Hello all! And how long as it been? Yes, yes, I know, too long. I'm sorry! I didn't want ot give a half baked story … course… it's only half of what I originally planned, but it's still fairly long, so enjoy!
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Moezy-chan: Eh heh… Didn't update 'soon' did I? Hope you like this chapter just as much!
Amber Myst: Was this classified as 'soon'? Eh… you don't have to answer that… thanks for the review and hope you like the chapter!
Spiraea Kozak: Hope I won't disappoint you with Bob and Ash beating the crap out of her, but actually, that's a good idea…hee hee evil ideas appear in Joy's brain
Etherelemental: Thanks again for your faithful reviews Hope you approve of this chapter too, and hopefully its not too confusing.
Just me and myself: Glad you like it! Thanks for reviewing
Gladdecease: Hope this is less confusing. It'll get better as the story goes on, more is revealed. Maybe I'll add their grandchildren in… maybe not… thanks for the review!
P.S. I want to add that the present battle wont go on as nearly as long as Ash and Misty's did, their kid needs to grow up a little – but that would be revealing too much, ne? Read and hope you like!
Second ChancesPart 8; Near Heart Attacks
"So how do I know what you're telling me is the truth?" Catrinna's smirk had folded downwards. She, Ash, Misty, Joey and Ruby were all sitting in her office, just a few blocks from the pokemon center where they had met her.
Misty snorted and rolled her eyes. "Then don't." She held her egg closer to herself. Ash subtly elbowed Misty and glared in her direction.
Catrinna ignored the two and leaned back in her chair. "I can't just believe every person that comes here and says Team Rocket is ready to attack. I need some solid proof."
Joey scowled and jumped up. "So you're just going to sit back and let team Rocket attack? Ash didn't do that!"
"Ash was also the pokemon master." Catrinna explained, as calmly as she could manage. "He had no other word to believe but his own."
Ash felt his own frown deepen. How were they going to get her to believe them? "You've heard the talk that Team Rocket is starting to band again, and that only means one thing. You have to stop it before it gets to far!"
Catrinna heaved a sigh and leaned forward in her chair. Her fingers went to her temples as she rubbed them. "Okay, let's just hypothisis for a minute that you were right, what do you plan on doing about it?"
Joey's green eyes lit up as he lept to his feet and proclaimed, "We attack the jerks! Get them before they have a chance to really build themselves up!" He smashed his right fist into his left palm for more emphasis. Ruby sighed and reached up to pull his ear, causing him to fall down into his seat. "You idiot!" She rolled her eyes and smacked him. "We can't go waltzing in there with just the four," she looked at Catrinna with hopeful eyes, "Er, I mean five of us, right?" Her hopeful look never faded as she studied Catrinna with hopeful eyes.
Catrinna shook her head and stood up, pushing her chair back. "Give me tonight to think and talk it over, okay?"
"TONIGHT?!" Joey almost jumped up again, but this time Misty reached over and kept a hand pressed on his head.
"Chill!" She hissed. "Be glad we're getting this much!" Joey pouted and slouched back down into the chair. Ash gave a tired smile and nodded his thanks. "Well, I guess we'll see you tomorrow?"
Catrinna barely nodded and gave him a wave of the hand signaling she was done. Ash stood up and motioned for the others to follow. The other solemnly stood up and followed him. It wasn't until they were out of the building that joey could hold it in no longer. "THAT ARROGANT B-"
"JOEY!" Ruby smacked him with her mallet. (Misty smiled behind her, secretly proud) "She may be arrogant, but she's the only chance of hope we've got, not to mention the pokemon master. She could beat you in a heart-beat!"
"HA! Could not!"
"Could too!"
"could not!"
"Could too!"
"Could not!"
"Could too!"
"Could not!"
"Could –"
"SHUT-UP!" Ash frowned and shook his head. "Everyone just…" He closed his eyes to calm himself. "let's just go back to the pokemon center and stay the night shall we?" With that, Ash stepped ahead of the others and continued to the pokemon center. Ruby and Joey looked at each other and shrugged, following after him. Misty's brow was furrowed with worry. She stood back for a little bit, trying to decide what was wrong. She shook her head and slowly followed after her three companions. They WOULD be having a talk tonight.
She found him that night. The full moon was read and bright, despite the dark feeling of dread in their hearts. He was sitting on his bed, staring out the window. His eyes were searching, searching for something. She could only guess the answer. But it was a rare sight to see him so quit. She was worried. So quietly, she stepped over to his spot by the window and placed a comforting hand on his shoulder before sitting down beside him. The only response she got form him was the blinking of his eyes. "Ash? What's on your mind?"
"Do you think I'm making the right decision, waiting like this?"
Misty hugged him from behind. "Ash, we don't have any other choice. We won't get reinforcements to help us until tomorrow. We couldn't have charged them on our own you know."
"I know, but I'm still worried."
"Ash, if something did happen, then we couldn't have stopped it no matter what. They are ready – we aren't. But we will be ready tomorrow, so don't worry about now, okay?"
"But I'm the pokemon master –" Misty placed a finger on his lips.
"Even pokemon masters have to learn some patience." Ash smiled slightly. Misty grinned and leaned over to kiss him on the lips. She pulled back only to have Ash leaned back with her and follow her lips. "I love you." She whispered.
"Love you too." He grinned and resumed his kisses.
RING RING
"Mph…"
"I'll get it…" Ash swung his arm over Misty and grabbed the cordless phone, brining it to his ear. "Hm?" He mumbled into the receiver. He rubbed his tired eyes, still only half awake.
"Mr. Ketchum? This is Kistler, I thought I should inform you that Saffron was attacked last night."
Ash shot up. "What?" Misty opened one eye and watched his reaction carefully.
"Saffron was attacked last night, sir. Team Rocket attacked them." Misty cocked her head to the side to show her confusion and worry. Ash shook his head and continued talking on the phone.
"How many was hurt?" His voice was hoarse and cracking from sleep and disbelief.
"…so far we've counted 50 wounded and 50 killed sir."
Ash hung his head low so that his messy bed hair covered his eyes. "Thank-you for informing me. I'll be in as soon as possible." He clicked the end button on the phone and numbly got out of the bed, his hair still hiding his eyes.
A confused Misty bit her lip and scooted closer to Ash's side. "Ash?" She asked gently, "What happened?" Ash was silent as he pulled his pants over his boxers and slipped on a white button down shirt. She waited patently for him to gather enough nerve to tell her.
"Saffron was attack last night.100 were either wounded or injured."
Misty's blue eyes widened as a hand shot to her mouth to stifle a gasp. "Ash…"Ash wasn't done.
"Professor Oak and Tracey were there on a tour." Misty felt tears come to her eyes. Tears of worry and tears of pain.
"Ash…"Ash finally lifted his head, bitter tears were forming in his eyes. He put on his trusty hat and looked to Misty.
"I know we couldn't have done anything last night Misty, but" He squeezed his eyes shut. "I wish to heaven we had at least tried."
"GOOD MORNING!"
Misty grunted and buried her head in the pillow, pulling the sheets further over her head. Ruby frowned and crossed her arms. She looked to her left to check the progress of Joey. He took the less subtle approach and was jumping on Ash. "WAAAAAAKE UUUUUUUUUP!" Ash mumbled something inaudible and motioned for Joey to get off. Pixit made a motion to help her master, but decided to stay back and watch, amusement plainly written on its face. Ruby looked back down to exam Misty. How was she going to wake her up?
Joey had finally succeeded in bringing Ash to life (after threatening to use his growleithe) and was making his way over to see how Ruby was doing. "You can't be nice, or they'll never wake up." He explained. He perused Misty's sleeping form then grinned as an idea formed in his brain. He reached down and gently pulled away the egg that was so carefully tucked away in her sleeping bag. "Hey Misty…" He taunted, "I've got your egg and I'm really hungry!"
Well… it worked… Misty jumped form her sleeping bag, grabbed her egg from the clutches of Joey, and smacked him in the head once she was sure her precious egg was safe. "You do that again," She threatened, leaning in for effect, "and I will hurt you."
"Geez…" Joey rubbed his head and looked at Ruby, "She's worse than you!"
Ash rubbed his eyes and smirked as Misty stalked to the bathroom. "You deserved that and you know it." He yawned and stretched.
"AAAASH!" It came from the bathroom!
Ash raced form his sleeping bag, still in boxers a shirt, worry coursing through his head. What happened? Was Team Rocket there? Was something wrong with Misty? He was closely followed by Ruby and Joey. Once he got the bathroom door, he ripped it open ready to defeat any foe that threatened to hurt his Misty – and there she was, sitting on the closed toilet seat (all clothes on) making cooing noises at her egg. She glanced up at Ash. "That was fast."
Ash's mouth dropped open, at the moment he was willing his heart to go back down to an at least slightly healthy rate. "What," he panted out, "Is wrong?"
Misty jumped up and exclaimed, "I felt Bob moving! He's almost ready to hatch!"
Ash blinked rapidly at her, trying to digest the information. "You mean…" he said slowly, "You screamed bloody murder just because your dumb egg was hatching?"
Misty held her egg closer and pouted. "I didn't scream bloody murder and Bob isn't dumb!"
Joey coughed slightly and poked his head around enough to confirm Ash's rant then whip his head back behind Ash to avoid being hit for the second time that day. Ash closed his eyes and shook his head. "Misty…"
Misty smiled sheepishly. She knew Ash was rather jumpy lately, so she shouldn't have yelled. So she stepped closer to him and stood on her tippy-toes and kissed him on the cheek. "I'm sorry." She whispered. "I'm okay." She stepped back suddenly. "Ash!" She cried. "It's cracking!"
Ruby shoved Ash aside and looked down at the egg. "Aw! It is! I wonder what it'll be!"
"Hey!" Joey maneuvered his way beside Ruby so that all four of them were in the same bathroom at the same time. More cracking. Four pairs of eyes were watching the egg intently. Slowly, a little webbed foot appeared on one side of the egg, then another. Soon, a fuzzy, blue head pooped out of the top of the egg as its beady purple eyes stared intently at Misty. A little egg shell was still left on it head as it pulled the rest of its furry body out. It had two tiny little crystal wings and two fuzzy three fingered hands. The pokemon finally got all the way out of it's shell and shook the last piece of egg from its head and squeaked happily at its new found freedom.
Misty squealed and lifted the pokemon up so it was eye level. "You're so CUTE! What are you?" Joey moved closer to examine the furry pokemon.
"It looks like a…Kip?"
"IP!" The pokemon wiggled joyfully in Misty's hands.
"I guess it is a Kip then." Misty pressed her nose up to the pokemon round, red nose and grinned. "You're cute."
Two hours later, Ash found himself pouting over a bowl of cereal, right beside a grumbling Joey. "Is she done yet?" Joey snapped.
Ruby was sitting across form them and put a finger to her lips. "Oh hush! Kip's a newborn, it needs help eating."
"Excuse me…" Nurse Joy poked her head in the doorway. All head looked up at Nurse Joy. Kip squealed and wiggled in its mother's arms. "I have a message for you all." She held a disk in her hand. It was small, square, and flat. "It must be very important, the person who delivered said it needed to be seen right away." She handed the disk to Joey and bowed quickly and politely before leaving.
"Wonder what it is…" Joey cocked his head, staring at the black disk in his hands.
"Well put it in the player, idiot!" Ruby snapped, just as anxious as he was.
Ash leaned over to Misty while they were fiddling with the disk player. "What ever happened to good 'ol vids? We could talk back and forth with those."
Misty shrugged, "Hush, they got it working now."
A flash suddenly lit up the room and the top of the disk player (it looked something like a VCR) was a flat projection of Catrinna. "Alright," She started out. "I believe you."
"Hello to you too…" Joey mumbled, his arms crossed.
"Shut-up!" Ruby snapped. Ash and Misty leaned closer from their seats.
"Last night there was an attack on Saffron City. We're holding them off now, but I'm heading off to attack there now, so if you want, you may come to the office and get a flight to Saffron as soon as you want. We could use all the help we can get." She paused, "I just don't want to tire my pokemon out." She snapped then the screen went blank.
Silence ruled the room until Ash stood up, his chair scratched against the tile floor. "Let's go." He turned to the pokemon on his shoulder. "Pixit, you with me?"
"IT!" The pokemon nodded its eyes gleaming.
"I'm coming to!" Ruby affirmed
"Me three!" Joey grinned, "Let's go kick some rocket butt!"
"Misty," Ash turned to her. "I want you to stay here, you don't have a pokemon to protect yourself with."
"Ash," Misty whined, "You can't leave me behind! I'll borrow a pokemon!"
"No." Ash said firmly. "You're going to stay at the league, understand."
"What?" Misty scowled. She held a hand behind her ear, the signal for hearing. "I didn't understand you."
"Misty! Please be reasonable!" Ash's patience was running very thin. His adult side was taking over as he whipped his face around to the staring Ruby and Joey. "Would you please excuse us for a minute? Go get ready, I'll meet you at the league." As silently as they could the pair tiptoed out of the room, fearful of invoking the usual peaceful Ash's wrath. Pixit flew off of Ash's shoulder and grabbed Kip, carrying it out of the room where both of them could esacpe the explosion. Once they had gone Ash once again turned to his wife and slammed his fists on the table. "Darn it Misty! PLEASE! I can't look out for you with only one pokemon!"
"You don't have to look out for me, Ash!" Her voice was rising. "I'm quite capable of looking out for myself! You can't just leave me behind and go waltzing around playing hero all the time! I have to make sure you don't make and of your stupid ideas!"
"I'm over 100 years old Misty!" Ash replied, sarcasm dripping from his voice, "I think I can handle myself without your 'brilliance',"
"Well you obviously can't acting like this! I can handle myself, it's you I'm worried about, idiot!"
"You don't have your pokemon anymore Misty!" Ash yelled. "You're going to get hurt, and I won't be able to protect you!" Ash's voice suddenly dropped, the anger gone, all that was left was frustration and pain, "Please Misty," His voice cracked from the strain, "please, stay behind. You knw tat taking this as seriously as they should and you know this is going to be hard, even with pokemon, without pokemon to defend yourself with, it'll be near impossible. Please Misty," His eyes were shaking with emotion as he bent his head down and touched nose to nose with her. His voice lowered to a whisper. "I promise I'll return to you, even if its in Heaven. We have a job to do, and I doubt it'll be over after this. Both of us can't die there. Please, stay."
Misty was silent. She bit her lip looking out the window. Finally, she nodded her consent. Ash let out a deep breath he didn't know he was holding. He kissed her lightly on the cheek and whispered, "I love you." in her ear before walking to the door. He only paused a minute to look back at Misty, She was still staring out the window, her hands folded in her lap. "I'll meet you at the league when we get back!"
(Quick note: This is going to get confusing, it's a flashback inside a flashback, so um… everything is still italics, but the extra flash back Is going to be inside these, okay? Okay! Hope you don't get confused ;;)
Misty bit her lip as she stared at the figure in bed. She put a hand on his bandaged head, remembering their last conversation.
"You have to stay here!" An angry Ash flashed in her memory. The determined look she fell in love with was now set on his face – a look she was now loathing.
"Why? So I can let you run off without me and get killed leaving me to mother our child alone?!" She unconsciously put a hand on her growing belly – a belly that was due to empty in 2 months.
"NO!" Ash sighed in frustration. "You have to stay here for the baby! You're slower Misty." He explained. "You're slower even if you won't admit it. You're pokemon were barely able to protect you in the last battle!"
"Ash, I need to protect you!"
"That's why I have pokemon! Let me protect you, and you protect the baby, for once, please!" Ash helped her sit down. "Please Misty," he said kneeling beside her. "I promise I will return just fine."
' Liar!' Misty scolded him in her head. Her hand was now gripping his on unmoving hand. 'You lied! You said you'd come back just fine!' "Does this look fine to you?" She cried bitterly. Ash was lying on the bed, far from fine, his head was bandaged from behind body slammed into a wall. He had burn marks all over his body. His leg was broken from who knows what, and he had scratches and bruises all over. "Ash," She mumbled, "You should've let me come with you. Why did I agree?"
Her moist eyes glanced over the damage. She noticed the bandage around his arm was turning a pinkish red. She turned her head and saw many other wraps and bandages, not just from Ash, but other people in the same hospital.
Red.
She had seen so much red lately, all the battles, there was always red there. They were all running together now. She looked down at her leg and traced a finger gently up a long scar running up and down her calf. There was a lot of red in that battle. So much hurt and pain… when would it all end? She shook her head and choked back tears. No, she would be strong for her Ash when he woke up.
"I can't believe it!" Joey squirmed in his seat. "We're going into a real battle!"
"Don't be so excited idiot!" Ruby smacked the back of Joey's head. "It's going to be a lot more serious than what you think!"
Ash nodded solemnly, but then he remembered that he was supposed to be their age and not so familiar with this kind of stuff, so he forced on a smile and nodded again. "All your pokemon's healed, right?"
Joey nodded his head vigorously. "Yea! And I explained to them what was going on. They're ready for a fight!"
"Good," Ash, Ruby and Joey turned to the unexpected voice of the pilot as he continued, "because we're here."
It was a new air carrier. It could land as nicely as a helicopter, but it was shaped like a jet plane and just as roomy. It was also quieter and faster than the helicopter, it was called nicknamed the hummingbird. The hummingbird landed swiftly and smoothly on the ground behind a still standing building. The pilot turned to the trio. "Here's the deal, they've managed to hold off the rockets so far, we seem to have the upper hand at the moment. Most of the people unable to battle have been evacuated, so it's all out now. Do your best!" With that, he gave them a nod and sent the on their way into the battle field.
Misty trudged around in the hallway. She had set Kip down for a nap just a few minutes ago, and now she was exploring the league area to get her mind off of Ash and the battle.
"MOVE!" Misty barely managed to dodge the oncoming assault of men coming her way. She pressed her back to the wall and looked both ways before continuing her walk.
"So much for courtesy here…" She mumbled to herself. She looked dully down the long hallway, then looked back to the equally long way back. She heaved a sigh. This was sooo boring. She would rather steal some pokemon and a plane… wait! What was she thinking? She shook her head and began walking again. "If I remember correctly, the bathroom should be this way."
As she passed on of the many rooms, the door suddenly bust open and off its hinges, hitting the wall across from it, just barely missing Misty. "What is this," She yelled, "Someone trying to sabotage me? If I don't get it on the battlefield, I get it here!"
"Eh heh... sorry miss…" A small, spikey head popped out of the open doorway and stared at her. He pushed his smoky glasses up to the bridge of his nose and stepped out of the smoking room to get air. He had the typical scientist look – some things never change. His face was stubbly, and his brown eyes were wide with wonder and curiosity. He had brown pants and a white shirt on under a long white lab coat that was covered in soot. "I really am sorry." He smoothed his hand through his brown hair and gave her a sleezy grin. "My name is Greg, what's yours?"
Misty rolled her eyes in annoyance. "Misty."
"Oh really, Misty? Can I just show you something I'm working on?"
"N-" She paused. How bored was she? Not that she wanted to give the sleeze-ball any idea in his mind that she wanted to watch him, but really… how bored was she? If he tried anything, she knew some moves that could put him asleep for a little bit…"Okay." She answered. "Only because I have absolutely nothing better to do but wait."
"Aw," He grinned, that big, annoying grin. "You don't have to wait for me!"
Misty wrinkled her nose. "Grow up." Was this really worth it?
Greg just waved her comment away and continued, "Anyway, I'm working with this GREAT pokemon! It's so strong! And old too! They say its lived past the old Team Rocket war, maybe it can help us out, you know?" His eyes were twinkling with excitement. "It KOed my Kadabra in one hit!
"They say," He leaned in closer to her as
if sharing some long lost secret, "It's been here for eighty years if you know
what I mean…"
Misty was suddenly interested, "Can
I see it?"
"Sure, sure!" He nodded his head enthusiastically. He was thrilled that she was finally interested. He lead her into the smoking room. No, wait, the smoke was finally clearing. Misty could barely make out anything… wait… her eyes widened and a gasp escaped her lips.
Okay, it's been so long, I thought I'd stop here. It was originally going to have more stuff in it, but I guess I made it more in depth than I thought I would ;; so anyway, should I make the next part 8b, or just 9?
New pokemon:
Kip: A small blue duck with fairy wings and fuzzy three fingered arms. It's a water/flying type. It's not known to be a fighting pokemon, mainly used for zoos and pets, but if they are mad enough, they make a formidable foe.
There was supposed to be another one, but I didn't get to it in this chapter. Anyway Pleeeease review!!
And heeere's the timeline thing:
1)Age 18 3)Age 19-in-a-half 5) Age 25
Ash proposes TR plan revealed/baby announcement Death of Ash and Misty
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2) Age 19 4) Age 20
Marriage! First attack
More to come when more is revealed!
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