blind boy spun around unstable by the
shove she gave him, with a startled yelp he fell into the elevator from hell.
~Ding~
The door closed, taking Ash and pikachu to a floor unknown.
***
(At this point the readers might hate me, but don't worry as I did promise for
it to happen... the truth will come out)
***
When the elevator finally stopped and opened Ash stepped out into a
quite floor, he sighed hearing no sounds of life other then pikachu's or his
own.
(Send in the clones)
(Quite muse *sends R.Calumon to la la land)
"Okay, where are we now?" Ash asked no one in particular, actually it
was to no one since they were the only one's there.
~Ding~
Ash groaned as the elevator suddenly shut and left, it could take hours
till they could get it up again... aren't hospital elevators fun.
"This just isn't our day," the blind boy grinned, he felt a headache
coming on.
"Pi," an annoyed pikachu said, if that nurse ever showed up again he
planned to thunder her good... then she would be a patient.
"Hey, wait a second, I feel fresh air," Ash said, since coming here to
the hospital he hadn't had much fresh air... now he could breath some in.
Following the fresh air, he found himself by a door that was open
slightly. From what his fingers could tell it was made of steel, curious he
pushed the door opening it the rest of the way.
Ash stepped onto the roof, and into peace and quite... we'll ignore the
city sound below.
***
Gary groaned, he had searched the hospital floor by floor, yet he had
not found his little brother.
"Let's see, I searched the basement... now what's left," he mused with a
frown, he then snapped his fingers as an idea came to him.
"The roof, that's the only place left," Gary said, running down the hall
he managed to actually get on an elevator... soon he was heading up the many
floors of the hospital.
As he went up (ignoring the elevator music torture session) his mind
drifted, fear shifted through his body.
He feared rejection from Satoshi... no he was called Ash now, what if Ash
didn't want to be his brother.
He shook those doubts away as the door to the elevator slipped open, he
found himself in a small hallway with drafts of fresh air wafting around.
He took a deep breath as he came to the door that led to the roof, it
was now or never... if he walked away he would never have the courage again.
Gulping he opened the door.
Standing ten feet away was the raven-haired boy he had known for years,
someone he had searched for but never knew he was right in front of him.
Satoshi who he loved, his best friend... and now someone who had to know
the truth.
"Ash," he said softly, the blind teen turned his pikachu looking at Gary
with interest.
"Gary," Ash said smiling, Gary smiled glad that Ash recognized his
voice.
"Ash, I have something to tell you... it's important and I don't know how
you'll take it," Gary aid softly, with Pikachu's guidance Ash made it to stand
right in front of him.
"Go on," Ash said, Gary took a deep gulp... this would be hard.
"I found out who you were before you were adopted... and where my brother
is," Gary whispered, interest came to the raven haired boys face.
"Really, that's great," said happily, now came the rest.
"Ash, were brothers," Gary said truthfully, Ash froze his blind eyes
going wide (habit).
"Wha!" he said surprise, then to Gary's surprise Ash collapsed onto the
cement ground shock on his face.
"Tell me about it," Gary said dryly, Ash gulped and moved his head so he
would be facing Gary's position.
"Now that I didn't expect," Ash said softly, pikachu agreed with a soft
chu.
TBC
Okay that was a funny chapter, next chapter surgery and brotherly bonding
starts.
Ja Ne