That One Fateful Night
You Can't Be Serious!
"How does Amy sound?" Misty said looking up at Ash hopefully.
"Sounds perfect. Amy Ketchum has a nice ring to it," he said with a smile. "But what about a middle name?" he asked inquisitively.
"Thought of one too. I really like Sakura, what do you think?"
"Sakura eh? Hmmm Amy Sakura Ketchum….beautiful," he said as he smiled down upon the two most important people in his world.
"Well it's settled then. The next time the doctor comes in, I'll tell him little Amy's full name."
"Yeah that sounds like a plan."
The both grew silent, just watching Amy being cradled in Misty's arms, cooing softly.
"Can you believe it Mist?" he said as he stroked her cheek softly. "We're parents. So what if we're a little young, you're going to be the greatest mother ever, I know it."
Misty blushed. "And you'll be the greatest dad. Who knows, maybe Amy will follow in your footsteps as Pokemon Master?"
He gave a slight chuckle. "Maybe Mist, maybe."
Just at that moment, a knock was heard at the door.
"Come in, it's alright," Ash said to the person.
A man wearing a dark black suit and the Pokemon league Crest emblazoned on his breast pocket stepped into the room.
"Excuse me Mr. Ketchum, but it seems there is some urgent news from the Pokemon League. I was asked to deliver this letter to you," he said as he thrust forward a white envelope.
Ash took it, and opened it hastily. His eyes scanned across the letter, as his face grew more and more distressed the further down he read.
"You…you can't be serious!" Ash exclaimed.
"Ash, what does it say?" Misty asked, a deeply concerned look on her face.
Ash's lowered his head. "The Pokemon League officials want me back up at Indigo Plateau for another year."
Misty quickly grew relieved. "So what's the big deal? Amy and I will come with you!"
"Misty, even if you did come up to Indigo with me, I'd be working late every single night. You'd barely get to see me. And looking at the list of objectives they want me to accomplish, I could end up being there for a long time." He tried his best to hide his darkened eyes from Misty.
"But…I can still…raise Amy…" But Ash quickly interrupted her.
"No Misty. We're going to raise Amy together, you and me. I won't have you carrying the entire burden," he said as he took her hand.
The man in the dark suit adjusted his tie, as if this wasn't supposed to happen.
"Mr. Ketchum sir, you must come to Indigo Plateau. If you don't, the League has threatened to take back your title as Pokemon Master. Are you willing to give it all up?" he said in an authoritative voice.
Misty looked up at Ash, hoping to see his eyes lost in thought. But he had a huge grin spread across his face.
"So they think they can threaten me to come? Well tell your League officials that they need to come up with something better, because there's no way in hell I'd take the title of Pokemon Master over the well-being of my family." Ash stood and stared at the man. Misty looked up, and saw the great confidence in Ash's eyes. That day, she was glad she had fallen in love Ash, for who else would throw away his life's work for her?
Misty gave a weak smile, but she still had to try and convince Ash to keep the title, being the selfless person she was.
"But Ash…it's been your lifelong dream to gain that title. Why would you just throw it all away?"
"Because Mist, I wouldn't trade anything in the world for you and Amy. Besides, I've been Pokemon Master for awhile now, and I can say it isn't all it's cracked up to be. Let someone else be Pokemon Master," Ash said, as he handed back his Pokemon League official badge to the man.
"Alright Mr. Ketchum, if that is what you wish. I still think you're making the biggest mistake of your life." He turned on his heels and calmly walked out the door.
"No, I've just made the best decision of my life," he said as he wrapped up Misty in a loving kiss, taking caution of the child cradled in her arms.
"So Ash, as soon as Amy gets checked out, we can go home right?"
"Well actually I was thinking of going out and buying a new house. My old place is getting a little crowded," he said with a grin.
"Ash! We can't move out of Pallet!" she yelled.
"Oh but I've already bought the house!" he chuckled as his smile grew wider.
"WHAT! You bought a house without telling me, where is it!" she shouted as she slightly shook him.
"Calm down Mist, we're not moving out of Pallet. You'll see as soon as the two of you are safe to go." He looked at his watch, and motioned to the door. "Well I'm getting a little hungry, and I haven't had hospital food in a good long while. Want me to bring you up anything?"
"Maybe just a piece of cake," she said coolly.
"Your wish is my command." He gave her a quick kiss as he strolled out of the room, whistling.
"You have one strange father Amy," Misty whispered softly to her baby girl.
Two days later Misty was cleared to take Amy home. Ash came by the hospital in the morning ready to show his family to their new home.
The family piled into the car, as Amy slept soundly in her carrier.
Mrs. Ketchum and the others still did not no of Ash's return, so they were going to make a surprise out of it.
"So Mist I'll show you the new house after the party ok?"
"Sure that sounds fine. But if I don't like it…." She began with an evil grin.
"I know I know, we'll have to get a new one," he said in an exasperated voice.
They pulled up into the driveway of the familiar red-roofed house. Misty had called all their friends for a "surprise". She hadn't told them anything except for the fact that she had something very important to show them all.
Mrs. Ketchum, believing it was the baby, went around and told all the guests of how cute Amy looked and for everyone to pretend to be surprised.
Mrs. Ketchum saw the car Misty told her she would be arriving in pull into the drive way. She then closed the curtains and alerted everyone.
"Alright everyone, the mother is here!"
The lock clicked, and the door swung open.
"Hi everybody!" said a beaming Misty, who held a sleeping Amy in her arms.
All the guests instantly swooned over Misty, to get a better look at the baby. Mrs. Ketchum quickly reminded them that Amy was asleep, and when she awoke, they would have to leave her with Misty, as the numerous amount of people could scare her.
"So this is the surprise you all had us come here for huh?" said Brock in a "I knew it all along" voice.
"No Brock, Amy isn't the surprise…." she said as she turned her head towards the door.
"Everyone, can you quiet down please," Misty said calmly. The room quieted.
"Its ok, you can come in now," she said to a figure supposedly behind the door.
The door opened again, and Ash stepped in, a sense of nervousness on his face.
"Hi everyone," Ash said softly.
Ash wasn't greeted by a bunch of hugs and praises like Misty was, but by dead silence.
"I told you this would freak them out Mist," he said. (sweat drop)
Mrs. Ketchum slowly walked up to her son, and stroked her hand across his cheek.
"Ash…..?" she whispered almost inaudibly.
"Yeah mom, it's me," he said with a sheepish grin.
"Oh Ash!" she yelled as she tightly embraced her son.
That was all the rest of the guests needed for them to know that it was really Ash standing in front of them. They all ran over, hugging him, overjoyed that he was alive.
After Ash had the life squeezed out of him, the questioning began.
Brock stepped forward and asked the question everyone had all been thinking of.
"Ash, we saw that building explode. How on earth are you alive?" he said with an extremely puzzled look on his face.
"You know I'm not exactly sure myself," Ash said as he scratched his head.
He cleared his throat, and then began.
"Well I'm not sure exactly how I survived, but I can tell you all what I can remember. I got shot by Giovanni in the chest, but I was able to get in a good shot and kill him, but my wound was fatal. The base began to explode, and I felt death creeping up on me. Then suddenly I get surrounded by this blue aura, and I see a dark figure above me. I feel myself being lifted off the ground, then I pass out. I wake up and I'm lying on the side of a road bleeding, but alive. A Nurse Joy comes by and takes care of me at a Pokemon Center."
He took a deep breath, and then continued.
"Then I realized it was two weeks until Misty's due date, so I rushed here as fast as I could from Fuchsia City."
"Fuchsia City! That trip would take weeks!" Misty exclaimed.
"Well I knew I couldn't miss little Amy being born. So I took the land route, and was traveling as quickly as I could through Celadon, Saffron, Cerulean, Mt. Moon, Pewter, and Viridian."
"You traveled all that way on foot!" Misty said in a shocked tone.
"No, do you think I'm crazy?" Ash said with a grin.
"Then how did you…?" But she was cut short as Ash wheeled in a brand new shiny red bicycle.
"Yeah the one I took from Celadon was kind of beat up, so I went and got you a new one Mist. See, I told you I'd pay you back for your bike," he said with a great smile.
Misty just stared in awe. It was exactly like her old bike, she couldn't believe it.
"I had it custom made to look just like your old one, hope you don't mind," his smile still spread across his face.
"Oh, Ash!" Misty exclaimed as she threw her arms around him.
The party quieted down a bit as Misty went into a private room to nurse Amy.
All of the guests began questioning Ash about his journey. How he gotten through Mt. Moon, and especially his battle with Giovanni.
"Yeah Nurse Joy found me pretty messed up. Blood was everywhere, but surprisingly all my wounds had been healed. I think I have an idea what helped me, and I'm thankful it came." He gave a wink at Brock, who was fully aware himself of who had helped Ash.
"Yeah you're lucky to be alive," Tracey said with a worried tone in his voice.
Ash turned to Gary, with an evil grin on his face.
"Hey Gary, whatever happened to you over the summer? You went out that one night and we didn't see you for the rest of the trip!"
"I uhhhh I…" Gary stuttered, as his face was bright red.
"Come on Gary, you can tell us," Ash said, his evil sneer still present on his face.
"Alright fine! Well I was hitting up the town with a bunch of chicks I picked up, and then we all decided to take a slight road trip, and they ended up leaving me on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere! They took my food, my money, only my pokemon were safe. Damn bitches," he cursed under his breath, his face still bright red.
"Nice job Gary," Ash sneered.
"Shut up Ash," Gary said quietly as he drowned his sorrows in punch.
Ash exited the room and went up to his bedroom. There he discovered Misty rocking back and forth in a rocking chair, softly singing Amy to sleep.
"I told you Mist, you're the perfect mother," Ash said as he took Amy from her arms and gently rocked her in his arms.
Misty blushed. "Oh Ash, I'm not that great of a mother, yet," she said with a glint in her eye.
Ash softly laid Amy in her crib.
"You know Mist, something has been bothering me all day," he said with a frustrated look on his face.
"What is it? Oh can I guess? You're wondering where your hat is, right? Well I've been keeping it safe," she said as she pulled out his hat from a bag and placed it on his head.
"Thanks Mist, it's as comfy as it always was. But that's not what I'm worried about. How did the Pokemon League know where I was? I mean word of my death has spread hasn't it?" he said with a puzzled look on his face.
"Actually, news has just been spreading since your funeral, so not everyone in the world knows yet."
"Well the League would be bound to know, but how did they know I was going to be at Pallet Hospital that day? How did they know I was even alive?" he said as he paced around the room, obviously deep in thought.
"Yeah that's right, how could they have known you're alive? I found out just a couple days ago, so how could they have known?"
"Maybe they saw me on my trip back, although at the rate I was going I doubt anyone got a good look at me. I mean even the pokemon center I stayed at in Fuchsia was deserted."
"Well I wouldn't put it past the League to have scouts everywhere to keep tabs on things, so maybe they found you?" she said with a puzzled look on her face.
"Yeah probably. But how could they have known I survived…"
"Just forget about for now Ash, we have a party to go back to!" she said cheerfully as she took his hand. "Amy will be fine, we have a baby monitor set up downstairs," she said reassuringly.
"Alright, if you say so," Ash said as he gently shut the door behind him.
As the food was being consumed (all Ash's favorites) Mrs. Ketchum turned on the TV to check the news.
"Well it looks like the whole world knows now," she said exasperatedly.
The guests turned their attention from their food to the screen.
Ash Ketchum alive? Is it possible? Well folks believe it because it is true. The recently pronounced deceased Ash Ketchum, Pokemon Master, has been declared alive by the Pokemon League. Just the other day pictures were released of him visiting his wife, Misty Waterflower, in the hospital, who had just given birth to a baby girl. Ketchum was thought to have been dead when a blast near the outskirts of Viridian City supposedly killed him, along with the entire landscape. But as these photos show, Ash Ketchum is very alive and well. The Pokemon League visited with him at the hospital as soon as the discovery of his life was made known to them, but League officials were not pleased about this at all. The League has stripped Ash Ketchum of his Pokemon Master title for the faking of his death. This reporter has but one question. Why Ash Ketchum? Why fake your own death, fooling people all over the world? Was it just an elaborate publicity stunt? Either way, Ketchum will be seen in court on account of insurance fraud and failure to comply with numerous League rules. Now only the courts will decide former Master Ash Ketchum's fate, who could face numerous years in prisons for these alleged crimes.
Mrs. Ketchum switched off the TV. Ash pulled out the letter from his pocket and reread it. He must have missed it the first time he read it, because at the very bottom in printed letters was: If there is a failure to comply with these rules, you will be sued. We will contact you when your court date is set. Hopefully you can get a good lawyer with all the money you have.
"No way, it was right in front of my face. I can't believe this. How can a win a case like that! I don't have any evidence to support me!" he said as he began to go into hysterics.
"Ash…we'll think of something. We'll hire a good lawyer. There's no way they can put you in jail, you didn't fake your death! At least I don't think you did," Misty said, downcast.
"Now Mist don't go doubting me now. You know I didn't fake my death, and you, Brock, and I all know who it really was who saved me. Please believe me Mist," he said with a sincere look in his eyes.
"I do believe you Ash, I'm sorry. It just sounded kinda fishy, because none of us saw you actually die."
"Yeah, at least I think no one did. Well I guess I have to go looking for a lawyer soon," he said as he heaved a huge sigh.
"You can look for one in the morning dear; we still have a party going on!" Mrs. Ketchum said as she tried to cheer up her son.
"Yeah your mom, you're right!" Ash said as he grabbed another plateful of food.
The guests soon had to leave, and each said goodbye to the new parents and wished them the best of the luck with the coming events.
A tiny cry emitting from the baby monitor alerted Ash and Misty who were reclining on the couch watching TV.
Misty motioned to get up, but Ash gently brought her back down.
"Let me get it this time," he said with a warm smile on his face.
Ash climbed the stairs into his bedroom, where a crib was situated next to the queen-sized bed Ash and Misty used.
He walked over and gently picked up his crying daughter in his arms.
"Shhh It's okay, daddy's here now," he said in a soothing voice.
Amy's cries soon died out, and she began to fall asleep, her head resting lightly on his shoulder.
"Amy, you're even more beautiful then I ever could have imagined," he whispered softly. "I may have given up a lot, but you need to grow up with a dad, because it's just not the same without one."
He laid her down in her crib again, gave her a kiss on her forehead, and closed the door behind him as he headed down to his Misty.
"Well here comes the new daddy," Misty chuckled.
"I'm not half bad at this parenting thing," he said jokingly.
"Well we'll see when we get to the diaper changing," she said with an evil grin.
"Oh you can take care of that," Ash said as he bolted into the kitchen.
"Ash!" Misty yelled.
He popped his out from behind the wall.
"Just kidding. Yeah I'll do my fair share of the work, seeing as how I don't have a job anymore," he said as he sat down on the couch next to Misty.
"You better," she said as she took his hand.
"Ahhh it's so great to have a full house again," Mrs. Ketchum sighed as she looked upon the happy couple on the couch.
"Oh crap Mist I forgot to show you the new house!" Ash said as a shocked look spread across his face.
"That's okay Ash; you can just show me in the morning. Now I'm gonna trust you on this, you did get a big enough house for us and Amy, right?" she said as a look of curiosity was present in her eyes.
"Yeah it's er….big enough," Ash said nervously.
"Ash!" Misty exclaimed.
"Mist it's okay, you're gonna love it! At least I think you will," he said with an unsure look.
"Alright, but if I don't like it, you're selling it right away!"
"Might be kind of hard, seeing as how expensive it was," he said, avoiding Misty's eye.
"How much did you spend?" she asked.
Mrs. Ketchum heard a slight mumble from Ash, then an explosion from Misty. She retreated into the kitchen to avoid the conflict.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU SPENT $15 Million on the house! Are you crazy! That's a quarter of your League money!" Misty shouted at the top of her voice.
"I know I know! But trust me, you'll love it!" Ash said with a desperate look.
"Fine Ash," she said as she crossed her arms authoritatively.
In an apartment building of Viridian City, Anna was kneeling over a toilet, throwing up everything she had ate that night.
"Ugh, this is happening almost every other night now, what's wrong with me?" she said in a despairing voice.
She looked in her bathroom cupboard and found what she was looking for, a home pregnancy test. She kept them there just on the off chance she did do something stupid and wind up with a kid.
"This is probably nothing, just a bad stomach virus. There's no way I could be pregnant," she said as she tried to reassure.
She did her business, and waited for the readout of the test.
"I mean I did have sex with Ash that one time, but I brought a condom, didn't I?"
Suddenly a look of horror spread across her face.
"No I didn't!" she exclaimed.
She slowly looked down to check the readout on the test, fearful of what it might say.
Pregnant.
Well now wasn't that a fun chapter? There will be some mistakes as I did not proofread it as well as I could have so I could get it out quicker. I've made you guys wait long enough as it is. Yeah I know you're all gonna hate me, but please, no flames, and know that this story has a ways to go before it's over. As always, please review. Go on, review. It's that little button on the left.
