Don't Forget, But You Did

By Amaimon25

Comashipping

Rated M for later chapters

'Thoughts'

Chapter 6: Forgive and Forget

PREVIOUSLY…

Flashback

As it touched Ash's hole, Ash quickly turned around and started struggling even more. The man rammed into him creating more pain for the champion. More blood flowed down his thighs. The man released his load into Ash and slowly took his crotch out. Ash fell down to the grassy floor, and tried to recover. The masked-man sinisterly chuckled to himself laughing at the champion's state. Ash got on his back and looked at the man. The man didn't notice and took of his mask, using it to wipe himself clean.

End of Flashback

Ash started struggling trying to get way from Paul's grip. Ash started screaming, "No! No, get off! Don't hurt me!"

Ash began to struggle and tried to get away from. Paul immediately came out of Ash not knowing what to do. Once Ash was released, he covered himself with the bed sheets and sat as far away as possible from Paul screaming, "No, get away! Don't touch me. Paul! Paul!" he said and started throwing pillows at Paul. But the weird thing was that he was calling for Paul. Not yelling his name to tell him to get off, but to come and save him.

The mauve-haired boy remembered something that the doctor said. He said that somethings would bring back memories from that dreadful day, and Paul guessed this was one of them. Paul gritted his teeth as he was getting hit with the pillows. Once Ash was out of pillows to throw, Paul moved in closer. "Ash…it's me." he said in the most gentlest voice possible. Ash put his arms for him as a sign of fear and wanting to protect himself, and shut his eyes in fear also. Paul grabbed his arms and forced them out of the way. Ash was fighting back with kicking Paul at his stomach.

"No, no! Get away from me!" Ash yelled and struggled some more. Paul came even closer and had Ash trapped in his arms. "Calm down, Ash! It's me! It's me!" he yelled. Ash completely stopped his rampage and started shaking from trying to stop the tears. Paul could finally relax with Ash in his arms. "It's me, Ash. It's Paul…it's gonna be okay…" he said in a gentle voice. Ash's eyes began to tear up again. He wrapped his arms around the mauve-haired boy waist and wept saying, "Paul…I'm sorry, Paul…-m sorry…" Paul shushed him, "Shhh…it's okay…" Paul whipped him around so that he laid on the headboard with Ash on his lap.

After twenty minutes, Ash finally calmed down. Paul was using his fingers as a brush and combed Ash's rough looking but soft hair. He looked down to Ash, "Ash?" he asked. The raven-haired boy didn't look up but still answered, "Yeah?" "I think we better get our clothes back on and go downstairs. They might be worried for you because of all of your screaming." said Paul. Ash blushed at the fact that they were still naked, "Oh, okay."

They stood up and got changed quickly, which was a good thing, since the door opened. "Hey guys. Um…is everything alright? We heard Ash's screaming and all of us got worried." said Brock as he came into the room. Paul and Ash looked nervously at each other and then looked back at Ash. "Uh-Yeah. Everything is okay, Brock. Ash just fell asleep and…I guessed remembered something of that day." said Paul. Brock looked at Ash and said, "Are you sure you're okay, Ash?" Ash didn't say anything but gave a nod yes. Brock left after words.

Paul turned to Ash who was now sitting on the bed. Paul sat down next to him, "Ash…what did you remember?" Ash looked at Ash with a pained look, "I-I don't really know. I can't…" Paul burrowed his eyebrows together and said, "Come on, Ash. You have to remember, " Paul knelt down in front of him, "Ash, please…for me?" he asked, begging. Ash closed his eyes, trying to remember. "Well…I was struggling getting away from this guy and…"

Flashback

The man rammed into him creating more pain for the champion. More blood flowed down his thighs. The man released his load into Ash and slowly took his crotch out. Ash fell down to the grassy floor, and tried to recover. The masked-man sinisterly chuckled to himself laughing at the champion's state. Ash got on his back and looked at the man. The man didn't notice and took of his mask, using it to wipe himself clean.

End of Flashback

A single tear ran down Ash's cheek and Paul told him to stop, "Okay, that's enough you don't have to remember anymore. It's alright. " Paul wiped the tear from his cheek and pulled him into a hug. Ash pushed Paul away and stood, "I think it would be a good thing if we go downstairs now." Paul slowly nodded surprised that Ash pushed him away, but he understood since there was a lot going on now. "Okay, let's go."

"Ash!" Delia said as she ran to her son's side. She checked all over his body, "Are you okay? We all heard your screams and got worried." Ash smiled at her overprotective mother, "Yeah, mom. I'm just fine." Max stood up from the couch and said, "Okay! Now that we all are here, can we go to the lab now?" he asked excitedly. They all laughed at Max's excitement. "Sure, Max. Come on guys, let's go my lab and show Ash all of his Pokémon!" Professor Oak said. Everyone agreed.

Professor Oak's Laboratory

"Okay, we're here, Ash!" said Professor Oak as they stood in front of the laboratory. Ash with Pikachu on his shoulder, looked up the cement stairs then at the laboratory. "Wow. That's quite a lot of stairs there." he said really not wanting to climb all of those stairs. "Yep. Okay, everyone here we go." said the professor.

They now stood in the backyard of the laboratory. It was over 20 acres long and wide. It had grassland, plains, meadow, wetlands, etc. just like a safari. Anything and anywhere you can think that a Pokémon could live in. Ash put his hand on his forehead in a solute pose, looking out all over the place where eyes can see. He saw nothing, not a single living thing other than himself and the others. "So, where are these Pokémon you keep talking about? I see don't see anything." he said. Max smiled happily and stood in front of Ash, "Just you wait and see." He took a deep breath, cupped his mouth and yelled out, "Hey, guys! We're here! And look, Ash is here too!" he said, pointing to Ash. "Pika, Pikapi!" Pikachu said as well.

A couple of seconds of waiting and still nothing. Ash started doubting that this Pokémon thing didn't exist and that Pikachu was just an experiment gone wrong. "Hey, Max. I still don't se-" Ash was stopped half way of his sentence when the whole ground started to shake. "W-what's going on?" he yelled, trying to surpass the loudness of the rumbling. Max looked at Ash and smiled, "It's your Pokémon!" he said and ran as far away from Ash as possible. Everyone stood away from him and retreated back into the house, even Paul.

Out in the distance, Ash could see a herd of Pokémon coming straight towards him. Seconds later he saw one coming faster than the rest of them. It was green with red eyes, and a leaf on its head. It yelled out, "Bayleef! Bay!" Pikachu jumped out of the way as the Pokémon tackled Ash with all of its might. "Whoa!" said Ash as he hit the ground, and seconds after that, the rest of his Pokémon surrounded him.

"Bay, Bay, bay!" said the happy Pokémon who tackled Ash. Ash laughed as the Pokémon wouldn't stop licking his face. "Ha-ha! Hey, come on! Ha-ha, cut it out!" he said between laughs. Once the coast was clear, everyone came back out again. Paul sat on Ash's right side and Max on his left. "This one is Bayleef." said Max. After a couple of seconds, Ash sat up and sat Bayleef in front of him. "Bayleef, huh?" he said and petted Bayleef on her forehead, "Hey, Bayleef. How you've been?" Ash asked. "Bay! Bay!" she said happily.

Ash looked around at all the Pokémon around him. He had so many of them of different colors, shapes, and sizes. Ash gave a smile and said, "Hello, everyone!" Everyone cheered at him, excited that he was okay, and healthy. Max stood up and said, "Alright, guys. Everyone get into the position I told you to do." Ash looked at Paul with a confused look and Paul just shrugged his shoulder not knowing either. All the Pokémon got into this position Max was talking about. It was in the position of where Ash caught them by (Kanto, Orange Islands, Johto, etc.)

Pikachu jumped off of his trainers shoulder and got with the Pokémon in the farthest group on Ash and Paul's left. Max stood in Pikachu's group. "Okay, let's get started." Max said as he pushed his glasses farther back to his nose, and his glasses glinted. He pointed at Pikachu first, " These Pokémon are the Pokémon you have captured in the Kanto region. As we all know, Pikachu was your first Pokémon. His attacks are fantastic, and they are Iron Tail, Volt Tackle, Thunderbolt, and Quick Attack. " Ash nodded, telling Max to keep moving on. Max then pointed at the tiny green Pokémon with a bulb on its back. "This is your Bulbasaur, and it's a grass and poison type Pokémon. It's attacks are Vine Whip, Razor Leaf, Double Edge, and Solar Beam. Which I think, he is your strongest of your grass Pokémon." He moved onto the giant red-orange pincer Pokémon. "This one is Kingler, he is a water Pokémon. You had it since it was a Krabby and it's moves are Vice Grip, Bubble Beam, Crab Hammer, and Hyper Beam."

Ash just nodded once again, as he moved onto a giant purple blob. "This is Muk and he's a poison type. You found it in a sewer and its moves are Mud Shot, Sludge Bomb, Protect, and Gunk Shot." He pointed at the heavy, giant, teal colored Pokémon. "This is your Snorlax, and he is one of the, or is the strongest normal type Pokémon in the world. His moves are completely awesome!" Max said excitedly and he continued, "They are Hyper Beam, Giga Impact, Double-Edge, and Earthquake!" Ash chuckled to himself at how much Max loved Snorlax's moves.

Max then came down to Ash's supposedly last Kanto Pokémon. He was dragon-like and orange with teal-colored wings and orange horns. "And this is the strongest Charizard in the whole world!" Max said loudly as he spread his arms out to emphasize how amazing he was. "Charizard is a fire and flying type Pokémon, but he is sometimes classified as a dragon type since it can learn dragon type attacks. His moves consists of fire, flying, fighting and dragon type moves which are Flamethrower, Sky Attack, Dragon Pulse, and Seismic Toss." Ash gave a nod to tell him move on to the next group, but then the ground started rumbling again. "W-what the heck is happening now?" Ash yelled as the ground started shaking even more. A large herd of what seemed like bulls ran past them mooing loudly. Max smiled not thinking that the bull Pokémon would actually show themselves. "Those are all your Tauros, Ash. You have thirty of them and you caught them all at the safari zone!" Max said as the rumbling came to a stop.

Max finished introducing all of the Pokémon to Ash. Taking up an hour at how much Max stopped saying how awesome Ash's Pokémon were. Then Ash played with them for another hour, and it was then five in the afternoon. Ash looked at Paul who stayed by his side the whole day, not leaving him once. "So, what do we do now?" he asked. Paul shrugged shoulders. Delia walked up to them and said, "Well, since it's almost dinner time, why don't I go make dinner. I'll go and make " Ash gave a smile and nodded his head, even though he didn't know what his favorite dish of food was. Delia left with everyone saying that they could help out.

Ash and Paul stayed outside, admiring the beauty of miles of grassland and lakes at Professor Oak's lab. Ash laid back down on the grass with his arms at the back of his head. Paul sat down next to him again with his leg crisscrossed. Ash kept thinking, thinking about all the memories that he had forgotten and that even though they told them every single detail, he couldn't remember at all. Then he started thinking some more, and thought about everyone telling them how they met except for one, Paul.

Ash turned to Paul and turned his body to face him leaning on his elbow. "Hey, Paul?" he asked, waiting for a response. Paul turned to him, "Yeah, what is it Ash?" Ash really wanted to know, "While we're waiting, why don't you tell me how we met." Paul looked at him a while then turned away from him and laid down on the grass himself. "Well, I don't think you'd like it." He said. Ash had a confused look on his face and said, "Oh, really, and why not?" Paul turned his body to face Ash and like the raven-haired boy, he propped himself on his elbow. Paul stayed silent for a while, "Well, we really didn't get along at all."

Ash was surprised, "And why didn't we get along? I mean, since we're going out and all, I thought we'd be in really good terms." Paul sighed, really not wanting to relive it. "Well…me and you had differences and the way on how to treat Pokémon. You treat your Pokémon as friends, and I treated them as…tools." Ash looked at him with a blank expression. "Do you still treat them as tools?" Ash asked. Paul stayed silent for a while and shook his head, "No, when you defeated me in the Sinnoh League, I realized that to win, you and your Pokémon need to be connected. And, I didn't have that with my Pokémon. After you left, I began to try and get to know my Pokémon, and I realized that you were right. The bond that you have with your Pokémon is strong." Paul looked at Pikachu who left Ash's other Pokémon and then sat on his trainer's lap. "I envy you and your Pikachu, Ash."

That shocked Ash a little, not expecting Paul to say something like that, "Why?" he asked. "Because, the bond between the both of you is so strong. It's so strong that you guys know what you guys are thinking even without you trying to speak to him." Paul said, as he started to pet the electric mouse Pokémon. Ash looked from Paul to Pikachu, "A strong bond, huh?" Ash said. Then he got an idea, and stood up quickly. "Hey, why don't we have one of those Pokémon battles, Paul?" he asked excitedly. Paul was next to be shocked, "What?" "Yeah, come on Paul. Please?" Ash said, whining a little. Paul gave a sigh, "Sure, whatever you want, Ash." he said as he stood up too. Ash began to cheer, finally getting his chance to battle.

They stood on opposite sides of each other on the grassy field. "Pikachu, I choose you." Ash said, as Pikachu said his name and got off of his trainer's shoulder and got on the battle field. Paul smirked, and said, "Electivire, stand by for battle!" Paul threw a pokeball into the air as a giant, yellow and black furry cat creature came out of the ball. "Electivire!" it yelled out. Ash looked at it for a while, "Paul called that an Electivire." Paul stood there for a while, waiting for his amnesia boyfriend to attack. He finally figured out what was going on, "Oops. Ash forgot what moves Pikachu has even after Max told him." Paul thought and he sweat dropped. "Hey, Ash! Hold on for a while, I'll be right back!" he yelled as he ran towards the house.

A couple minutes later, Paul came back with what looked like a calculator. "Here, this is a pokedex. It tells you all about Pokémon, it will tell you what moves Pikachu has too." Paul said. Ash nodded and took the device into his hands, and Paul went back to his place. Ash kneeled down next to Pikachu and pointed it towards Pikachu. It blinked, opened up and said, "Pikachu, the 'Electric Mouse' Pokémon. Pikachu is known for it's famous Thunderbolt attack, and its red, round cheeks that stores many volts of electricity. Pikachu's moves are Quick Attack a normal type move, Iron Tail a steel type move, Thunderbolt and Volt Tackle which are both electric type moves."

Ash gave a nod to himself and pointed the pokedex towards Paul's Electivire. "Electivire, the 'Thunderbolt' Pokémon. As it electric type moves start to charge, blue sparks start to crackle between its horns. Electivire's moves are Light Screen, Protect, Brick Break, and Thunder Punch." Ash nodded once again, now ready to battle. "Okay, Paul. I'm ready now!" Ash yelled across the field. Ash checked his pokedex and checked Pikachu's moves again. "Alright." Ash said to himself, and then he looked up at Pikachu. "Pikachu, use Quick Attack!" Ash yelled. Pikachu nodded and then turned to Electivire. He plunged at the other electric Pokémon at full speed. "Pika!" it said as it hit Electivire making him lose his stance, but just by a little bit.

Ash was amazed at Pikachu's speed and said, "Wow, Pikachu that was great!" Pikachu nodded. Paul gave a smirk, "Well, I guess I'll win this battle." Paul thought to himself. Pikachu was right in fornt of his Pokémon. "Use Brick Break!" Paul said. The giant electric cat raised one of his arms and it shined. Ash finally noticed the other Pokémon moving, "Pikachu, move out of the way!" he yelled, but it was too late. The attack landed directly on Pikachu's head. "Pika!" it yelled as it was hit. Ash gritted his teeth.

"When a Pokémon is about to attack, it is a smart thing to dodge and or counter with another attack." said the pokedex . Ash turned to it not knowing that, and just nodded his head. "Alright then. Pikachu, use Thunderbolt!" Pikachu looked at him, knowing what was going to happen, but did what he was told anyways. Pikachu covered itself with electricity, and ran straight to Electivire yelling, "Pika, Pika, Pika!" Pikachu collided with the other and created smoke. Ash's Pokémon came out of the smoke and they waited for the smoke to clear. Paul gave his signature smirk.

The smoke finally cleared and Ash was surprised at what Paul's Pokémon was doing. It didn't seem to be faced by Pikachu's attack, and was winding its arms in circles. "What happened? It didn't do a thing." The pokedex spoke once again, "Electivire's ability is Motor Drive. Motor Drive is an the ability to where electric type moves do no damage and when hit by an electric attack, its speed increases to one level." Ash looked at it again, "What?! Why didn't you say anything before?!" Ash turned to the field, "Pikachu, Use Iron Tail!" Pikachu came at the other once again with a steel-hard tail. "Pika-CHU!" Paul smirked again, "Block it!" Electivire with its new quick speed easily blocked it.

"Use Thunder Punch!" Paul said. Still blocking the other attack, he used his other hand to attack. "Electi-VIRE!" Pikachu was hit head-on, and fell to the ground close to Ash. "Pikachu, are you okay?" Ash asked. Pikachu slowly got up with pain, and turned to Ash, "Pika!" he said with courage. Ash gritted his teeth once again. Ash looked at Electivire, and saw something strange. It's Thunder Punch arm had static around it. "Hey, what's wrong with Electivire's arms?" The pokedex spoke, "Pikachu's ability is Static. When a Pokémon comes in contact to the Static ability, it becomes paralyzed." For the first time in the battle, Ash smirked. "Alright, Pikachu use Iron Tail, one more time!" Pikachu's tail went to silver again. "Protect!" Elecitvire put his hands up to use protect, but it's arm was paralyzed. Iron Tail attack worked.

"Alright! Now Pikachu, use Quick Attack, full power!" Pikachu came at Electivire at full speed. "Pi-KA!" it yelled, creating smoke once again. The smoke cleared and Electivire had fainted. "No, Electivire!" Paul yelled. Ash stood silent for a while, but then a giant smile landed on his face. "Pikachu, we won!" Ash yelled with excitement. Pikachu ran into Ash's arms and cuddled into his cheek. Paul sighed and walked to his Pokémon, "You did good, Electivire. Get some rest." he said, and he returned him to his pokeball. He walked up to Ash.

Ash saw him walking up to him and smiled, "Wow, Ash. Even when you don't got it, you got it." Ash smiled at him, "Wow, I can't believe I won!" Ash said. Delia walked up to them, "Ash, that was amazing. You reminded of when you first became a Pokémon Trainer, and you won your first battle. You were unbelievable!" she said. "Mom? You watched?" Ash asked. "Mm-hm. Everyone did." she said as she motioned to everyone looking out from the window, waving hello. Ash sweat dropped since there was barley able to any space for people at the window. "You dinner is ready. Come on." Delia said as she started to walk back in. Ash looked at Paul walked inside with him by his side.

Dinner passed quickly since everyone was talking so much, especially Max on how awesome Ash was, which made Ash blushed. Now, everyone had a full belly. "That was delicious, mom." Ash said rubbing his stomach, and everyone agreed. "Aw, you guys are just being kind." she said. Ash turned to Paul, "Now, what do you wanna do?" Ash asked. Paul thought of anything fun to do. "How 'bout I take you to the place where we met as kids, Ash?" a voice said from behind them.

At the door frame, was the boy with auburn hair and green eyes. "Gary?" Ash said. Paul immediately got angry, just by seeing his face, "What the hell are you doing here?"

Okay, guys sorry for the wait, and sorry that this one was so boring. But, since Gary is back, things are going to get interesting. Oh, and I decided that Ritchie won't be a rival of Paul, since Gary is insensitive enough for 2.

Oh, and I might be writing another story, but I still don't know if I should make it Dragonball Z or Pokémon. If Dragonball Z, it will be Gohan and Piccolo, or Gohan and Trunks, or Trunks and Goten. If Pokémon, it will be Ash and Gary.

Gary: Oh. Well thanks for the compliment. T_T

Me: Your not even supposed be in this talk show thing.

(Gary Leaves)

Ash: Hey, Amaimon181, don't you have something to say.

Me: Oh, yeah. The other one might take longer than the other's since I have to find my old computer. But, I'm pretty sure it won't take long.

Paul: Well, make it quick. I wanna see how this all ends.

Ash: Yeah!

Me: Alright, Alright! 'Kay see you guys next time.

Ash: Bye, Everyone! :*

Paul: See ya later.