Chapter 6: The Answer to the Riddle

"Mmmm…Misty? Pikachu? Brock?" weakly whispered Ash. His eyesight was still blurry and he could feel pain in almost every part of his body.

"Pi pikachu," cried Pikachu who was lying on Ash's chest.

"We're right here Ash," said Misty squeezing his hand tightly. Ash cried out in pain as he gained his eyesight back. "Sorry," said Misty, massaging his hand thinking that the pain would go away.

"Where…where am I?" asked Ash.

Brock answered this time. "We're in Clarifee's room. She's bringing you some hot soup now. Ah…I'll go see if it's ready." Before he left the room, Brock smiled. She sadly smiled, as Ash grew confused.

"Where's the Unsolved Riddler?" he asked.

Misty smiled more. "I don't know where the Unsolved Riddler is but Dane's at the police station."

"Dane?"

"Yep. That's his name."

"Well…why'd he do it?"

"His mom also came to the police station. She told us that three weeks ago, Dane ran away from home. He stole the valuables in order to live. He's going to be pressing charges but he's willing to pay and give it all back." Misty sat on the side of Ash's bed close to Ash.

"So…how do you feel Ash?" she whispered.

"Well, my body's aching everywhere. But I'm sure it'll all go within a day or two." Misty started to cry again. Ash smiled sadly. "Come on Misty. It really isn't that bad. See, I'm already starting to feel better." Ash tried to show his point by sitting up, although he did it slowly, yet no pain. Misty cried more as she started to hug Ash. Although surprised by the sudden move, Ash too, wrapped his arms around Misty as she rested her head on his shoulder. Pikachu was getting squeezed in between them.

"You're so stupid Ash. Why'd you battle him yourself? You know he can easily defeat you. So why'd you do it?" she whispered as she made eye-to-eye contact with Ash. He smiled.

"Because Misty. I can't help myself when someone does something bad to you." After that, they heard a knock on the door. The couple took their arms off each other quite quickly and blushed at each other.

"Come in," answered Ash. To their surprise, it was Team Rocket! Ash and Misty gasped.

Jessie grinned. "Don't be surprised that we came." James handed Ash a bouquet of flowers with a 'Get Well Soon' card on it.

James said cheerfully, "If anything ever happened to you, we'd never be able to steal your pokemon. It's the Great Circle of Stealing!"

Meowth stubbornly yelled, "IT'S THE GREAT CIRCLE OF LIFE, YOU DIMWIT!"

Any how, they dropped a vial of smoke and within that time, they were gone. With that, a smile crept up on Ash's lips.

A/N: This is where it ended two years ago, butI might add another chapter, closing up the story. You know, like the the series-"Our young heroes move the to next town, where new suprises beholds them. "TO BE CONTINUED". Lame, but I wanted this to be like one of those episodes, sorry to say. Oh well, hoped you enjoyed this chapter. Could be as nice as pie (although pies aren't always nice) as to review?