Alexa: Hey! I'm back again!
Gary: Thanks for all yah reviews!
Ash: Now, There are some things I guess we shoulder explain.
Ritchie: Number One. I happen to like green a lot.
Alexa: Actually I put the green in there for later uses. There is a reason.
Gary: Number Two. My hair isn't blonde, it just appeared that way. Its brown but the sun made it golden.
Alexa: I tried to explain that at the end of chapter three but the numbers didn't show up so it didn't make much sense.
Ash: But thanks for the reviews anyway! I love em' so much I made you all Ash plushies! And Flidar, Alexa got you a Drake doll with a removable head!
Hoho: Seeing they forgot, Disclaimer: She doesn't own pokemon, and probably never will.
Alexa: But I tried to buy it with Twinkies anyway! Yeah Twinkies! I also don't own any of the songs in this chapter either. But I do own Twinkies!
Warnings: Uh, same old, same old. Oh, and Koga is gonna be singing so you might want to buy a pair of earplugs.
Love, Lust, and Loss
Chapter 4: A Warning Song
"Hm..." Drake mumbled as he watched his mirror. Ash had just waked up with a scream and Gary and Ritchie were immediately at his side. "This is good. With those others preoccupied with fighting for Firefly's affections, he'll be all mine." Drake smirked as an idea hatched in his mine. "And he's about to learn that the hard way... Ami!" The brunette servant quickly stood at attention in front of the evil man. Drake jotted something down on a piece of paper and handed it to her. "Sing it."
"Ye...yes sir. Uh... Caught you... in the... act - can't... put up with that..." Drake sighed. The girl was too innocent. He closed his eyes and focused on Ami's aura. Ami's hazel widened and slowly transformed into violet. "...messing where you shouldn't be!" The girl sang with a new intensity. Drake released his hold on her and she blacked out.
"If you want things done right, do them yourself. Heh, works for me..."
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"Ash? Ash Ketchum?" the Gary and Ritchie turned to see a girl with bright red hair run up and glomp Ash (Glomp: verb: a dangerous hug. Normally results in the gloaped on the ground underneath the glomper. Very similar to football tackling.) "It's been far too long! How ya been?"
Ash laughed and pushed the overly affective girl off him. "Great, at least, I was great until you tackled me to the ground, Myst." Misty smiled and helped him up. It was then she noticed the fuming boys standing behind Ash. "Ritchie, Gary, hey!"
Said boys smiled, though it looked highly forced and said faint 'hellos' before turning to Ash. Ritchie latched onto Ash's arm and smiled at him. "Wanna head to the arena, koi?" (Koi: noun: In Japanese it means girlfriend, boyfriend, one of highest affection.)"
"Sure Ritchie." Ash said with a blush and was lead off to get ready for the before tournament show. Ritchie looked over is shoulder and stuck his tongue out at Gary.
"Oh, you'll pay for that..." Gary paused as the perfect nickname for Ritchie popped into his head, "... Green-bean." Gary then went off to plot against Ritchie, leaving behind a very confused Misty.
"Did I miss something?"
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"Welcome ladies and gentlemen, trainers, researchers, breeders, and pokemon to the Grand Championship. All trainers here where hand picked as the best of all regions. And starting tomorrow we're gonna try to discover the best of the best! But to start things off, we have some special entertainment for you to night! We have some trainers, gymleaders, and gym assistants with musical talents and tonight we're here to celebrate them! Let's put our hands together for our first number, Fuchsia's very own gymleader, Koga!"
The announcer stepped aside and someone rolled on a piano. A very dark looking man in ninja clothes walked up to it and sang in a very ragged baritone voice.
"I like my town with a little drop of poison
Nobody knows they're lining up to go insane
I'm all alone; I smoke my friends down to the filter
But I feel much cleaner after it rains
She left in the fall, that's her picture on the wall
She always had that little drop of poison
She left in the fall, that's her picture on the wall
She always had that little drop of poison
Did the devil make the world while god was sleeping?
Someone said you'll never get a wish from a bone
Another wrong good-bye and a hundred sailors
That deep blue sky is my home
She left in the fall, that's her picture on the wall
She always had that little drop of poison
She left in the fall, that's her picture on the wall
She always had that little drop of poison
A rat always knows when he's in with weasels
Here you lose a little every day
I remember when a million was a million
They all have ways to make you pay
She left in the fall, that's her picture on the wall
She always had that little drop of poison
She left in the fall, that's her picture on the wall
She always had that little drop of poison"
Silence. Nobody clapped. Koga stood up and bowed. Suddenly a large group of Goth looking girls stood up and cheered. Everyone else in the arena sweatdropped. Koga rolled of the piano and the announcer came back on. "Well that was... interesting. Please welcome our next act, Ash Ketchum from Pallet."
The crowd cheered as Ash came on with a red and black guitar in his hands. He was wearing black pants and a long sleeve black shirt. He had on a red vest and two red belts. (The vest isn't like that ugly blue and green one, its sleeveless and solid red) He had on red fingerless gloves and pikachu in a pokeball on is neck. His hair wasn't it a ponytail so it went slightly past his shoulders. (Imagine Kouji Minamoto from Digimon Frontier)
Ash strummed a few cords then began to play.
"Lights go out and I can't be saved
Tides that I tried to swim against
Have bought me down upon my knees
Oh I beg, I beg and plead
Singing
Come out of things unsaid
Shoot an apple off my head
And a trouble that can't be named
A tiger's waiting to be tamed
Singing
You are
You are
Confusion that never stops
The closing walls and the ticking clocks
Gonna come back and take you home
I could not stop, that you now know
Singing come out upon my seas
Cursed missed opportunities
Am I part of the cure
Or am I part of the disease
Singing
You are ,you are
You are, you are
You are, you are
You are ,you are
And nothing else compares
And nothing else compares
And nothing else compares
And nothing else compares
You are, you are
Home, home, where I wanted to go
Home, home, where I wanted to go
Home, home, where I wanted to go
Home, home, where I wanted to go"
Ash played one last chord and closed his eyes. The crowd was silent for a second before bursting into applause, Gary and Ritchie the loudest. Ash smiled at the crowd and modestly bowed his head in gratitude. The announcer came and gave him a pat on the back. "Not only is this boy talented enough to be in this tournament he's also talented enough to be a superstar!" Ash blushed and walked of stage. Gary grabbed Ash's hand and dragged him to their seats while Ritchie followed with a frown on his face. "And last, she's normally just a gymleader assistant and battle judge in the Saffron gym but tonight she's a rock diva. Ami Kimamoto!"
A young girl walked on stage followed by a couple of guys in cloaks with instruments. Her brown hair was in pigtails and she had large, innocent hazel eyes. She wore ripped jean shorts and a ripped jean jacket over a pink midriff tee. She had on pink boots, pink ribbons in her hair and appeared to perfect sign of innocence. She smiled cutely and scanned the audience. She caught Ash's eye and held his gaze. He gasped as her hazel eyes turned a glossy violet, as if controlled by a great evil. Her smile suddenly didn't seem so sweet and Ash began to sweat. 'I know those eyes...'
Ami broke his gaze and turned to her microphone. The guys behind her began to play.
"Caught you in the act - can't put up with that
Messing where you shouldn't be
I wanna hear you say you're sorry
Cause nobody takes advantage of me
You're missing the mark - shooting in the dark
I'm pulling the wool from my eyes
Baby don't you push me further
It's gonna hurt you if it happens twice
If looks could kill
You'd be lying on the floor
You'd be begging me please please
Baby don't hurt me no more
If looks could kill
You'd be reeling from the pain
And you'd never lie again
If looks could kill
You're living on the edge - hanging by a thread
I'm watching every move you make
You don't want to see my anger
So don't you make another mistake?
Love is on the line - I ain't about to be kind
That's a promise and a threat
If I was you I'd really cool it
Or risk a night you'll never forget
If looks could kill
You'd be lying on the floor
You'd be begging me please please
Darlin don't hurt me no more
If looks could kill
You'd be reeling from the pain
And you'd never lie again
If looks could kill
I was a fool to believe in you
A sucker for every line
I'm a little less blind
Than I was before
I can see right through your design
If looks could kill
You'd be lying on the floor
You'd be begging me please please
Baby don't hurt me no more
If looks could kill
You'd be reeling from the pain
And you'd never lie again
If looks could kill
You'd be lying on the floor
You'd be begging me please please
Baby don't hurt me no more
If looks could kill
You'd be reeling from the pain
And you'd never lie again
If looks could kill
If looks could kill"
The crowd stared at the seemingly innocent girl. Her song and the force she put into it certainly weren't innocent. Ami looked back at Ash and her voice seemed to deepen into a male baritone voice full of evil, and an emotion Ash couldn't place. Hate? No, calmness? Definitely not, lust? Yes, her voice held lust. "Firefly..." She whispered so only Ash could hear her, before the whole band vanished.
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TBC...
Alexa: What cha think?
Hoho: Interesting music choices.
Alexa: The first was "A Little Drop of Poison" from Shrek 2. The second was "Clocks" by Coldplay, and the third was "If Looks
Could Kill" by Heart.
Ash: I'm really getting scared.
Drake: Hehehe, you should be... Ouch!
Alexa: These Drake dolls work really well! Come on everybody, poke it with sharp things. OAsh picks up chainsaw.O
Ash: This will be fun...