Authors Note:
Thanks alot everyone, I'm so happy you like my story! (I can't understand why...) Okay, this is how the future looks like for TAOJ.... Episode 40 will be very long, focusing on a... interresting event... As many of you have noticed, this fic has been growing darker and darker, and I don't like that. In episode 41, the very first one of Season Two, we're going to be back on track, with plain Pokécatching, and Gymbattling and ordinary battling. There have been far to little Pokémon in this Pokémon story lately. Also, relations between the characters will go deeper, and hopefully, I can add some humor too. Also, I'll work hard to improve my writing style, lately, I've felt that I'm rushing things. I do think the plot moves in a pleasant speed, but I tend to skip things which could add even more depth to the story.
So, hereby, I apologize, because I'm aware of that the quality of this story has dropped the last six episodes. Once again sorry, and I hope you will stay with me to the end of Season One, and be a part of Season Two.
Well, for reviewers response:
Chibi Fyrefly: Is that all you had to say? Either, you were shocked, or you just thought the chapter sucked. I can understand the last alternative... Anyway, I hereby congratulate you, you are my 100th reviewer! *cheers* Here, have another cookie!
PokémonJoe1: As you can see above, there will be a season two. Yes there will. Actually, I was planning to start a complete new story without Jason and co, but... I didn't.
RandyGunz: Thanks for the review, Will! It's time for the hhhhmmmm!
Vulpix Dark Flame: Thanks for the review! I get so happy, because you're always the first to review! Thanks alot! And... Better have the sledgehammer prepared, just in case... You never know what I can come up with... :)
Paradox Paradox: One word: Thanks! Well, more conflicts will pop up like seeds from the ground. : D Thanks alot....
Well, that's about it, keep reading to get to the story!
And these * mark thoughts, just that you know.
............................
Once again, Amber was brought back to the real world. This time, she was so weak that she didn't even have enough strength to open her eyes.
*Why do I fight? Why do I keep struggling, when the outcome of this fight has been set for years?
I won't get out here alive. I have no family left, the insane man that's keeping me as a prisoner does not deserve to be called my father.
What did I do wrong? Am I so different, that I do no longer deserve to live?
All I ever wanted was to be normal. All I ever wanted was to play with other girls without feeling special. Without feeling left out..
I wanted a normal life!
Was that really too much to ask for?*
................................
Rin was running. Even Vixen, who was four-footed and quicker than the wind itself, had a hard time catching up with her.
Like a bulldozer, Rin Asuhara dashed through the forest, pushing away all branches that came in her way.
She was heading towards Mandrago City, one of the largest cities on Hushido Island. It was there her brother worked. It was there they held Amber prisoned.
Or at least Rin hoped so. In fact, that was all she had to go on.
"Don't fall behind, Vixen!" Rin said between clenched teeths. She was breathing like a rhino. Even though she was exhausted both in brain and body, she kept running.
Jason's words still echoed in her head, bouncing back and forth in her mind.
*Shut your mouth, Rin! I can't handle anymore! I've been through so much since I left home, that I don't know if I can go on anymore... And now this... I can't stand it! I can't stand... you!*
Dammit, she had made a complete fool of herself. But Rin Asuhara wasn't the type who gave up.
In fact, Rin Asuhara was born as a fighter. Unlike the other girls, she wasn't afraid of anything as a child, and she never cried when she fell or hit herself.
She never wished for any girl-things when she was a child, all she wanted was a Pokémon to play with where she liked it best, out in the wild.
She was a lonely child, she never seeked friendship with anyone.
Then, for her fifth birthday, she got a small, tiny cute little Vulpix which she named Vixen. And that Vulpix had evolved into a beautiful Ninetails and was running right next to her in this very moment.
Life had gone so fast. She had been on the road for four years, since the very day she got her training license.
"Hey! Where are you going, young lady?" Someone said from behind her.
Rin froze in the middle of a step, and took a deep breath as she turned around.
A young boy stood against a tree with his arms crossed, and an Ursaring was sitting beside him. He put on a wide, childish smile and tapped his Ursaring on the shoulder.
"Wake up, Ursaring." He said, shortly and the snoring Ursaring quickly got on it's feets. "So, miss, looks like we're going to battle"
"Oh no..." Rin mumbled. "I haven't got the time. I must get to Mandrago City before nightfall. It's important, in fact, it's a matter of life and death."
The boy's smile was left intact, and he switched postion and took a step towards her.
"Mandrago City? You aren't going to be there until tomorrow if you're going by foot. Tell you what, miss... I'll take you to Mandrago City, if you battle against me. Me and Ursaring has been to lazy lately. We could need a fresh up of our battle skills."
"I don't have time!" Rin said, and turned around. "Come on, Vixen!"
Rin turned around and ran, but the boy caught up with her and put a hand on her shoulder.
"Hey, calm down! You're not even going in the right direction! Now, come on, fight me, and I'll take you to Mandrago afterwards, okay?"
Rin clenched her fists.
"Allright. But I warn you, I'm good. I'll beat you in no time."
"We'll see about that." The boy said, and smiled with his whole face. "Now, show me what you've got!"
Rin didn't answer. She stood speechless. There was dozens of Badges on his backpack, and one that particular caught her attention.
"The Crystal Jade" She mumbled. "You're Ietsu Advine... The..."
"Yes, I am." Ietsu said and smiled again. "The Crystal League Champion."
......................
Jason had lost his sense of time and space. Everything that existed in his world, was the small, claustrofobic room and the girl which was lying in the hospital-bed.
He hadn't eaten anything since the day before, and his stomach was aching. Teddyursa was sitting on a chair beside him, eating from a small jar of honey, and the yellow, soft-smelling fluid were all over the little bear's body.
Suddenly, Jason remembered, and he forced his face-muscles to smile. A smile without happiness.
"Teddyursa" He said, and took the eyes of Carrie for a second. Teddyursa looked at him with its big, round eyes. "It's my birthday today."
Teddyursa stopped eating and laid its own head against its shoulder.
"Isn't it strange?" Jason said as his smile faded. "I should be home opening a big pile of presents out in the garden... Mom should have made me a large cake and dad would have decorated the whole house. For me."
Teddyursa licked the remaining honey of its paws, and then it climbed onto Jason's lap.
"For once" He said and hugged his little bear-pokémon, as a single tear made its way down his cheek. "For once, I want someone to take care of me. Not the other way around"
...........................
Amber slowly felt how she lost grip of the world around her. The moments when she was awake became fewer and fewer and the only thing she seemed to have power to do was to breathe.
She could feel that her eyes were open, but yet she couldn't see anything. The only thing she could see was a bright, shining light.
"Still fighting." Someone said and Amber could hear someone walking to the steel-table which she laid on.
Amber tried to speak, but her lips only trembled.
"Yes, the poison is growing inside you, my dear. It's only a matter of a day or two now."
Amber felt how she lost control of herself. The last thing that crossed her mind, before she fell into coma, was that she maybe never would wake up again.
......
"Carrie?!" Jason gasped, and was pulled out of his half-asleep condition as Carrie moved in the bed. "Carrie?"
Carrie tried to open her eyes. She was mumbling, short phrases that Jason couldn't understand, and he took a step backwards towards the phone on the table next to the bed. He pushed the rectangular button to get the speaker on, and leaned forward.
"Doctor!!" He yelled as high as he could in it. "Doctor, she's waking up! Doctor, hurry!"
Carrie rolled over to her side, gasped and opened her eyes in the matter of a second.
Jason jumped backwards, almost knocking the sleeping Teddyursa out of the chair.
"Carrie?! Carrie!" said Jason with a low, barely noticable voice and moved forward again. "Carrie... You're awake... I'm so... I've been so worried..."
Carrie opened her mouth to say something, but the only thing Jason heard was a mumbling, like if someone was holding a hand over her mouth. Her eyes were wide open, and they look frightened.
"Carrie.." Jason said, and tried to grab her hand, but she pulled it away. "Carrie... It's me..."
She looked at him, no, she stared at him, trying hard to speak. But her voice wasn't strong enough.
"Carrie... Calm down..." Jason said, and tried to take her hand again. But she was to scared, cause she moved backwards, looking at Jason with a glare that he'd never seen before.
Suddenly, the doctors bursted in the room, and Jason grabbed Teddyursa and moved backwards.
"She... She woke up.."
"Carrie?" The doctor said. "Carrie, can you hear me? Can you talk?"
Carrie opened her mouth again, and Jason could see how she was struggling with finding the words.
"H-h-he..." She said, and raised her hand and pointed towards Jason, who stood behind the chair with the half-sleeping Teddyursa in his arms. "H- he..."
"Calm down, Carrie, we're here." The doctor said as the nurse gave him a shot. "Here, this will help."
He injected the red fluid which was in the shot, and gave it back to the nurse.
"H-he..." Carrie repeated, as her arm sank down on the bed. She sluddered more and more, as the injection began to make her sleepy. "He..."
"Ssshh, go to sleep, Carrie" The doctor said gently and placed his hand on her shoulder. "Sssh, it's okay... It will all be okay."
"He!" Carrie mumbled, and made a weak hand gesture against Jason... "He... he... wa..wa..."
Jason looked at her, and saw the frightening look on her face. He felt his stomach twist, as she uttered the words which made his legs fail him.
"He... t-t-tried... tried to kill me...."
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Authors Note: Short episode, but important for me so that I can get the motivation back. In the next episode: Rin battles the Crystal League Champion, and the time! Will she get to Amber, who's struggling for her life, before it's too late? And did the bullet do more than physical damage to Carrie?
Stay tuned folks!
Thanks alot everyone, I'm so happy you like my story! (I can't understand why...) Okay, this is how the future looks like for TAOJ.... Episode 40 will be very long, focusing on a... interresting event... As many of you have noticed, this fic has been growing darker and darker, and I don't like that. In episode 41, the very first one of Season Two, we're going to be back on track, with plain Pokécatching, and Gymbattling and ordinary battling. There have been far to little Pokémon in this Pokémon story lately. Also, relations between the characters will go deeper, and hopefully, I can add some humor too. Also, I'll work hard to improve my writing style, lately, I've felt that I'm rushing things. I do think the plot moves in a pleasant speed, but I tend to skip things which could add even more depth to the story.
So, hereby, I apologize, because I'm aware of that the quality of this story has dropped the last six episodes. Once again sorry, and I hope you will stay with me to the end of Season One, and be a part of Season Two.
Well, for reviewers response:
Chibi Fyrefly: Is that all you had to say? Either, you were shocked, or you just thought the chapter sucked. I can understand the last alternative... Anyway, I hereby congratulate you, you are my 100th reviewer! *cheers* Here, have another cookie!
PokémonJoe1: As you can see above, there will be a season two. Yes there will. Actually, I was planning to start a complete new story without Jason and co, but... I didn't.
RandyGunz: Thanks for the review, Will! It's time for the hhhhmmmm!
Vulpix Dark Flame: Thanks for the review! I get so happy, because you're always the first to review! Thanks alot! And... Better have the sledgehammer prepared, just in case... You never know what I can come up with... :)
Paradox Paradox: One word: Thanks! Well, more conflicts will pop up like seeds from the ground. : D Thanks alot....
Well, that's about it, keep reading to get to the story!
And these * mark thoughts, just that you know.
............................
Once again, Amber was brought back to the real world. This time, she was so weak that she didn't even have enough strength to open her eyes.
*Why do I fight? Why do I keep struggling, when the outcome of this fight has been set for years?
I won't get out here alive. I have no family left, the insane man that's keeping me as a prisoner does not deserve to be called my father.
What did I do wrong? Am I so different, that I do no longer deserve to live?
All I ever wanted was to be normal. All I ever wanted was to play with other girls without feeling special. Without feeling left out..
I wanted a normal life!
Was that really too much to ask for?*
................................
Rin was running. Even Vixen, who was four-footed and quicker than the wind itself, had a hard time catching up with her.
Like a bulldozer, Rin Asuhara dashed through the forest, pushing away all branches that came in her way.
She was heading towards Mandrago City, one of the largest cities on Hushido Island. It was there her brother worked. It was there they held Amber prisoned.
Or at least Rin hoped so. In fact, that was all she had to go on.
"Don't fall behind, Vixen!" Rin said between clenched teeths. She was breathing like a rhino. Even though she was exhausted both in brain and body, she kept running.
Jason's words still echoed in her head, bouncing back and forth in her mind.
*Shut your mouth, Rin! I can't handle anymore! I've been through so much since I left home, that I don't know if I can go on anymore... And now this... I can't stand it! I can't stand... you!*
Dammit, she had made a complete fool of herself. But Rin Asuhara wasn't the type who gave up.
In fact, Rin Asuhara was born as a fighter. Unlike the other girls, she wasn't afraid of anything as a child, and she never cried when she fell or hit herself.
She never wished for any girl-things when she was a child, all she wanted was a Pokémon to play with where she liked it best, out in the wild.
She was a lonely child, she never seeked friendship with anyone.
Then, for her fifth birthday, she got a small, tiny cute little Vulpix which she named Vixen. And that Vulpix had evolved into a beautiful Ninetails and was running right next to her in this very moment.
Life had gone so fast. She had been on the road for four years, since the very day she got her training license.
"Hey! Where are you going, young lady?" Someone said from behind her.
Rin froze in the middle of a step, and took a deep breath as she turned around.
A young boy stood against a tree with his arms crossed, and an Ursaring was sitting beside him. He put on a wide, childish smile and tapped his Ursaring on the shoulder.
"Wake up, Ursaring." He said, shortly and the snoring Ursaring quickly got on it's feets. "So, miss, looks like we're going to battle"
"Oh no..." Rin mumbled. "I haven't got the time. I must get to Mandrago City before nightfall. It's important, in fact, it's a matter of life and death."
The boy's smile was left intact, and he switched postion and took a step towards her.
"Mandrago City? You aren't going to be there until tomorrow if you're going by foot. Tell you what, miss... I'll take you to Mandrago City, if you battle against me. Me and Ursaring has been to lazy lately. We could need a fresh up of our battle skills."
"I don't have time!" Rin said, and turned around. "Come on, Vixen!"
Rin turned around and ran, but the boy caught up with her and put a hand on her shoulder.
"Hey, calm down! You're not even going in the right direction! Now, come on, fight me, and I'll take you to Mandrago afterwards, okay?"
Rin clenched her fists.
"Allright. But I warn you, I'm good. I'll beat you in no time."
"We'll see about that." The boy said, and smiled with his whole face. "Now, show me what you've got!"
Rin didn't answer. She stood speechless. There was dozens of Badges on his backpack, and one that particular caught her attention.
"The Crystal Jade" She mumbled. "You're Ietsu Advine... The..."
"Yes, I am." Ietsu said and smiled again. "The Crystal League Champion."
......................
Jason had lost his sense of time and space. Everything that existed in his world, was the small, claustrofobic room and the girl which was lying in the hospital-bed.
He hadn't eaten anything since the day before, and his stomach was aching. Teddyursa was sitting on a chair beside him, eating from a small jar of honey, and the yellow, soft-smelling fluid were all over the little bear's body.
Suddenly, Jason remembered, and he forced his face-muscles to smile. A smile without happiness.
"Teddyursa" He said, and took the eyes of Carrie for a second. Teddyursa looked at him with its big, round eyes. "It's my birthday today."
Teddyursa stopped eating and laid its own head against its shoulder.
"Isn't it strange?" Jason said as his smile faded. "I should be home opening a big pile of presents out in the garden... Mom should have made me a large cake and dad would have decorated the whole house. For me."
Teddyursa licked the remaining honey of its paws, and then it climbed onto Jason's lap.
"For once" He said and hugged his little bear-pokémon, as a single tear made its way down his cheek. "For once, I want someone to take care of me. Not the other way around"
...........................
Amber slowly felt how she lost grip of the world around her. The moments when she was awake became fewer and fewer and the only thing she seemed to have power to do was to breathe.
She could feel that her eyes were open, but yet she couldn't see anything. The only thing she could see was a bright, shining light.
"Still fighting." Someone said and Amber could hear someone walking to the steel-table which she laid on.
Amber tried to speak, but her lips only trembled.
"Yes, the poison is growing inside you, my dear. It's only a matter of a day or two now."
Amber felt how she lost control of herself. The last thing that crossed her mind, before she fell into coma, was that she maybe never would wake up again.
......
"Carrie?!" Jason gasped, and was pulled out of his half-asleep condition as Carrie moved in the bed. "Carrie?"
Carrie tried to open her eyes. She was mumbling, short phrases that Jason couldn't understand, and he took a step backwards towards the phone on the table next to the bed. He pushed the rectangular button to get the speaker on, and leaned forward.
"Doctor!!" He yelled as high as he could in it. "Doctor, she's waking up! Doctor, hurry!"
Carrie rolled over to her side, gasped and opened her eyes in the matter of a second.
Jason jumped backwards, almost knocking the sleeping Teddyursa out of the chair.
"Carrie?! Carrie!" said Jason with a low, barely noticable voice and moved forward again. "Carrie... You're awake... I'm so... I've been so worried..."
Carrie opened her mouth to say something, but the only thing Jason heard was a mumbling, like if someone was holding a hand over her mouth. Her eyes were wide open, and they look frightened.
"Carrie.." Jason said, and tried to grab her hand, but she pulled it away. "Carrie... It's me..."
She looked at him, no, she stared at him, trying hard to speak. But her voice wasn't strong enough.
"Carrie... Calm down..." Jason said, and tried to take her hand again. But she was to scared, cause she moved backwards, looking at Jason with a glare that he'd never seen before.
Suddenly, the doctors bursted in the room, and Jason grabbed Teddyursa and moved backwards.
"She... She woke up.."
"Carrie?" The doctor said. "Carrie, can you hear me? Can you talk?"
Carrie opened her mouth again, and Jason could see how she was struggling with finding the words.
"H-h-he..." She said, and raised her hand and pointed towards Jason, who stood behind the chair with the half-sleeping Teddyursa in his arms. "H- he..."
"Calm down, Carrie, we're here." The doctor said as the nurse gave him a shot. "Here, this will help."
He injected the red fluid which was in the shot, and gave it back to the nurse.
"H-he..." Carrie repeated, as her arm sank down on the bed. She sluddered more and more, as the injection began to make her sleepy. "He..."
"Ssshh, go to sleep, Carrie" The doctor said gently and placed his hand on her shoulder. "Sssh, it's okay... It will all be okay."
"He!" Carrie mumbled, and made a weak hand gesture against Jason... "He... he... wa..wa..."
Jason looked at her, and saw the frightening look on her face. He felt his stomach twist, as she uttered the words which made his legs fail him.
"He... t-t-tried... tried to kill me...."
..................
Authors Note: Short episode, but important for me so that I can get the motivation back. In the next episode: Rin battles the Crystal League Champion, and the time! Will she get to Amber, who's struggling for her life, before it's too late? And did the bullet do more than physical damage to Carrie?
Stay tuned folks!