Crimson/Red

Chpt. 2

"You know sometimes....I really wonder why I bother to get out of bed..." Ash sighed, his body sourched and bruised, his mind stuck in a haze blocking out the red headed girl's loud mouth yelling at him, clinging to his pikuchu tightly running faster as another spearow dove at him with full attent to kill.

"You little fucking Punk!" the girl screamed from behind him, chucking a rock at the back of his head making him see stars but still keeping up his speed in this life or death situation. Today defintilly wasn't one of the better ones, it was like national kill Ash day. First his own Pokemon tried to get rid of him with its electric shocks then it laughed at him when the spearows tried to kill him! But they were starting to get an understanding when they began fighting together, it was amazing! But could only get half of them down before he was down for the count, then the worse part was yet to come. He just borrowed a girl's bike, Pikuchu accidently fried it with his final attack and he crashed, so now she was on fully intented to murder him where he stood! He knew they said red heads had anger issues, but now he was a believer! He didn't even think girls could hit that hard till she threw him down to the ground with an onslaunt of punches!

"Come on. Come on. Don't die little buddy! Your too fiesty to die like this!" Ash gently shook the small creature in his hands and cursed under his breath, the girl chucked another rock at him, the rain picked up quickly and the spearows were starting another onslaught, he just hoped he could make it to the center on time! He was really wondering if he should have curled up under the covers and just not gotten up today.

.....

Wanted posters stuck up on ever sighn within sight telling of the team rocket group, it made a smirk come to the woman's face as she looked around the town from on top of building. Her team may fail more then expected of them, but they were still apart of the best organization in the world! She was going to be rich in no time at all. She just needed to give the boss the most powerful Pokemon she found and all would be forgiven about past mistakes or so she thought.

On the pavement below the smirking woman, Red quickened his pace. His head was ready to pop any second, that was aways a bad sighn, he needed to quickly find the rejects before something he would regret happened. The wind blew harder as a barbequed young boy flew past clinging to a Pikuchu, their eyes locked for a second and imediatly he knew where this boy was from and possibly the boy knew the same but was in too much of a rush to pay a speck of attention. But all together a plan shot together in his head, making the pounding stop for the second at least.

......

"Good heavens!" Nurse Joy acclaimed watching the doors open to a young boy holding an injured Pikuchu, quickly she grabbed the Pikichu from him,"Young man you should learn to take better care of your Pokemon!" With that she hurried to the ER room.

"Will get right on that..." Ash stammered dizzilly,"Good night..." with that he fell to the ground his last bit of energy from this adventure gone. But his rest was sort lived as he was kicked in the thigh, by the angiest girl he had ever seen. Quickly without a word she grabbed him by the colar and threw him against the wall.

"You are going to buy me a new bike if you have to steal it, you get me?" she barked throwing him back to the floor, that was it Ash's patience was gone.

"Who the hell do you think you are? You ugly bitch!" he yelled to her, but instantly wanted to take it back seeing the red in her eyes. Instantly her fist shot at his face splashing blood from his nose and she began to kick him relentlessly.

"I'll show you what ugly looks like!" she acclaimed slamming her foot harder and harder against him,"I'm the most gorgeose girl your dumb ass will ever meet!"

"Alright! Break it up you two or I'll drag you down town!" a stern older woman acclaimed walking forward, her hands upon her hips, instantly both the girl and Ash jumped up to their feet looking nervously to the older woman with blue hair.

"Who are you two? I've never seen either of you around here! Are you apart of Team Rocket?" she spat to them making Ash confused and the girl looked insulted.

"No, ma'am,I would never join that team of horrible people!" Ash found it highly ironic that she could beat him and then say someone else is horrible,"As a gym leader...I think it horribly wrong for any one to expirment on inosent creatures!"

"Gym leader?" the woman expressed what Ash was thinking, really making him regret calling her ugly and stealing her bike.

"Yes, my name is Misty from the Cerilean gym..." she acclaimed confindently the woman nodded looking at her closer.

"And you?" her eyes narrowed at Ash, who nervously laughed rubbing the back of his head.

"Ash Ketcham from Palet...I came here about my sick Pikuchu..." the officer wasn't convinced her eyes narrowed more closely toward him.

"Identification?"

"What?" Ash yelled she didn't ask for it from Misty, but seeing the anger in her eyes, he didn't ask any more questions, he just stupidly rubbed the back of his head and laughed nervously.

"Identification? Don't know what your talking about...hehehe..." now he knew he was screwed looking at the suspicion implanted in her eyes, he just laughed more nervously not sure what to do.

"Your identification is in your Pokedex..." a calm kind voice said from behind him making him jump and the officer and the girl squeel. His feet spun around to come face to face with the guy he admired since he was five.

"Red!" all three acclaimed drooling spinning towards the door to where the legend him self stood his cheeks tinted red with embarsment as they all circled him.

Hearts bulged from Misty's eyes as she shoved Ash out of the way and clung to Red's arm,"Hello...Red! I've missed you soo much! How come you never write to me?" slight tints of anger through her love struck eyes, making Ash wonder what happened to the girl from a minute ago, Red looked slightly confused and began rubbing his head his cheeks turning brighter red then they already were, but didn't get a chance to answer as Ash grabbed onto his other arm.

"Hey, Remember me Red? I'm your cousin Ash! I've grown up huh?" Red began an 'Uhhh...' but Officer Jenny had decided to take some control of the situation at hand before a riot broke out.

"Calm down! Calm down!" she swated both of them away then she instantly clung to Red's arm but took complusure seeing his firy red face,"Um huh...Red do you know this boy?"

"Of course...no one can mistake someone from Palet town..Especially if your from there! Check his ID if you don't believe me..."

Naturally, Red was spot on. Jenny took three looks at the Pokedex as id it would change the second she didn't check it and then finally had no choice but to chuck it back at Ash,"Your clean...but young man..you better watch yourself...Any one from Team Rocket is ruthless and you'll nevr know exactly what your dealing with..." With that insight warning, Ash would soon realize is true, she disappeared behind the shutting doors.

When Ash turned his gaze back to Red his eyes were intently watching the clock upon the wall when the clock chimed 6'0 clock a scheduled sigh escaped his mouth, like the time you'd been waiting for came too soon, with that his hands shot into jean pockets, his over shirt flashing up to reveal his poke belt.

"Take care Ash, I hope to see you soon..." he said smiling,Very soon, he thought waving good bye to the awe struck boy.

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"Alright...it's time..." An overly excited female voice acclaimed making the man beside her nervous.

"Jesse...not to rain on your parade...but honestly who told you that a very strong Pokemon was being held here at this time?" her glaring eyes instantly shut him up.

"Mind your own buisness and follow my lead!" she barked, creeping down the open vent into the brightly lit buiding.

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"You know Red?" Ash asked Misty trying to stay awake, she looked annoyedly to him but simply answered.

"If you must know...'' her cheeks puffed red and she finally mummbled,"He's my boy friend!"

Ash descided to stay out of this one but he began to snicker to himself pretending to cough, and Gary thought he was delusional! This girl was out of her mind, no wonder Red left so quickly.

"You think my love is a joke or something!" she barked, cracking him into hystarics this girl was too much! But before they could sa anything else, smoke began to fill the center. Hacking erupted through the fog and squinting Ash could see the outline of two figures.

"Prepare for trouble!"

"Make it double!"

"Across the world of devostation..."

"To unite all people within our nation..."

"To anounce the evil of truth and love..."

"Extentend our reach to the stars above!"

"Jesse!"

"James!"

"Team Rocket blasts off at the speed of light!"

"Surrender now or prepare to fight!"

"Meowth! That's Right!"

As the smog cleared away he could perfectly see a team of bozos for what he took of them in some stupid poses, the woman to the left 'Jesse' was a red head with unusual hair wearing a white uniform with a red R printed on the front next to a boy with blue hair wearing simmular clothes but in a more boyish style and what appeared to be a talking meowth, he had to do a double take to make sure this wasn't an illusion. Misty looked more concerned about the cituation but not at all worried.

"What do you want!" she spat at them, grabbing out her first pokeball. The girl in front simply laughed and confindently pulled out her first ball as well.

"Easy...to make the boss happy!" she acclaimed throwing out her ekans and misty throwing out her staru, tenshion growing in the room as the water blasted into the ekans but it quickly evaded under ground, and shooting out to sink its teeth into the star, green oozing blood splashing from it, as their battled heated up the men creaped out of the room.

"Gee...maybe Jesse's little friend had a point! Look at this gold mine!" Meowth acclaimed, both thier eyes filling with lust of the riches their boss would finally give to them for their job well done. Inside the first door they saw was Pokeballs stuffed in boxes sacked toghether for trainers who left them to be healed, it was their kind of gold. As they began to dig into the piles, a figure entered the room.

"Put that down!" the boy acclaimed.

"Or What?"

"You'll have to deal with us!" a Pikachu hopped on his shoulder, a smiling nurse joy behind him, hoping it would go ok.

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Sweat drained down Msity as the bitch's vermin dodged another of her starmi's attacks, Staru knocked out on the ground.

"Give it up, Girly...you'll never beat Team Rocket..." her words gave her the insperation she needed.

"Fuck you..." she growled as starmi tackled into her snake, they both turned as the woman's friends shot into the room fried and screaming just as Ash hurried in for once this whole day, they smiled to each other. Powerfull jets of water shot from the starmi hitting the snake dead center blasting into its master but it was over yet as Pikacu shot electrity on them knocking them through the room comically. Misty shot into Ash both bouncing like best friends but the moment their eyes met anger shot back into their beings and they jumped away from each other pouting.

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The fried trio sat upon the ground their eyes twirling, a low sarcastic clap brought them back into reality. Raising their eyes they met a pair of shadowy eyes barely reconizable by the usual team Rocket cap's shadowy cast over them, a scarf wrapped itself up his face to the peak of his nose, he was young but just by the way he walked with elegence, they could tell he was superior to them.

"Bravo...Bravo..." his raspy concealed voice chided as the clapping grew louder down the alley they landed in,"I've never seen such failure...your quite lucky to have shown such a display in my presence and live to tell the tell!" dark laughter crept from his mouth echoing off the walls.

"Who the hell do you think you are?" Jesse barked before James could contain her words, those would surelly be here last words!

"I would ask you the same...my dear woman..." he mocked his eyes scanning her quickly,"I tell you to do one thing and one thing only...steal one Pokemon...it was like stealing candy from a baby and you can't even do that right.." as he spat that they all fell silent,"But don't worry...I intend to change that or..."

His fingers drew across his concealed throat, making even the over confindent Jesse scared.

-tbc