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Author's Notes: Howdy, howdy people! Yep, yep, I updated! Cheer everyone, it wasn't that long! *crickets chirping* Oh, well, I guess you guys are still pretty upset about 'waiting forever before she updates'. I am trying! Trying very, very, very, very, very, very, very, hard! Okay............maybe not that hard! Enjoy the story! ^--^







Nightmare Mansion
By: Usagi Tuskino







Chapter Seventeen : + : Overwhelmed by Hatred



Yuuki happily made her way back towards the gardens. After a lot of thinking, she decided that it would be better if she gave her friends back their souls. After all, they were her friends, and she hated seeing them stare at her so blankly. Knowing that she was the whole cause behind it, only made her sick to her stomach.



She noticed now that her powers had grown a great deal stronger. Now she would be able to keep her friends minds in one place easier. Before, their minds where not guarded and could drift into memories that would confuse them. She had not been strong enough to keep their thoughts away, not strong enough to control their minds. But now she was, and it confused her. How did she get that extra power? Where did it come from? It was no little deal either, it was a lot, a boost. It made her feel strong, but it also scared her. Before she was weak, with no friends, truly alone, but now....Now she was strong and surrounded by her friends comfort. She was desperate to keep them, she'd go to even extreme measures to prove that they were, indeed, her friends.



There was only one problem. This boy was a threat to her happiness. Ash. Every time he came, bad things would happen, not just things on the outside, but things on the inside as well. He messed with her mind. He caused emotions to rack throughout her body, emotions she never felt before. When he came that day, trying to take Misty away from her, he could brake her spell so easily. He could destroy her...and her world. His affect on her was dangerous. He made her blood boil, he made her not just mad, but furious. For her, this was a big deal. Yuuki never allowed herself to become angry. Everyone awed her on her ability to always remain calm. People admired her for that. They praised her for it. But this boy, this stupid boy, he made her angry. Very angry.



It was this intense anger that drove her to take more of his friends. She had been completely satisfied with Misty, Misty was all she wanted. But when he came along and messed with Misty's head, trying to turn her against Yuuki, to leave her. It made her furious. She began to develop strong negative feelings toward Ash. Hatred began to burn within her. Hatred for that boy. That boy who was trying to take away her only happiness. Trying to take away her only friend.



Her fingers gripped the tea tray, pressing so tightly that her fingers began to turn white. She had to get rid of him, so she could finally live the happy life she wanted. A frown suddenly formed on her face, her eyes showing worry. Was it possible...? Could she really hate this boy so much. She looked down at the tea tray, at her white fingers. She already knew the answer. All this anger, all this emotion....this hatred. It scared her so much. She often found herself marveling in the thought of destroying this boy's happiness, to show him a world of despair. To show him her world. A world with no hope, no friends....

A world where you were truly alone......this was her world....





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"Why would she do this to them?!" Ash yelled out, tears threatening to spill down his cheeks.



Togepi simply shook her head, she did not know the answer to his question. In all truth, she did not think Yuuki would go this far. It was too late, they were too late. Nothing could be done now, all hope was lost....



She watched with sorrow-filled eyes as Ash clutched, desperately to Misty, continuing to yell over to Brock and Pikachu. It was pointless, they couldn't hear him. Their friends were gone, only Yuuki knows where their souls lie. Suddenly, Togepi fell to the ground, for the first time she realized what was happening before her. Their friends were gone. Misty was gone. Her mother was gone. Ash's heartfelt cries reached her ears and tears slid down her pale yellow cheeks. Ash continued to call to Misty, begging....pleading for her to wake up, his voice wavering as her fought against the tears. It was then that Togepi finally snapped.



Stop it! Oh Please, please, Ash! It's too late....please...Stop it!



Hearing the pokemons tearful cry, Ash's head raised, his eyes shifting to the little pokemon who had fallen to the ground. Realizing he had panicked and was being no help to the Pokemon before him who was falling apart on the ground, tears rushing down her small cheeks.



She was only a small child, crying over the scene before her. Misty....Misty was her mother. He silently cursed himself, realizing that he was the cause of the little eggs problems. He was being selfish, thinking that he was the only one suffering, while in reality, there was so many more around him suffering not only because of this scene but because of him. Right now, he could finally see. Right now, he had to be strong. It was Togepi who pulled him back onto his feet when he fell to the ground in hopelessness. Now, he could see. Now was the time to do the same for her.



"I'm sorry." He murmured, softly. "I.....I lost myself."



Togepi's brown eyes glanced up to meet Ash's. Ash whipped his tears away, shakily, his lips curved up placing a small smile across his face. The little pokemon could only blink which caused more tears to glide down her cheeks. She broke down. Everything..... Everything was so wrong. Quickly, she recovered herself, shaking the shameful tears away. Slowly, but sturdily, she floated back up into the air. I'm sorry for yelling.....It seems...I was lost as well...



"I'll bring them back, all of them." He stood up, his body feeling numb. He released Misty from his grasp, allowing her to sit upon the ground, looking lost. "I promise."



His gaze shifted to Pikachu and Brock sitting at the table, then slowly down to the red headed girl sitting next to him. Tears threatened to shed once more, but he remained strong and whispered to himself more then them:



"I promise...."



Silence seemed to swallow up everything as he stood there, staring at his lost friends. All was quiet, but not a peaceful silence, but one that was hard and stressed. It hung, sticking to the air, to ones own breath as one exhaled. It was nerve-racking. The kind that tears you apart from within, the kind that strangles your soul, driving you to the point of insanity.



This terrorizing silence was shattered like glass smashing against the ground, splitting into a million pieces against the cold earth. A tea tray clashed against the stone floor, followed by the shattering of a tea pot as it impacted with the gray cement. Hot, brown liquid strides across the slick floor, making its way to the pale girl who once carried it.



Ash's eyes grew wide as his gaze set upon the young women. A look of pure terror flashed across his features but was quickly replaced by extreme anger. Togepi stood at her spot, head bowed, for she already knew who it was.



"Yuuki." Ash's voice was dark and came out as a clear threat.





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Yuuki made her way along the polished silver sidewalk, which led to the gardens and the tea table. Something wasn't right, she stopped and looked around. A thick uneasiness stuck to the air, causing shivers to run down her spine. She could feel an unknown presence, something that didn't belong, something that wasn't wanted.



Her pace quickened as she made her way through the green gardens toward the tea area. She stopped in her tracks, all color draining from her face, as she peered at the scene before her. Her fingers became slippery and lost their will to carry the tray of fresh, hot tea. It slipped from her hands, silently, and crashed down upon the gray earth. Shattered shards glided across the slick stone, tea splattered from the destroyed pot, it's luke-warm contents gliding along the smooth concrete, stopping only before her feet.



Her fingers were now trembling down by her sides, her face pale and cold with sweat. It was impossible. There was no way he could have found his way back. He was lost, lost in the darkness forever. He was suppose to be lost.



Lost in despair and hopelessness.



Like....her.



"Yuuki." His voice echoed through her head, like a nightmare that would not leave.



He was suppose to be in the darkness....



Lost in despair...



Impossible! Her head screamed, Why is this happening?! This is impossible!! There he stood, staring her down, eyes possessing strength and vigor. He was not suppose to possess those strengths. He was suppose to be weak, crying, and alone. He was suppose to be feeling her pain. Why? Why was this happening..??



There was no way he could of escaped the darkness, it would of swallowed him up. He should be nothing. He should be withering away in the darkness! But....But here he stands the exact opposite. Here he stands strong with a heart full of strength, full of hope, and determination. Determination to destroy her world. To destroy her...



Her gaze shifted from the dark haired boy to the small pokemon whose eyes seemed far away, not seeing what was before her. Her eyes were seeing something, something else, in another world maybe. It hit her full force at that moment. There was no way he could of escaped alone. And, he didn't! This small pokemon obviously helped him out with her power of light. She got a better look at the pokemon and realized it was Misty's little pokemon.



The same pokemon Misty had told her about. The one that was her child. So, the pokemon thought she could take her away also. Her eyes darkened as her gaze shifted back to Ash, glaring at him. No matter what she did, he always came back, more stronger and determined than before. Pure rage filled her veins, coursing through her frail body. Hatred filled her, anger rose.



He wanted to break her.



Destroy her.



Destroy her world. Destroy the only thing she had left. Destroy the only friendship that remained.



He wanted to kill her, make her live in misery.



He was strong, Yuuki knew this too well. There was only one way to get rid of his kind. Darkness would not affect him, for he would prevail. She couldn't trap him in his own dreams, for he would break out, furious. She couldn't throw him out of her world, for he would just come back and haunt her forever.



There was only one way.



Her eyes clouded over as her hatred began to eat her from within. Hatred. It coursed throughout her body, consuming her soul. Power rushed through her veins, leaving her feeling raw and anew. Never before had she felt this way. Never had she felt the want, no, the need to kill another. Overwhelming power constricted through her body, jerking her body.



Darkness.



It was everywhere. It was all she could see.



It enveloped her. Emitting her in a ghostly dark glow. Her eyes rolled back, white the only color visible. A blood curdling laugh erupted from the depths of her throat, stiffened the world into a deafening silence. Both Ash's and Togepi's breaths stuck in their throught as they cringed in fear.



There was no stopping now. She would kill the boy and make sure it was a slow and painful death. There was no escape. Her body went into a fit of convulsions as another laugh penetrated the air. The young fool could not hold against her power. There was not doubt in her mind. The boy was dead.



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Hope you liked the Chapter, I couldn't decide where to end, so I decided here was good enough. Well it didn't take as long as last time to update! ^-^



Actually, I would of had it up alot earlier if it wasn't for all the mind-boggling projects all my teachers are throwing at me! @_______@ Too much work! One project's due after the other! WAAAAAAA, My head hurts!



Thanks for Reading! Remember Happy Reviewing makes a happy Usagi and Pika-Pika!



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