That One Fateful Night

She's Not Worth Dying Over, Or is She?

Gone. She was gone. Out of his life.

Ash lay in his bed, staring at the ceiling. He couldn't believe it. In the blink of an eye the greatest girl in the world was out of his life.

For an entire week, the nurses had to keep replacing his fluids constantly because of how much he wept alone. They tried to console him, telling him things will be alright and someone else will come along.

But Ash knew better than that to believe them.

He knew Misty was the one.

In every person's life, you'll meet someone special, usually in the most unexpected way. But from the minute you meet that person, you know there's no one else like them on this earth. You share your feelings, thoughts, hopes, and dreams.

You stay as friends, until you both realize how the two of you feel. Then you are at a crossroads. To stay apart and keep the feelings of the two of you safe, or to risk the best friendship in your life over a relationship, which in your mind, you know will be the greatest experience of your life. This special someone, no matter what may happen, they will always be with you, and will always be your soul mate.

Ash had found his soul mate.

Soon he was released from the hospital, and he took a taxi home.

He got out of the car, and was immediately embraced by his mother, wrapped up in a warm and loving hug.

"Oh Ash! It's so great for you to be home!"

But the first thing he said was not "Good to see you mom." It was, "Where's Misty?"

"Oh…..Ash….she left about two weeks ago. She just packed her bags and told me that she couldn't stay in this house anymore. I'm sorry honey."

"Where is she now!"

Now Misty had left a contact number with Mrs. Ketchum in case anything came up with Ash. For you see Misty still cared deeply about Ash, she could not live without knowing that he was safe. But Ash's mom knew she could not disclose that information to Ash. Because if Ash knew where she was, Misty did not know what he would do next.

Misty was working in Viridian City, for she could not stand to be far away from Ash. At least that is what Mrs. Ketchum deduced from the information Misty told her and the address.

Mrs. Ketchum knew that the two would get back together. Love as good and pure as theirs is rare in this new age of ours. They just need some time apart. How much time they needed all depended on them.

"I don't know. She just left. Honey might I ask what exactly it is you did? She just told me she had to get away from you as quickly as possible, so something bad had to have happened."

"She found me having sex with another woman." he quietly whispered.

At that moment Delia exploded. "ASH! HOW ON EARTH COULD YOU DO THAT TO MISTY! EXPLAIN YOURSELF!"

"Mom, I'll tell you the truth, but you have to PROMISE to believe me." Mrs. Ketchum could see the deep sincerity in his eyes.

"Of course dear."

"Its really farfetched, but please believe me. Well I was in the hospital, and when the nurse came in to switch the IVs, I felt funny and passed out. I wake up and Misty is there, and she kind of wanted to ummmm…."

"In a hospital! That's nothing like Misty! How could you think that was her!"

"Well I felt like I was under some kind of aphrodisiac, I couldn't help myself. Suddenly the next thing I remember is that Anna, my assistant at the League is straddling me and Misty is going nuts in the doorway! Mom I think I was drugged……"

"Giovanni…..why must you keep persecuting this family!"

"Yeah…wait our whole family? What else has he done mom?"

"Ash….please trust me, you cannot know now."

"Alright…..if you say so mom."

"Ash I'm sorry about Misty. Maybe if you explain your story, she'll believe you? I mean she does know Giovanni's tendencies."

"That would help, if she would even talk to me."

"Give it some time. You'll win her back, I just know it."

"Well that makes one of us….."

Ash went up to his room, and took out a special picture. It was given to him after he won the title of Pokemon Master. To him it was the most treasured photo he owned. It was him holding his trophy, but the meaningful part of the picture was the girl in it. Misty standing by his side, her arm around his waist, as she posed for the camera.

His favorite picture, shattered against the walls of his bedroom. He pulled out every photo of her, shredding them to pieces.

He wanted to get her out of his head. He took all the gifts she had given him: shirts, hats, letters, it all went into his trash can.

Delia was fully aware of what he was doing, but she did not stop her rampaging son, for she knew that she could do nothing about it.

Blood began to run from Ash's knuckles as he continually punched the wall.

There were numerous holes, and glass shards were everywhere. But he didn't care, anything to free him from this sadness of losing her.

If he was himself, and maybe if Brock was around, he would go out and find Misty, explain to her everything that happened. But if she didn't believe him, thenhe guessed they weren't meant to be together.

But Brock wasn't around. There was no one to help him control his emotions.

Things soon began to escalate. As hard as he tried, Ash could not shake the depressing thoughts, and now, it became deadly.

He snuck out of his bedroom window, and slid down a tree so his mom wouldn't notice.

He ran. He ran as hard and as fast as he could.

Ash soon came to the docks of Pallet Town. To the south was Cinnabar Island. He climbed to the top of a huge cliff overlooking the water.

He watched the ships dock at the harbor, and watched the ships heading out to sea.

Ash stared at the rocks below. (100 feet below to be exact)

He took a deep breath, and softly whispered, "Please, free me from this pain….."

He slowly began to fall forward, to finally accept his fate.

Suddenly a pair of arms wrapped around his waist, pulling him back onto the ledge.

"ASH WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU DOING!"

"Well I was just about to…..ANNA!"

His mouth fell wide open, at the realization that the women who wrecked his life had saved his life.

"Anna, why in the world did you just save my life!" he said, while stuttering constantly.

"Because committing suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. Nothing is worth killing yourself over."

"Misty is," he quietly whispered. "she's my world, and now because of you she's gone!"

"I know….I'm….very sorry."

"Yeah well sorry doesn't fix Misty and me! Hey wait a minute,you work for Giovanni, how did you get here anyway?"

"Well I use to work for him. After he forced me to have sex with you, that was the last straw. When I saw how much grief you were in, I quit right on the spot and headed to the most likely place you'd jump."

"How'd you know I'd jump from this spot?"

"Because it seems like a spot where you might propose to a special someone. The shade of the trees, the gentle sounds of the ocean, and of course you get an amazing view of the sunset."

"How did you….?"

"I was proposed to here once, too."

"Good for you….where is he now?"

"Dead. Killed by Giovanni. He tried to stop the extensive testing on Mewtwo……but no one can defy Giovanni and get away with it."

"Well I guess I'll have to be the first then. But I still don't get it. Why did you save my life?"

"Because I saw how much you love her. I loved someone dearly too, and I can't stand to see another couple broken apart by Giovanni. I saved your life to make up for some of the sins of my past. It can't make up for all of them, but it's a start."

"Thank you Anna, thank you so very much." He smiled from ear to ear.

"Look Ash. Just because your friends aren't around, doesn't mean you have to give up hope so easily. You need to learn to control your emotions, and think things through, before you end up trying to do something drastic."

"You're….you're right Anna. It's just I had no one to turn to. I guess the grief really clouded my judgment." He began to chuckle. "I can't believe I was a couple inches away from killing myself. Wow Ash you sure got some problems."

"Yes you do, and that problem is you love too much."

He gave a weak laugh. "Maybe you're right. But now that I'm alive, I need to get to Misty somehow."

"So you expect to go and win her back?" she said raising an eyebrow.

"Yeah…..I just don't know how. All I can tell her is the truth."

"You do know how farfetched the truth sounds?"

"I know….but it's all I have."

"Good luck with that Ash. I have to be going now. Here." She handed him a piece of paper. "My number. Call me when you're ready to take down Giovanni. Oh and sorry to say this but Brock is still a prisoner of that freak."

"We'll get him out," he said with a determined look on his face. "and I'll win back Misty too."

"Best of luck Ash." She began to walk away.

"Wait Anna!" he said as he ran after her.

"What is it?" she said with a bewildered look on her face.

"Thanks again." he said as a huge smile spread across her face.

"No problem Ashy boy." She gave him a quick wink and was off.

"Bye….HEY WAIT A MINUTE! Ahhhhh forget it." He then muttered to himself, "How'd she know I hate that nickname….?"

He gave a soft sigh, and then headed on home.

He opened the door of his house, where his mom was watching TV on the couch.

Ash ran over, and gave his mother a giant hug.

A little startled, she said, "What's the occasion? Do you want me to buy you something?"

"I love you mom." Ash ran up to his room.

"I love you too Ash," she said slightly puzzled.

"Wow, that was weird." She pondered on the thought for a bit, then resumed watching TV.

Ash ran up to his room, and instantly began perusing through employment sites, trying to find out where Misty worked.

He stayed up until 1 A.M., finally falling asleep on his keyboard. Five hours of searching and he had got nothing.

Delia came in and saw her son draped over his keyboard. She took one glance at the computer monitor and felt instant pity.

"He loves her so much…..I can't stand to see the two of them apart," she whispered.

She typed up Misty's address on the computer, printed it, and left it by his keyboard.

She gave him a quick kiss on his forehead as she headed out the door.

"BringMisty back Ash," she softly whispered, "it's lonely without her." And with that being said she slowly closed the door.

Ash awoke that morning, the sunlight filtering in through the blinds of his window. And if seemingly ordered by God, a single ray of light shown on a piece of paper near his keyboard.

He looked at it, and jumped up so high, his head hit the stationary ceiling fan in his room.

"OWWWW! Holy Crap!" he yelled at the top of his lungs.

From downstairs, his mother yelled, "ASH WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE!"

"SORRY MOM!" he yelled as he got dressed and headed out the door, Misty's work address in hand.

"Good luck Ash," Mrs. Ketchum whispered as the door shut.

Ash drove into Viridian City, and pulled up in front of a local pizza parlor.

"She works here?" Ash said slightly puzzled.

He opened the door, as he heard the little bell chime.

"Welcome to Charman…….Ash?" The red-headed waitress gazed at Ash in amazement, obviously shocked he was there.

"Misty? It's good to see you…" He was very quiet, as he gazed up and down Misty, still stunned by how beautiful she looked, even in a waitress outfit.

Misty's shining face quickly changed to one of solemn anger. "Ash, what are you doing here?" she said sternly.

"I came to tell you the truth." He tried to crack a smile, but seeing Misty's face quickly stopped him.

"We're kind of busy you know….." They both scanned the room, no one in site.

"Yeah…sure. Real busy. Look can we just talk for a bit?" He put on the good old puppy dog eyes.

"Still impossible to resist," she thought to herself. "Alright fine Ash. If you had to track me down, I guess it had to be important."

"Thank you." His eyes completely lit up.

They both took a seat, and Ash took a deep breath.

"Misty….I….I just wanted to apologize for all that you saw. There are some things you need to know about what happened."

Misty grew enraged about this. "WHAT ELSE IS THERE TO KNOW! MY BEST FRIEND AND BOYFRIEND FUCKED HIS ASSISTANT IN A HOSPITAL!" Pots and pans could be heard crashing in the back.

Ash was prepared for this, as he did not flinch.

"Yes I won't deny Anna and I had sex. But you need to know why."

"Ash I know why. You're like all other guys, looking for a piece of ass. So I guess you told me all that crap to knock me up?"

"No not at all. Giovanni drugged me. Misty please you have to believe me."

"So you're trying to tell methat he what,slipped in an aphrodisiac into your IV making you horny so you would be in the mood to have sex with Anna?"

"Surprisingly you just hit the nail on the head." hesaid bluntly.

"WAIT a minute,THAT;s what really happened?"

"Yes..." he quietly whispered, "but it's the truth. Please Mist, you have to believe me."

She laughed loudly at this. "Are you serious! You know how crazy that is!"

"Please...believe me."

"Ash….how can I believe you…..?" She had quickly grown more quiet, listening to Ash.

"Because I love you. And you love me. At least I hope you do." Tears began to well up in his eyes, and for the first time since the Orange Islands (pokemon movie 2000) he let his tears run in front of Misty.

She stared into his eyes, and she saw truth. As hard as it was to believe, just seeing it in his eyes told her he was one-hundred percent honest.

"Ash….." she whispered.

She wrapped her arms around him, and held him tightly.

"I'm sorry Ash. Can you ever forgive me for doubting you?"

"Forgiven. I love you Mist. Always have, always will." He then drew her up in a long and passionate kiss. And he would later look back and tell people it was the best kiss in all his life.

Ash then broke off, and bent down on one knee before her. He then removed the silver ring from his pocket, and slowly slid it on her finger.

"Misty Kasumi Waterflower…..will you marry me?"

Those four little words, will you marry me, the words she had been longing to hear all her life, and coming from the most wonderful boy in the world.

"Ash…..Ye…..AHHHH!"

Before she could finish her answer, the pizzeria wall was blown open. Team Rocket agents flowed into the blown apart building.

A helicopter landed, and out stepped the evil mastermind himself, Giovanni.

Giovanni gave a quick nod to his lackies, and at once they seized Misty, as Ash received a sharp jab in the stomach, causing him to roll over in pain.

"Damn you...Giovanni. What do you want with her! Take me instead!"

"You'll have to come to my base to get her back," he said with an evil grin. "And no we'll stick with her, we don't need to take you. At least not just yet," as he gave a wink.

Another blow was delivered to Ash's stomach, and he yelled in pain.

As he lay writhing on the ground, he watched his greatest foe take the love of his life away in a helicopter.(and hopefully his new fiancé.)

Misty was putting up a great struggle, and ripped off the gag that was placed in her mouth. She fought to the open door of the helicopter.

"ASH!" Misty screamed at the top of her voice. "YES! I WILL MARRY YOU!"

At any other point in Ash's life, he would have been the happiest person in the world. But as his now fiancé was being taken away by his most hated enemy, all he could feel was despair.

"MISTY! I LOVE YOU!"

Ash chased the helicopter until it became impossible to keep up with. He then knelt down on the ground and wept. Tears forever streaming down his face as he whispered her name.

"Misty……I love you….Misty….."

Sorry about the delay guys. School has been hell, oh well. Now I know there are typos, but I'm grounded so I can't fix them right now. As always, please review, they're the only help I have to write better. Go on, review, it's the little button on the left. (If you review my story, I'll try and review your's)