O____o Sorry dudes for the late update. School has been taking over my time and we had mid-terms, so yeah, sorry! Another "great" story, I was in the middle of completing Chapter 2 until the file went faggatory on me and corrupted itself! I had to rewrite the chapter. Karma, I hate you....

..::::Chapter 2-"What's up with Ash?"::::...

Misty walked on a dirt path paved by the many feet and scuffles that have passed this route. Ash was walking in front with his new "attitude", and poor Pikachu, still not better from his past scuffle from his dangerous experience in Mt. Moon, walking beside Misty. The red head looked down at Pikachu. She knew he was scared of Ash. And to tell the truth, she was too. Ash sounded and acted like a jerk when he stepped out of the caves. The last thing Misty could remember is getting pushed out of the caves by Ash while ragging Zubats flew at them like they were trying to plow through Ash and Misty.

Misty looked up and saw her hometown in clear, view. Cerulean City....She always thought it looked very blue. She remember going to street festivals and the various pastel colors and blue hues she would gaze at stands and crafts. Misty smiled and closed her eyes as she walked without a care in the world....Remembering how nice it would be for her infamous sisters to break from their luxurious life just to see their youngest sister! She remembered how she was waiting for Ash....then....

…..making the mistake of going into the cave......

…..running for her life, about to be eaten by unknown people....creatures....something!!!!

…..She opened her eyes. Misty felt a tug on her leg. She was dazed a bit, but Pikachu lost his patience. He gave Misty a little wake up shock.

"EEOWWW!!! Pikachu! What the hell?"

"PIKA! PIKACHU!!!", he cried. Pikachu pointed forward. Ash was lying on the ground, grunting in pain. Misty rushed over and landed on her knees beside him. She shook him.

No response.

"Ash?! Are you alright?......Ash!!!!.........Oh God, I need to call 911....."

The words of Misty faded as Ash tried to stay awake. He felt swirls in his eyes of the reflection of light and trees and blurred pastel colors. He heard Misty saying something. He felt something nudging his side, something with small hands. Ash closed his eyes, recalling of all what happened to Misty and him ever since he sneaked up on Misty on that path....

It was 9:00 AM. Cerulean City was buzzing with people walking, cars going, and side markets doing business and trades. Thankfully, the hospital wasn't crowded today with people and their problems.

Ash and Misty walked out of the hospital. Ash had an ice bag in his hand that he repeatably placed on his head. He groaned a bit.

"Man I NEVER had a headache like this, not even the time I went to that party....", Ash complained.

Misty raised an eyebrow in interest. "Party? What party?"

Ash looked at Misty. "A while back this year I went to this party with Gary and..."

She held her hand up. "I don't wanna know....", she said in an uncaring way.

"What? It's Gary." Ash gave her a look.

Misty stepped in front of Ash. They stopped in front of a PokeGear market. "Ash, Gary Oak is the biggest douche bag in the WORLD! Don't you remember the way he treated you when you when on our first journey together with Brock? The way he beat your ass to the ground in Pokemon battles and laughed at you afterwards? I wouldn't be even caught hanging out with the guy!"

Ash sighed and removed the ice bag from his head. "But Misty, Gary has changed over the years. He's gone back to Pokemon training, and he hasn't bullied he much. We just play around a lot."

Misty lowered her eyes at him. "Then what happened at the 'party'?", she folded her arms.

Ash looked away from her, annoyed. "It was a party at his older friend's house. He drove me to the party and it was at a huge house. There were people there, Pokemon trainers and etc, and they looked about 4 years older than us. Music was blasting and it was dark with neon rave lights blinking in the rooms. Gary told me to stay by him during the whole party. I could tell the minute that I walked though the front door that there was alcohol at the party. Red cups were held by everyone. Couches were filled with people bragging and laughing about Pokemon or something else..."

"Go on...", Misty asked.

He scratched his head, "After an hour in the party, Gary got a little drunk and he told be to just keep drinking the drink he gave me. He always gave me another one. By the third one, I finally found out that there was alcohol in it and I was getting a little tipsy. He grabbed my hand and led me upstairs. I walked by people making out more and more. I think I saw two people taking each other's shirt off right there!"

Misty couldn't believe her ears. "You went to a wild party?! Why didn't you go home?"

"I tried but my mind couldn't get set onto that little goal. I was getting drunk too. Gary lead me into a room, a small old room. He locked the door behind me. Gary turned on a dim light that lit up red, turning the whole room color a red glow. I was just standing there, he walked up to the old window that was sealed shut for years. We just stood there....silent......."

*A flashback of Ash's memory flew into his eyes....*

Ash sat on the bed. It creaked a lot due to the old springs. Gary laid on the wall standing, looking out of the window. Ash was still dazed by the drinking he did.

"Why did you take me up here?"

Gary looked at him with a drunk straight face at him. He took a last sip of his drink, crushed it in his hands, and threw it in a corner. He slowly walked up to Ash, not responding to his question. He was wearing black jeans and a dark blue short sleeve. He had an expensive leather jacket on and it made Ash flinch at his appearance, since he looked like a bully.

Oak walked up to Ash and stood there. Staring at Ash with his eyes slightly bagged due to the drinking. Ash stared back at Gary.

"Why is he standing there?........Is he going to do something to me or what?......I don't care....I won't even remember this after tonight...."

Suddenly, Gary tackled Ash onto the bed, pinning him down and sitting on his stomach so Ash wouldn't move. It took Ash a little bit to realize what was happening and moved a little but couldn't. He felt like a noodle. The alcohol....made him drunk and his body can't respond right.

Gary continued to stare at him, frowning. Ash thought what any other guy would think if they were pinned down by someone. Getting laid. Ash made a face saying, "If your gonna do it, I'm gonna close my eyes and not think about it...."

Gary closed his eyes and laughed a little to himself. Ash was confused, well more confused.

"No, Ashy boy, I'm not going to do you."

Ash sighed in relief.

"If I was going to do you, I would do you in a motel or my place."

Ash eyes widened at that remark. He started to open his mouth only to be cut off my Gary's taunting laughter.

"I'm kidding, or not, I dunno I'm drunk as hell Ashy boy....I may accidentally do you or some drunk girl in the party or go off in a drunk rage....I won't even remember this....meh...."

Ash looked at Gary. "Dear God, why did he pin me down?!", ran through Ash's head. Gary looked at the wall, thinking. He cracked a smile, and looked back down at Ash, laying there. Drunk, confused, and vulnerable. Gary leaned in on Ash, and whispered something in his ear.

"Now I remember why I have you like this...Take a look at my teeth.....When I show you, don't scream...."

Ash felt like screaming now, but he knew nobody would pay attention to it. They would just disregard it as someone having sex, people talking, or someone being stupid....Which he felt like now.

Gary licked his teeth and grinned. Ash saw nothing different...for second. He spotted his teeth getting sharper, with two on the top and the bottom away from each other, getting a little longer than the rest. Ash heart started to skip beats, he couldn't believe it, was he going crazy?...

"Holy Shit! Gary is a f**king vampire!!!What the hell?! He can stand the light. Crosses rivers, and eats garlic. He even goes to church, which is hard to believe..... This can't be real! This isn't! It's the alcohol! Making me crazy! If he tries to bite me I will set his groin on fire! I swear!...."

He closed his mouth. "Cool, huh?" Ash was speechless, lost in his own thought. Finally, he got some sense back in himself and asked, "Where?...How-What?...."

Gary flipped his hair out of his eyes. "I was walking outside in the woods one night when some muttaf***in Zubat bit me on the damn neck with one of it's fangs, then flew off. It hurt after a while, then I felt dizzy and weird, like something was crawling all up in my body...When I got home, I kept feeling weird, then my teeth felt like they were sharpening....My pupils felt small...I went into the kitchen and unwrapped some chicken that had thawed out, and tasted the blood of the chicken....", he leaned in to Ash's face and said quietly, "and it tasted so good....It made me feel alive...I sucked the hell out of that packet of thawed chicken blood....."

Ash looked at Gary straight in his eyes. His eyes were getting dilated with his pupils getting smaller. Ash's heart started to race. Gary looked straight back at Ash. He grinned his fangs at Ash.

"You know.....I've never tasted....human blood before....I've always been curious...about it for the last 2 years since I was bitten...."

Ash scrambled, "Y-you can't b-b-bite me! I-I'm your f-friend!!!"His face was starting to sweat.

Gary forcibly grabbed Ash's chin and shoved it backwards. "Exactly Ashy boy....don't worry...your so drunk that you won't even remember this.....", Gary licked his top fangs.

Ash's blood pressure shot up and felt weak in the head. His mind started to leave his sight and onto his own thoughts...not even paying attention to what was really happening.

*Ash's sight went back on Misty staring at him, listening to his story*

"Then all I remember is that I was at home in my bed, and it was the next morning. I had bandages on my neck. I wasn't concerned about anything else because I had a hangover...", Ash ended.

Misty stood there. Astonished. She finally spoke. "S-So...your telling me that...Gary is...one of them?!"

Ash looked at Misty. "You mean the boys that attacked you and Pikachu in the caves you were telling me about? They fit the exact description. I was just able to remember this a week afterwards but after he bit me, it's all a blur."

The red head couldn't believe what she was hearing. Gary. Gary Motherf***ing Oak. Is like the boys in the cave! For the past two years?! It only proved that maybe other people have been getting bit but didn't report it...A shiver went down Misty's back. "What if Ash tries to bite me?! He was bitten! He had the wraps over the wound! What if he comes back for Ash? To eat him instead of getting the last of his blood?! Oh God help us...." These questions raced through her head, but she couldn't think so much into this now. She had to go home meet her sisters from their cruise.

Misty pointed at the road to the gym. "Come on! We have to go the gym...."

"What's the hurry?"

A voice cried from the side of the PokeGear market. They both turned to see, and well speak of the devil. It was Gary, on the porch of the market with black shades on and dark blue jean jacket on with black leather pants. Traveling boots to end the look with a plain black and white spade shirt on. He moved his shades up to his head.

"Well now! What do we have here? My favorite couple! Ashy boy and Red head!"

Misty shot a glare at him. "We're not a couple."

Gary shrugged. "Pfft. Sure, don't admit it to the public yet." He turned to Ash, who still had an ice pack on his head. He swiped the bag from Ash's possession, and waved it around.

"What's this? You've been drinking again? Ice bags won't do shit on hangovers..."

"Neither will trusting you...", Ash groaned under his breath to himself.

Gary frowned. "What was that?" He slung the bag on top of Ash's head, making him flinch in slight pain.

Misty folded her arms. "Cut it out Gary! Ash's is already in pain...." Gary looked at Misty and backed away from Ash. "Fine then, I won't risk being beat up by his girl....", he walked over to Misty and wrapped his arm over her shoulders. Misty twitched with annoyance.

"So, I heard from a little birdy, that you two went in Mt. Moon last night...."

Ash and Misty exchanged looks. "How does he know that?!", went through both of their heads. Ash stepped up to Gary. "How did you know that?", he asked desperately. Gary looked at Ash and leaned in Ash's face. "A. Little. Birdie.", he remarked rudely. Misty squirmed out of Gary's arm and stood next to Ash. "Who told you?", she asked in a threatening tone.

Gary backed up. "Like I'm going to tell you punks...I didn't tell anyone else. The real reason I'm talking you two is I'm looking for the Cerulean Sisters. They went off on this cruise and one of them told me to meet them at the gym today."

Misty looked at the road to the gym. "I guess they're back. I don't know. They haven't called me yet."

Gary sighed and walked up to a black sports car and clicked it open. "Where are you going?", Ash asked. Gary looked at Ash. "Going off somewhere...", with that he got in and started the car up. The motors blew loudly as it started up and it backed out, drove up a little into his parking space, and pulled down his window.

"Tell Lily that I'll be over tonight!", he yelled out of the window to Misty. He pounded the gas petal, making the motor yell loudly down the road. People jumped when they heard the sound. Gary shouted something else out as he drove off.

"SMELL YA LATER, LOSERS!!!!!!!!!"

Ash and Misty stood there, feeling defeated. Misty face palmed herself, "Great....Gary knows that we went through the caves, he's now one of the them boys in Mt. Moon, and now my sister Lily is into him...I need a coffee...."

Ash put a hand on her shoulder. "Come on Misty, lets get a coffee and go to your house. You've been though a lot....." Misty looked at Ash. "Ya know...you sure can tolerate a lot of things Ash..."

He nodded. "Unfortunately...."

The two walked across the street to a Kingdra's Cafe to rest.

It was 10:40 AM and Misty's sisters were still out.

A large cruise ship just docking from a long journey had thousands of people cheering and bantering to relatives and friends. The sound of bags rolled and the clicking of cameras were almost unavoidable. Three sisters ran pass thousands of mini crowds of people with bags in their hands and running in uncomfortable shoes. The blonde one that lead the blue and pink haired ones saw a break and rushed towards it with the others following.

The three stopped in front of the main road that was for picking up and dropping off people for the cruise. The blue haired one waved a taxi, and in just minutes a black taxi drove up. They got their bags in the trunk and climbed into the car.

The driver looked in the driver's mirror. "Where to ladies?" It was a male driver.

"To Cerulean City. Stop in front of the Gym, that's were we live.", answered Lily.

The driver nodded, and press the gas. The taxi drove off into the interstate.

The blonde one nudged Lily. "Why don't you tell him where we keep our money in our house?", Daisy whispered to her. The pink haired one sunk in her seat a little.

"Well I only wanted to be specific where we want to be dropped off....", Lily said to herself

Violet looked at her watch. "Man! The cruise took longer to dock than we thought, I bet Misty's there waiting for us at home..." Daisy playfully slapped Violet's knee. "Let her wait. She has food and shelter, plus she's got the key to the house, so we should be hoping that she's even there!"

Lily pulled down her sun dress. They all had sun dresses that matched their hair color with white tropical flowers printed all over them. "I'm glad that some bachelors stopped flirting with us...Especially the rich ones." She wiped some of her hair from her forehead.

Daisy leaned back on the seat and rested her head on the car seat head rest with a sigh. "I know. It's not like they weren't good looking, they sounded like snobs behind that flashing smile...I'm glad we're not like that kind of girl who only looks for rich men...."

Violet giggled, "Yeah, some of us like bad boys....", she looked at Lily. Daisy raised an eyebrow and looked at Lily too. "Good looking bad boys like a recent Champion of this region...."

Lily shot a glare and blushed. "What's wrong with liking Gary?" The two looked away from her.

"Well...He is your age...and he has a sweet car...", Daisy said daydreaming.

"But he's kind of trouble...I heard he took Ash to a wild rave party and got him drunk!", Violet whispered loudly at the two of them. Daisy sat up and looked at Violet. "Your serious?! Where did you hear that?"

"My friend went to that party and saw them, but he left when he saw the alcoholic drinks, they were heavily alcoholic. You could smell it in the air he said. He doesn't like to drink."

Lily looked out the window. "Isn't Ash just sixteen?"

"Seventeen, the same as Misty, and Gary is eighteen.", Daisy said, "Ash could have gotten in trouble if Gary wasn't there."

Violet folded her arms. "See. He's been in the bad boy scene for while now, ever since last year. His sister is worried about him too. She doesn't live there with him anymore. She got married, so she can't watch him all the time."

"Lily, you've always been into bad boys ever since grade school!", Daisy playfully remarked.

The pink haired one rolled her eyes. "Oh stop. Both of you. Gary is just different, when you really get to know him, he's actually a nice person....Can we change the subject?"

Daisy proceeded to talk about the shops on the cruise ship and how they were so big and beautiful. Violet turned around and looked out the window, ignoring the conversation.

"That Gary Oak doesn't sit well with me. He's gotten a lot scarier now...I don't know what she sees in him. I hope she's knows what she's getting into..."

The taxi eventually drove pass a sign saying, "Cerulean City. 13 miles away."

The taxi drove off into the road to the city. The three sisters stood there in front of the Gym. They walked in pass the lobby and went through a door behind the front desk. They dropped their bags. The three were in the kitchen of their house. The group walked into the living room where Ash and Misty were on the couch watching "Poke Now!"

"MISTY BABY!", Daisy yelled and stretched her arms out for a hug. Misty looked and saw her sisters standing there with a surprise look on her face. She got up and hugged her sisters while Ash watched them.

Daisy, Lily, and Violet settled in and talked for a while until noon showed up on the clock. Ash got up and stretched. "Well I should be going....It's nice to have you three back!" The three sisters smiled and said thank you to Ash sweetly. He grabbed his ice bag and when out the back way of their Gym/house. When the door closed, the sisters leaped up and surrounded Misty. The red head looked confused.

"What the hell?-"

Daisy bent down to Misty's level and darted questions at her. "So you were alone in the house with a BOY!? You've got a lot of nerve! What's with the ice bag in his hand? Did he hurt himself? How was your trip here to Cerulean? Did you hear the news about that boy who disappeared in Mt. Moon?!....."

Misty stood up and ran out of the circle. She turned back to her sisters. "Hey, get off my back! Ash told you that he bumped his head bad so we went to the hospital, and Ash is my FRIEND. He's too dimwitted to make a move on me anyway."

Violet raised an eyebrow and tossed her hands in the back of her. "Dimwitted, or all an act to lower your guard. Boys will do ANYTHING to get what they want. Even faking their personality."

Lily looked to the ground to the remark Violet made to Misty. The truth is, Daisy and Violet didn't get off the subject of Gary Oak in the car, which made her worry about Gary Oak.

"Would he fake it?", Lily thought.

Ash walked through his front door and looked around. The den was empty. The whole house was silent. He walked around to look for a note, but he saw a letter. It was placed on the coffee table. Ash picked it up. He scanned it for a little bit and his heart stopped. He read the letter out loud.

Dear Ash,

Your grown up Ash, so please take this like an adult. I'm sick of being single...It's not you, it's me. I've gone husband hunting up in Jhoto with a few friends. I'll be gone for a month or two. Please don't panic, I've brought food for you to last you for 2 months. Plus you'll be gone looking for a job all day, I HOPE. If you find one, call me!

Now I can't trust you to be alone all 2 months so I asked Gary to stay over with you to watch you and keep you company! Won't that be nice? You can have sleepovers and stuff. You can have a party for your friends. JUST DON'T BREAK NOTHING, AND THE HOUSE BETTER BE SPOTLESS LIKE THERE WASN'T EVEN A PARTY. Pray for me to find a man! If I do, I'll make sure that he's good enough to be your dad. I'll call both Gary's and our house to check up on you! Have a wonderful time with Gary!

Love Mom

P.S. There's thawed chicken in the sink. All you have to do is wash down the blood and cook it in the oven.

Ash crumpled the letter in his hand. "G-G-Gary is going to stay here. FOR TWO MONTHS WITH ME?!?!", he screamed. He walked over and fell on the couch. Ash let out a big sigh. He didn't notice that he fell asleep until he heard the doorbell ring.

Ash grunted and looked at the door. The window showed darkness outside. He looked at the clock. 6:40PM. Ash rubbed his temples....He was more tired than he thought. Ash NEVER had slept that long before. He wobbled to the door and unlocked it. Swung it open and his heart sunk a little.

Gary stood there with an envious grin smacked on his face. He had his same attire when Ash encountered him earlier, except he had a bag with him. Ash blinked at Gary tired. Gary raised an eyebrow. He made a fist and tapped Ash's head hard.

"What's wrong Ashy boy? Didn't get enough sleep last night? You were partying last night. That explains the ice bag earlier."

Ash pushed Gary's fist away. "Knock it off. I'm just tired. I didn't do any partying. I'm not an animal like you."

Gary made a face. "Oh is that so? Then where were you last night?" He walked passed Ash and flopped on the couch. He turned on the TV to sitcoms. Ash closed the door, and walked pass Gary to the kitchen. Gary looked at Ash walking. "Aren't you gonna tell me?"

Ash turned on the light to the kitchen. "You know. Me and Misty went through Mt. Moon....." Gary got up from the couch and stood in the doorway of the kitchen. Ash was digging out a pan for the chicken to bake in.

Gary walked slowly to Ash. "I know but something else happened...I know it. You have a wraps on your neck....I haven't seen you with bandage wraps on your neck ever since our little party adventure a while back." Gary smiled at Ash, knowing that he remembers getting Ash drunk and lying about it to his Mom, telling her that Ash had a "little fall". Ash slammed spices on the island counter along with the pan. Gary walked around the island counter, analyzing the spices.

"Whatcha cooking?", he asked.

"Baking chicken my Mom laid out.", Ash answered. Gary walked to the sink and saw the chicken wrapped tightly, soaking it the dead chicken blood. He smiled widely, hatching a scheme.

Ash stood up and turned around to see Gary holding the pack of thawed chicken. Ash looked at him confused. "Do you want to help?" Gary laughed to himself and reached for the light switch. He turned the lights off. It was pure black. The only thing that was keeping the room lit was the outside lights shining from the window onto the island counter.

Gary started to walk towards Ash slowly. Ash eyes widened, remembering the last time Gary walked towards him like that. He started to run but it was too late, Gary snatched his shirt and threw Ash on the counter, smashing the spices and pan to the ground with a loud crashing sound. Ash scrambled, trying to feel the counter in the darkness, but Gary leaped up on the island counter with Ash, sitting on Ash's stomach. He held down Ash's neck, making him immobile. Ash started to breathe heavily.

"W-What are you doing?!!?", Ash squealed out of his throat. He couldn't see Gary's face or upper body. All he saw was Gary's lower arm holding him down and the other hand holding the thawed wrapped chicken. Ash heart started to pound out of control. Something about the dark was getting to him......He felt odd....He started to see white outlines of the kitchen like if the lights were on. Was he seeing in the dark? Ash blinked hard and moved his head to the side, struggling to get free.

Ash saw Gary lean himself into the light only to see his pupils small and his eye dilated. Gary laughed in an evil tone. Ash shivered.

"What's wrong Ashy boy? You scared?....You shouldn't be....your just like me." Ash eyes widened at the remark. "Just like him?" Gary leaned his head in. "Yeah. I know what happened in Mt. Moon. My friends tell me that they saw this edible Pikachu in Mt. Moon and cornered it. Just when they were about to eat it, some red head crashed in, stole the Pikachu from them, and tried drowning them . I heard one of the Zubats bit a black haired boy with a blue jacket, but only with one fang...Just like I was bitten..." Gary pierced a hole in the thawed chicken wrap with his sharp fingernails. He held the pack above Ash's head. Gary tipped the packet and let some of the chicken blood drip on Ash's forehead one drop at a time.

*Drip*......*Drip*......*Drip*

Ash stared at the blood being dropped on his head. Some ran into his head. His heartbeat raced....He felt urges....to taste something....Ash was thirty....hungering for....a substance...a certain substance....The urges drove him crazy and dizzy. Gary spotted Ash's look to try the chicken blood. He smiled a fanged smile. His hand that was holding Ash's neck down removed the bandages from his bite wound. Letting the wound "breathe". Gary looked at Ash closer. Ash was getting shaky. Gary moved the dripping down to Ash's mouth.

Ash closed his mouth tightly, until a slim drip went passed his lips. The urge began to pickup.....his hunger rose....this substance was this....he was craving....for blood....Ash opened his mouth a little to drink the chicken blood. Gary saw Ash open his mouth for more and tipped the chicken down more so more blood would run out. Ash continued to drink the chicken blood with Gary staring down at him, smiling at him tauntingly. He felt his mouth tingle...and get longer...he clinched his teeth together and felt fangs in his teeth....Ash opened his mouth for more but no more blood came out of the packet. Gary lifted the packet up and grinned.

"See?....Didn't you like the blood?", he smirked.

Ash sat up and wiped his mouth. He looked up at Gary with widened eyes, pupils small and dilated eyes. "Y-Y-yes...." His hair was scuffled a bit. He breathed a little hard. Wanting more to quench his thirst...Gary rubbed Ash head and smiled to him.

"Don't worry....I'm going out in the town with Lily tonight. Come with me and you'll get all the blood to quench your thirst...."

The light outside flickered and flashed off with a dark feeling in the air.

….::::End of Chapter 2::::....

Sorry it took so long! Grr.....I have to go back to school next week....I'm so not ready.....Fuck my grades, some of the teachers at my school aren't cut out for teaching.