Lord Destroyer: Okay, I see there are several things that you don't know about pokemon, which are crutical into making this whole thing understandable. First off, Mew don't live forever, they eventually die. It easily explains the Mew fossil that was found to create Mewtwo. As such, the Mew that's controlled by the Dark Ball, the one in the movie, and the one who was in Jirachi's Past are all different from eachother. Now, the Mew that's controlled by the Dark Ball, does not know what happened to her ancestor. As such, Mewtwo doesn't know since no one has told him. The only ones who know of such a past are Jirachi and Ho-oh.

Jirachi never told Max about such a past. And as my fic is going, there are no plans for Jirachi to tell Max. Besides, sometimes it's best to keep such a secret. You see, if Max does find out it would destroy their friendship. Believe me, their friendship is very, very strong. They became friends incredably fast, faster than anyone could imagine. To keep such a friendship around, such a secret must never be told. Only those who know of the past know of such a secret. Besides, it's best.

Jirachi's past experiences have told him that it's best to keep such a secret when you have such a friendship. He knows better because of the mistakes he made. So he never told Max, and he never will.

Now, for all you Pokeshippers, it's the moment you've been waiting for. However, you're gonna hate it. How? Read and find out.
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Chapter 25

Meanwhile at the battle-taking place, Mew had just launched its first attack. Powerful flames emitted from her mouth and were fired right at the group. Mewtwo got right in front of the flames, and using his hands, concentrated his psychic powers on the flames. The flames stopped right in front of Mewtwo and surrounded him. He then used his psychic powers and made the flames fire right up into the air. He then finished off by getting into a fighting stance.

"Bravo, Mewtwo! Bravo!" Giovonni said, giving a fake clap. "I expected no less from the likes of you."

"Let Mew go now!" Mewtwo demanded.

"And give up such great power? Never! Mew is mine now Mewtwo, and she will be forever!"

"She was never yours in the first place! I know that deep down, the real Mew is there!"

"That's where you're wrong, Mewtwo!"

"What?"

"You see, the Dark Ball erases the memory of the pokemon that it captures. All the while, it creates a new memory for it, with the only purpose to be controlled by the one who caught it."

Everyone gasped at what they heard.

"In fact, that was the reason pokemon were put on to this planet, to serve humans."

"Wrong!" Ash said to Giovonni.

"Huh?"

"Pokemon are meant to help humans! They are meant to be our friends, not our slaves!"

Giovonni laughs evilly at that remark. "Pokemon, our friends? Never! Pokemon will never be our friends. Look around you! Your own pokemon serve you. They end up doing as you say without a second thought. So they are nothing more than slaves in the end."

"You're wrong, Giovonni! They choose to fight for me, because they trust me! Creeps like you would never understand something like friendship!"

"Why care about friends? All they do is hurt you!"

"You're wrong, Giovonni!"

"Oh? Then how come one of you is hurting now?"

"What do you mean?"

"I mean Misty over there. How you hurt because you care for someone else in the group."

"That's a lie!" Misty said with a near blush.

"Don't deny it! Jessie and James told me everything about you. You hurt because you care for someone who you're afraid doesn't love you back."

"No! You're lying!" Misty blushed even harder.

"In fact, I believe that it is Ash, as they told me!"

"It's not true!" Misty lied angrily, with as hard of a blush as she could make.

"The blush doesn't lie, Misty. You care about Ash, and the one thing you're afraid of, is that he will never love you back. You're afraid that if you tell him, that he won't feel the same way you do about him. That's why you don't tell him, because you're afraid that you'll destroy your friendship if you do."

Misty turned away angrily from Giovonni. Tears started to flow down her face. She knew that Giovonni was right. She never told Ash just because she cared too much about her friendship with Ash. It also hurt her everyday. It hurt her hiding the secret from Ash, which she only did because she never had the courage to tell him. Now Ash knew the truth, and she was afraid that he wouldn't love her back.

"See? You're showing the truth now with your eyes. It hurts, doesn't it?" Giovonni asked, he then turned to Ash. "They also told me that you care about her, Ash. However, you are too dense to realize it. Why, you're probably one of the densest people on the planet. You always feel something for her, yet you don't know what it is. It also hurts hiding what you feel inside for her. You can never tell her, because you care too much about your friendship as well."

"You're lying, Giovonni!" Ash denied with a blush present.

"Oh really?" He then takes out a small remote with three buttons. "I'm going to prove it to you, by forcing you to give up for the one you love."

With that, Giovonni pushed the blue button. Suddenly, another steel wall appeared, this time several feet behind Misty. Chains with cuffs at the end emitted from the steel wall. They seized Misty by her writs and ankles. They then pulled right to the wall and stuck her there. She struggled to get out, but to no avail.

"Ash, help!" She cried.

"Misty!" Ash shouted as he started to head to Misty.

"Hold it!" Giovonni said, forcing Ash to stop and look at him. He then sees that his thumb is over the red button. "One wrong move, and I push the button, making so many volts of electricity zap into her, that she'll be lucky to even breathe. So tell me, do you care enough to give up to save her?"

"I can't risk Misty getting killed like that, but I can't give up for her!" Ash thought to himself as tears flowed down his face.

"Well, do you care about her, or should I just do away with her life?" Giovonni asked him.

Ash just gave a defeated sigh. "Fine, just let her go!" He said.

"First, return and surrender your pokemon to me, and I will let her go."

"Let me just do one thing that I promised to a friend."

"Which is?"

"Set him free." With that, Ash dropped a certain pokeball to the ground; he then stomped it with his foot, crushing it into a million pieces. "Ho-oh's free now, just like I promised he would be."

Giovonni looked up evilly at Ho-oh. "So, Ho-oh's mine to catch again, huh? That's rather interesting." He then looked back down at Ash. "Now, if you care about your girlfriend over there," He said, pointing to Misty. "You'll return all your pokemon and hand them to me."

"Everyone, return!" Ash said sorrowfully as he returned Snorlax, Charizard and Meganium to their pokeballs.

"Hand them over!" Giovonni commanded him. Ash just threw the miniaturized pokeballs right at Giovonni. Giovonni easily caught them in his hand and evilly smiled at them. "As our deal permitted." He then pushed a green button and Misty was immediately released from the cuffs that seized her. She then ran up to Ash and embraced him in a tight hug.

Misty then looked up at Ash with small tears flowing down her eyes. "Ash, you didn't have to..." She was going to say more, but Ash put two of his fingers on her lips, telling her to not speak.

"Misty, I care about you too much to lose you. My life would've meant nothing to me without you in it. I guess what I'm trying to say is... well... I love you!" Ash said with the deepest sincerity. "I love you Misty, and nothing will change that."

"Oh, Ash!" Misty wrapped her arms around his neck and embraced him, putting her head onto his right shoulder. "I love you too, Ash." She whispered in his ear. "I love you with all of my heart."

Misty finally felt like a huge burden was lifted from her. She had always loved Ash, yet never had the courage to tell him. Now he knew, and there was no reason to hide it anymore. However, she hated the way the confession was done. It was not the way she dreamed it would happen. Giovonni had forced them into admitting their feelings for eachother, and now Misty vowed, that Giovonni would pay for what he did.

End Chapter 25
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If you hated it, then I have accomplished my goal. You see, I always knew that people had wild fantasies about how it would go, all of which were something to like. However, I decided to think differently. Before I made this chapter, I wondered, "Is there a possible confession out there that everyone would hate?" And it just came to me. I even hate it myself, but that's what I wanted, and that's the way it will stay.

Anyways, I hope you guys liked it. (Or in this case, hated it.)

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