I'm back! I hope I didn't wait to update for too long, I just had a few lazy/sick days so it took me a while to come up with the next chapter, hey don't judge we all get lazy sometimes! Anyway guys here's chapter 2, enjoy! Oh and I adjusted the summary, I added two words that might change the entire fanfic! But if you're too lazy to read the summary just read this chapter and you'll figure it out!

Disclamier: no ownership to pokemon

Chapter 2: A Risky Solution

I look up at the clock, I sigh and continue you pace, it's been almost two hours since we've been here and I was getting a bit bored all I've been doing is just walking around the lobby of the Pokémon Center, just waiting, miserably waiting. I had said that I'd tell Ash the dreadful news about his leg but now, to be honest, I've having second thoughts. My thoughts keep tumbling over each other as I try to figure out how I'm going break it to him about the bad news on his leg and the Unova League; whatever I come up with just dson't seem right! Oh boy this is not going to be an easy task. I sigh again and plop down to the sit next to Davey and Pikachu hops into my lap the electric mouse and Davey are the only ones who stayed back to wait with me. Axew was with Cilan and Virgil, I had learned that Virgil is also going to be in the Unova League and Cilan decided to have a battle to see how strong he is, Axew having very little patience, went to watch. Pikachu's ears dropped and then he turned and tugged on my sleeve.

"Pi chu pi chu pika?" he said pointing to the clock.

I sigh slightly; since Pikachu didn't know how to read clocks he was continually asking me what time it is, "Pikachu, it's only been five minutes since you last asked me the time,"

"Pika…" the electric mouse groans slumping over in my lap.

"Don't worry Nurse Joy should be done soon," Davey reassured the electric mouse, just as he says this Nurse Joy come walking up to us with her Audino trailing behind her.

"How is he?" I ask standing up, Pikachu leaps onto my shoulder, "is Ash alright?"

"Well, your friend, is awake, but he's a little out of it," Nurse Joy says, "we've taken a few tests on him and Ash seems well enough to be able to undergo surgery, but as for now we've stopped the bleeding in his leg and we have him on some medicine for the pain-"

"Is it alright if I go take to him now?" I ask interrupting her.

Nurse Joy blinks, "Well, sure if you really want to,"

I give a nod, "Thanks, Nurse Joy," I start down the hall with Pikachu a few paces ahead of me. For some reason my heart is pounding and my hands feel a bit sweaty, ugh I'm so nervous! I don't know how I'm going to tell Ash the bad news, oh when I do it's going to crush him!

I stand in front of the door Nurse Joy said Ash was in, I'm just standing not really sure if I want to talk to him anymore.

"Pi chu pika pichu!" Pikachu complains, he frowns at me and is pointing at the door handle, waiting for me to open it.

I take a breath and turn the handle, the door opens with a bit of a creak and as I poked my head into the room I hear a faint groan. Ash is laying on the bed his eyes are barely open, and he looked completely drained of all his energy.

"Pika pi chu!" Pikachu exclaims as he rushed through the door and hops onto the bed, I can see the electric mouse hesitates as if he was trying to deiced if he should hug his trainer or not.

"Hey, Ash," I say quietly as I pull up a chair next to the bed.

There's a small groan as Ash looks over at me, he give a small smile, "…Hey, Iris…"

I smile back, "Glad to see that your awake, how are you feeling?"

"Ugh, I've had better days," he answers.

Ash is no longer dressed in the attire I had seen him in before. He was now wearing his short sleeved, blue pj shirt and, I guess Nurse Joy wanted him to stay warm or something because instead of his pj shorts he's wearing long, white pj pants that pokeballs imprinted on them. His right leg, the one's that's broken, has the pants leg all the way rolled up to his knee showing the large amount of bandages Nurse Joy and Audnio must of put ion to help with the bleeding on his lower leg.

"So um…h-how's your leg…does it still hurt?" I ask

Ash gives a shrug, "Audnio gave me some sort of pill…the pain in my leg is gone, but the medicine makes me fell super tired…and a bit light headed,"

"It must be because of all the blood you lost from…um from your leg…right?" I ask glancing down at his bandaged limb then back at his tired face.

Ash makes a face, "…Well yeah, I guess," he turns to Pikachu, who gives him one of his cute smiles, and hugs the Pokémon, "hey buddy, how's it going?"

"Pika pi chu pika!" Pikachu answers licking his trainer's cheeks.

"That's good," he says scratching the Pokémon between the ears, "have you've been keeping an eye on Iris buddy?"

Pikachu looks at me then back at Ash and gives a determined smile and sparks his cheeks as he says his name.

I give a small laugh, "Yeah, Pikachu have been looking after me Ash, but don't worry I can look after myself,"

Ash gives a sheepish grin but says nothing. As Pikachu and Ash continue you to talk I sit with that uncomfortable feeling in the pit of my stomach. Ugh, how was I going to tell him the news? I mean I have to, if I don't tell him now he'll find out later and probably be even more upset! I look at Ash's smiling face, guilt starts to hit me, the thought of that smile disappearing scared me. Ash hardly is ever sad and if he is he usually picked himself back up pretty quickly…but this I don't know how he's going to handle it. But I just know he won't be smiling for a while. After mustering up a bit of courage I take a breath and let it out slowly.

"Um…is something the matter Iris?" Ash asked that cute smile of his still lingering on his cute face…wait cute…when did Ash's smile get cute?

That odd warm feeling fills my stomach washing the uncomfortable feeling away, I force a smile on my face before answering, "Um…yeah Ash there is a-a bit of a problem…"

Ash tilts his head to the side, "What is it…is Axew hurt or something?"

I look down at my hands, "Um no Axew's fine…um it's actually about y-your leg…"

"My leg?" Ash repeats I can see out of the corner of my eye a bit of a concern look appear on his face.

"Uh, yeah," Pikachu hops into my lap, forcing me to look up at my raven haired friend, "Nurse Joy said that your leg is broken in two places Ash…and she said that you're hurt pretty bad and…"

"And what?" Ash asks arching an eyebrow

The fake smile on my face fades, "Nurse Joy said because your leg broken the way it is, she's going to have to do some surgery and you're going to have to be on bed rest and crutches-"

"Iris where are you going with this?" his voice sounds a bit uneasy.

I take breath, look Ash dead in the eye and force the words out, "Um…since you're going to have to go under so much bed rest and other stuff Ash, your leg isn't going to be ready for you to put any weight on it f-for a few months which means that you won't be able to um be part of the Unova League…"

"Wait, WHAT!" Ash cries, sitting up suddenly.

I bite my lip I expected that kind of reaction from him, "Ash I-I'm sorry but that Nurse Joy said-"

"I don't care what Nurse Joy said!" Ash yells a mixture of anger and determination flares in his amber brown eyes, "there's no way I'm missing the Unova League because of my leg!"

I can see his arms are starting to tremble, that medicine must of token a lot out of him he barley hold his own weight, "Ash you have to calm down, you going to hurt yourself!"

I reach out and try to ease him back down, but he pulls back, "No I'm fine!" he looks away from me, I see his teeth are clenched slightly I can see he's upset, "no, no, no I HAVE TO BE PART OF THE UNOVA LEAGUE!"

Ash tries to get out of bed but Pikachu and I force him back down, "Ash you have to stop, your already hurt enough, now you just have to let this go!" the second I said that I wish I could take it back.

"LET IT GO! IRIS WHAT DO YOU MEAN LET IT GO!?" Ash screams, the way he's looking at me again and the volume of his voice makes me jump back and the anger in his eyes…damn, it's almost scary, "I CAN'T JUST LET IT GO! I WON EIGHT FREAKIN' GYM BADGES, AND I'VE BEEN WORKING MY ASS OFF TRAINING! I CAN'T JUST LET IT GO!"

"Ash shut up; stop screaming at me it's my fault your leg's broken!" I say starting to get angry myself, then I sigh, I shouldn't be getting mad "now calm down, you're going to be okay,"

"No, Iris I won't be okay, not unless I go to Unova League," Ash mutters leaning against the headboard of the bed as his arms give out.

"Ash but-"

"I'll go drugged up on painkillers if I have to, and I'll be fine," Ash says glaring down at his broken leg as if staring at it will make it better.

"Ash don't be such a little kid, you know you can't so that," I say rolling my eyes

"Pika pi chu pika," Pikachu says hopping next to Ash.

"See even Pikachu even knows what's best for you Ash," I say in a bit of a calmer tone, "…I wish you could go to the Unova League but-"

"I'm going to the Unova League…" Ash says turning away from me and looking out the window that lets soft rays sunlight in, "I'm going…n-no matter…what," Ash voice crakes on the last part of his last sentence. Then I see something that I thought I'd never see, a single large transparent tear rolls down Ash's cheek. Then another one follows, and then another and another until a steady stream starts to fall and stream down his face. I feel that uncomfortable feeling fill me again it feels like it's strangling me!

"Oh…Ash p-please don't…" I say quietly, I didn't mean to make Ash cry!

"Pika pi chu…" Pikachu said cuddling up beside Ash, at this he shoulders start to shake and I can hear him trying to hold back small whimpers and sniffles.

"Ash are you-" I starts.

"Just…just leave me alone…" he says his voice shaking.

"But Ash-"

"JUST GET OUT!" Ash yells as his whole body starts to shake, I see tears drip onto the bed sheets making them appear darker.

"Pika…" Pikachu says his ears dropping as he touches his trainer's arm

Ash shrugged the Pokémon off, "Pi-Pikachu… don't…"

Pikachu pulls back; I can see he's a bit startled at this action from Ash. Usually Pikachu can always make Ash feel better…but I guess this just is too much.

"I just w-wanna be…alone…" Ash mumbles

I don't question anything as I take Pikachu and leave the room I close the door with a small click.

"Iris!" I look up to see the guys approaching me.

"Hey," I say simply as Pikachu jumps to the floor.

"Is something the matter?" Virgil asks.

I open my mouth to explain but instead of hearing words there's the sound of muffled crying coming from behind the door. I sigh slightly and bite my lip, damn it I knew the news was going to hurt him.

"Y-You told him didn't you?" Cilan asks.

I nod as we start back for the lobby of the Pokémon center, "He didn't take it very well did he?" Davey says

"Nope," I sigh, "I tried to explain it to him the best I could but he just got really mad then he just…he just broke down and started…crying," I say.

"Pika pi chu," Pikachu adds quietly.

Axew hops back into my hair and looks at me with a curious expression, I can tell he doesn't really understand what's going on, I pet his head, I'll explain everything to him later.

"I feel so bad for Ash," Virgil says with a sigh, "I mean if I couldn't be part of the Unova League I'd…I don't know how I'd react…but I know I wouldn't be happy about it,"

I don't what to do or what say anymore, so I park myself in a seat and let out a sigh and rest my head on my hands, 'Poor Ash…what is he going to do now? Now all those gym bandages, all that training, all time traveling around Unova with Cilan and I…it's practically a big waste of time now!' the uncomfortable guilt settles my stomach, I feel so bad for Ash, but what can I do about it? There's no way to magically fix a broken leg.

It's another hour until we hear anything about Ash, apparently Nurse Joy was able to calm Ash down a bit so that everyone can go see him, the guys deiced to go talk to him I stay back. Not because I didn't want to see my injured friend it was because Pikachu and Axew had fallen asleep on my lap and I had to go put them down somewhere. Audino allows the two Pokémon to take their nap in some of the beds they use for injured or sick Pokémon; I tuck in Axew and give him a small kiss on the head. I glance over at where Audino had just tucked Pikachu in and frown slightly. Was Pikachu going to be okay with not going to a Pokémon league this year? Well of course I couldn't say yes or no, I mean there's no way any Pokémon to compete in the Unova League unless they had a trainer, so I guess Pikachu might be alright with it I guess, just then there's a knock on the door and Nurse Joy pokes her head in.

"Oh, I'm sorry if I'm disturbing anyone's nap time," she said quietly noticing the sleeping Pokémon, "but you friends, Ash, he wanted to see you, Iris,"

I blink, "Oh, alright," I thank Audnio and Nurse Joy quickly and rush down the hall again, by the time I reach Ash's room Cilan and Virgil are coming out.

"Hey is Ash alright?" I ask then look around, and notice that Davey is gone, "and where's Davey?" Virgil tells me he had to go back home, there just so happens that there was an emergency at a nearby dam where a whole bunch of Cryogonal are freezing it over for no reason! So he went with his Soutland to investigate. Ugh I'd never go to a frozen pond at least not on purpose; I shudder at the thought of those Ice type Pokémon!

"Er, did you guys already talk to Ash?" I ask as they seem to be heading back to the waiting room, at this comment Cilan gives a small smile and Virgil stifles a bit of what sounds like a laugh, "What, is something the matter?"

"No, nothings the matter everything's fine," Virgil says, "it's just that Ash wanted to talk to you again…alone,"

I fell that warm feeling hit me again, this time in my cheeks, crap I'm blushing! Why the hell am I blushing!

"Oh, okay," I say then give a nervous laugh, a laugh that sounds like a mix between a high pitched squeal and a hiccup…where the heck did that one come from?

Cilan and Virgil go off snickering, I try not to seem annoyed as I enter the room Ash is in, I keep my head lowered as I scuffle my way over to the chair that's already close to the bed and sit down.

I was afraid to see how Ash looked, but I glance up to see a tangle mess of bed sheets and Ash's back facing me, I gulp, "Um, A-Ash are you awake?"

He shifts slightly and looks at me as if he hadn't heard me walk in, and even though it's only been an hour Ash looks like a total wreck. His black hair is a mess, his cheeks are tear stained and his brown amber eyes are bloodshot red, well I guess that's what your suppose to look like after crying for a while.

"You okay?" I ask.

Ash just nods.

"Did you talk to Cilan and Virgil?"

Ash nods again, wipes his nose and sniffles.

I shift slightly in my chair, "So, you're okay right?"

Even with his tear stained face Ash gives a small smile, "Yeah…I'm okay…it's just…" he sits up causing some of the bed sheets to shuffle a bit, he runs his fingers through his black hair…ugh my cheeks why are they so warm, "I-I just wanted to say…um so-sorry…Iris,"

I give a small smile, "Sorry, for what Ash?"

"F-For you know…yelling at you," Ash looks over at me, it's funny his cheeks look red…maybe it's because he's been crying, "I didn't mean it really, I didn't…I was just so, mad and…and-"

"I know Ash…it's alright, I mean I probably shouldn't of said what I said in the first place…i-it's my fault," I say looking up at him and give a faint smile, "in fact if you hadn't decided to you, know try to save me…you wouldn't be like this w-with your broken leg-"

"No Iris," Ash says, I feel a bit startled, by the tone in his voice it sound serious wait…is Ash trying to sound serious? "Iris…t-that was my choice," Ash says

I feel confused, "Um, I know it was your choice Ash…but w-why-"

"It was my choice to grab you when we were falling off the mountain, it was my choice to save you," the way that my raven haired friend said that last part made that warm feeling that was on my cheeks sink down into my stomach and nestle right on my heart. It makes me smile.

"Oh…A-Ash I don't know what to say…I mean no one has ever saved me like that before and…" I look down at his still injured leg and slowly the smile falls from my face, "now because of me…you…you can't go to the Unova League…oh Ash…I-I…I'm sorry….it's all my fault and…"

"Iris it's okay…" Ash says he has a smile on his face, it almost makes him look happy again, but I know it's not his normal smile I can tell it's the one he puts on when he doesn't know what to do when someone is feeling bad for him, "I mean i-it was my choice and all…"

"But, the Unova League, Ash what are you going to do about it?" I ask still feeling that guilty feeling in my stomach.

The fake smile on his face vanishes as he bites his lip, I was thinking he was about to cry again when suddenly Nurse Joy walks in.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt anything," she said, "I just came to help Ash get ready for the surgery,"

I stand up and start for the door, "Oh, okay I guess I'll go-"

"Wait,"

I look back at Ash expecting him to say something else to me, but he was looking up at Nurse Joy who seem to helping with his shirt.

"Um…Nurse Joy can I ask you something?" Ash ask pulling away

I stand at the door; I want to hear what Ash has to say.

Nurse Joy gives a small smile "Oh, if you're nervous about the surgery-"

"No…i-it's not that," he looks down at his bandage leg, "it's just…I mean I was wondering if you could do anything about my leg…"

Nurse Joy gives a nervous laugh, "Um…sweetheart I'm not sure I understand what you're trying to say-"

"My leg…is there anything you can do to make it get better…um y-you know…uh…faster?" Ash asks his facial expression looked embarrassed.

"Ash," I say going back over to my seat, "you know all Nurse Joy can do is give you the surgery and hope your leg gets better…"

I see Ash's face fall, his amber eyes seem wet again.

"I'm sorry Ash but…" I don't know what else to say, I feel helpless knowing that there was nothing I can do for Ash and his leg.

"I-I just…the Unova League…i-it's just not fair…" Ash mutters

I didn't want Ash to start crying again, I go back over to the bed and sit beside him and start to rub his back as I do this he glances up at me and gives a small smile. I look up at Nurse Joy, I can tell she feels bad for Ash, a trainer who had his dreams set for the Unova League is now being crushed by something that he can't control, I watch as the pink haired lady fiddles with her apron then looks at the floor then back up at Ash.

"Um…actually there is something I can do for your leg," she says gaining Ash's attention and mine, "and i-it just might make your leg heal a bit faster-"

"R-Really? " I ask.

"W-what is it?" Ash asks looking up at the nurse.

Nurse Joy gives a sheepish smile before explaining.

Well, it just so happens that when a Pokémon breaks a bone Nurse Joy doesn't just do a regular surgery and slap a cast on the limb like she does for a human. Apparently she does something that makes a Pokémon heal faster. She uses a method call the Physic surgery, it's when Nurse Joy uses a Pokémon with the move Psychic and uses that to set the bone back in place and to mend it just enough so all she has to do is give the Pokémon an ice pack, bandages and a few days of bed rest. After that the Pokémon would go back to it's owner feeling 100 percent better!

I stare at Ash; he has that look in his amber eyes. Oh dear Mew please, not that look! It's that twinkle that raven haired little kid gets in his amber eyes when he gets an idea that just might work!

"Ash what are thinking?" I ask

Then he does it.

"Nurse Joy I need you to do that Psychic surgery on me!" he says with what almost looks like pride.

OKAY CLIFF HANGER!

Soooo, will Ash being going to the Unova League after all? Stay tune for the next chapter of Hope Is Never Broken!(BTW don't expect anything from me until like Easter, cause right now I'm on spring break and I'm taking a break from typing so uh yeah….)

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Chapter edited: 7/13/13