Blaze Of Glory
PikaDarkness
Chapter 3
Seven Years Later.
"You!" shouted the babysitter, Cindy. "Get me more alcohol!"
Ash shook his head, he wasn't going to get her alcohol. Cindy was old enough to do it herself.
Cindy looked infuriated at his refusing. "What?" she whispered, walking over to Ash.
"No I wont get your alcohol -no wait! Its my mums and your not having anymore!" Ash said defiantly, Misty looked at the predicament warily.
"I'll have as much as I want!" And Cindy pushed him over the back of the lounge, hitting the coffee table.
Misty and Brock got up and rushed to Ash, helping the scared boy to his feet.
"I'm calling my mum" Ash whimpered, making a grab for the phone. "get away!" He shouted, trying to pry Cindy's hand off the phone.
"Your not calling anyone!" And with that Cindy smacked Ash across the face, sending him back into Brock and Misty.
Cindy went to the stereo and turned it on, 'The Poison' blared from it. At that Cindy came at them.
Emma had been walking the streets of Pallet Town, where she was from. Being 9pm she'd have to start walking back to Viridian City now as Jeff expected her back the latest at 11. She rounded a corner and heard music blaring. People were out on the street yelling at the house to turn their music off.
Emma decided to knock on the door, disrupting a town was never a good thing.
Emma opened the gate and up to the door. She knocked three times, no answer. Then someone screamed very loudly.
"Someone help us PLEASE!" At that Emma shouldered down the door, and ran in.
Emma gaped at what she saw. Three kids were bleeding, being threatened by a woman holding a knife.
"Hey! What the hell do you think your doing?" Emma shouted. The boy with black spiky hair sighed with relief.
The woman turned and threw the knife at her which she dodged with blinding speed.
"What are you doing in here?" The woman asked, with a murderous frown. "Get out now!"
"No! No! Please don't leave us!" The spiky haired boy pleaded, receiving a punch to the face. Emma wrenched the knife out of the wall and threw it back at her, it landed in her right shoulder.
"Leave these kids alone!" Emma shouted. The three kids rushed up and stood behind her, she felt the spiky haired boy put his head on her shoulder, she could feel him shaking.
"Get outside." Emma muttered and they obeyed.
Ash, Misty and Brock burst through the door reaching the fresh air.
"That girl was really nice to help us out" Misty gasped, she could see two shadows wrestle from the living room.
"Lets hope she survives to hear our thank" Ash whispered, his eyes not wavering from the shadows.
"She will." Brock assured, Ash reverently hoped so.
Within five minutes the fight came outside. The girl was thrown onto the steps by Cindy, but was up as if she had hit a mattress. Throwing a punch she knocked Cindy onto the ground. Cindy swept her leg around taking the girl off her feet. Cindy grabbed the knife from the front door and went to bring it down on the girls head, who looked up at her in near fear. Ash intervened, he ran and tackled Cindy they landed in a heap on the ground, Ash was trying to wrest the knife from her with little success. Cindy stabbed Ash just below his neck, Ash screamed. The girl got up and managed to get the knife and brought it down on Cindy's midsection.
Cindy screamed in immense pain, writhing around madly. The girl hoisted Ash to his feet. Ash threw his arms around the girl sobbing "Thank you"
"Hey it's alright… lets get that cut fixed." Ash completely forgot he was wounded, the girl held her hand out to him and he accepted it. The girl then said he had to take his shirt off which he did, exposing the wound.
"Ow ow" Ash whimpered as the girl put Iodine on his cut as he laid down on the lounge. The girl then picked up some bandaids and put them on the cut.
The girl got a wet cloth and wiped away the dry blood carefully, the girl didn't get all the water out of the cloth, as water ran down Ash's chest, tickling his sensitive skin.
The girl smiled at Ash, she was very pretty. Brock and Misty walked in cautiously.
"I'm not going to hurt you." The girl smiled, seemingly making them more comfortable around her.
"What's your name?" Misty asked.
"Emma Hardy." The girl replied. "And yours?"
"Ash Ketchum." Ash answered. Emma nodded her head in hello.
"Misty Waterflower" Misty said.
"Brock Slate." Uh oh Brocks hormones were back. "Your very good looking…"
"Why thank you Brock… You seem to be somewhat of a ladies man, I like that" Emma also had the same flirtatious charm Brock had. Brock gasped and jumped a foot in the air.
Emma checked her watch. "Oh damn! I gotta get going my dad's expecting me!"
"What about your mum?" Ash asked. Emma halted and bowed her head. "Isn't she going to be worried?"
"No…" Emma whispered, her voice carried. "My mum died, seven years ago"
"Oh sorry" Ash looked down at the ground shamefully "I didn't know… sorry if I upset you…"
"No no!" Emma quickly replied. "You didn't know its ok!"
Ash smiled.
"Ash! Brock! Misty!" Emma was confused as Delia ran into the room.
"My mum." Ash quickly explained before he was pulled into a strangling hug.
Emma nodded. Delia turned around.
"Who are you? What are you doing here?" Delia stood protectively infront of Ash.
"Mum she's the one who saved us from Cindy." Ash explained quickly, Delia's fearsome expression changed.
"My bad… uhh" Delia's voice travelled as she figured out se didn't know Emma's name.
"Emma, Emma Hardy." Emma held out her hand, which Delia shook.
"Well Emma thank you for saving these three." Delia smiled, indicating Ash Brock and Misty.
"My pleasure." Emma was very courteous and was earning her way into Delia's good books. "But I have to go I'm afraid. My father is expecting me back in an hour."
"Would you like a ride back?" Delia asked, Emma nodded gratefully. "Where do you live?"
"Viridian City" Delia was startled.
"Your father lets you out this late at night and going so far? What does your mother say?" Delia noticed Emma's downcast expression.
"My mum's dead…" Emma mumbled. Delia gasped.
"Oh my… I'm so sorry" Delia was panicking afraid she had hurt Emma's feelings.
"No its ok don't worry!" Emma said hurriedly.
"So um… shall we go now?" Delia asked, Emma nodded. Delia caught the bandaid on Ash's neck. "What happened to you?" she asked, Ash sighed.
"Cindy stabbed me with a knife." Delia looked horrified. "But don't worry Emma took care of it."
Delia looked appreciatively at Emma. "Thank you so much!"
"Think nothing of it"
"Well come on stop exchanging pleasantries and lets go!" Ash said exasperatedly.
They nodded and left. Emma kicked Cindy who was gasping on the ground knife still in her stomach.
"Who did that?" Delia asked. Emma raised her hand, then grasped the knife and wrenched it out and Cindy screamed, more blood poured from the wound and they all cringed. "Well good to know you don't have much of a conscience."
Emma smiled and threw the knife away. Then followed everyone to the car.
While driving everyone was getting to know Emma and vice versa.
Brock insisted to sit next to Emma, who frowned at Misty for pulling his ear and telling him off. Emma insisted that she didn't mind. Brock literally had hearts in his eyes during the trip, and with Emma's flirting he fell more and more in love.
Ash played tick tack toe and scissors paper rock with Emma in the last five minutes of the trip as she and Misty talked constantly. Ash won two out of three of both games. Ash was excited when Emma said she had a pichu and told Emma he had a Pikachu, who was helping out at Fuchsia City.
When they arrived at Emma's house they all insisted on going to the front door and meeting her father. Emma put up no objections.
Finding the door locked Emma knocked loudly. The upstairs light turned on, so did many other's, Misty was reminded horribly about the movie called 'When A Stranger Calls" and how the automatic lights turned on when he moved into a room.
Suddenly the door opened and a man with no shirt on answered. "Emma?" he asked worriedly.
"Yeah dad I'm here." Emma was pulled into a hug and she returned it.
"Where have you been its 12am!" The man said, now holding Emma out at arms length.
"Is it really?! Wow sorry dad I didn't know! I guess my watch is slow." Emma said surprised. She held out her watch and it read 11pm.
"Well that doesn't matter as long as your safe." and he hugged her again. Delia was in full admiration about how much he cared about his daughter, not many fathers would care so much about his kids like this man was, Delia was reminded painfully about Jordon and how he used to treat Ash. The man looked up from his daughter and saw everyone else. "Who might you guys be?"
"My name is Delia Ketchum, this is my son Ash and his friends Misty Waterflower and Brock Slate" Delia introduced them all. "And your daughter saved their lives from the babysitter, a cruel babysitter at that.""Really?" The man put an arm around his beaming child's shoulders, looking proudly at her. "Oh sorry my names Jeff, Jeff Hardy. Would you like to come in?"
Delia nodded pleasantly.
Emma was thanking god he had track pants on she'd be embarrassed if he had boxers on. Emma recalled the last time that happened, she was too embarrassed to face him for days.
"Sorry for the mess, my work mates were here two hours ago and I told them to clean up before they left" Jeff explained, he bent over and a necklace swung down from his neck. It was a cross, the cross like which god died on, Delia figured he must be a believer. "Hope you don't mind" Jeff gave them a grin that made Delia go weak at the knees. Jeff picked up four bowls in his hands and almost dropped one. Emma raced to help him, giving her father a light shove and he smiled sheepishly.
"Make yourselves at home" Jeff offered, Emma opened the door to the kitchen and they both entered.
"There really nice." Ash acknowledged. Brock and Misty nodded.
"You little show off!" Emma accused, putting the bowl she was carrying in the sink.
"Shut up" Emma laughed when she saw him blush.
"You like Delia aye?" Emma gave him another shove, she yelped as he picked her up and slung her over his shoulders. Jeff then walked into the lounge room and dropped her on the lounge. "Grr!"
Jeff laughed and turned to the visitors who were smiling at their playfulness.
"Well I guess we should be going" Delia announced a minute later.
"Aww!" Ash Brock and Misty moaned in unison. "Do we have to?"
"Yes we do" Delia said a bit sternly "But if its ok with Mr Hardy-"
"Jeff" Jeff corrected.
"Jeff… if its ok with Jeff you guys can come back tomorrow." Delia looked at him, Jeff playfully considered it for a moment.
"Yeah sure I have no problem with it." Jeff decided after 20 seconds of thinking,
"Wahoo!" Brock cried then going red. Everyone laughed heartily.
"Well lets go!" Delia gave Jeff a smile that melted his heart before leading the kids out, Brock took his time saying goodbye to Emma. Emma smiled and gave Brock a kiss on the cheek which made him ecstatic.
When they were out of sight Jeff and Emma walked inside and closed the door.
"Their nice people." Emma smiled. She was jovial that she kissed Brock and that he was happy about it. "You and Delia are creating a thing!" Emma poked Jeff who poked back
"What about you and that Brock guy?" It was Emma's turn to blush. "You guys were having a moment out the front I recall."
"It was nothing" Emma muttered, untruthfully.
"Yeah right don't lie to me!" Jeff tickled Emma's ribs for a moment and she laughed and lurched forward getting away from his torturing grasp. "You kissed the guy you've only known for a couple of hours."
"Humph!" Emma said arrogantly, Jeff laughed victoriously, he then yelped as Emma tackled him out of the blue.
They wrestled for a minute before Jeff got the upper hand and pinned her on the lounge. He then began to tickle her. Emma gasped in shock.
"Dad no! Stop it! Cut it out! Dad!" Emma laughed legs kicking out. She unsuccessfully tried to break free. "Daaaaaad!"
Soon she rolled off the lounge and stumbled to her feet, still laughing.
"I win" Jeff gloated hands on his hips proudly.
"Shut up," Jeff's eyes widened before he ran at his daughter who shrieked and ran upstairs so quickly she was in her room before Jeff got half way up the stairs.
Opening the door Jeff smiled as he saw Emma sitting at her dressing table brushing her hair.
"Dad knock next time!" Emma scolded jokingly.
"Sorry! Goodnight sweetie!" Jeff leant against the doorway. Emma put down her brush and ran to Jeff and grasped his midsection in a hug, knocking the wind out of him.
"Night daddy" Emma whispered. Jeff hugged her back regaining his breath.
Jeff kissed the top of her head before breaking the hug.
"Love you and sweet dreams!"
"Right back atcha dad!" Jeff smiled and walked away, entering his room he blew a kiss to Emma which she returned before they closed there doors got into their beds and fell asleep with smiles on their faces.
To Be Continued,
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