Frozen Heart and the Beast Within: Gary's Love Might Still Be There
It had been a few days since Gary had learned about the truth of his parents and their immediate leave, but no matter how much he hated them for what they did, he just couldn't get past all the good memories of them, so him and Daisy decided that they would strongly dislike their parents, but never hate them. Even after everything everyone had been through (everyone? More like yourself -.-") he was finally able to calm down to a certain extent; though he and his friends had all agreed to keep an eye on their psychopathic classmate.
During their lesson of the day, the principal of the school had ordered a school announcement in the cafeteria. Class after class poured into the large room and as each student found a seat, whispers were flying around.
"What do you think the announcement is?"
"I have no clue, but do you think its about that Todd kid that was murdered?"
"Could be."
Even though everyone was whispering they weren't exactly quiet about it (literally in my school when this happened you could hear whispers flying everywhere D: and if you listened close enough you could make out what they were saying.), as a certain group in the back were each wearing a face of worry. Leaning over a bit, the blunette of the group started to talk in hush tones that way only this specific group could hear.
"Gary, what do you think about the assembly?"
"I'm not sure Dawn, but I am pretty sure that the whispers are pretty accurate."
Having the answer she wanted, the girl sat back in a straight position in her chair, but kept her ears open in case one of the others decided to relay their voices and not a moment after did Dawn here the voice of Brock.
"Though I'm puzzled about how the cops haven't found any evidence that could lead them to Ash."
Looking up from petting Togepi did Misty decided to respond.
"I'm not sure, but if Ash was able to appear randomly without us seeing or hear him, then I am pretty sure that he can wipe all evidence from the scene."
Nodding their head in unison, they decided to sit back and wait for their principal to appear.
It had been a few minutes, but finally the man they were waiting for appeared. Checking to make sure the mic was in proper position and that it was indeed working did he clear his throat and release his powerful voice (for some odd reason, in my mind every principal has a deep loud voice that shows they have confidence and power.)
"Hello Children."
"HI PRINCIPAL DANGER!" (don't ask .)
"I am sure that most of you have heard about your dead classmate and today we would like to take a moment of silence and pray that he will rest in peace."
As each student bowed their head and close their eyes, the assistant principal, Neko (again don't ask .), put on a sad song to show that everyone here would miss Todd (I am happy he is gone :3 ). As the song came to an end did the principal clear is throat one more time to notify everyone that it was time to move on.
"Today the officers have come by to explain a few rules in order for everyone to be safe and mostly protected." (there is no such thing as being fully protected.)
"Hello everyone I am officer Jenny. (she looks exactly as she does in the anime, which brings up a point. Why do all the nurse Joys and officer Jennies look exactly alike? I bet they were too lazy to come up with different designs. . Any takers? No? Damn.) I'm here to give you a few rules to follow to ensure that you are safe from harm. First, make sure that you are never alone. If possible stay with a friend or relative and if you can't find someone to go with you then make sure you're always in a crowded area. Second, if you find your friends and yourself lost, then, under no circumstance, shall you split up."
As officer Jenny went on explaining each rule, Gary was looking at his dark haired lover (they aren't together, but damn it they will be sooner or later D ), waiting to see what he would do. Time seemed to slow down as he noticed the raven start to move and slowly, but surely, did our auburn haired teen come face to face with cold eyes and a evil smirking face.
Once again everything seemed to turn to darkness, and only they were shown. Standing from his chair, the lanky boy slowly made his way to our favorite teen. They continued to stare into each others eyes, green meeting brown, but before anything could happen, Gary was being shaken by May.
"You ok Gary?"
"I'm fine."
Looking back over to where Ash was did he come across an empty seat. Looking around, he noticed that everyone was still facing the speaker and not looking in a specific direction (if you really looked around, if someone left and you were to look around, you would noticed that some people would be watching the person leave. It's like when a person enters a room D: everyone stops what they are doing and looks at who enters. I find this situation very awkward and creepy -.-"). Before he could look around more, he was brought to attention by the principal taking the mic once more.
"Now that we have that taken care of, we will now announce that mid terms are coming up. Everyone study as those who pass each subject with a 80% or higher, will be allowed to have a 3vs3 battle with a teacher of their choosing."
Silence rained throughout the large room before many of the students started to cheer at the special announcement.
"And with that do we announce this assembly finished."
As each student heading back to their classroom, each one were forming groups to start studying for the exams, wanting to battle against the teachers and show them how strong they raised their Pokemon. Everyone was chatting away with big smiles on their faces, except for the group of five friends that knew something needed to be taken care of before someone else got hurt - or worse.
As each lesson flew by, it was finally lunch and do we find our group in their usual spot on the roof of the school. As they ate, they were discussing their results from watching their hunter from a distance. After watching the news about their dead classmate, they had all decided to pair up and stalk Ash, hoping to find something about him that they could use. They kept him under surveillance during every possible opportunity, trying to be as sneaky as possible so the raven-haired boy wouldn't catch on to them and kill them on the spot, and lucky enough, they were never caught. Although they had been spying for a while, every lead they got came up empty, and they were getting desperate and disappointed after finding nothing of use to put a stop to Ash's plans.
"I can't believe we have nothing, again.", shouted May, as she through her hands up in the air in frustration.
"We have to keep doing this! That way we save everyone. Or would you have everyone die by his hands?"
"Brock, that was uncalled for!"
"But Dawn…."
"No buts!"
As they argued, they didn't notice their commander (hehe military term) rubbing the bridge of his nose; which did absolutely nothing to help his growing headache.
"Everyone shut up for a minute!"
"….."
Everyone looked up at Gary, and sheepishly looked away as they realized they were arguing, knowing that it wouldn't help them in the slightest bit. Looking back up to him did they realize that out of all of them, he was the one mainly being affected by everything that was happening. The love of his life randomly appears out of nowhere, is a psycho killer, seeing that gruesome sight (referring to the bathroom scene), and knowing how things were going, they could conclude that things were going to get worse.
Though lately it seemed he has become more relaxed. He now did his school work diligently instead of lazing around, much, and didn't get as worked up as he used to when they talked about Ash. Even though they saw all this, they knew that he was still worried and that he still had major pressure to deal with.
"Sorry, everyone, but even though I finally calmed down, I can't help but think that there could be more I could do; also doesn't help that I finally learned the truth about my parents."
"Wow, this is the first time we've heard about your parents in a long time," responded Dawn.
"Well I really couldn't talk about them; because, really I didn't know much about them. Recently though I finally learned that they left because they didn't want a male loving son and that instead of believing they were alive, finding out they were actually dead."
Everyone in the group was shocked. They had loving parents (Brock finally came to terms with his sexuality and with the help of his friends he came out to his parents who accepted him for who he is; though his mother went over board claiming that she would still love him no matter what, even if he decided to have a sex change -.-"), while their leader and friend just found out this horrible truth that his parents wanted nothing to do with him.
"It's funny though. I kind of knew something was wrong every time I asked sis about our parents. At times sis would hesitate, change the subject, or do both while becoming even more sweeter than she already was. Ironically I can't hate them though, but still it really hurts to find out something major like this."
As he talked about his parents, small water droplets started to form at his eyes.
As Gary tried to stop the droplets from forming he didn't see everyone get up and envelope him into a group hug, which brought a true smile to his face.
Misty was the first one to pull away and as much as she didn't want to stop this warming scene, she had to get everyone back on to the topic at hand.
"I don't want to ruin this, but we still need to find out what Ash is planning so we can stop him before anyone else meets with the same fate as Todd."
As the orange headed girl spoke; soft sad words were slowly flowing through the wind.
prowa jai kloua….
(because my heart fears)
kloua wa ther jah thingh kanh jak bpai
(fear that you will break us apart)
leum khonh thih khery bok rakh
(forgettin' whom you've told you love)
The auburn haired teen of the group was the first to hear the words and after shushing his friends, did everyone finally here the soft spoken words. Looking around, they couldn't find the source till something in the back of Gary's mind told him to look up (it was that inner voice he has) and there he found where the words were coming from.
jomh you kabh dtoua eng
(complaining I'm stuck alone…)
dtit you kabh weia
(only stuck with time)
thamh mal ther mal ma
(why won't you come forth?)
ther hay bpai nan leua kern
(you've been gone for awhile)
yangh my khonh thi khoy you
(there's still someone who waits for you)
vanh lae kheun fao mong ma
(day and night I wait through)
khrai thamh hai ther hang hern
(who made you stray from me?)
phan bpai dtae lae vanh
(as the days pass by)
koh yangh vanh nai jai
(in heart there's still that day)
wa manh kerd aria
(that wonders what went by)
kabh rakh thih ther hai ma
(with the loving that you gave?)
ther yangh rakh chanh reu bpio
(you still love me or not?)
Ther my khrai samkhanh koua
(who's important that you've got?)
phieng khae khit yangh bpouad rao
(just… to.. think only hurts)
prowa jai kloua…
('cause my heart fears…)
kloua wa ther jah thingh kanh jak bpai
(fear that you will break us apart)
leum khonh thih khery bok rakh kanh
(forgettin' whom you've told you've once loved)
leum thouk thouk yang…
(forgettin' everything…)
manhy one la lae sabsonh
(it's already weak and confused)
The first to notice their leader's shocked expression was Brock, who followed Gary's gaze and found where the origin of the sounds. Slowly he reached up and poked May who followed his gaze and repeated the process with the two girls (hehehe a chain reaction). Everyone watched the lanky raven-haired boy in shock as he sat on one of the school's towers, looking to the sky while singing forlornly. The wind was gently blowing his hair and even though he looked really sad, they could see that he was calm too. This was not the Ash they had come to learn.
jah dtongh thamh yangh nagai
(what'll I have to do…)
khouam eudh adh nai jai
(this frustration in my heart)
thih chanh thonh ma dtangh nan
(that I've held in for so long?)
khonh dy dy thih khery houang
(a good one that once cared for me)
nan vanh bpai yingh klai hang
(longer you're gone you get further from me…)
phieng khit nam dta koh lai
(just… to… think causes tears)
jai kloua…
(heart fears…)
kloua wa ther jah thingh kanh jak bpai
(fear that you will break us apart)
leum khonh thih khery bok rakh kanh
(forgettin' whom you've told you've once loved)
leum thouk thouk yang…
(forgettin' everything…)
manh one la lae sabsonh
(it's already weak and confused)
The group of friends stood there, eyes closed, as they listened to the sad song that Ash was singing; the song brought memories of their loved ones to mind. Gary was the only one that shed tears, as he remember everything about the raven haired boy and himself. What really made the tears to fall was the memory of his lover jumping off the cliff, thinking that he was dead, and not having the chance to tell him that he loved him with all his heart.
As Ash continued to sing, he looked up into the sky, and allowed himself to shed only a few tears before looking down at the group of friends, who swore they could feel the immense sadness in his eyes. But before they could even react, Ash slowly started to disappear, and before he was fully gone, they had seen him give them a small sad smile.
Once the group calmed their emotions, everyone turned to Gary, immediately freezing as they saw his eyes pouring like waterfalls.
The only thing they could understand over his hiccuping was, "The Ash I loved is somewhere in there."
The group of kids glanced at each other before smiling and thinking that maybe, just maybe, there might be something they could do after all.