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Misty looked up, shielding her eyes from the sun's light. She blinked, when a black comet-like object shot across the sky silently. It disappeared as quickly as it had appeared. "Ash." she said, "Where in the world is he...Indigo."
Lance, who had thought of the same thing, frowned. "Why though? Why go one way on foot, then use the Shadow Disk to fly the other?" he asked.
"I think..." Fox said dryly, "...that Ash has found out about May."
"Oh no...what do you think he's going to do?" Paran asked, looking at Fox. Lance and Misty both looked at each other, worry on their faces. Fox wrapped an arm around her, standing on his heels.
"We're going to find out soon, at any rate," Misty sighed.
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May heard the voices of a group of people above her. She opened her eyes, and stared at the feet of five people. All men except one. The electric whip was no longer around her, but her skin still felt raw from where it touched her. Her Ice side had not been kind.
"...we had to use Sleep Powder. She would not come quietly, and we couldn't afford distracting the other Masters, and if Ashura had made a sudden decision to return early..." one of them said.
"Hm." One of them had been sitting, and stood up. May watched him, before going pale. It was Kiall, alive and well.
'How...?' she thought, 'Ash had...killed him. Nothing could have survived that blast...'
Kiall looked at her, before smiling. "Ah, you're up."
May sat up, glaring at him. Kiall shooed away the three Masters, and sat back down. The woman stood next to his chair, smiling slightly. Looking at her, May screamed.
"YOU!" she raged, jumping up. "YOU! It's you, Ariel!"
Ariel smirked. "Feisty. No wonder Ashura took such a liking to you. He always did seem to lean in that direction when it came to women," she said, "but enough of that. Yelling will do nothing for you."
Kiall, who had been silent, finally spoke back up. "Marian, Marian, Marian. Do you know why she showed up that night?"
May looked at them, her eyes glowing. Even if she couldn't use an elemental attack, she'd kill them. "No," May said.
Ariel and Kiall looked at each other. "We knew Ashura was having his own doubts." Ariel said, "Wondering why we did nothing, didn't make a sound. Wondering if he was actually powerful enough to beat us, to protect you like the knight in shining armor he was trying so hard to be."
"Of course, we knew he'd think of leaving to keep you safe, not thinking of what could happen in his absence." Kiall added, "So, I had Ariel go to the house, remind him of his past, make him wonder how someone with no way of finding where he was found him. Ashura is the type that if he feels his presence poses a threat to someone that he loves, he'll leave."
Kiall had gotten up and started pacing. "Of course, we had to use that to our advantage. When he left, that was our chance."
Her eye's widened. "That's when you got me! You...you think Ash will come try to protect me again!" May said.
"Not think, hun...'know,'" Ariel smirked, "We've seen him do everything in his power to keep you safe. Even Mazin! Even he knew not to let you get hurt, in the end anyway. As different as he was from Ashura, he had that same feeling."
May stood up, her skirt slightly wrinkled. "You're hoping that Ash will try to get in here, so you can catch him," she said softly.
"Precisely. Take her to her room for now." One of the Masters that had stayed took hold of her arm. "Make sure nothing happens to her or the child."
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The 'comet' gradually started going transparent, the outline of a man inside visible. The energy disappeared totally, revealing Ash inside, standing on the Shadow Disk. He had slowed it down as he carefully landed on the ground.
Cloak fluttering gently in the breeze, Ash stepped off the disk. Pikachu made one of his 'chu'ing noises, watching the people in the area. He pushed the door open, and walked over to the receptionist desk. The woman sitting behind it had looked up when she heard the tapping of Ash's boots on the tile floor.
"Sensei Ashura!" she said. Ash smiled at her. "You've returned! Have you business to attend to?"
Ash leaned against the desk, before saying, "I need a meeting with the Elite Four and the Rebellion leaders, ASAP. It's urgent that I speak with them."
She got on the phone, nodding. "Contact EF and R, pronto. Sensei Ashura is demanding a meeting, and will blow up Indigo to get it."
He coughed, trying to cover up his laugh. "I'll be in B16," Ash said softly, before he disappeared up the steps to the second floor.
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The first to arrive was Lt. Surge, who seated himself quietly. He was a big man, beating Ash in both height and width by a mile. "What's this about?" he asked, frowning at the Shadow Master.
Ash sat back down from when he stood up in his seat in the middle. Along one side of the table was five chairs, the middle one his and the others for the Elite Four, and along the other was four more for the Rebellion leaders. Lt. Surge was in the very last one to Ash's left. "I'll explain when-"
"Ah, Ashura! The Pokemon League's resident hottie!" The brown-haired beauty sat down next to Lt. Surge, watching Ash with dark eyes.
"Thank you, Giselle," Ash said with a half smile. He knew it was forced, but didn't let them know it. Ash was leaned back in his chair, legs crossed at the ankles.
Giselle got up and walked around the table. She sat down on the edge, watching him again. Wondering what was taking everyone else so long, Ash looked back at her. He turned a soft red; she was looking him up and down.
Ash's discomfort worsened, when he noticed her eyes had stopped. Giselle's lips tilted in a smile. "Leaves so much to the imagination..." she said softly, "I knew you had promise when you were just ten, then at seventeen it started showing through...now it's fully out."
Lance and Misty arrived just in time, saving Ash from commenting as he went bright red. Misty sat in the last chair to the right on the Rebellion side, and Lance took the seat to Ash's left. "Ash, where had you been?" Misty asked, worry in her voice, "Giselle, stop ogling Ash and go back to your seat."
Giselle gave Misty a cold look, eyes narrowed. "I don't take orders from you," she said harshly.
Ash sighed, and shook his head. "Mistress Giselle, please go sit down. When the other three get here we will need to start as fast as possible," Ash responded.
She looked at him, before walking around the table and sitting at her seat. Giselle knew better then to disobey not only the Pokemon League leader, but the Shadow Master too. Ash turned in his seat, when he heard two sets of footsteps. Two women stood in the doorway, one with short black hair and one with long turquoise hair. "Erika, Duplica."
"Haven't seen you in a while, Ashy-boy! Where've you been hiding, hmm?" Duplica asked, sitting down. Ash shook his head. Duplicate's mouth went into an 'o' shape, before she nodded and went quiet.
"Ashura, you are well?" a man's voice asked. Ash frowned at the poison ninja, Koga. He walked across the room, and sat down in the last remaining seat for the Rebellion, his outfit rustling quietly.
"I am fine." Ash replied softly, finally sitting up straight. Lt. Surge shifted in his seat, clearing his throat.
"Why have you called on us so suddenly?" Surge asked. Ash looked around.
"I have called on you all to..." Ash looked at the empty chair next to him, before looking at them again, "...to discuss the League. I need to know what they are planing, their location, everything."
Erika tapped the arm of her chair with her fingertips, frowning. "No disrespect meant Ash, but why do you want to know everything right now? And why in such a hurry?" she asked.
Ash stood up, his cloak gently falling to cover his lean frame again. He blew the stray strands of black hair out of his eyes, before beginning. "Come to find out, the League has decided for some reason to get May involved instead of just coming to me directly, and I am going to find her. I do not know what they have planned, or why they want May at all, but there is one thing I know: whether or not you can give me what I need, I'm going to find them."
The silence in the room was tense, as they stared at him. "Well, Ash," Koga said, "all we know so far is what area they are located, but not the exact plot."
"The League headquarters is somewhere near Cerulean." Giselle said, "We think near the Tower, but its no sure thing."
Staring at the tabletop, Ash sighed. "Cerulean. Do you know what they have planned?"
"No," Surge replied, "We lost contact with all of our inside spies."
"We're thinking that they were caught," Misty said, "by the fact there has been no sign of them for a few weeks."
Ash sat back down, his eyes softly glowing. "What do you plan on doing, Ash?" Lance asked.
"I'm going to go to the League HQ," Ash said slowly, "and I'm going to get inside and get May out, so I can take them out without worrying about her getting hurt in the onslaught."
"That's suicide," Erika gasped, "marching into the League blindly!"
He turned and stared at her. Erika fidgeted: Ash's icy stare was bothering her. "I'll come with," Duplica announced, standing up.
Ash stood up also. "No." he said, "No. None of you are coming. It's too dangerous, and it'll just make things harder. The more of us there are, the larger the change of getting caught."
Misty's eyes blazed. "Ashura, now you just wait one minute!" she snapped, "You think we all are just going to let you walk out of here, knowing you are going on a suicide mission? I know you've escaped death plenty of times, but this is no time to be making reckless decisions!"
"This isn't some reckless decision." Ash looked at her, his expression deathly calm. Misty backed off. It was like the calm before a storm. "I've been thinking about it since I found out...I know what I'm going to do."
"Then you'd know it's a death wish!" Misty seethed, "You can't just walk in there alone! That's just like slitting your own throat!"
He snorted, looking at Duplica, then at Misty. "None of you," Ash said, his voice dangerously low, "are to interfere, and that is a *direct order*."
Duplica sat back down, and stayed quiet. "Lance, Erika, and Duplica, you are in charge of the Pokemon League until I return. I'll be gone at least a week, but most likely longer then that. Good day to you all."
Ash turned on his heel and walked out.
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Shadow Fox 05: Hmm..it shouldn't be much longer. It just depends on where the plots goes XD
dark Dante: I'll start making them talk to each other, but not a whole chapter of it ^.^;;
Dragi: here is the next chapter ^___^
Misty looked up, shielding her eyes from the sun's light. She blinked, when a black comet-like object shot across the sky silently. It disappeared as quickly as it had appeared. "Ash." she said, "Where in the world is he...Indigo."
Lance, who had thought of the same thing, frowned. "Why though? Why go one way on foot, then use the Shadow Disk to fly the other?" he asked.
"I think..." Fox said dryly, "...that Ash has found out about May."
"Oh no...what do you think he's going to do?" Paran asked, looking at Fox. Lance and Misty both looked at each other, worry on their faces. Fox wrapped an arm around her, standing on his heels.
"We're going to find out soon, at any rate," Misty sighed.
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May heard the voices of a group of people above her. She opened her eyes, and stared at the feet of five people. All men except one. The electric whip was no longer around her, but her skin still felt raw from where it touched her. Her Ice side had not been kind.
"...we had to use Sleep Powder. She would not come quietly, and we couldn't afford distracting the other Masters, and if Ashura had made a sudden decision to return early..." one of them said.
"Hm." One of them had been sitting, and stood up. May watched him, before going pale. It was Kiall, alive and well.
'How...?' she thought, 'Ash had...killed him. Nothing could have survived that blast...'
Kiall looked at her, before smiling. "Ah, you're up."
May sat up, glaring at him. Kiall shooed away the three Masters, and sat back down. The woman stood next to his chair, smiling slightly. Looking at her, May screamed.
"YOU!" she raged, jumping up. "YOU! It's you, Ariel!"
Ariel smirked. "Feisty. No wonder Ashura took such a liking to you. He always did seem to lean in that direction when it came to women," she said, "but enough of that. Yelling will do nothing for you."
Kiall, who had been silent, finally spoke back up. "Marian, Marian, Marian. Do you know why she showed up that night?"
May looked at them, her eyes glowing. Even if she couldn't use an elemental attack, she'd kill them. "No," May said.
Ariel and Kiall looked at each other. "We knew Ashura was having his own doubts." Ariel said, "Wondering why we did nothing, didn't make a sound. Wondering if he was actually powerful enough to beat us, to protect you like the knight in shining armor he was trying so hard to be."
"Of course, we knew he'd think of leaving to keep you safe, not thinking of what could happen in his absence." Kiall added, "So, I had Ariel go to the house, remind him of his past, make him wonder how someone with no way of finding where he was found him. Ashura is the type that if he feels his presence poses a threat to someone that he loves, he'll leave."
Kiall had gotten up and started pacing. "Of course, we had to use that to our advantage. When he left, that was our chance."
Her eye's widened. "That's when you got me! You...you think Ash will come try to protect me again!" May said.
"Not think, hun...'know,'" Ariel smirked, "We've seen him do everything in his power to keep you safe. Even Mazin! Even he knew not to let you get hurt, in the end anyway. As different as he was from Ashura, he had that same feeling."
May stood up, her skirt slightly wrinkled. "You're hoping that Ash will try to get in here, so you can catch him," she said softly.
"Precisely. Take her to her room for now." One of the Masters that had stayed took hold of her arm. "Make sure nothing happens to her or the child."
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The 'comet' gradually started going transparent, the outline of a man inside visible. The energy disappeared totally, revealing Ash inside, standing on the Shadow Disk. He had slowed it down as he carefully landed on the ground.
Cloak fluttering gently in the breeze, Ash stepped off the disk. Pikachu made one of his 'chu'ing noises, watching the people in the area. He pushed the door open, and walked over to the receptionist desk. The woman sitting behind it had looked up when she heard the tapping of Ash's boots on the tile floor.
"Sensei Ashura!" she said. Ash smiled at her. "You've returned! Have you business to attend to?"
Ash leaned against the desk, before saying, "I need a meeting with the Elite Four and the Rebellion leaders, ASAP. It's urgent that I speak with them."
She got on the phone, nodding. "Contact EF and R, pronto. Sensei Ashura is demanding a meeting, and will blow up Indigo to get it."
He coughed, trying to cover up his laugh. "I'll be in B16," Ash said softly, before he disappeared up the steps to the second floor.
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The first to arrive was Lt. Surge, who seated himself quietly. He was a big man, beating Ash in both height and width by a mile. "What's this about?" he asked, frowning at the Shadow Master.
Ash sat back down from when he stood up in his seat in the middle. Along one side of the table was five chairs, the middle one his and the others for the Elite Four, and along the other was four more for the Rebellion leaders. Lt. Surge was in the very last one to Ash's left. "I'll explain when-"
"Ah, Ashura! The Pokemon League's resident hottie!" The brown-haired beauty sat down next to Lt. Surge, watching Ash with dark eyes.
"Thank you, Giselle," Ash said with a half smile. He knew it was forced, but didn't let them know it. Ash was leaned back in his chair, legs crossed at the ankles.
Giselle got up and walked around the table. She sat down on the edge, watching him again. Wondering what was taking everyone else so long, Ash looked back at her. He turned a soft red; she was looking him up and down.
Ash's discomfort worsened, when he noticed her eyes had stopped. Giselle's lips tilted in a smile. "Leaves so much to the imagination..." she said softly, "I knew you had promise when you were just ten, then at seventeen it started showing through...now it's fully out."
Lance and Misty arrived just in time, saving Ash from commenting as he went bright red. Misty sat in the last chair to the right on the Rebellion side, and Lance took the seat to Ash's left. "Ash, where had you been?" Misty asked, worry in her voice, "Giselle, stop ogling Ash and go back to your seat."
Giselle gave Misty a cold look, eyes narrowed. "I don't take orders from you," she said harshly.
Ash sighed, and shook his head. "Mistress Giselle, please go sit down. When the other three get here we will need to start as fast as possible," Ash responded.
She looked at him, before walking around the table and sitting at her seat. Giselle knew better then to disobey not only the Pokemon League leader, but the Shadow Master too. Ash turned in his seat, when he heard two sets of footsteps. Two women stood in the doorway, one with short black hair and one with long turquoise hair. "Erika, Duplica."
"Haven't seen you in a while, Ashy-boy! Where've you been hiding, hmm?" Duplica asked, sitting down. Ash shook his head. Duplicate's mouth went into an 'o' shape, before she nodded and went quiet.
"Ashura, you are well?" a man's voice asked. Ash frowned at the poison ninja, Koga. He walked across the room, and sat down in the last remaining seat for the Rebellion, his outfit rustling quietly.
"I am fine." Ash replied softly, finally sitting up straight. Lt. Surge shifted in his seat, clearing his throat.
"Why have you called on us so suddenly?" Surge asked. Ash looked around.
"I have called on you all to..." Ash looked at the empty chair next to him, before looking at them again, "...to discuss the League. I need to know what they are planing, their location, everything."
Erika tapped the arm of her chair with her fingertips, frowning. "No disrespect meant Ash, but why do you want to know everything right now? And why in such a hurry?" she asked.
Ash stood up, his cloak gently falling to cover his lean frame again. He blew the stray strands of black hair out of his eyes, before beginning. "Come to find out, the League has decided for some reason to get May involved instead of just coming to me directly, and I am going to find her. I do not know what they have planned, or why they want May at all, but there is one thing I know: whether or not you can give me what I need, I'm going to find them."
The silence in the room was tense, as they stared at him. "Well, Ash," Koga said, "all we know so far is what area they are located, but not the exact plot."
"The League headquarters is somewhere near Cerulean." Giselle said, "We think near the Tower, but its no sure thing."
Staring at the tabletop, Ash sighed. "Cerulean. Do you know what they have planned?"
"No," Surge replied, "We lost contact with all of our inside spies."
"We're thinking that they were caught," Misty said, "by the fact there has been no sign of them for a few weeks."
Ash sat back down, his eyes softly glowing. "What do you plan on doing, Ash?" Lance asked.
"I'm going to go to the League HQ," Ash said slowly, "and I'm going to get inside and get May out, so I can take them out without worrying about her getting hurt in the onslaught."
"That's suicide," Erika gasped, "marching into the League blindly!"
He turned and stared at her. Erika fidgeted: Ash's icy stare was bothering her. "I'll come with," Duplica announced, standing up.
Ash stood up also. "No." he said, "No. None of you are coming. It's too dangerous, and it'll just make things harder. The more of us there are, the larger the change of getting caught."
Misty's eyes blazed. "Ashura, now you just wait one minute!" she snapped, "You think we all are just going to let you walk out of here, knowing you are going on a suicide mission? I know you've escaped death plenty of times, but this is no time to be making reckless decisions!"
"This isn't some reckless decision." Ash looked at her, his expression deathly calm. Misty backed off. It was like the calm before a storm. "I've been thinking about it since I found out...I know what I'm going to do."
"Then you'd know it's a death wish!" Misty seethed, "You can't just walk in there alone! That's just like slitting your own throat!"
He snorted, looking at Duplica, then at Misty. "None of you," Ash said, his voice dangerously low, "are to interfere, and that is a *direct order*."
Duplica sat back down, and stayed quiet. "Lance, Erika, and Duplica, you are in charge of the Pokemon League until I return. I'll be gone at least a week, but most likely longer then that. Good day to you all."
Ash turned on his heel and walked out.
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Shadow Fox 05: Hmm..it shouldn't be much longer. It just depends on where the plots goes XD
dark Dante: I'll start making them talk to each other, but not a whole chapter of it ^.^;;
Dragi: here is the next chapter ^___^