To the Reviewers:
Cdfe88-You know I am kind of freaked out at how you manage to come up with things that I had been thinking about. It is very odd. However I must thank you for telling me that Giovanni was spelled wrong. sigh I wish you would have told me sooner. I will spell it right from now on and I will fix it in ALL the other chapters…eventually. And on the matter of deaths I can promise you that there will be plenty of those. I did give an insanely powerful pokemon the chance of going on a psychopathic rampage and there's also that little matter of a deranged space alien bent on revenge and reclaiming his destroyed body. If those don't lead to deaths then nothing will.
Kgmck-117 I knew you knew it that's why I just decided to reveal it. I wasn't really trying to hide it, just not admitting it so much.
Ri2-I think your going to like this chapter. Yes the not-so-sensational sisters are pretty much cowards. But at least Brock got to cop a feel on a Nurse Joy . The future doesn't look good does it? And on the matter of who has the more evil villain. You win hands down. Your guys just evil and I mean that in every sense of the word. How you came up with all the stuff he did is anyone's guess and it proves that you need a lot more help than I do. But I still love your story and your insanely evil villain.
The Heir of Seth-Yeah Giovanni is in over his head this time. I wonder what's gonna happen to him once he gets what he wants…
Thebenjamin-Lol, bad enter button. At least it gave you an excuse to leave two reviews instead of the usual one. Thanks for telling me about that error I'll fix it…eventually. As I said in the last author's note Giovanni is the last person who needed to get Mewtwo and I wonder how the hell the teams can be balanced now? No I am not basing this like a sequel to the Deoxys movie. In truth I haven't even seen it, I had to work the day it cam on TV and never had a chance to rent it. I do know what happens in it though and since the Deoxys both leave at the end I couldn't use it if I wanted to. The only thing that I am using from that is the fact that Rayquaza fought Deoxys.
Dreamy Night in Ecruteak
Something felt different. Mew couldn't tell what it was, but it was definitely something. Focusing her mind she searched for any possible reason why she couldn't sense Mewtwo. When they'd first left New Island they'd formed a telepathic bond, but after they parted ways Mewtwo got rid of his bond to Mew. However unbeknownst to him she'd formed another type of bond which allowed her to keep tabs on how his aura was shifting. At first he radiated hate and malice, but over time it changed to confusion and questioning. Recently she felt it shift again to contentment and fulfillment. Now though she couldn't feel it at all. She wrote it off as Mewtwo finally sensing her bond and disconnecting it. She had more important things to do than worry about an overly cynical, stubbornly celibate, stupid meanie like Mewtwo. She had finally caught up to who she was looking for and it was time to employ the direct approach.
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"We finally made it." Declared Ash "Ecruteak City!"
Wow we actually got here without getting lost. Mused Aquaria to herself. "How long has it been…" She sighed.
"You've been here before?" Asked Ash
"Umm…" She stuttered. Damnit Misty THINK. "A couple of times a few years ago." She answered.
"Me too." Said Ash "Although last time I was here a bunch of bug pokemon got mad because these Rockets that used to follow me around broke one of the Crystal Bells."
"Trouble seems to just stick to you Ash." Said Aquaria smiling. She didn't know just how true that statement was.
("Can we please get to the Pokemon Center?") Asked Pikachu ("I'm hungry, tired and I could really use a bath.")
"Since when do you care about bathing?" Asked Ash "You usually just lick yourself clean."
("I haven't had a proper bath since Sootopolis.") Said Pikachu ("I would've gotten one in Charicific Valley, but I was injured at first and then I was preoccupied.")
"Fine we'll head over there now." Said Ash
It wasn't close to nightfall, but Ash figured Pikachu was most likely tired from the battles he'd had during the walk here. It was amazing how many trainers wanted to challenge him because he had a Hoenn League cap. They figured he had some pokemon that weren't native to Johto and they were right. He'd battled quit a few hikers and Pikachu had wanted to practice his Iron Tail on their rock-types. As a result he was quite tired.
They walked into the center and Ash checked them into a double room. As soon as they entered Pikachu bounded off to the bathroom and hopped into the bathtub. He noticed that the knobs for the bathtub were all the way at the top.
("Why do they put them all the way up there!") He complained. As he was contemplating a way to get up to the top in order to turn the knobs a jet of cold water blasted him from out of nowhere.
Mune stood in the doorway of the bathroom laughing hysterically. He'd used telekinesis to turn the cold water and shower knobs on. ("The look on your face was priceless!") He laughed. He stopped laughing when a Thunder Shock hit him. ("Was that really necessary?") He muttered.
("Was it necessary for you to soak me in ICE COLD water?") Asked Pikachu
Mune sighed and simply adjusted the water for the mouse pokemon. When the tub was where Pikachu wanted it he thanked Mune and told him that he needed his privacy. ("Why do you need privacy?") Asked Mune ("It's not like you wear clothes or anything.")
("That's my business not yours.") Said Pikachu
("Whatever.") Said Mune.
While the two pokemon had been in the bathroom having their "disagreement" another was taking place in the hallway.
"I want the left room." Said Ash
"No I need it." Said Aquaria
"Look I paid for this room so I get to choose." Said Ash his voice beginning to elevate.
"Listen Ash." Said Aquaria through gritted teeth "That room has a bigger bed and more space. And as far as you paying for this room goes, I didn't ask you to pay for it so I'm not obliged to agree to anything."
"I've got more pokemon than you do so I need more space for them to sleep!" Yelled Ash
"I said YOU had the smaller room not your pokemon!" Said Aquaria yelling back.
("Guys?") Asked Dawn worrying about where the argument was going
"Why would MY pokemon want to sleep in a room with YOU!" Asked Ash
Aquaria picked up Dawn and began to rub her behind the ears. The Eevee sighed with pleasure as the sensitive spot was caressed tenderly "See your pokemon like me."
Ash sent Dawn a look that clearly said "Traitor" but said nothing. "Whatever you can have the bigger room if you're going to whine about it all day." He walked into the smaller room and closed the door.
Aquaria had to restrain herself from bashing Ash's head in. She did NOT whine! She grudgingly went into her room, still carrying Dawn, and slammed the door. She set her bag on the bed and began to empty its contents. She saw her case of contacts and an almost empty bottle of hair dye. She went over to the mirror and pulled the top part of her hair in opposite directions so that she could check the roots. To her horror she noticed fiery-red roots looking back at her from her reflection.
("Why do you dye your hair?") Asked Dawn
Over the past few days she'd come to understand Dawn and Mune remarkably fast. She didn't know how she caught on so fast, but she did.
"Why do you ask?" Asked Aquaria trying to avoid the question.
("Well, that color looks pretty.") Said the Eevee
"I have my reasons." Said Aquaria
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Pikachu "cha"ed in contentment as he floated in the nice hot water. Contrary to what most people thought pokemon enjoyed hot baths just as much as humans did, well maybe not rock, ground and fire types, but most of the others did. There was a bright pink flash and Pikachu jumped in surprise landing back in the water with a sizeable splash.
("Hello") Said a small catlike creature sweetly
Pikachu rubbed his eyes to make sure he wasn't hallucinating. No she was still there. A Mew was floating above the tub, talking to him.
("Uh…hi?") Said Pikachu dumbly. ("Can I help you?") He asked awkwardly.
("I hope so.") She said ("I don't have too many options left.")
("Options for what?") Asked Pikachu
("Mating of course.") She said as if he should have known.
("What!") He cried.
("Hey who are you talking to in there Pikachu?") Asked Mune who'd been standing at the door. He was locked out of all the other rooms so he figured that he'd wait for Pikachu to come out.
("Uh…") Said Pikachu. He wondered if Mune would believe him if he told him the truth.
("Nope.") Said Mew reading the mouse's mind. ("I'm only talking to you so no one else can see or here me.")
("Go away Mune!") Yelled Pikachu
"Hey I need to pee." Said Ash "Open the door!"
("Go ahead.") Said Mew ("He can't see me anyway.") Not waiting for Pikachu she undid the latch and let Ash walk in.
"Ah" He sighed as he did his business. "Hurry up Pikachu we're going out in a little while." With that he shut the door and left Pikachu alone. Or so he thought.
("Now where was I?") Asked Mew
("Mating.") Said Pikachu
("That's right!") She said ("I need you to help me out with that.")
("Why me?") Asked Pikachu. He was still in the shock stage so any coherent questions were not passing through his brain.
("As you probably know I'm compatible with any pokemon on the globe.") She said ("Problem is I'm so compatible that whatever offspring we have would be the same as the pokemon who I mated with. However there are a few exceptions.")
("Exceptions?") Asked Pikachu
("Mews have always been rare pokemon.") She explained ("But there used to be a few more of us than they are now. Apparently the original Mew knew how to copy herself and made a few more of her own species in order to continue on after she died. We live a long time but it's not forever. Those Mews mated with each other and a few mated with other pokemon. Those other pokemon had offspring that had haywire DNA. This made it so they could learn attacks that they normally couldn't learn or in today's time couldn't learn without TM's. There have been a couple of cases where A Mew and a descendant of a Mew mated. The eggs had a fifty-fifty chance of being either a Mew or the same pokemon as the other parent.")
("But that's how cross-breeding works anyway.") Said Pikachu
("Well, I told you that normally Mews can only produce other Mews if they mate with their own kind.")
("Now I get it.") Said Pikachu ("But I don't have any Mew blood in me so why would you want to mate with me?")
("Because you do have Mew blood in you.") She said. ("I don't know how, but I can sense similarities between the both of us that I can't with other Pikachu.")
("Aren't there any other Mews you could do this with?") He asked. He really wasn't ready to be a parent yet. And he definitely didn't want to be one with someone he didn't even know. Granted some pokemon would jump on this chance in a heartbeat he just wasn't that kind of guy.
("No.") She said sadly ("I'm the last one, if you don't count Mewtwo, but he turned me down and there's no chance of him changing his mind.")
("IF I were to agree what would happen when the egg hatches?") He asked
("I'd take it and raise it in my rainbow cloud if it were a Mew.") She said
("And it it's a Pichu?") He asked
("You'd take care of it.") She said matter-of-factly ("I want to continue my species not raise a yellow furball that shocks people.")
("No deal.") Said Pikachu
("WHAT!") Roared Mew ("How can you turn down the request of a lonely legendary pokemon!")
("Like this.") Said Pikachu ("NO!. Now if you don't mind I need to finish my bath before my trainer comes back.")
With that said he proceeded to ignore the flabbergasted Mew who was fuming. She wasn't going to give up so easily. She probed Pikachu's mind for some information and teleported away. There was more than one way to skin a Delcatty.
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Aquaria was just getting ready to head out of her room when the door was pushed open and a yellow mouse came bounding in.
("Hey Ash I'm-") He stopped when he saw Aquaria ("Oh hey Misty, where's Ash?")
("Who's Misty?") Asked Dawn
"PIKACHU!" She yelled exasperatedly. Figuring there was no use in lying, since Dawn would know at least two days after they left Ecruteak, she told the Eevee what the situation was.
("So that's why you died your hair.") She said ("But you should really tell Ash who you are. He deserves to know.")
"Is everyone going to say that when they find out?" She asked
("No,") Said Pikachu ("Ash is going to probably be angry, hurt, upset and in an overall pit of depression after you tell him.")
"Thank you for boosting my self esteem." Said Aquaria
("Anytime.") Said Pikachu
"I need to go get a few things." She said "Want to come Dawn?"
("Sure.") Said the Eevee. She hopped off of the bed and into Aquaria's arms.
"Care to join us Pikachu?" She offered.
("No I need to think about a few things.")
"Suit yourself." She left the room leaving Pikachu to think about whatever it was he was thinking about. She walked toward the exit and stopped when she saw Ash's room door slightly open. She noticed him sitting on his bed holding something small and blue. Curious she walked closer and noticed that there was a familiar looking handkerchief sitting beside him on his bed.
"I should have been there." She heard him say to himself. "If I had been there then maybe I could have stopped them from getting her." He sighed and lifted the object in his hands to eye level. It was a blue badge in the shape of a water droplet. "This is the only one I have left." He said "And I swear on the Cascade Badge you gave me that if I ever see you again Mist I'll tell you truth." He put the badge down on the handkerchief and stuffed it into his hat before putting it back on his head. "I'll tell you how much I love you."
She suppressed a gasp at his last statement. He loved her. He said it and she heard it with her own ears. Now what was she supposed to do? Pikachu's words came back into her mind as she processed this new information.
Flashback
("I still don't understand why you won't tell Ash.") He said ("He deserves to know Misty. You don't know how much it hurt him when he thought you were dead. Then once his mom died he had given up all hope.")
"It was his mom Pikachu, of course he was upset." Said Misty "Loosing a parent is a hard thing to go through."
("It wasn't just his mom Misty.") Argued Pikachu ("His mother meant a lot to him but so do you and Brock.") He paused before adding ("Especially you.")
"What's that supposed to mean?" She asked
("I think you know.") He said
End Flashback
"…Especially you." That's what he meant. She thought to herself. Now she knew that when she told Ash he would definitely be hurt. She also knew that he'd probably hate her once she did tell him. Not sure on what to do she slowly made her way out of the double room and headed off to get some more hair dye and collect her thoughts. She was oblivious to the brown eyes that watched her as she left.
Why was she watching me? Thought Ash. He'd noticed several suspicious actions from Aquaria lately and he intended to get to the bottom of it. He went over to Aquaria's door and opened it. Inside he found Pikachu sleeping on the bed apparently exhausted. He noticed Aquaria's bag on the foot of the bed and a square case beside it. He walked over and picked up the case. Opening it up he saw that there were several pairs of purple contacts. He wasn't sure why she had those but what really shocked him was the almost empty bottle of black hair dye. Why does she need hair dye? He wondered. He looked around for a few minutes and even rummaged through the bag. He didn't find anything else which was suspicious so he decided to leave and see if he could find anything by following her. He barely got close to the door when he felt something hit his shoulder.
("Going somewhere Ash?") Asked Pikachu who had perched atop Ash's shoulder. He'd watched his trainer looking through Misty's things and was curious as to what he'd do now.
"Have you noticed anything odd about Aquaria?" He asked
("Maybe.") Said Pikachu
"If you know something tell me." Said Ash
("You were gonna follow her right?") He asked
"I was planning on it." Said Ash
("Then do it.") Said Pikachu
Ash sighed. If Pikachu was determined not to say anything there was nothing Ash could do to get it out of him. He set off to track down Aquaria and luckily for him, or maybe unluckily a pale pink aura surrounded him.
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Mune sighed in contentment. He was now occupying the tub much in the same way Pikachu had been. The sound of the door slamming knocked him out of his revelry. He hopped out of the water and used his telekinesis to unplug the drain. The tub was now home to a lot of shed fur, both in yellow and dark purple. Figuring he'd clean it up later he walked out of the bathroom and looked around. No one was there. He shrugged and went into Ash's room taking advantage of the peace and quiet to meditate.
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It just so happened that Ash spotted Aquaria heading into a department store. He trailed her at a distance and followed her to the hair care products in near the back of the store. She picked up a bottle of black dye and headed toward the check out counter. Ash just happened to overhear an interesting conversation between her and Dawn.
("Why'd you choose black anyway?") Asked Dawn
"I didn't really choose it." She said "After I got out of the hospital Diane came up with the idea for me to disguise myself. She picked out the dye, I just cut my hair."
("How long was it?") Asked Dawn
"It came a little ways down my back." She responded "At least when I let it down anyway. Ash used to tell me to keep it down and he even tried to get Brock to convince me, but I never listened."
("He must have thought it looked better that way.") Said Dawn
"Maybe…"
Ash tuned the rest of the conversation out. Even his mind was fast enough to figure out what was going on. The pokemon, the odd behavior, the awkward silences and the fact that she had been spying on him before she left. He now knew that Aquaria could be no one else but Misty Waterflower. It all just clicked into place. Why she sounded and looked so familiar. Why the pokemon always glanced at him when they were out of their pokeballs. He then had a though. If Aquaria was Misty and she had been watching him earlier then that meant…
("You okay?") Asked Pikachu concerned.
"You knew." He said simply
Pikachu nodded ("She has her reasons.") He said ("So try not to be mad. She'll tell you when she's ready.")
"Why doesn't she trust me?" He asked "After all we've been through together you'd think I'd be the one person she'd confide in." He turned around and started heading out of the store. He had a lot to think about and no amount of Pikachu's consolation could sort out the pieces of his heart. Misty heard what he said and still didn't tell him. What this proved is that she didn't care enough nor trust him enough to ever reciprocate what he felt about her. He felt betrayed, used and downright angry.
Pikachu simply rode on his friend's shoulder quietly contemplating the events of his own day.
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That night Misty had a very interesting dream. She was standing back on the riverbank north of Pallet on a starlight night. She and Ash were sitting side by side and Ash's arm was around her shoulder holding her close. She leaned her head onto his shoulder and relaxed into his embrace. He leaned over and kissed her lightly on the forehead.
"You know I love you right?" He asked
"You told me the same thing two minutes ago." She said smiling. "And again I love you too."
"Do you?" He asked "If you love me so much then why are you lying to me?" He didn't say it with hatred or anger, in fact his voice was still soft and had a loving tone to it. But his voice also held a deeper more subdued tone. A tone tinged with hurt and confusion.
She remained silent for a few minutes before finally answering. "You'll hate me if I do."
"You don't know that." He said "You thought I'd never feel the same way that you claim to and that's why you kept having those nightmares. You won't know unless you try."
"It's too much of a risk." She said
"I'll find out eventually anyway." He told her "And if it isn't from you I can tell you that it will hurt me a lot more. You heard me say it. I love you and you know I'd never lie about something that important. You saw me promise on the Cascade Badge and I even said you 'gave' it to me instead of the saying that I 'earned' it." He smiled and kissed her again. "You don't have to believe me, but if you don't tell me about what your doing soon we may never have a moment like this."
He then suddenly disappeared and Misty was left alone by the calmly flowing river. Now that Ash was gone the scene slowly began to change. All the life seemed to flow away form everything around her. The grass lost it's brilliant green color and the water began to grow dark and murky instead of clean and clear. The waterfall lost the rainbow that seemed to form across it and it too began to become dirty and polluted. Everything around her was just like she felt now that Ash was gone. Empty.
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Ash had a lot more trouble getting to sleep that night. No matter what Pikachu had tried to explain to him his ears refused to listen. It didn't occur to him to look at any of the positives of the situation. All he could see was negative. Eventually he managed to get into a state of half restfulness, but this soon turned into a very deep sleep as the dragon emblem began to glow softly.
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He was flying. Not on any of his flying-types, but actually flying. He was so high up that he could see the whole Kanto/Johto continent sprawled out before him. It was evening and he could see small flickers of lights from houses and buildings far below. Soon he was done flying over that region and was heading south. He flew over the Orange Archipelago and on over Hoenn. Once over Hoenn he noticed the Sky Pillar stretching high into the sky on its hidden island. He then turned westward and continued on his circuit at an incredible speed. He soon came to a very large continent that he was sure hadn't been there on his flight yesterday. Yesterday? Had he done this before? He was very confused as to what he was seeing.
"What the hell?" Thought a voice inside his head
Huh? He thought Did I just hear something.
"Who the hell's messing around in my head?" Asked a very annoyed voice
Isn't this my head? Asked Ash
"No!" Said the voice "I'm not going to ask again. WHO'S IN MY HEAD!"
Ash winced and figured that he'd better answer the question. Ash, Ash Ketchum…sir?
"Ash?" Asked the voice with an air of recognition. "That explains it."
Who are you and what's going on? Thought Ash. It seemed that all he had to do was think something and whosever voice that was knew what he was saying.
"Don't tell me you forgot who gave you that mark on you head." Said the voice
Rayquaza? Asked Ash
"The one and only" Responded the young Dragon God.
How…? Started Ash
"I'll explain." Said Rayquaza "One of the other things that the Dragon God's Emblem bestows on its wearer is a bond between it and whichever Dragon God put it on them. In the past the bond has allowed strange things to take place and on some occasions the spirit of the wearer and the Dragon God become linked. Like now. This usually happens when one or the other is experiencing a high level of emotion. Have you been angry or something recently?"
Yeah Said Ash, He started thinking about all the deceit and lies he'd been told by his supposed "best friend."
"Hey don't write her off just because she lied to you." Said Rayquaza "She had her reasons and you need to know what they are before you place judgment. You love her, think of this as a test of love."
How did you know that? Asked Ash
"I'd ask if you were that slow, but since I can read all your thoughts right now the question is pointless." Said Rayquaza
You didn't have to say it like that! Thought Ash angrily If you can read all my thoughts how come I can't read yours?
"I'm not an emotional wreck whose thinking so loud that he could wake up a Snorlax." Replied Rayquaza "And as much as I'm enjoying this little chat of ours I have things to do. So please calm down and sort out your own emotions."
I'll try Said Ash
"Maybe this will help." Said Rayquaza "Every cloud has a silver lining no matter how dark it seems. In other words you can always find a positive in any negative situation. Here's a big help. SHE'S ALIVE AND NOT IN TEAM ROCKET!"
Ash gasped and suddenly he was sitting back in his bed at the pokemon center. Had that really just happened? Had he really just talked to Rayquaza while he was dreaming? Weather if it had been real or not he knew that tomorrow he needed to talk to Misty and no matter what the circumstances he was going to complete his promise.
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All it would take is a little ingenuity and some serious acting. She could do this, she knew she could. She was Mew the strongest Psychic pokemon around, although Celebi, Lugia and a few others would debate that. She was going to get her mate and the child was going to be a Mew no matter how long it took. If she had to do it a million times she was going to continue her species no matter what, and Pikachu was going to help her. Weather if he knew he was doing it or not.
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A/N: Slightly shorter but interesting nonetheless. I was starting to get writer's block right before those dreams at the end, but luckily some magical herbs are great for inspiration . I was checking my stats today and found that I have a lot more readers than I thought I did. It seems that half the people that read this have not left a single review. They have the story on the favorites and even have me on Story/Author alert and yet haven't left a comment. . You don't have to just knowing that you like this enough to put me in your favorites is praise enough, but still I wish I hadn't had to look at my stats to find out you people exist, and you all know who you are . I won't beg but I will ask extremely nicely. Please, Please review. (Puppy dog eyes). BTW, if you tried to review once and couldn't because the anonymous reviews were disabled, I enabled that way back in chapter 7 after Ri2 told me in a review that it wasn't on. So now you have no excuse .
Until Next Time…
