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Part
3 - A Nightmare Battle
(****** - Means scene change)
It
was a tranquil night in Goldenrod city, the sky was clear, the stars were out
and the city was peaceful. 2 days
prior, Ash and the gang left the Pokehotel, much to Misty's dismay.
She had tried to get the boys to use the coupons they got to stay longer,
but was voted out 2 to1. Brock
claimed that they should be used in emergencies only.
So the trio left the luxurious Hotel and went to stay in the dingy
Pokemon Center. Misty complained
how small the beds where and how cramped there room felt.
Once she had a taste of high life, she didn't want to go. But to Ash the Pokemon Center was like home in a ways to him.
That
afternoon Ash, Misty and Brock traveled to the mall for 4 hours to spend some of
the money they received from Mrs. Ketchum, actually, Misty spent most of it, why
else would it have taken 4 hours. Every
man knows that women, money and malls do not mix.
Even though Brock and Ash finished their shopping in 20 minutes, Misty
took the better half of the day trying out clothes and looking at girly stuff.
This surprised Ash, since when was Misty into girly things? He had never
seen her in a dress, the thought of it usually made him laugh.
He loved Misty for who she was. A
girl in pants, well, more then that. She
was his, and always would be. That
night they crawled onto their hard stiff beds, complete with lumpy pillows and
rested their aching feet. That
afternoon Brock realized why they have benches in front of women clothing
stores, and only women clothing stores. It
only took minutes before they were all resting comfortably.
Brock began to dream of Nurse Joy, Ash dreamed of becoming a Pokemon
master, as always. Misty although,
seemed to be twitching in her sleep.
***********
Ash and Misty are standing at the
altar. Misty is wearing a beautiful
white wedding gown. Opposite of Misty, Ash is dressed smartly in a tuxedo.
The church is packed and flowers are strewn everywhere.
They held hands and turned to face the Priest.
"Do you, Misty, take Ash Ketchum to
be your lawful wedded husband.....to have and to hold...for richer or
poorer....in
sickness and in health.....till death do
you part?"
Misty gazed into Ash's eyes. "I
do......"
The Priest turned to Ash. "Do
you, Ash.... take Misty Waterflower to be your lawful wedded wife, to have and
to hold....for richer or poorer...in sickness and in health....till death do you
part?"
Ash turned to Misty, he breathed in and smiled. "I......I...(sweatdrop)..I.....I CAN'T!!!!!"
Misty gasped in shock. The
entire Church roared at Ash's answer. "HUH????
Ash, what's wrong? Don't you love me?"
Ash released Misty's hands and shoved her off the alter. "NO!!!
BECAUSE I LOVE....." In the gathered audience, Misty's three older
sisters stood up. "VIOLET!!!!!" Misty stared
in disbelief. Violet ran into
Ash's arms, they then began to kiss passionately, right in front of Misty and
the entire Church. Misty began to
cry. "Ash……no………why?*sniff*"
Ash broke off the kiss and turned to Misty.
"Forget you....you're just a
scrawny little tomboy! Who in their right mind would love YOU?!??!?! OF ALL
PEOPLE!!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!
Misty held her arms out to Ash, but he coldly smacked them away.
Misty turned and saw Pikachu in front of her.
"Pikaaaaaa!" Pikachu let loose a devastating thunder attack on Misty,
which destroyed her gown. Misty crumpled over in a heap. Out of nowhere, Mrs. Ketchum ran up and bopped her on the
head. "Misty! Nobody loves you....nobody ever did!!!!!!!" She bopped her
again "You're just an abusive little wretch!!!" whacks her in the face
"You nasty little tomboy, you!
STAY AWAY FROM MY SON!!!!!"
Tears streamed out of her eyes.
"WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?!?!??!?!?!"
Everybody turns to the new couple at
the altar....Ash and Violet....
Ash looked Violet in the eyes "I
do."
The priest smiled.
"Then by the power vested in me by the town of Pallet, I now pronounce
you husband and wife...." He turns and narrows his eyes at Misty. "You may
kiss the REAL bride!" Ash and Violet turn to each other.
Misty gets up and charges towards the
altar....
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!"
But it's too late Ash and Violet
kiss passionately. Misty suddenly
doubles over, as a sharp pain racks her
chest. Nurse Joy appears with Brock. "What's with her?"
Misty writhed on the church floor
grasping her chest in pain. Nurse
Joy leaned in to inspect her. "Hmmm......it looks like her heart is
breaking......she's not gonna make it....."
Misty starts to cough up blood and
her arms flail wildly.
Ash and his new wife walked up to
Misty. "Who cares about HER????? NOBODY, THAT'S WHO!!! WAAAA!" Ash then
does his little pose. Everybody in the church points at her and laughs
mockingly. Some shouting,
"wretch!" and "Nasty tomboy!"
Misty falls to the floor, and she
can't even breathe...the pain in her chest gets too great, and the last thing
she sees before she dies is Ash and Violet walking out of the church followed by
the procession......the last thing she hears Ash say is......
"It's such a shame this didn't
happen earlier........."
As the new couple walks out the
church Misty reached her hand out to Ash. "Ash.....I.......loved....you......"
Her body goes numb as blackness takes
over................Misty has died, all alone, in that torn white dress......her
eyes tearful...her heart broken…...and nobody cared.......
***********
Misty lay in bed; tears trickled down the corner of her eyes, her mouth quivered
as she whimpered in her sleep. A
moment of silence passed before she let out a blood-curdling scream.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Ash, who was sleeping in the bed next to her, snaps awake
immediately. "MISTY! What's wrong!"
Misty bursts into tears and started crying hysterically.
Ash threw of his covers and ran over to her side.
He instinctively threw his arms around her, terrified. "Misty! Misty what is it!
CALM DOWN!" She buried her face in Ash's chest as she cried
hysterically. Brock tumbled out of
his bed and landed on his face. He
raced over to the wailing Misty. "WHAT
HAPPENED!?" Ash gave Brock a
worried look. "IF I KNEW I WOULD OF TOLD YOU BY NOW!"
Misty's muffled cries grew louder, as Ash could feel a large wetness
grow on his shirt. Brock scratched
his head. "Something must of scared her…..something bad." Ash sat on the bed and scooped Misty in his lap.
Misty still buried her face on his shoulder as she continued to cry.
Ash could feel her body shake as she took in large breaths, and
occasionally hiccupped. He reached
down and grabbed the blanket from the bed and wrapped her in it.
From his perspective she looked like a little baby.
Ash pulled her closer to him as a means to try and calm her down.
He gently rocked back and forth, as he rubbed her back.
"sshhhh…..it's okay baby
It's okay.....ssshhhh……….let it all out,
baby.....let it all out."
Misty started to calm down but was still crying.
Ash looked up at Brock. "Can
you get Misty a glass of water please?" Brock
nodded and quickly left the two alone. Misty
finally stopped crying, she continued to bury her head into Ash. He reached down and kissed Misty's tear stained cheeks.
"There, there…..are you going to be okay?"
Misty looked up to him. "I don't
know…..I….I……wahhhhhhhahahahah!!" She began to cry AGAIN.
Ash continued to rock her back and forth until she settled down again.
"Misty, what's wrong? You never screamed like that......you have me
worried now. Did you have a bad dream or something?"
"More like a horrible nightmare....I was so
afraid.......I was.." Her mouth quivered as she suppressed the urge to cry.
Ash kissed her forehead "do you want to talk about it?"
Misty rubbed her eyes. "I can't….it's to
horrible!"
"If you tell me, you'll feel better" After a moment
Misty took a deep breath and quickly told the events of her nightmare.
Pausing at moments as she recalled the true horror of the dream.
"And then you pointedatVioletandsaidyou loved…..her…INSTEAD OF
ME!!!" Ash went wide-eyed.
"Whaaaa! Violet, no way!" Misty continued to tell Ash of her nightmare, in
one breath. " And Brock and Nurse
Joy were there and they said that my heart was breaking then you and violet
laughed at me and as you left you said it was…a shame a didn't die
earlier!" The really surprised Ash. Misty held back a few choking tears.
"And then I died …and….and… nobody cared! *Cough*" Ash rolled his eyes
and turned Misty head to face his. "That's ridiculous, for one thing I love
you and not violet, a lot of people care about you and…." Ash paused as he
gazed into her eyes. He grasped her face and kissed her passionately. "I would
never leave you." Misty finally
stopped crying and gave Ash a weak smile. Brock
gently rapped on the door and peeked his head in. Ash waved him in. "it's
okay Brock, situation under control." Brock
walked in and handed Misty a glass of water.
She shakily took the glass and drank its contents.
"Thanks..*Sniff*" Brock nodded and returned to his bed, he fell
asleep the moment his head hit the pillow.
Ash and Misty stared at Brock and then back at each other.
Ash looked at the clock. "Whoa…it's 1 in the morning." He looked back at Brock who was snoring loudly, suddenly
remembering how tired he was. "That looks like a good idea."
He turned his attention back to Misty, who was fast asleep in his arms.
He gently brushed away a strand of hair.
He held her close and leaned on the headboard. "I'll never leave
you…. never." He closed his eyes and slept. (Never leave you……)
Pikachu continued to sleep on the end of Ash's bed, oblivious to what
just aspired.
**********
Misty awoke in the arms of Ash. He head was a little sore and her eyes were blood shot.
She quietly lifted his arms of her and snuck into the bathroom.
She turned on the light and looked into the mirror, she suppressed the
urge to scream again. "What a
night….." her hair was messy, she had bags under her eyes and she had raging
cottonmouth. After a few minutes of
brushing, washing and gurgling, she was back to her old self.
"That's better, wouldn't want Ash to see me like that." She
slightly shuddered at the recollection of the dream.
"That was so weird, but it was just a dream, dreams aren't real
right….right?" She got dressed
and snuck out the room to get breakfast. She
was heartily enjoying her bagel when two hands wrapped around her waist.
She looked back to see Ash, with a worried expression on his face. "You
startled me" He sat down next to her. "Sorry, how are you feeling?" Misty
continued to nibble on her bagel. "I
feel fine, it was just a dream." Ash
smiled. "That's good, I'm glad you're alright."
He reached for a bowl and the cereal.
"Could you pass the milk please Misty?" Misty obliged. "Here you
go, oh and Ash?" He looked up from his food. "Yeah?" She leaned in and
kissed him on the cheek. "Thank you." Ash
blushed. "You welcome." They
continued to eat breakfast. Pikachu
soon walked up to their table carrying a ketchup bottle.
"Morning buddy!" ash exclaimed.
Pikachu groggily acknowledged Ash and began licking up the ketchup. Misty giggled "not
a morning pokemon are we?" Pikachu ignored her and lapped up his breakfast.
Brock stumbled over to the table and fell into his seat.
Misty and Ash both had sweatdrops. "Morning Brock…..sleep well?"
He mumbled something incoherent and leaned over to grab the cereal box.
He quickly fell asleep and slammed his head on the table.
Ash poked him with a straw. "uhh….Brock..waky
waky." Brock slowly rose from the
table, a napkin stuck to his forehead. The
all laughed and finished eating. Brock
advised that it was time they left Goldenrod.
Ash and Misty reluctantly agreed. They
had some good times in the city; truthfully they didn't want to leave such a
magical place. But Ash was ready
and willing to get to the Johto league. So
that afternoon, they packed up and left. They
headed out to route 34; not knowing where their next adventure would start.
While walking the trio crossed paths with many interesting pokemon.
Ash reached into his coat pocket and pulled out Dexter.
He pointed it at a furry round pokemon scurrying around the ground.
"I wonder what those are?" Ash said. The pokedex beep and a picture
appeared on the red device. "Sentret….the guardian Pokemon….when sensing
danger it lifts itself on its tail and emits a high pitch scream to warn other
pokemon."
Ash withdrew his pokedex. "Wow a sentret, we don't
have those back home, Johto really is different."
Brock nodded. "That's
Johto for you, new places, new pokemon, new gyms.." Ash stopped dead in his
tracks. Misty ran into him. "Hey
don't stop of all of sudden, what's wrong?"
Ash turned to Misty, weird tear things running down his cheeks.
"I……I…..forgot to go to the GYM!!!" Brock and
Misty fell over in stupidity. "what! How could you forget!" Misty screamed.
Ash didn't answer, he just ran back to Goldenrod City as fast as his
legs could carry him. Pikachu sighed. "pika pi…"
"well I guess we got a little sidetracked."
Brock said. Misty sighed as well. "we better chase after him."
********
"urgh…..I'm sick of losing to those twerps!"
Jessie yelled.
Team Rocket was sitting in their makeshift cabin huddling
over a camp-oven, where a single turnip was being roasted.
"I'm sick of having nothing to eat." James whined.
Meowth sighed. "looks like
it's turnip surprise again…..*sigh*"
"what's the surprise?" Jessie asked
Meowth poked at the turnip. "it's just a turnip"
They all sighed and ate their dinner.
"when will we ever catch a break." James said.
"let's just hope the boss doesn't call."
Just then the phone rang. "speak of the devil."
Jessie hesitantly walked over to the phone a placed the
receiver to her ear, which was immediately blasted off the side of her head from
the screams of their boss…..Giovanni.
~"Why haven't you delivered any pokemon!"~
"well, we've had some problems"
~"I am not pleased, Jessie."~
"It's not just me!"
~"I'm holding you all responsible for your
incompetence!"~
James and Meowth watch Jessie as she kept the phone
inches off her ear, they were 4 feet away from her and they could still hear
what their boss was saying. After a
few more minutes of being berated by Giovanni he slammed down the phone leaving
Jessie with a red ear. She sulked
back to the group and sat down. "We
have 2 weeks to deliver a pokemon…or we're fired."
James and Meowth gasped. "Fired! After all our loyal service!" James
screamed. Meowth jumped up and scratched his face. "We're not fired yet! ya
nincompoop! We have two weeks! I
say let's go out there and show that Team
Rocket still has what it takes!" Jessie
jumped up. "yeah! Let's do it! Come on James!"
James reached down and rubbed his stomach. "but I'm
hungry….."
Jessie rubbed her forehead. "shut up James."
"okay"
*********
Back at
Goldenrod City Ash as finally located the Pokemon Gym.
"gasp…..huh..huh…I….made…it.."
It doubled over and collapsed on the pavement.
Brock ran up to Ash and began shaking him wildly.
"Ash? Come on Ash, don't you want to battle?!"
That woke him up. "yeah! I'm going to win a badge!"
Brock walked toward the gym. "right after I rest here a moment."
Brock fell over in stupidity. Misty
grabbed his shirt collar. "come
on Ash, get it together, if you win…..I'll give you a kiss."
Ash jumped up and ran into the gym.
"well that worked, come on Brock, let's get this over with."
With that they entered the Goldenrod Gym. "wonder who the gym leader
is"
********
Ash emerged into the gym stadium floor.
It had the similar qualities as all the other gyms, the outline of the
battlefield, the statues of pokemon and the many female trainers with small cute
pokemon roaming about. ("wait a minute.")
Ash looked into the gym and could see dozens of female trainers with
pokemon such as Clefairy and Jigglypuff. "whoa,
look at em all." Pikachu jumped
on his shoulder. "pika?" Ash smiled. "lets do it buddy."
One of the trainers ran up to a girl attending a
Jigglypuff. "excuse me but it seems we have a visitor."
The girl looked up to see Ash and Pikachu. "I see, Robin, have the
other clear the field, it seems I have a challenger." The trainer bowed and motioned for the other to leave.
"Welcome to Goldenrod Gym! I am Whitney, the Gym
leader."
Ash nodded. "I am Ash from Pallet town, I wish to
challenge you for a badge." At this moment Misty and Brock arrived in the gym.
"very well Ash, we will have a 3 on 3, how's that sound?" Before
Ash could answer, Brock ran in between the two.
He grasped Whitney's hands and gazed lovingly into her eyes.
"Hi there pretty lady my names Brock.
How would you like to spend and eternity together? And I know I OWOWOWOW!!"
Misty cut off Brock and dragged him away by his ear.
Ash sweat dropped and scratched his head. "yeah…sounds find to me, lets get started!"
Whitney and Ash made their way to their respective spots
in the battlefield. "okay here we
go, a 3 on 3 battle, no time limit, begin!"
Ash whipped his hat around and through his first pokeball. "Charizard
Go!" The bright light subsided
and the immense shape of Charizard appeared before them. Whitney frowned. "a Charizard huh, okay then. GO
Miltank!"
"Miltank? What's that?"
********
Team Rocket emerged from the alleyway dressed in long
black cloaks. Jessie pointed to a
building across the road. "that's
the place, there should be lots of pokemon in there."
James and Meowth nodded.
"What better place to steal pokemon then the Goldenrod Gym!"
They snuck around to the back and peered into a nearby window, what they
saw almost took their breath away. "The twerp! WHY IS HE EVERYWHERE WE GO!
This isn't fare!" The continued
to watch as Ash went up against Whitney. His
Charizard defeated Miltank and Whitney just called out a Clefairy.
"Jessie, do you see what I see?"
"it's a Clefairy, imagine us giving the Boss such a
rare Pokemon?" Jessie said. Meowth
popped up. "we'd be on the Boss's good side and I could be the top
Meowth!" James got excited.
"well let's go get it!" Jessie
held him back. "wait James, why
should we do all the work, let the twerp tire it out and when it faints we can
go in and steal it!"
James rubbed his hands together. "that's sounds delicious!"
James' stomach growled. "speaking of delicious." Before James could
finish his sentence he was cut off by a paper fan to the head, care of Jessie.
"don't even mention food!" "sorry"
he said meekly.
***********
Back in the Gym Ash as just won the second round
finishing off the Clefairy with a massive flamethrower attack. In the stands
Misty and Brock were cheering him on. "Ash is doing pretty good isn't he
Brock." But he didn't hear her,
he couldn't stop staring at Whitney. "wha….what
did you say Misty?" Misty
shrugged "your hopeless".
On the battlefield Ash was doing extremely well for
himself, Whitney knew this as well. With
Clefairy gone, she had one last chance, one last pokemon.
She drew out her pokeball and hurled into the battlefield.
"go WigglyTuff!" Just
then a large blast occurred from outside. The
entire Gym shook as the north wall of the gym crumbled to the ground in a
smoldering heap. Ash and Whitney as a blow back of smoke and dust blew past
them. Misty tried to calm down
Togepi as Brock slipped and tumbled down the stairs.
"you okay Brock?" Misty asked. He painfully got up. "just fine,
what was that!?" Ash looked up to
see…. "TEAM ROCKET!"
"That's right Twerp, we're back!" Ash grabbed
onto Pikachu defensively. "There's no way your getting Pikachu!"
"We don't want that little rodent, we're here for
Clefairy!" Whitney ran over to
Ash. "Are these friends of yours?" Ash shook his head. "They're more
like enemies, what should we do?" Whitney
winked at Ash. "Don't worry we'll take care of em." Ash looked confused.
"We?" Team Rocket jumped
through the hole where the wall used to be and faced off with Whitney. "Prepare yourself! We aren't leaving without your
Clefairy!" Whitney brought her
fingers to her mouth and whistled loudly. "let's
get em girls!"
Meowth looked to see a dozen trainers run out into the
battlefield. "oh-oh, dis looks bad!"
The trainers each threw out their pokeballs, revealing
Jigglypuffs, Clefairys, and a weird pink dog looking pokemon.
Ash took out his pokedex. "what's that?"
~"Snubble……..the pit bull pokemon………..It has
an active playful nature. Many
women love to frolic with it because of its affectionate ways."~ Misty bonked
Ash in the head. "now's not the time to check Dexter!"
Jessie withdrew her pokeball containing Arbok. "it will take more then that pathetic group of puffy
pokemon to stop Team Rocket. Go Arbok!" Whitney
laughed and recalled Wigglytuff. "they
may be cute, but they pack a punch! Alright girls attack!"
"ha!
That's what you think, do it Meowth!" Jessie screamed.
"cointinly! Take this!" Meowth reached behind him and
took out a remote control. But
before Meowth could push the button Pikachu hit him with a huge thunder attack.
"Meowth! Can't you do anything right!" Jessie screamed "gimmie
that thing!" Ash dove to stop her
but it was to late, she pressed it. "haha! Prepare yourself!!"
The ground began to shake with incredible intensity as a huge metallic
object rose in front of them. The
girls began to scream as their pokemon huddled together.
Ash and Misty held onto each other for dear life as Brock held onto
Whitney. Team Rocket continued to
laugh maniacally. "it's all over!!" The
huge metallic object swung open to reveal an immense gun.
"Ash!" "Misty!"
"pika PI!!" "goodbye
TWERPS!!!HAHAHAHAAHAH…..FIRE!!!"
Everyone braced for impact as a huge blast resonated
throughout the gym. "NOOOOOOOOO!!!"
"……………"
They all looked up to see a small net shoot out of the
cannon and fly towards them. They
were all easily able to dodge it. Everyone
fell over in stupidity while team Rocket just stood there, staring. Jessie
slammed Meowth into the ceiling. "what the HELL was that!!"
James scratched his nose. "ya know, we really should
stop using that plan, it doesn't seem to work."
Ash and Misty released each other as Whitney shoved Brock off her.
Ash took 3 pokeballs from his belt and threw them into the battlefield.
"Squirtle, Bulbasaur, Charizard GO!"
Jessie grabbed Meowth and jumped into their balloon.
"we'll forget about Clefairy, but will settle for Pikachu!"
James took out a pair of extendo arms.
"now you see it!" The arms suddenly sprang forward and snagged Pikachu. "now
you don't!"
Ash ran to try and stop James. "NO! Pikachu!" Jessie
and James wrapped their arms around each other. "we finally got Pikachu!"
Ash was about to get Charizard to fly up there but Whitney held him back.
"I'll handle this. Go Clefairy!" Out
popped Clefairy, it bounced out the gaping hole in the wall and stood below the
Team Rocket balloon. "okay Clefairy……metronome!!"
"Clefairy!" It pointed its fingers skyward as it
began to move them back and forth in a hypnotic way. Ash, Misty and Brock looked
on in awe. Clefairy then began to
glow an eerie blue. At that time
the team Rocket balloon stopped moving. "what's going on? Where'd all this
blue come from?" Meowth began to
shake. "oh-oh, I think Team Rocket's…"
"CLEEEFAIRY!" They
all looked up to see the Team Rocket balloon implode on itself and let lose a
thunderous explosion.
James, Jessie and Meowth hurtled through the sky, charred
and burnt and pokemonless. "IS BLASTING OFF AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Suddenly falling out of the cloud of smoke, Pikachu
appeared, unscathed. Ash ran at top
speed and dived for Pikachu. He
caught him in mid air and landed on his face.
Ash lifted his head and spit out a few blades of grass as he held his
buddy in front of him. "you okay?" Pikachu
did his little pose "pika!" As Brock and Misty helped him up all the pokemon
were recalled and they reentered the gym. Ash shook hands with Whitney. "thanks, for your help, that
attack was awesome, you're so lucky to have a Clefairy." Whitney nodded.
"I have to say Ash, I was quite impressed of how you
put yourself in danger to save you Pokemon, you must really care about them.
Hmmmm…tell you what, why don't we finish our battle were we left off?" Ash
brushed the grass stains off his shirt and gave her a thumbs up. "I'm ready
when you are!
*********
Team rocket sailed through the air and slammed into
hillside located on the outskirts of Goldenrod City. The slowly lifted themselves out of the crater they produced
and collapsed on the ground. Jessie
rubbed her shoulder. "Well, that didn't work, why is the that twerp
everywhere we go?!" James sat up
holding his head. "Well, how long do we have now?"
Meowth looked up to the both of them after licking his wounds. " A week
and 6 days left…*sigh*" Jessie painfully stood up and cracked her back.
"We can't give up now, we're Team Rocket!" James started poking at the
ground sadly. "But we always lose…and I'm Hung..ERGH!." Out of nowhere
Jessie's foot imprinted itself on James's face. "it is very important to
your future that you do not finish that sentence." James fell over backward
into the crater. Meowth sighed.
"I'm sick of all these petty robberies that don't work I say If we want to
impress the boss we hit something big, something no one has been able to get the
Boss!" Jessie raised her fists. "yeah!
Like…like…….um….what could we get him?"
Meowth paused. "um……I don't know."
"well thank you for that rare moment of
incompetence." Meowth Jumped up and smacked his paws together. "that's it!
Something rare!" James intervened. "but we already tried stealing a Clefairy
and that didn't work." An evil
grin crept across Meowth's face. "I have the perfect pokemon we could
poach!"
James suddenly realized something. "ya know, we never
did do our motto! Maybe that's why we lost."
**********
"Congratulations Ash you have proven yourself in battle
and for it I award you this." Whitney
handed Ash a square golden badge. "It's the plain badge, wear it with
pride." Ash took into his hand.
"The plain badge….alright! My first Johto league badge!" Brock whapped him on the back.
"Good going man!" "Thanks, hey Brock where's Misty?" Brock spun
him around. "Right behind you bud." Misty
was standing just inches away from Ash. "Well,
you won, here's you consolation prize" She wrapped her arms around his neck. Ash was grinning like an idiot, but before he could receive
his prize the sounds of screams ruined the mood.
They looked over to see Brock running around like a lunatic asking the
female trainers for their phone numbers. "PLEASE GIRLS JUST ONE NUMBER!….PLEASEEEEE!!!"
"Idiot" Misty exclaimed under her breath.
Ash titled her face to meet his. "Now how about that kiss?"
Everyone stopped to watch as Ash and Misty shared another passionate
kiss. Whistles and whooping sounds
could be heard from the gathering crowd around them.
Ash and Misty broke the kiss and blushed furiously.
Brock glided over to Whitney and pursed his lips. "I don't think so
Brock." Brock sank to his knees
and poked at the ground. "it isn't fair….."
An hour later they were back on the trail.
"okay where to now Brock?" Ash asked.
Brock took out his trusty map and after a few minutes of
skimming the pages, put it away. "I
say we should head over to Azalea Town. There's
another Gym there and it's only a few days away."
Ash and Misty agreed. "We just have to pass through Ilex Forest."
Misty sighed. "not another forest!" Ash laughed.
"hey you guys wanna listen to the radio while we
walk?"
"yeah that would make the trip seem faster."
explained Misty. After fiddling
with the Pokegear Ash finally turned on the radio.
"hmmm, nothing but static…oh wait here something."
Ash turned the tuner to a news radio station. Some guy named Sturm
Blitzen went on the air. ~"reports are coming in from all over the orange
islands, and native settlers on the island of shimoutee have confirmed that the
three legendary birds, Articuno, Moltres and Zapdos have left the islands of
fire, ice and lighting."~ Ash, Misty and Brock all stopped and stared at the
Pokedex. "What did he say?" Misty
asked. The report continued.
~"some are speculating why the birds felt it necessary to leave. But there is
no known reason why the birds left in three different directions.
In the studio with us we have respected Pokemon researcher Prof. Oak from
Pallet Town."~ Ash couldn't believe it. "it's the Professor!" Misty
shushed him so they could hear the report.
~"Professor what are you thoughts?" ~
~ "Thank you Sturm, I feel that the only reason that
the Legendary Birds would leave like this is that they're searching for
something. How else would they be
compelled to leave?" ~
~ "Prof. Oak, last time there was a situation with the
Legendary birds when the world was almost destroyed, why hasn't there been a
change in nature?" ~
~ "Simply because the birds are now harmonized, the
energy force that flows between them has not been disturbed.
When the incident occurred when they where captured the energy force was
disrupted and so began the imbalance in power.
Now that they are in peace with each other, there is no need to think
that a situation like that will ever happen again."~
~ "Do you believe the legendary birds will return to
the islands?" ~
~ "I am certain after they have found what they are
searching for they will return, the question is when."
~
~ "I thank you Prof for being here." ~
~ "you welcome" ~
~*click!*~ Ash
switched off the radio and stared dumbly at Misty and Brock.
"can you believe that?" Brock
turned to look in the sky. "I wonder where they are now." A cool breeze
swept past them, making them shiver. "Let's get going, shall we?" Misty
said. They turned back to the trail and resumed their journey.
Ash looked back to see Pikachu was still back there. "hey Pikachu! Come
on where going!" But Pikachu didn't move, his eyes were fixed on one spot in
the sky. Ash stomped his feet on
the ground. "EARTH TO PIKACHU!!" Pikachu
finally snapped out of its trance. "Pi?"
Pikachu ran to catch up with them, stopping momentarily to look back to
the sky. "pika pi………"
From miles away, deep in the heart of a mountain range, a
single entity is trapped beneath a power it can't defeat.
"chosen one……………...................it begins"
To be continued
Stay tuned for part 4
Titan of ice - proposed finishing date –June 12
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