(A/N: Hey guys, a new chapter! This is really long. I hope everyone likes it. Well, please read and review, this is Kaoru, signing off!)
When Misty came down for lunch, she was met with two pairs of eyes and smiles,
"Wh…what are the two of you looking at?" She asked to Brock and Daisy, Brock grinned and nudge Daisy,
"Lookit that, Ash isn't with her, she must've worn him out!" Brock mock whispered, Misty flushed bright red with embarrassment.
"What?" Daisy laughed and snickered,
"Awwww…look! My little sister's blushing!" They both started laughing and Misty flushed even harder as Dante came into the room,
"Now, now." He scolded the two of them, "Leave Misty alone, you know how good it felt about YOUR first time Daisy." It was Daisy's turn to blush,
"How did you all find out about this?" She asked, Brock smiled at her,
"Misty, I'm your best friend and I've known Ash forever, if you hadn't done it by now, I would have gotten worried." He patted the spot next to him and pulled out a chair, "C'mon and sit down Misty, let's talk." She sat down and looked to them,
"So you guys are gonna start interrogating me now? I'm not saying a damn thing." Daisy laughed,
"Who said we were doing an interrogation? We were just gonna ask you how you felt, now that Ash has given you literally everything that he has." Brock put a cup of coffee in front of her as she started to relive the moment in her head. She couldn't really believe what had happened between the two of them. It was something so beautiful that she really didn't know how to explain it. After she started to picture the night in her head, she blushed madly. Brock and Daisy laughed,
"Oh jeez, we say one word and she turns red!" Brock said while laughing.
"It must've been something!"
"Of course it was, it was her first time, it had to be something." Dante replied, with that Misty turned a whole new shade of red,
"Guys shut up! My sex life is not on display here! You guys should know how I feel."
"Of course we do." Daisy replied as she ruffled Misty's hair, "We're just trying to make it as good as we all had it, if you take it too seriously you'll lose all of the great feeling." Misty thought about what she had said and realized that she was right for the most part.
"Fine, fine, joke all you want. Since you already know what happened between us."
"Don't mind them Misty, you know idiots like to travel in pairs." Dante said as he stood up, chuckling.
"HEY!" Brock and Daisy said in unison, Misty laughed. They all stopped when Ash came into the room, yawning, he was only in his boxers, he looked so tired,
"Good morning Ash." Brock said, "Have a good night with Misty?" Daisy and Brock laughed, even Dante chuckled,
"Uh huh…" He said sleepily, walking over to Misty and hugging her, Misty blushed even more.
"Ash, ya weren't supposed to admit that…" Ash nuzzled his head into her shoulder,
"I dun care…" He replied, Brock pulled up a chair next to Misty and Ash plopped into the chair.
"Well guys." Dante started, "What's on the agenda today?" Ash started to wake up a bit more, he turned to Misty,
"Hey…honey, I was thinking…I want to get you made up for the tournament, go ahead and take a shower so we can get going okay?" Misty nodded her head and got up, she left the room without thinking about anything. Ash turned to them, suddenly looking serious. He told Daisy and Dante what was going on with Gary, and immediately they looked angry. Ash told them his plan, and they both agreed wholeheartedly.
"We'll help, if Gary's trying to get after Misty, we'll do anything to stop him." Daisy said, Dante and Brock both agreed,
"I can't convince some of the gym leaders." Ash said at first, "But anyone else…they may like you all better."
"No problem, I got some friends on the force, they can protect her." Dante replied,
"Brock and I can convince those who are unwilling." Daisy replied afterward,
"Good, she will be with me most of the time, but I want to know if Gary…" Brock interrupted,
"Or May." Ash rolled his eyes,
"Yes, or May. I want to know if they even so much as sneeze. I want Misty to outshine everyone, no offense to her beautiful sisters." He smiled to Daisy, and then continued, "But I want Gary to make a mistake, so we can take his ass down for good."
"Agreed." Brock agreed, "Let's do this."
Gary sat in his chair, looking out the window at the sun rising. Soon…very soon, Misty would be his, and Ash would be history.
"Sir!" Someone said from behind her, he spun his chair around and came face to face with two black clothed people with red 'R's stamped on their chests.
"What is it?" Gary replied, irritated,
"We brought the two traitors, and your sister has returned." Gary smiled, nodding his head.
"Take those traitorous bastards down to the dungeon, and bring May in here." The two Rocket members clapped a closed fist over their hearts, leaving the room. Soon May came in, smiling.
"My lord, you look wonderful this day." Gary smiled and pulled her onto his lap,
"May stop that, I know I will soon rule the world, but that still means you'll be my big sister, and you'll just address me as such." May giggled,
"Oh I know brother, this is just wonderful, you're living out the plan that father always thought of you. Soon I'll have Ash to myself, and you'll get that woman, although I think she doesn't deserve you."
"You'll see, May, once she's in my bed, you'll have Ash all to yourself with no interference, and we'll both be happy. The sooner the better." May started to look a bit worried,
"But Gary… What…what about… 'Ashura'? You know how much father worried about him before he died…" Gary scoffed, blowing off his sister's worry,
"Ashura is just as harmless as his son. Father was just a paranoid old man."
"But I've seen his work, he put our father on his deathbed! He's a big threat."
"Hush my sister, Ashura cannot touch us, some of my people are taking care of him, and while he's away, let's torture his family." May turned back to her bubbly self and giggled again,
"Oh yes, let's. He won't be able to do anything about it!" Gary nodded his head, making her get up,
"Go give the order, I need some time to think." May smiled and bowed, leaving the room. Gary stood up, looking out the window,
"Ashura…so you've finally decided to resurface after all this time, I'm going to kill you…and your son, for vengeance against my father…" Gary turned and decided to go see how the two traitors were doing.
When Gary entered the room, he heard the crack of a whip, followed by a scream of a woman and then a male's voice echoed through the halls,
"Stop it! Let her go!" Gary walked into the room and came face to face with the two traitors, Jessie and James.
"Well, you didn't expect to be back here did you?" James glared at Gary,
"So, you've been running all of this!" Gary's smile widened,
"Yes, do you like it? It's such an improvement from my father's reign." Gary walked over to Jessie, who was chained up to a wall, bleeding from many wounds from a whip. He grabbed her face,
"Hm…you know Jessie, you are quite beautiful, it's a shame that you're pairing up with trash like him." Gary said, motioning to James, Jessie looked to Gary, then spit in his face
"Go to hell…bastard…" She mumbled, Gary looked certainly displeased; he wiped the spit from his face and slapped Jessie,
"Bitch…" He snapped his fingers and one of the people whipped Jessie, being rewarded with a scream of pain. James stood up.
"Stop it!" He tried to run into Gary, but one of the guards close lined him, making him fall on his back, coughing. Gary laughed,
"You two always were something, pretending to go after Ash again and again, but you were protecting him this whole time. You traitors killed my father!" James managed to get back up, despite his muscles crying out in pain, he said nothing. "Who put you up to this? Why give up fame and fortune to help some boy and his friend?" Jessie spoke up first,
"That 'boy' is more nobler in every sense of the word than you are! We wanted to be free of this so we walked out ourselves! Ash is now our friend, we'd never betray him to you!"
"Wrong answer!" Gary replied, punching Jessie in the stomach, James got up, but one of Gary's guards punched James back down and stepped on his back to keep him down. "If you do not tell me who sent you out and sent you back, I'll violate you right here, in front of your loving fiancé. Don't you think he'd like that?" Jessie squirmed; James couldn't stand it anymore,
"ENOUGH!" James yelled, his nose all bloodied from the fall he had just taken,
"James don't say anything…" Jessie pleaded, but James wasn't listening.
"She was right, we cared for Ash and his friends and that's why we left, but Ashura was the one who gave us the job of guarding them, and coming back."
"Ashura!" Gary flared; Ash's father was becoming a bigger menace than Ash was,
"Yes, and he gave me this message: 'I'm back, and you're going to pay for what you've tried to do to my son.'" Gary smiled,
"That's what he thinks." He turned to his guard, "Take her down, and let them have their last moment of togetherness." Gary turned to James, grinning evilly, "You will know of true hell before I kill you both." The guard unchained Jessie and she fell to the ground. Gary left with the guard, slamming the door. James crawled over to Jessie, cradling her in his arms and leaning against the wall. She coughed, blood trickled out of her mouth.
"James…" She coughed, "Why did you tell him?" James hushed her,
"If we would have told him or not, it was destined to happen, Ashura said he would come for us."
"What if he doesn't…?"
"You doubt him like that? He always helped us out. We might not know him personally, but if he's anything like his son…" He trailed off, leaving the rest open for whatever kind of conclusion.
"James…" She said quietly.
"I told you to hush, save your strength. I'll think of a way to get us out of this mess. Sleep…and no arguing." Jessie was about to object, but stopped,
"Alright…wake me if something happens." James agreed, and she quietly fell asleep. James held her tightly, his face growing angry,
"That bastard…he won't touch you, or dream of touching you. Once we get out of here, we'll all make him pay..." James said to her sleeping form. He kissed the top of her head, and then decided to take a short nap before trying to escape. He quickly fell to sleep.