Pokemon Fan Fiction / Pokemon Fan Fiction ❯ Crimson Tears ❯ A Dark Stranger ( Chapter 2 )

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Crimson Tears


James B. Hanchin
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Crimson Tears

Chapter 2- A Dark Stranger



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.





"Oh
Daddy! It's beautiful!" The little red head cried after opening her eyes to see
the necklace about her neck.

"It used to be your
mother's…Before she…" Jacen trailed off looking at it sweet little carrot top.
She was looking more like his wife, Sarah, everyday.

Misty leapt
into her father's arms and hugged him tight,

"I love it! It's the best
present any six year old could hope for. I bet Tab and Alison will be jealous!"
Misty grinned at the thought of her friend's faces.

"It's not just a necklace,
Misty." Jacen smiled looking at the shimmering locket, "Open it."

Misty fought hard to contain her excitement as she tried
desperately to pry the locket open. The little
golden door was imprinted with
the word 'forever'. Misty fingered the word before opening it.

"F-f-rover?" Misty tried to say.

"Forever." Jacen smiled at his
daughter's attempts to read.

"Yeah.. I knew that." Misty
snapped trying to open the locket again. Finally with one last tug the locket
popped opened. Some beautiful music filled the air…

"It's mommy's lullaby!" Misty
cried, "She sang it to us when we went to sleep…



"Aruki
tsuzukete doko made yuku no? Kaze ni tazunerarete tachidomaru. Hitotsu meno
taiko tokun to natte Tatta hitotsu no inochi hajimatta Yagate nani ka o
motomete Chiisa na tenohira o hirogeKimi wa sugu ni mitsuketane Kimi ja nai
dare ka o

Tanjou-bi
iwau rousoku fuetakedo Tatta hitotsu no furusato tabi dattaIma mo nani ka o
motometeOoki na hitomi kagayaite Kimi no poketto no naka ni wa Kimi ja nai dare
ka tono... Ikutsumono deai Ikutsumono wakare Maboroshi no youna omoi demo
sukoshi

Aruki
tsuzukete doko made yuku no? Kaze ni tazunerarete sora o miru Aruki tsuzukete
doko made yukou ka Kaze to issho ni mata aruki dasou. Daichi fumishime doko
made mo yukou Mezashita ano yume o tsukamu made. Daichi fumishime doko made mo
yukou

Mezashita
ano yume o tsukamu made." Misty sang to the little tune.

(It's
called 'Kaze to Issho ni' or in English 'In the Company of the Wind'. Lyrics
are at the bottom of the page.)



"Dad,
will we ever be together again?" Misty asked.

Jacen
looked at his youngest daughter sadly,

"Yes. One day… we will all be
together again… One day…"

Misty
looked at the picture somberly not really hearing her father repeating the words
of her dead Mother. The last thing she heard out of her mother's mouth and the
same thing she had heard every morning she had woken up when Sarah was alive.

"Bright Skies. Rosy cheeks. And
happy girls in the morning…"Misty blinked back her tears, "Forever's a long
time…I'll wait…"





Misty shot through the forest as
fast as her bike could take her. She couldn't be home today. It was too hard.
Her sister's didn't care. They didn't lose anyone three years ago today.

Today should have been a beautiful fall day but Lavender Town was always
surrounded in a heavy fog. Misty liked it like this. Then she didn't feel like
she was all alone when she cried.

Misty plowed through the fog strait toward the gleaming radio tower in
the distance. She had always thought that was dishonorable to the pokemon. That
was their tower that represented the dead.
Ashes of Pokemon were storied in that tower. How dare they make it into
a radio tower! If Ash was still here he would of made a protest. Misty was sure
of it…

Misty was past being a scrawny carrot top now. She had a gorgeous figure
and her hair had turned a deep crimson red. She looked more like her mother
now. Or so Daisy told her. She was the only one who really remembered her.
Misty's father passed away one night in a car accident when Misty was seven. While her mother had died of phenomena when Misty was only
four. She had grown up with her older sisters most of her life. Daisy had always
taken care of them. But Lily had to be the one most like Mother with her kind
heart and caring ways and her father's looks. Misty got her mother looks and
her Father's temper…

She wished she could move on but it seemed that her life had repeated
deaths in it. If another of her friends or family died… Misty was sure she
would lose it.

Misty had allowed her hair to grow out so that it was a
bit longer the shoulder length. She had it in a long braid today. It swayed
behind her like a kite as she sailed down the path. She knew this route by
heart. Not only had she been here for a bit when she was a child and when she
was traveling with Ash but she had made many stops here when… When Ash…

She
had to get away more often these days. Her sisters had made a habit of trying
to get her together with several boys. She hated it. Why couldn't they
understand she didn't want anyone but…

It was hard to get over her
little crush on the boy. Misty was so close. They had just started spending
more time together. It was strange the way Ash seemed to have all the time in
the world. Hadn't the elders given him a mission yet… Or did they see his death
in the future…

She had tried to tell them that
she was not going to love anyone but Ash. She couldn't count how many times
they laughed and mocked her.

"It
was like a simple crush, Misty. You'll get over it."

"Ash
was sweet but like you'll learn like what real love is…"

"Maybe
you should move on, Misty?"

She wished she could. But no one else had the connection Ash had on her.
It wasn't a simple crush. It was meant to be… If only she had let Ash know that
before he had his party…

What
did they know? They were just worried for her. Violet was engaged to a boy
named Paten. Daisy and her boyfriend, Steve, were thinking about
getting serious. And Lily was getting love notes and flowers from a boy she would not tell. They were all going
to leave. Although Misty was seventeen, they were worried that she might not be
ready to handle the gym completely by herself. They were going to leave her.
They were worried that she would turn into a single old lady sitting on the
back porch of her retired estate watching and waiting for her love who would
never come. They wanted her to be happy again. They even offered Brock one time
which made Misty gag. Who could ever marry him?



Misty parked her bike by the fencing that outlined one of Lavender Town's
many graveyards. She folded the bike up into it's portable form and tucked it
into her pink nap sack with her pokeballs. She had many pokemon now. She was
the leader at Cerulean now. She had a Goldeen, Togetic, Poliwrath, Staru, Starmie, and a Seadra. She was a
pretty tough leader. What was her sisters so worried about? That she would get
their luck. No. She worked to long with Ash. She knew how to handle her
pokemon.

Misty climbed over the rickety gate that could never open properly and
made her way into the somber area. She made her way past the many markers and
head stones, thinking to herself.

How many times had she come here? More then even Mrs. Ketchum herself,
she was sure. Misty wondered why that was so? She paused by a gravestone that
was covered in withered flowers and turned left down the trail. She hiked
slowly up the hill were the gravestones and markers grew fewer. She listened to
the sigh of the wind and the crunching of gravel under her feet.

Would he be
waiting for her?

At
the tipsy top of the hill were two graves. One in which was a Mr. Jeffery
Ketchum and was a gravestone while the other was merely a marker. This spot of
the graveyard was in a thick grove of trees. It was placed specially in honor
of the Ketchum Family. Misty walked
over to the Marker and sat down beside it. It was surrounded in flowers and
letters from friends and family. And hundreds other from admirers. Mr. Jeffery
Ketchum grave was almost as crowded.

She
ran her fingers over the cold words engraved on the stone…

Ashton
Satioshi Ketchum

1986-1999

A True
Master In Heart and Soul. May you Rest In Peace.



Misty let a sigh. How she wished he was still here.

"I'm
sorry, Ash. I should have been there for you. But I forgot you're birthday present.
I couldn't find it. My sisters were no help. When we got to Pallet it was too
late…"

Misty closed her eyes. Her
sisters' mocking words sang in her head,

"He
thinks you gorgeous. He wants to kiss you. He wants to date you; love you; and
marry you."

"They're
all a bunch of Valley Girls." Misty spoke up.

Does he
really? Did he want to?

"Ash…"
Misty said coldly, "Why did you leave?! You were having a perfect life!
Everything was good! I- I- I was gonna…tell you…"

Misty trailed off.

One more day… Just one more day, Lord. I'd do anything
to have one more day with Ash Ketchum…

"But
were you really gone, Ash?" Misty whispered, "You could still be out there
biding your time…"



A snapping sound turned Misty's
head. It came from the dark words behind her. It sounded like a twig breaking.

"Who's
there?!" Misty shouted trying to keep a cool head, "Show yourself!"

Nothing answered her. But Misty could tell what ever it
was, was still there. The hairs on the back of her neck prickled, Misty groped
behind her for a stick or a stone of some sort. She found something long…

"I'm
warning you…" Misty growled, "I'm armed."

Misty thrust the object in front of to find it to be a bouquet of flowers. She
sweat dropped the mother of all sweat drops ,

"It's
the thought that counts." Misty muttered under her breath.

Some muffled snickers came from the bushes a little ways
in front of her. They creased as she approached them.

"Come
out. I know you are there… Whoever you are…" Misty snapped cautiously edging
towards the bushes; her bouquet raised. The bushes rustled and Misty held her
breath…



"Pika?"
A small yellow mouse squeaked after exiting the brush. It tilted it head
slightly sideways and stared at her with it's beady black eyes. Misty let out a
sigh of pure relief. It was only a Pikachu. They were quite common in this area
now. Nothing big…

She threw the bouquet over her shoulder and turned to go.
She watched out of the corner of her eye the pikachu scamper back into the
bushes.

Now why would it do that?

This surprised Misty and got her
thinking…It was awfully strange for a wild pikachu to waltz right up to a
human. Wild Pikachu's were awfully shy and always in a gathered group. That Pikachu was either very strange or very
tame.

Misty slipped into the shadows watching the bush. She
waited in batted breath not really knowing what she was waiting for. But sure
enough, out of the shadows came a figure draped in a black cloak with a Pikachu at it's side. The figure paused
at the grave markers. It reached out a hand a stroked Mr. Jeffery Ketchum name
before rushing down the hill. Whoever this was, was in a great deal of a
hurry. It didn't discover Misty's
hideaway. Misty watched him and as soon as she was surely out of his ear shot
and eye shot, Misty brought out her blue bike and unfolded it. She watched it
get into it's silver mustang at the bottom of the hill with it's pikachu. It
dropped it's hood. From this distance, she could only make out black hair…and
that it was a boy.

The man gunned up his engine and drove away just as Misty
came speeding down hill on her bike. She made a quick turn onto the road and
spun left strait after them. She made sure to keep in the shadows and far
enough away for not to be seen.

"I'm
gonna find out who you are, Mister. And why you were spying on me." Misty
hissed.



To be continued…

Please r + r!

Here are the
lyrics…

Kaze to Issho ni

(In the Company of the Wind)



You keep on walking, where will you go?

You call to the wind, stop calling.



One drum sounds "tanko"

One's life begins

Soon, what will you ask for?

The small palm opens

You immediately discover

You're not the person you think you are.



Celebrate a birthday, hear a flute whistle

It's only their hometown, travel on

Now, what will you ask for?

The large eyes glisten

Deep inside, you know

You're not the person you think you are.



What things did you meet?

What things did you leave?

Think of these when you dream.



You keep on walking, where will you go?

You call to the wind, look to the sky



You keep on walking, where will you go?

Walk again, in the company of the wind



March with confidence until you get to where you're going

Until you finally grab that dream.



March with confidence until you get to where you're going

Until you finally grab that dream.



Those are the
lyrics to Mewtwo Strikes Back but I thought they sort of fit nice with Misty
and her Mom, Sarah.