Pokemon Fan Fiction / Pokemon Fan Fiction ❯ Crimson Tears ❯ What's Truth? ( Chapter 7 )

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Crimson Tears


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Crimson Tears

Chapter 7- What's Truth?



Disclaimers: I do not
and never will own Pokemon although I have tried like any kid should. Please do
not sue me. You will get less out of me then a collector's bin in Las Vegas.
Any songs that you recognize are not mine and the motto Misty tells Ash is from
Casper the first Movie.

List of Characters I own,

·
Jeffery Satioshi Ketchum (Ash's Father)

·
Sarah Waterflower (Misty's Mother)

·
Jacen Waterflower (Misty's Father)





Author's
Note: I got
this story idea when I was in the car traveling past the beautiful sequoia
trees. It was originally going to be called Casual Goodbyes and be a sweet
little love story for Ash and Misty but I got this fantastic idea that involved
a fiery red stone and a cute little music locket. So now it is a sweet AAMR
plus a lot of action. I do warn people, it is a bit sad. It does have deaths
that involve no returns. And I am perfectly sane; I have a wonderful family;
and I just wrote this for fun. I wasn't hyper either. Please do not flame me.
And if you have to, be gentle. I love tips and pointers on where to take a
story. Please do not try to correct my grammar; I will do it myself. It can not
be helped by you nagging me. I have almost all of this plotted out in my head
and the people who will die and survive are already mapped out. Except for one…
I do not want to hear any "kill Misty" things. That includes with all the
characters. Everything else, I except. Oh, and read Faith in a Child if you
haven't already. It's a 10/10.



"Jolteon
has been defeated. Pikachu is the winner. Ash Ketchum is the new Master of the
Indigo League!" The flag man shouted lifting the green flag into the air. Ash
found it hard to believe. His whole body had frozen from the inside out. He blinked
several times and stared at the bill board in disbelief as his name and picture
flashed across it. A small smirk inched across his face. He let out a small
sigh and blinked back his tears of joy.

"We made it…"

Pikachu
jumped into Ash's arms. Ash hugged his best friend tight and screamed,

"We did it, Pikachu! We're
masters!!!!"

'Yeah! We rock!" Pikachu grinned
holding up a peace sign. The two spun around in circles screaming and laughing
their heads off.

It was
bliss. Ash had imagined this image all his life but strangely this wasn't what
he expected…It was so much better…

Ash spun around once more and then stopped.
He was staring blankly down by the side lines where a man stood with his mother.
He was rather tall with strait black hair. He wore a normal off white shirt
with a black pants and tie. And atop his hair he wore a green base ball cap
turned backwards. Ash blinked several times.

Delilah
turned to see Ash staring and waved…She didn't seem to see the man standing
right next to her. The man looked over to Ash and waved his hands in the air
laughing,

Ash smiled…

"Dad?"

Pikachu
looked over Ash's shoulder to where he was staring. Pikachu rubbed it's eyes…It
looked like a older Ash…But that couldn't be.

The Man
held up a peace sign and grinned. Ash waved back happily…



Ash climbed
down from the trainers box to be brought into a tight embrace.

"Ash! You did it." Delilah cried
planting a soft kiss on his cheek.

Ash
blushed, and pointed to pikachu,

"Weren't you forgetting to hug
pikachu first?"

Delilah let
out a heartily laugh,

"I only did that to annoy you so
you wouldn't be so fussy when I gave you a hug." Mrs. Ketchum laughed.

"Ash!" A voice called.

Ash spun
around just to be brought into another huge hug.

"You did it! You did it! Ha, ha,
ha!" Misty cried. She began spinning him about with her round and round till he
let go and they both toppled over.

"You were awesome." Tracey
smiled holding up his sketch book, "I got the whole thing!"

Professor
Oak, Tracey, and Brock had come up while Ash and Misty were dancing.

"So Ash, how is it like to be a
champion?" Professor Oak asked.

"Yeah. You are gonna need to
answer this a lot, so better start practicing now." Brock grinned.

Ash glanced
over to were his father still stood watching…He hadn't moved but Ash knew he
was only here for a while…

"Great…Just great." Ash grinned.

Misty
blinked and looked over to where Ash was staring. There stood a man that looked
surprisingly like Ash. She blinked again and he was gone.

"Ash that was-"

"A friend…fulfilling his
promise." Ash smiled staring sweetly at her.

Misty
nodded and grinned,

"What a guy."



The red light faded and in front
of them stood a yellow and brown
creature standing at 2'2". It's beady eyes glared at the fiery haired human in
front of him and let out a low hiss,

"Droooowseeee!"


Misty took a step backward
almost tripping over Pikachu. Pikachu's back arched and it let out a growl. It
leapt in front of Misty it's cheeks sparking.

"That
aint your pokemon. You shouldn't use it. You don't even know it's attacks."
Butch snapped.

"I
do too!" Misty snapped, "I know several of it's attacks."

Pikachu looked uncertainly at
Misty.

'But
Ash taught me moves beyond your knowledge…'

"See!
Pikachu is even agreeing with me!" Butch laughed triumphantly.

'I
did not!' Pikachu barked.

"Pikachu
is far more advanced then you know, Misty." Butch smiled, "You must of
thought…what did he call himself…Aj was just a trainer. But he is more then
that."

Misty blinked.

"You
mean he was telling the truth?"

Pikachu hissed and charged up a
thunder bolt at Butch.

"Drowsee
protect!" Butch commanded.

A frosty barrier formed from
Drowsee's fingertips. The electricity bounced off harmlessly. Pikachu growled
deeply again.

'Don't
tell her anything!'

Misty blinked again,

"What
do you know about Aj?"

Butch smiled sinisterly down at
the yellow mouse,

"We'll
make this fair. If you can beat my Drowsee, I'll tell you all you want to know
about Aj. If you lose…lets just say you don't want to lose…"

Misty looked thoughtfully for a
bit,

"Deal."



Pikachu couldn't believe it's
ears,

'No
Misty! Don't fight him! He'll trick you!' Pikachu cried.

"Pikachu.
This is my battle…" She looked down at Pikachu sadly, "I'm sorry. But I need to
know."

Pikachu shook it's head,

"Do
you really think he will really tell you the truth…Ash is best not described in
Team Rocket's eyes…'

Misty froze. For a second she
thought she understood what pikachu said.

"Pika-pii?"
Misty breathed, "Pika-pii is-"

But by the time she had turned
to Pikachu, he was gone.



Misty was looking pale. Pikachu
wondered what he said that made her look so shocked. It wasn't like she
understood…or did she?

A rustling sound caused Pikachu to
turn. A black shadow zoomed off over the tree tops and off into the distance…

'Darn
it! The turkey lives!' Pikachu hissed.

Pikachu hustled off in the
direction the bird, forgetting it's promise to protect Misty…



Ash's eyes fluttered open. At
first he was confused. He wondered how he fell out of his sleeping bag…but
slowly his mind kicked back the events that happened over the years…Ash shut
his eyes again. He wanted to be back there. On the road with Misty and Brock…
not in hiding…

Ash opened his eyes again and
stared up at the bright blue sky that stretched out before him. He had always
wanted to touch it…but now that he had…it was cold…and not worth it. Ash bit
his lip. His head was throbbing painfully and his arms and legs felt like
jelly. He didn't want to move from this spot. He just wanted to lie in memories that he had never really treasured as
important before…Every hug… Every victory… Every friend… Every pokemon… Every
kiss…

Ash smiled happily surrounded by
his dreams till a screeching sound woke him. He blinked.

"Oh
shoot!" Ash screamed.

He rolled out of the way as four
black arrows struck the ground which he had just been lying. He pushed himself
to his knees keeping his eyes on the falcon like creature the hovered over
head,

"You
can't let a guy have some sleep?!" Ash groaned.

Hakei answered him with it's
high pitched wail. Screech. Ash covered his ears and screamed in agony,

"Bad
question. Really bad question!"

The bird stopped leaving Ash's
ears ringing. He sat dazed and flattened himself onto his belly just in time.
The bird missed it's dive and let out a angry squawk again

Ash sat up and glared up at the
annoying bird. He stuck out his tongue,

"Ha.
Ha. You missed." Ash taunted.

The bird flashed up
the inside of it's wings which were pure silver. The sun's rays
reflected off it and made a very powerful flash attack. Ash bent over covering
his eyes expecting this move. He could feel the hot rays of the flash zapping
around him.

"Bothersome
bird. Stupid, baka, bird." Ash chanted to himself.

Hakei dive bombed Ash again.
This time it hit Ash sending him hurling back into a near by tree.

"By
gosh! Did Cassidy feed you spinach?" Ash coughed.

Hakei took to the air again
turning gracefully with the wind. It turned back to face Ash powering up it's
demon blast attack.

Ash tired to stand up but his
legs failed him…

"Great…killed
by Cassidy's bird." Ash hissed, "Should of just punched her instead of using up
all my energy… Had to be dramatic, didn't I?"

The Hakei let out it's death
cry. Ash now knew why Hakei's were often called the bringers of death and
birth… Dark Hakei's had the most eerie death cry…and although Ash had never
heard the Light Hakei's cry he knew he wanted to listen to that one more…

Ash shivered…

'Now,
boy you die…'

Ash blinked…Did the Hakei say
that?

The bird's beak hadn't
moved…maybe…

"Telepathy?"

The Hakei released the beam…Ash
covered his face as it hurtled towards him…

I
guess this is the end…





Pikachu leapt in front of Ash and let lose it's most powerful attack…
*Lighting Blade* A beam of lighting forked across the sky and fell upon
Pikachu. Pikachu's eyes went from a light black to a pure red.

The electricity surrounded
Pikachu like a psychic glow. Little blue flicks of sparks flickered around him
as well. Pikachu concentrated all it's might on forming the blade. In it's
palms formed a blade made of pure electric energy.

'I hope you like your turkey well done.' Pikachu shouted.

Pikachu slung the blade back and
threw it with all it's might up at the blast tearing down at them. The dagger jetted through the blast.
Electricity flowed off the blade bounding around the blast making it shrivel up
into smoke.

What was left of the blade
stabbed through the Hakei. The bird let out screech of agony and flapped it wings
in rapid circles trying to keep in the air. After a few seconds it's attempts
were proved futile. It plunged to it death. It hit the ground with a sickening
thud.

Ash uncovered his face in
amazement….

"Whoa…Did
I teach you that one?" Ash gasped.

'Yep…
Except I improved it a bit…'

"A
bit?! It wasn't supposed to be a killing move!" Ash cried.

'Sorry
Ash,' Pikachu sighed, ' But unless you forgot, turkey was gonna roast you if I
didn't do something.'

Ash forced his face into a
slight smile,

"Yeah…I
guess that was okay…"

Ash stood up and glanced over to
where the Hakei laid immobile. It's body was still slightly smoking and
crackling with electricity. Ash sighed. He was about to turn his gaze when the
bird caught fire…

"Ah!
Pikachu!"

'Don't
worry Ash. That's how Hakei's die. They burn themselves away so that the earth
can use their ashes to heal the damage they may have caused. Watch.' Pikachu
replied wisely.

The black flame slowly died and, sure enough, from the ashes
spouted a small fern.

'Even
a Pokemon must realize the damage it does. Although it isn't much, Hakei
usually will try to build life after it's death.'

"How
do you know so much?" Ash asked.

'Because
I'm a pokemon.' Pikachu replied curtly, 'I don't need a poke 'dex. It's all in
my head…well most of the time.'

Ash scratched his head,

"That's
cool. Why didn't you ever give me advice before?" Ash asked.

'I
did. But you didn't understand me at that time.'

"Yeah
right."

'Did
too.'

Ash scanned the area. It then struck
as peculiar…like something was missing…

"Oh
my gosh…. Cassidy is gone!" Ash hissed.

'What?!'
Pikachu yelped.

"She
is gone! I flung her into that tree over there…See how it's broken? She must of
left without us noticing." Ash fumed.



"Go
Togetic!" Misty shouted tossing a red and white sphere into the air. It split
open with a crack and a beam of red light. The red light formed a small white
animal. It had Togepi's markings all over it's belly but the egg shell was
gone. Togetic had tiny wings and the same spiky head. It stood a bit taller at
about 2 feet. It looked up at Misty and let out a pretty squeal that formed
together like a musical notes.

"That's
right, Togetic! This is a battle." Misty smiled, "Just do your best."

"A
Togetic?" Butch laughed, "Drowsee will crush you."

"That's
what you think!" Misty snapped, her fist clenched, "You just need to see who
has the advantage."

"And
who do you think has the advantage?" Butch smiled.

"Why
don't you shut your yap and find out?" Misty snapped.



"I
thought I told you to stay with Misty?!" Ash cried as they raced through the
woods.

'Hey.
If I had, you would be dead now!' Pikachu hissed, 'Besides she is just in a
pokemon battle."

"But
Cassidy's loose and most likely she'll join up with Butch and- and-"

There was silence between the
two. Pikachu looked at Ash somberly,

'You
really like her, huh?'

"Huh?
What?! No! Yuck! Gross! Misty and me? No way!" Ash blushed.

'Oh
come on! Stop denying it. Ya know you like her. Why don't you just admit it?'
Pikachu asked.

Ash was silent. He stopped to
catch his breath leaning against a nearby tree,

"Maybe
because…" Ash whispered, "I don't want her to know…so she can't get hurt…"



"Drowsee
Zap Cannon!"

"Togetic
Fly!"

Togetic took to the air as the
electricity hit the ground she had been on only seconds before. Misty had to
jump up to avoid shock as the zap cannon shot past her.

"Togetic
dive!"

"Protect
yourself Drowsee!"

The battle progressed inch by inch.
Togetic obviously had evolved from the spunky baby pokemon it had once been.

"Togetic
fly up and avoid it's attacks!" Misty shouted.

Togetic took flight avoiding a
power confusion attack by inches. Butch smiled,

"No
more playing Drowsee. Use hover."

Misty took a step back as
Drowsee frosted a globe around it self. Slowly the orb and Drowsee took of the
ground and in to the air next to a stunned Togetic.

"What
attack is that?" Misty gasped.

"As
I said before Ms. Misty, you are behind the times." Butch grinned, "Drowsee use
Despair."

"No!"
Misty screamed, "Togetic fly away!"

Togetic took off the other way
as Drowsee's eyes narrowed and turned pure red.

"There
is no escape." Butch hissed.

Togetic froze a red aurora
surrounding her. Togetic let a shrill cry as if it were in intense pain. Misty
felt a aurora cover her as well. Pain. Incredible pain over came her. It felt as though someone was stabbing her
over and over again with white hot daggers. She found it hard to remember where
and who she was. All she knew that she was in pain. She wanted it to stop. Die
if that was the way to stop it. And then…As suddenly as it had started it
stopped. Misty fell to all fours coughing and breathing deeply the scent of the
forest floor. Her vision slowly came back to her. She could make out a blurry
white form out of the corner of her eye. Togetic.

"Fool.
You think you can beat us." A voice from over her hissed.

Misty lowered her head. Every
thing was spinning too fast.

"Get
up." The voice hissed again.

Misty didn't answer or obey. She
kept down on the ground where she could breathe.

"I
said get up."

Some one kicked her in the side.
She felt the burn of the kick but she didn't understand it. She couldn't
remember what had happened… Someone pulled her to her feet and force her face
upward. Her distorted vision slowly focused in on the face a young man with
blue hair. It all came back to her like a smack in the face. She backed away
from him just to lose her balance. She tipped backwards and fell on her back.

"Funny."
Butch snickered, "We worked on that attack for…Aj…."

The way he said his name made
her shiver…

"It
works on a Pokemon as it does it's trainer. The closer the bond the two share
the more pain they are put through. We intended it for him. But…hum…We needed
to test it first…"

"You
mean you are gonna- use that on someone else? You can't! What if.. that might
kill someone!" Misty protested.

"Yes…And
to me and Cassidy's observations it will kill Aj and his Pikachu quite
effectively." Butch smiled.

Misty suddenly remember Togetic
and scramble over to it's side. It was out cold. Misty let out a sigh,

"Return."



"I
hope you realize you've lost."

Misty spun about on her knees to
face Butch smiling down at her.

"Yeah…"

"Now…The
price is your life…"

Misty recoiled backwards away
him,

"You're
gonna kill me?!" Misty whispered.

"That
is what you promised me…" Butch grinned.

Misty gulped and backed farther
away…

"GO
STARMIE!" She screamed flinging out her pokeball.

Butch caught it in mid air,

"I
don't think so…"

"I
do." A voice hissed behind him. Butch froze… He tried to suppress his rage with
a smile… It all happened in a blink of an eye. Butch swung about the blade of
his pocket out ready to stab Ash. Ash jumped back and grabbed Butch's wrist as
he attempted to thrash at him again.

"That
was a mistake. I think you need a spanky little Butchy." Ash grinned squeezing his wrist tighter.
Butch let out a snarl of disgust. He pulled out of Ash's grip and fell back
besides his Drowsee.

"Drowsee
teleport!" Butch commanded.

And in a flash of light, the two
had disappeared.



Ash let out a sigh and gazed
over at Misty,

"Come
on. Let's get you home…"



To be continued…

Please r + r!

I am so excited! I am slowly getting
somewhere with this! Yeah!