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Chapter two: A Song Called Fall
Iris pulled her knees to her chest as the cool autumn wind blew. The red, orange and yellow leaves rustled in the branches of the tree as the wind danced through them. A few sprinkled down from the branches, her brown eyes watched them for a moment, before she sent her hand out and allowed on to land in it. The violet haired girl held the leaf up to her face, the leaf she held was read, but not entirely. It was only read on the edges, but in the middle there was a large area that was brown.
Being that autumn had started a few weeks ago (TG2012: well the first day of autumn actually started yesterday on September 22, btw) things were dying, and this leaf she held was one of those many things. The brown that was in the center of the leaf started in the middle and seemed to be spreading outward towards the edges, it would keep doing this until the entire leaf was brown. But it wasn't there yet, so all there was a big brown circle in the middle of the leaf.
The leaf made the corners of Iris's lips twitch upward for a short moment, this leaf reminded her of what she had seen when she had looked at her refection in the mirror an hour ago. Just 60 minutes ago Iris had been in bed, wrapped up in her special purple Haxours blanket, bawling her eyes out for what must have been the 100th time this week. Shanna had been there comforting her and even though her best childhood friend had been the only one to lift her spirits throughout the week, she couldn't fix the pain Ash had caused her.
' "Replace the place Elder had left in your heart now that's she's dead?" ' Iris thought, 'how stupid can Ash be? Is he really so dense that he couldn't figure out that saying something like that would make me cry?'
The dark skinned girl crumpled the leaf she held in her hand and then let the small pieces sprinkle down to the ground. She then sighed as she rested her back against the tree, Iris thought back to how Shanna was able to get her to calm down and someone how managed to get her tears to stop flowing from her eyes. And after a bit of coaxing Shanna was able to convince her that she needed to get out of bed and go outside for some fresh air. Iris knew her friend was right, all week she had been cooped up in that room, lying on that bed, and crying her eyes out, the only time she had left was for Elder's funeral.
So after pulling herself from the warm comfort of the bed Iris made her way to the bathroom. When she looked at herself in the mirror the violet haired teen was startled at her reflection. She had no idea that lying in bed all week and crying would make her look so…awful! Iris could only stare at her puffy red eyes, her matted frizzy and tangled hair, paled complexion and her tear stained cheeks, she hated the reflection the mirror gave her.
So Iris processed in taking a nice warm shower to freshen up and to wash her purple hair. After she had gotten dressed in her yellow and pink outfit, Iris had taken a brush and had combed her long dark violet hair. She didn't bother to put her hair ties in, so it just ran loose down her back. But as soon as she went down stairs so she could head outside, Iris had wished she didn't.
Leaving the house was more difficult than dragging herself out of bed. Not only because Shanna and Cilan had forced her to sit at the table and eat something, it was also because they hinted that she needed to head over to Elder's house. The thought of going there had almost made Iris burst into tears again and run back upstairs, but she didn't, it was because Iris knew she had been procrastinating on doing the task. The only reason the purple haired teen was supposed to go to Elder's house was because Elder had put Iris on her will. And the things Elder had left for her were supposed to be given to her, (TG2012: by some official people or whatever) at Elder's house, so she had to go there to pick them up. She was supposed to go after the funeral…but she didn't because she was just to devastated.
So after promising that she would go to Elder's house to pick up the items Elder had left for her, Iris departed from Shanna's house. But as she drew closer and closer to Elder's house Iris realized that she just couldn't do it. Iris knew that going there would mean having to swallow down all the sadness she felt and she knew that it just wasn't possible for her to do. It was just too hard. So Iris had fled into the woods and had climbed a tree instead.
"I'm such a little kid," Iris muttered to herself as she wrapped her arms around her knees and rested her chin on her knees, "Elder would be so disappointed in me…besides she would always say to face challenges head on. But…no…I-I just can't face this challenge…i-it's just way too hard for me to face…" the dark skinned teen sniffled and wiped some moister from her eyes.
"…Well a-at least I know I can't face it alone…m-maybe if I had someone come with me…i-it wouldn't be so difficult…" Iris thought, but just then a cool wind blew, causing her to shiver, '…i-it might have been a good idea if I had brought a jacket or something…'
Even though the long sleeves of her shirt were made of cotton it wasn't enough to keep her warm against the cool autumn wind. Iris rubbed her arms, but as she did so she frowned. The violet haired teen remembered how 3 months ago she wouldn't have to worry about being cold. This was because of Trip, Iris thought back to how whenever she was cold Trip would always take off his orange jacket and wrap it around her. Iris always loved that, his jacket was always so nice and warm and always had the scent of him lingering on it. But the dark skinned girl knew she would never have that nice warm orange jacket wrapped around her ever again, because when Trip left her, he took his jacket with him.
'No stop it! Stop thinking about that blond jerk that stomped all over your heart,' Iris thought as she tightens her grip around her arms to endure the chilly weather, 'he didn't love you and you know that!'
"But then…w-why do you keep thinking about him?" the violet haired teen suddenly said aloud, but then she sighed, she knew the answer to that question.
It wasn't that Iris missed Trip, she had no leftover feelings for him, especially after she caught him making out with her rival Georgia. No, she didn't miss the blond guy one bit, it was the role he played in her heart that she missed so much. Trip had been her boyfriend, a person that she could show her romantic side to. A person she could cuddle and hug and that would always be there for her…well at least should have been there for her. When Trip had dumped her it felt like he had brutally ripped out a piece of her heart.
'I wish I had someone to fill that hole Trip left in my heart,' Iris thought, '…but who am I kidding…that would never happen, at least not to a girl like me…'
Ever since Iris could remember, she knew males weren't naturally attracted to her. Most times they would walk right past her without a care and go up to the pretty and popular girls. The girls that always had fair skin, blue or green eyes, wore designer clothes and had beautiful hair that was always nice and straight. Guys didn't seem to like her dark complexion, her dirt brown eyes, boring plain clothes, and dark purple hair that was always big, poufy and would always look like a horrible mess if the slightest thing happened to it. And without a doubt Iris knew guys didn't like a girl that swung on vines or could beat them at any sport they tested her with.
"No guys like me…I'm ugly and they all know it…" Iris said to herself, "I mean Trip only used me…he didn't even like me…not even…not even Ash would date me,"
The violet haired teen felt her cheeks go all warm at the thought of her raven haired friend. She had to admit that Ash was a rather attractive guy plus he's nice, funny and has a really big heart, and yeah…Iris had a small crush on him. But this crush only lasted for a short period of time; this is because every time Iris would try to express her feeling towards him Ash just didn't seem to get what she was saying. It was as if she was speaking a whole different langue and Ash was just too dense to understand that she was trying to tell him that she liked him. But besides that the raven haired teen's denseness the way Ash had been talking to her lately was totally making her upset at him!
When he had tried to make her feel better when Trip had broken her heart, how he spoke to her when she was crying over the news of Elder's death, and then earlier that afternoon when he had come to give her that present, it had all ended with her yelling and screaming and throwing things at Ash. Iris didn't mean to…it was just her emotions would always get the better of her! All of this had caused her crush on the raven haired teen to diminish by a lot and now all Iris felt towards him was a really good bond of friendship. But deep down inside Iris wish they could be a little bit more than friends.
The dragon loving teen sighed, 'Even if I ever did find someone that would take me as their girlfriend…I just know I wouldn't enjoy it. I'd be way too worried he's turn around and stab me in the back like Trip did…I would be too afraid he'd break my heart,' Iris sniffled, 'now with Elder gone…and Trip who ever loved me in the first place and never wants to see my face again gone too…I have no one to lean on. But maybe…I should just find someone else…no it be too much for emotions…no, I-I'm not going to date for a while…even if it means that I have to be miserable!'
Iris buried her face in her knees, she told herself that she shouldn't cry, but Iris couldn't force back the tears that weld up in her eyes. So she squeezed her eyes shut and let the tears seep out of her eyes, Iris cried softly for what now must have been the 101st time this week.
"Oh come on Iris, were could you be?" Ash wondered aloud as the bright orange, red, and yellow leaves crunched under the soles of his shoes. The raven haired teen scanned the trees that were in the forest, as he walked on the leaf covered ground, "come on…she has to be in one of these trees,"
For the past half hour Ash had been looking for his dragon loving friend. When he had asked Cilan and Shanna were Iris was they said she had gone to Elder's house for some will thing. So the raven haired teen went to the Elder's house, but when he had got there the people there said Iris had
never showed up. That being said Ash looked all over the Village of Dragons but couldn't find his purple haired crush anywhere. So that's when he assumed that she was in the one place she felt the most comfortable at, the woods.
'I'm never going to find her at this rate,' Ash thought, he set the guitar case he had in his hand down on the ground. He then made a funnel shape around his mouth, took a breath and yelled in a loud voice, "HEY IRIS! IT'S ME ASH, WHERE ARE YOU!?" Ash frowned when he received no response.
"Ugh, how am I ever going to find her?" Ash said he kicked the leaves on the ground with frustration, but in the process kicked over the guitar case he had set on the ground.
The object feel over with a thud and the stringed instrument tumbled out of the case.
The raven haired teen gasped, "Crap!" he muttered as he dropped to his knees to pick it up.
Quickly Ash brushed the dirt and leaves from the body of the instrument. He stared at it for a moment in fear that he might of broke it, but he brushed the thought from his mind as he hesitantly ran his fingers over the guitar's strings. The strings vibrated and let off a crisp, smooth sound.
"Phew…it's fine," Ash sighed as he placed it back into the case, picked it up and continued walking again, "I can't have this thing break…well at least not until I find Iris, that is," Ash said to himself as he walked.
For the past hour the raven haired teen had been rather busy. Ever since he had accidentally made Iris cry, again, he had been feeling like the biggest jerk in the world! Ash wanted to apologize to Iris but he knew he couldn't do that after what he said earlier that afternoon, it just wouldn't be acceptable. But once he saw that guitar case an idea had popped into his brain. Ash had thought that since he couldn't tell his purple haired friend how sorry he was and how he felt about her through his words Ash decided he'd use a song instead.
So after deciding that it was a good idea, the raven haired teen took the instrument and started playing it. And even though he thought he never admit it Ash thanked his mom for all those years she had forced him to learn to play the guitar when he was younger. After a bit of messing around with the stringed instrument Ash was able to pick the perfect song to play for Iris, and even though he personal didn't like the song too much he chose it anyway because he knew how much Iris liked it. He just hoped the song he chose to play would get the right message across to Iris, besides the last thing he wanted was for her to burst into tears and start yelling and throwing things at him.
Ash walked through he woods for another 20 minutes before he started to become frustrated. So after setting the case down again Ash took a deep breath and yelled, "IRIS! WHERE ARE-"
"You don't have to be so loud, Ash," came a small voice.
Ash looked around that was Iris's voice, his amber eyes scanning the trees around him, "Iris?"
There was a sighing sound, "I'm up here, Ash,"
The raven haired teen looked upward and through the brightly colored leaves he spotted his violet haired crush. Her knees were huddled close to her chest, her pretty face was resting on her knees, and her big brown eyes blinked down at him.
"What are you doing here, Ash?" Iris asked, buy the sound of her voice it was obvious to Ash that she had been crying again.
"Um…w-well I came out here to find you Iris," Ash responded, setting his guitar case he held onto the ground.
"…S-Shanna and Cilan told you to come in find me…d-didn't they?" Iris asked as she watched her friend go over and sit at the base of the tree she was in.
"No," Ash answered, "…I-I just came to find you…b-because um…another gift came for you-"
"I don't want it!" the dragon loving teen quickly said, as she pressed her face against her knees, "j-just throw it away…I-I don't want anything t-that reminds m-me of…of E-Elder,"
"It's okay, Iris, this gift won't remind you of Elder," Ash said but then bit his lip, "well at least I don't think it will-"
"Ash I said I don't want it!" Iris repeated, as she squeezed her eyes closed.
"Okay, okay, Iris," she heard her raven haired friend say, "You don't have to do anything for the gift…all you have to do is listen,"
Ash rested his back against the tree as he pulled the guitar out of the case. He hesitated slightly before he slowly started to strum the guitar strings with his fingers as he did this a nice melody began to drift through the air. When the sound of the music reach Iris's ears, her brown eyes popped opened and she jerked her head up from her knees. The violet haired teen knew that melody…it was the beginning to Justin Beiber's song Fall.
Ash drew a breath and began to sing along with the music.
(All rights to super-hot Justin Bieber, song is slightly shortened and a few words are changed (the words that are changed are in bold) to fit the fanfic, but once again all rights to Justin Bieber! (Directioners please don't hate! I have no hate for One Direction, so don't hate on me for being both a Believer and a Directioner, thank you) Oh and btw the song is based off of his Fall (Acoustic version)
Fall
Whoa, ooh
Well, let me tell you a story
About a girl and a boy
He fell in love with his best friend
When she's around, he feels nothing but joy
Ash began slowly
But she was already broken, and it made her blind
But she could never believe that love would ever treat her right
Iris blinked down at her raven haired friend, 'How…how did Ash know how I felt when it comes to love…? I would have never guessed he knew I didn't think that no one would love me…' (Tg2012: I deiced to put thoughts in bold again so you wouldn't get mixed up with song lyrics)
Did you know that I loved you or were you not aware?
You're the smile on my face
And ain't going nowhere
I'm here to make you happy, I'm here to see you smile
I've been wanting to tell you this for a long while
Even with his heart pounded at what felt like a thousand miles a minute and his face was burning hot Ash somehow managed to look up at the purple haired girl in the tree and smile at her. And to his surprise the dragon loving girl returned it with a small grin that appeared on her lips.
What's gonna make you fall in love?
I know you got your wall wrapped all the way around your heart
Don't have to be scared at all, oh, my love
But you can't fly unless you let yourself,
You can't fly unless you let yourself fall
' "Oh my love…"Ash called me…"oh my love"' Iris thought in awe, then suddenly she felt her heart start to pump hard in her chest and felt a nice warm fluttery feeling rise in her stomach, '…Ash loves me…does he really think I-I'm beautiful?' these thoughts tumbled around in her brain as she just stared at Ash as he continued to sing.
Well, I can tell you're afraid of what this might do
Cause we got such an amazing friendship and that you don't wanna lose
Well, I don't wanna lose it either
I don't think I can stay sitting around while you're hurting babe, please understand.
Ash couldn't help but think back to all those good times he spent with Iris. He just hoped that playing and singing this song for her wouldn't ruin all those good memories with her. But Ash brush that from his mind, 'Don't think about that now, focus on the song,' Ash thought as he got to his feet and turned so he could see the Iris's pretty face.
Well, did you know you're a dragon who forgot how to fly?
Did you know that it breaks my heart every time to see you cry
Cause I know that a piece of you's gone
Every time things go wrong I'm the shoulder you're crying on
And I hope by the time that I'm done with this song that I figure out
What's gonna make you fall in love?
I know you got your wall wrapped all the way around your heart
Don't have to be scared at all, oh, my love
But you can't fly unless you let yourself,
You can't fly unless you let yourself fall
By now Iris was in shock. She couldn't believe the words that Ash was singing to her, 'He loves me…Ash Ketchum really is in love with me…'Iris thought as the warm feeling in her chest now felt lovely…and well perfect, Iris knew this feeling and she liked it very much. This was the same exact feeling she had when she had been falling for Trip. 'So could it be…am I really…yes I am, I'm really in love with Ash…' the smile on her face widened more and more as she listen to Ash sing to her.
I will catch you if you fall
I will catch you if you fall
I will catch you if you fall
Ash watched as the beautiful dragon loving girl slowly started to climb down the tree she was in. A smile was on her face, but not only that the look on her face was telling him that she was enjoying his performance. But Ash knew he couldn't stop yet so he continued, the ending of his song just had to be perfect.
But if you spread your wings
You can fly away with me
But you can't fly unless you let your...
You can't fly unless you let yourself fall
So fall in love
I know you got your wall wrapped all the way around your heart
Don't have to be scared at all, oh, my love
But you can't fly unless you let yourself,
You can't fly unless you let yourself fall
I will catch you if you fall
I will catch you if you fall
I will catch you if you fall
If you spread your wings
You can fly away with me
But you can't fly unless you let your... let yourself fall
Ash let the last few notes of the song fad off and allowed silence to fall between them. He gently placed the guitar on the ground and smiled up at Iris. Her lovely dark purple hair was blowing in the cool wind and even though her eyes were swollen a bit, they were shinning.
Iris looked down at Ash, his face was bright red with blush and he was nervously shifting his weight on his feet.
"Um…s-so did you like it…Iris?" he asked, he ran his hand through his black hair.
Watching this action made Iris's cheeks warm a bit, "I don't know what to say," she said as he made her way down to the last branch of the tree, "your voice it was so lovely and…I had no idea you could play the guitar, Ash,"
Ash's face seemed to grow redder, "T-Thanks Iris," he stammered, he then cleared his throat, "I'm really glad you liked my song Iris…b-but I want to let you know that I sang that song for you for two reasons…" Ash turned his attention to the leaf covered ground and tried to ignore his burning face, "t-the first reason is because I was hoping you'd forgive me for all those things I've said. I-I swear I didn't say them to hurt you it's j-just that I wasn't thinking and-"
"Ash…it's aright," Ash looked up to see that Iris was smiling at him, "I forgive you…now what was your other reason?"
"M-my other reason was I-I uh…" Ash stammered, he could feel his heart pound again, he could feel his mind starting to go blank.
'No! No! You are NOT going to let this happen again!' Ash's brain screamed, 'Don't freeze up! Just spit it out already!'
"It was because," Ash started as he looked up and locked his amber eyes with her brown ones, "I…I-I couldn't find any other way to tell you that…I love you Iris,"
At that comment Iris didn't know what to say. She didn't know what to think. She just stared at the handsome raven haired teen before her. But soon his handsome image was blurred as tears filled her dark brown eyes again. Her hand pressed itself against her mouth as she let the tears fall from her eyes.
"I-Iris are you oaky?" Ash asked as he saw that she was crying, 'Oh no! Oh no! Please don't tell me I messed this up, AGAIN!' Ash thought in horror.
"Iris I-I'm sorry! Really I didn't mean to make you cry I-"
"No Ash I-I'm not cr-crying because I'm upset," Iris said as she pulled her hands from her mouth to reveal a smile, "I'm c-crying because…I-I mean…I just…I-I don't know what to say!," she wiped some tears from her cheeks, "I just c-can't believe you'd do all this just for me…I'm just so happy that I could just-AAHHH!"
The violet haired teen had to cut her sentence short as the branch she was sitting on cracked under her weight and sent t the girl towards the ground.
"Iris!" Ash cried as he ran to her, his arms stretched out ready to catch her. Iris landed in his arms, the impact was almost enough to make Ash fall over in the process but he was able to keep his footing, none the less, and the dragon loving teen landed in his arms bridal style.
"A-Are you okay?" Ash asked as he looked down at Iris.
Ash looked up at the raven haired teen that held her she nodded.
"Well…like I did say, I would catch you if you fall," Ash said with a smile.
This caused Iris to laugh. A real laugh, a laugh that no one, not even herself, had heard for a long time.
"Oh Ash…" Iris said as she rested her head on his chest, "Thank you…thank you so much for making me feel better! Y-You have no idea how much that song meant to me,"
Ash blushed, "Oh…i-it was nothing really-"
"No Ash…it was something… you're amazing for doing something like that for me," the dark skinned teen said as she smiled at him, "… and I think someone as amazing as you deserves a reward,"
"A reward?" Ash asked arching an eyebrow, 'what kind of-MMFTH?!"
But his sentence was cut short as the purple haired teen leaned in and kissed him full on the lips. Ash felt his face burn madly and his heart race and his legs felt like they had been turned to jelly, but even so he was able to kiss her back.
After a few seconds of this Iris pulled away and looked into Ash's amber eyes. She smiled her lovely smile before saying "Oh Ash… I love you," she said as she wrapped her arms around his neck and hugged him.
Still being a bit startled Ash blinked but still managed to lean down to her ear and whisper the words he wanted to tell her for a long time, "I-I love you to Iris,"
~End
Aww what a cute little ending! Really hoped you guys liked it! Anyway HAPPY NEGAISHIPPING DAY everybody!
BYE:toadettegirl2012
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Chapter edited: 9/24/13