Let's see,...I've made now six chapters of this fanfic. I wonder how many I'll actually write. Maybe this will be the last one? I don't know...
I don't own Pokemon or its characters. Enjoy!
Paul didn't know what to do, he just stared at Ash. He was lying still, very still. Paul looked to Teddiursa, then back at Ash. What was he supposed to do? Paul never recalled himself being in a situation like this.
Teddiursa crawled silently over to Ash. Cautious with every step. She sat down at his side and didn't know what to think. 'Maybe he was just tired,' she thought, ' he is sick. She turned to Paul while pointing at Ash, "Ursa...?"
Paul sat there for a moment, trying to figure out what to do. "He probably just fainted, Teddiursa..." he said to her. "Idiot,...he allowed this to happen to himself..." Paul folded his arms and sighed "But, I can't leave him like this. Teddiursa, Ash might have a high fever. Maybe that's what he meant when he said "Lava." Is he very warm?"
Teddiursa climbed onto Ash's chest and nudged his cheek with her nose. He was really hot, so hot that Teddiursa backed away almost as soon as she touched him. "Ra ursa!"
"That's not good... We have to bring it down or we might have a bad situation." Paul reached into the his back pocket and pulled out a handkerchief, then held it out to Teddiursa.
She looked at it, then up at Paul.
"...sa?"
"Teddiursa, I need you to take this and put water on it. It's for his fever." Paul said, signaling that it was for Ash. "Cold water would help him cool down. My brother used to do this when I got sick."
"Ursa!" Teddiursa nodded firmly, letting Paul know that she understood him. She then grabbed the handkerchief in her mouth and scurried off out of the cave.
Paul moved closer to Ash. This was rather difficult with an injured ankle. "I'll kill him when this is all over..." Ash looked absolutely awful. He was shivering, covered in sweat and breathing unevenly. Paul placed a hand on Ash's forehead and his own. Ash flinched a little when he felt Paul's hand. It must have been cold. "Hmmm,... He is very warm..."
Teddiursa ran as fast as she could to find a river or a pond, or maybe even a puddle. Any sort of water, it had to be clean, of course. But, one problem, she didn't want to go too far and get lost. How would she find her way back?
Suddenly a chilling breeze blew on Teddiursa making her sneeze and fall back, "Ra-a-achoo...!" She accidentally released a small ice beam and from her mouth came tiny shards of ice. She then remembered what Paul said, '"Cold water would help him cool down."' 'Cool is cold, She thought, 'and ice is cold.' Teddiursa picked up one of the shards and held it for a moment. She then stood up and ran as fast as she could to find the closest source of water.
"Hey, Brock, look! I found a way up!" Dawn called, waving her arm and pointing to the right side of the ravine. She had long released Brock's hand, even when he said not to, but remained close to him until they found their way out.
"Shhhhhh...!" Brock ran over to Dawn from the other side of the ravine. "You shouldn't be so loud." He then stopped beside her and looked up. "Where...?" He asked, clearly unable to see what she was talking about.
"Pika...chu?" Pikachu was confused as well. He didn't see anything but vines and rocks on the wall in front of them.
"Here..." Dawn grabbed Brock's arm, being careful not to reopen his cuts, and pointed the light of the flashlight upward along the wall over a thick patch of vines. "See these,...? We can use them to climb up the wall and get out of this place."
"Great idea, Dawn." Brock smiled, he walked forward to examine wall then frowned. "Although, I don't think that's a very safe thing to do..."
Dawn shrugged. "Why not? It looks fine to me..."
"If we are climbing, how will we see or know where we're going? We would need both of our hands to climb up, meaning that we can't hold the flashlight..."
"We can't,..." Dawn smiled. "...but maybe Pikachu and Piplup can?"
"Chu...?"
"Piplup...?"
Pikachu and Piplup looked at each other and then looked up the wall. It was really high up, they would have to be careful.
"Pikachu pika pika!" Both of them could take turns holding it, Pikachu suggested.
"Piplup!" Piplup agreed with a firm nod and his fist on his chest.
"Does that mean you'll both do it?" Dawn asked, excited.
"Pika!"
"Pip!"
Brock sighed and looked at the vines. "Looks like we're going up, then..."
"Alright!" Dawn cheered. Let's g-"
"SSSHHHhhhhh...!" Brock hissed, "There could be wild pokemon out here, Dawn!" He half yelled very softly. "You don't want to be attacked, do you!?"
"Oh right!" Dawn covered her mouth, "Sorry..." To Dawn, Brock was now the one being too loud.
Brock handed Pikachu the flashlight and allowed Dawn to start climbing before him. She told Piplup to stay on her back. After she was a few feet up, Brock started. Pikachu was on his head, shining the flashlight in front of their path so they could see what rocks were a head. They had a long way to go.
The occasional sound of wood crackling in the fire was all that could be heard. Ash lay still while Paul poked the fire with a stick that he found lying around. He couldn't really help Ash at the moment. All he could do was keep the fire going, so Ash wouldn't get cold.
"Why me...?" Paul sighed, "Why do I have to look after this idiot? I'm no babysitter, nor am I a nurse. Isn't this a job for his, so called, 'friends'?" Paul let out a low growl and angrily shoved a piece of wood in the fire. "He'll regret our next battle, maybe he'll realize how worthless his pokemon are." The wood stood there for a second, but then fell back nearly hitting Paul's injured foot.
"Gah!" He yelled, pulling away. This caused a lot of pain, making him cry out and fall over hugging his knee.
"...you alright...?" Ash coughed.
"...?" Paul quickly turned around to see a half awake Ash staring at him. He rolled his eyes as he sat up and then returned his glare to the fire, "...ugh."
"...hm, ok then." Ash decided not to ask again and began to sit-up. Suddenly a smoking hot stick swung swiftly towards his face, stopping inches from his nose.
"LIE DOWN." Paul didn't even look in his direction, but spoke to him firmly. The stick was held in his left hand horizontally in front of Ash.
"W-whoa, okay. T-take it easy, Paul." Ash settled back down as Paul moved the stick back into the fire. He shivered when his back touched the stone floor and he was breathing heavily as if air was thin, like on a mountain top. "A-achoo...!" Ash noticed that Paul was still hugging his knee. "Hey, Paul?"
"What?" Paul didn't turn his head, but he did move his eyes to look at Ash. He seemed a little annoyed.
"D-did you hurt y-your knee or s-something?"
"No..."
"...Then, what happened?"
"None of your business." Paul said as he pushed a log further into the flames. 'It wouldn't fall out if it were higher up' he thought.
"I-If you tell me, I-I could p-probably help you, ya know."
"I don't need any help..."
"Are you sure?" It was clear that Ash didn't believe him.
"YES, I'M POSITIVE!" Paul half yelled, accidentally shoving the log he was moving causing bits of wood and ashes to fly towards him.
"Paul watch out!"
Paul shielded his face with his arms and shut his eyes tightly, it seemed like everything was now in slow motion. He held his breath as the pieces flew closer and closer. But, he didn't feel anything. Why?
I think that's enough for this chapter. What do you guys think happened?
P.S. I know Teddiursa can't learn ice beam, but in this story she knows it, so deal with it.
