A/N: Wow. I don't know why but my chapters seem to be totally sucking more and more. It's been to long. My mother took my computer away for the longest time and now that I got it back I reread the entire storey (the first time I've actually read it since it started) and it started out cool but then proceeded to get suckier and suckier. Ung. I've been trying now to get the story now back to being halfway decent (which is hard because I've actually had to write it down in a notebook and i hate writing since my wrist starts hurting fast). I thought music would help (Blue by Birthday Massacre, Monster by Skillet, Confession (what's inside my head) by Red, and Animal I've Become by 3 Days Grace are constantly on repeat) but I'm not exactly sure that this is any good. I noticed something. The beginning part, like the first seven chapters sorta reminds me of the music video for Monster by Skillet. Experiments and trying to escape. Although Satoshi doesn't escape, it's only him, and there is no awesome band in the next room. I just barely noticed this. Oh but I did think of something. Its nothing important really. But originally I had many ideas about how the new Ash would look after the one year with Team Rocket (I keep forgetting that's where he's been ) but I was reading manga the other day and realized he would look sort of like Ran from Clover by CLAMP if he kept his hair long like when he was a child. Read the manga. Its a bit weird but it still is really good. I think at some Barnes and Noble they have all four volumes smashed together into one volume. That's where I got mine. ...Damn! I'm going off topic again! Okay, now I forgot what I was talking about so now I have to reread above. Damn. Oh! I was talking about music and the story getting suckier. Okay, well I've been marinating my brain in music juice hoping I could actually write something good, but I don't know if this is actually good enough for you all. You totally deserve better than this. I was thinking of just discontinuing this since I really don't know how anything is going to turn out anymore myself. But then I thought that was stupid just to stop like that. One major reason I am not going to discontinue this is AshKetchumForever! You're always reading and reviewing so this chapter is especially for you! Thank you for making me determined to make this fanfic continue forward!
Now that I have got that giant paragraph out of the way, please enjoy you're read! And please leave a comment at the end so I know if I'm making it a little bit better or if I'm just making it worse. Thankies.^^
White everywhere. Only white. Always white. It felt like a nightmare within a never ending nightmare. He had woken up from his horrid dream only to find himself still asleep. He wasn't sure which was worse. His nightmare of red, splattered red everywhere, or his horrific nightmare of now, an endless sea of white.
Satoshi sat silently in the corner of his small room. He hated the room so much. Probably now more than ever. A scream was building up inside, but he suppressed it. He was certain he wasn't claustrophobic but now, the walls seem to slowly to shrink, the tiny room becoming even smaller than before. A cage. His cage. He hated the mere thought of being in trapped in a cage but perhaps he deserved it. A disgusting animal locked in a cage. An animal wanting to claw himself out. He gave a small, dark chuckle. Even with the return of his memory, it didn't change what he had done, or what he could do. Craved to do. Satoshi couldn't help being truly disgusted with himself.
"Satoshi-kun! I brought you something to eat!" Tamako said as she peeked into his room. After a moment, the blond walked inside, carrying a tray of food. She placed it down on the other side of the room, down on the floor. The grin soon faded when she saw the raven haired boy staring at her. Staring at her with those scarlet eyes he had acquired. "D-don't worry! I know the guards bugged you, so I sent then away for an hour. That way we could talk. Now that you have you're memory back, maybe we could talk. Like we used to. Wouldn't that be nice?" Still silence.
"Satoshi-kun?" She knelt down beside him and lightly placed her hand on his shoulder. However, she quickly pulled away when she the boy let out a deep growl. Crystal blue met bloodthirsty crimson and for a moment she thought her heart would stop altogether. She didn't hesitate to stand and back away from the boy, taking a few steps back.
"Tamako-san?" Satoshi whispered, eyes unmoving from her. It felt to Tamako as if the entire room had dropped to freezing.
"Y-yes? What is it Satoshi-kun?" Tamako asked, her fear obvious in her voice. Satoshi rose to his feet, raven hair falling in front of his pale face.
'Are you my friend?" the boy asked softly, taking a step closer to her. She had not expected that. Perhaps she had just imagined the darkness in his eyes. After all, Kurenai had said parts of the experiments had failed. In Tamako's head that should have eliminated any feelings of bloodlust. Kurenai hadn't told her what had gone wrong but that must have been part of it. She still did feel bit uneasy though since she could no longer hear his thoughts, no longer tell what he was thinking. His abilities had surpassed hers and he could easily prevent her from diving into his mind.
"O-of course Satoshi-kun! You know quite well that we are friends!" Tamako nodded with a forced smile. Another two steps closer. Tamako felt her palms touch wall. Unfortunately the door was only the other wall, to the right of her.
"If so, could you let me out?" Satoshi came closer, only a few steps away. Tamako felt like an idiot. She had been to stupid to realize he would try the friend trick. Make her feel guilty and let him out. He didn't need to do it to make her want to open the door and let him go free. She felt it wrong to keep him here, but letting him escape would result in her instant termination. And that wasn't exactly what she wanted.
"Sorry, Satoshi-kun. But I'm not allowed to-" Tamako found herself unable to speak as Satoshi greatly closed the space between them, so close that their lips were only inches apart. Satoshi held her gently by the shoulder as their lips brushed against each other. Tamako's face turned a bright shade of pink.
"That's too bad then," Satoshi spoke quietly. Tamako looked down at him, hoping to see beautiful, loving scarlet orbs filled with love behind the black hair that had fallen in front of his face.
They weren't.
"S-" Tamako didn't even get the chance to utter a syllable before she felt a pain like no other wrack her chest. The strong taste of blood coated her tongue and as she opened her mouth to scream, steams of brilliant crimson ran down her chin, dripping down onto her white clothes and onto the floor. Her entire body shook uncontrollably. She struggled to look down at her chest where piercing it through was Satoshi"s hand. Everything began to blur into a painfully bright white. In a quick motion, Satoshi extracted his hand from the bloodied chest and let the body fall to the floor. Blood spilt out onto the floor, and Tamako no longer breathed.
Satoshi stood over the fresh corpse, not quite sure what emotion he was feeling. Was it regret or remorse? Or was it happiness and satisfaction? Or perhaps he wasn't feeling anything at all anymore.
"You once told me this place brought you suffering as well. When I first came here. Well, you can thank me for the favor when we see each other again in hell." Satoshi smiled sadly, stepping over her body. He took one final look at the woman known as Tamako before closing the door behind him.
Deep blue eyes flickered open, scenery slowly coming into focus. White wall and ugly pink curtains, a small tv on the wall. The unpleasant scent of over cleanliness stung her nostrils. She looked to her right to see a Kasumi and Haruka sitting in uncomfortable looking chairs. Her eyes hurt so she closed her eyes tight. After a moment she attempted to sit up. However, a pain in her shoulder made her bite her lower lip. Confused, she let her fingers graze over her bandages. Then the memories of that day flooded back to her.
The mysterious figure across the lake. Her curiosity getting the better of her. The raven haired boy walking beside the girl with bright violet hair in the forest. His sudden disappearance. The stab. And the laughter. His insane, hysterical laughter that chilled her. And then, his sobbing. Her vision blurring as she watched his collapsing body, the woman standing above removing a syringe from his neck. The boy. It was-
"SATOSHI!" Hikari yelled, remembering now. At her sudden loudness, Kasumi and Haruka jolted awake, surprised.
"Hikari! Are you okay?" Kasumi quickly came to the blunettes side, trying to figure out why she yelled. She looked down at her bandages. "Are they hurting you?"
"N-no. They're fine," Hikari muttered, looking away.
"At least you're awake now. But why did scream like that. It scared us half to death!" Haruka inquired, coming around to th other side of the bed, leaning back against the wall.
"It was him."
"Him?"
"Satoshi. It was our Satoshi."
The room went silent. Both Kasumi and Haruka were speechless. No one said a word until Kasumi started to giggle. Haruka glared at her.
"Why the hell are you laughing? This is serious!" Haruka barked, irritated.
"I think you may have lost too much blood Hikari! Think about it! If that was our Satoshi, I doubt he would've put a hole in you! I think the most violent thing I've seen him do was finally slug Shinji! I know who we saw at Celedon was Satoshi but all he did was shove me down. There's no way he could almost kill you! Our Satoshi at Celedon and your guy are most likely two different people!" Kasumi explained still giggling. Haruka didn't say anything, but pondering the idea. In a way, it made sense, although she would never laugh at Hikari. Kasumi looked to the blunnette in hopes of a shrug that she was probably right. The red head went silent when she saw her friend's unusually serious face.
"It was our Satoshi."
A/N: ARG! Why didn't I kill her? I am not a Dawn fan (I say that and Ive only seen like four episodes of D&P and the movies) and I really wanted to kill her off, but the plot wouldn't allow me. She had valuable information. Okay, I really wanted to do a lemon in this chapter. I really really did. I have no idea why, but I did. However I didn't for two reasons. A) How the hell could I put a lemon in here? and B) I suck at writing lemons. Maybe another story.
I really made Satoshi seem like really really...um...crazy...I guess would be a good word. God, a lot of people are hating me for the way I made Sato-kun in this chapter. Just read the next chapter when I post it up if you hate how he is. Just don't come to my house and beat me up!DX.
Oh by the way I saw Pokemon Best Wishes! Its still in Japanese and unsubbed, but I was able to understand most of it. Is it just me or did Ash actually get younger? His eyes are huge too! And the girl. Somebody kill her. She annoys me greatly. I can tell they're annoyed by her too. Ah, two more pairings created. But I must admit Mijumaru and Pokebu are so adorable! Ash going kawaii over Mijumaru was an understandable thing, but it was just weird coming from his mouth. Oh and Team Rocket! What happened to the white uniforms? They seem like villains now! It isn't right! Wah! But I have the feeling I will enjoy this season. Anyway...
Well, I'd say the next chapter will be out soon, but I don't I never seem to be able to type fast enough. Sorry, and sorry for taking so long to bring this chapter out. I want to thank you for reading and please review! Reviews bring me everlasting joy! Bye until next time!