Pokemon Fan Fiction / Pokemon Fan Fiction ❯ Crimson Tears ❯ A Different Side ( Chapter 3 )

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Crimson Tears


James B. Hanchin
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Crimson Tears

Chapter 3- A Different Side



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



"Ash!
Stop!" Delilah shouted as her six year old child launched himself at her. His
eyes were glowing red. All she had said was that she wanted to know where he
put the Crimson stone. He was going nuts. Mrs. Ketchum leapt on top of the
coffee table while Ash tumbled across
the floor after missing her.

"Ash!
I demand you stop this nonsense right now!" Mrs. Ketchum cried.

Ash stood up not even dazed. He glared at her his eyes
still that crimson red.

"You're
not Ash, are you?" Delilah gulped.

He smiled and turned. He did a couple of impressive back
flips into the air landing up right on the coffee table.

"No.
I am not." Ash smirked.

"How
did you…What…" Delilah fainted…



"Tobi mawaru kodomo-tachi" The boy sang to himself, "Fushigi sou ni
nagameru koneko-tachi mo ga. Daremo ga waratte. Tell me! Can you feel it or you
can't?

(Translation: Fly in a circle,
Children. Even the kittens are gazing at something mysterious. Everybody's
laughing. Tell me! Can you feel it or you can't?)

"Don't give up! Turn around! Close your eyes and tell me how you feel!
Give me something real!

(No translation needed)

"Yes you can do it! Love warrior fight for your love!"

(Ditto)

"Chotto shita asobi demo... Tsuminonai uso demo... Sonna omoi de ni...
Kokoro ga uzuku yo...

(Translation: It was a little
game, but… It was a harmless lie, but… As a result of that thought… My heart is
aching.)

Pikachu poked up from the back
seat and stared at the human sadly as he sang the song. He was singing for…her…

"Doko kara ka waite kuru yuuki to kibou de. Obore sou ni natteru kimi o
tasuke ni. Dare ni mo shinjite moraenai donna ni. Nagai michi o aruite mayou
koto naku susundemo." The boy stopped for a minute and turned to pikachu,

(Translation: From where rises
and comes, the courage I'd need. To save you from drowning? Anyone who believes
they can't give it all, will be lost before they've even set foot on the path.)

"Dare no tame demo nai... Jibun to no tatakai o itsu made mo. Ato modori
wa dekinai yo ima kara ja. Makeru wake ni wa ikanai yo! Kaeru koto no dekinai
unmei daki shime chaou yo.

(Translation: It's not for
someone else's sake… But with myself I eternally battle. I can't turn back, not
now or ever. I can't accept defeat! It can't be changed, I must accept my
destiny.)

"Sabishii sutoorii hitori de
sagashite. Kimi ni chika zuku isshun yume miteru. Doko made tsuzuku no ka
wakaranai yozora o. Futari de habataki mai agaritai." The young continued to
sing as he turned back to the road. Pikachu still looked sadly at him as he
said the words not in a song but as words themselves,

(Translation: A lonely story,
alone I search. Dreaming of the moment we met. I don't know where I'm going,
only the night sky does. I wish we could fly to the sky with a fluttering
dance.)

"Hitotsubu no namida ga kawaku koro. Toki ga karami au. Kurayami ga sotto
me o tsuburi. Hisoya ka ni mamori tsuzuketeru. Kimi ga iru dakara warai koko de
namida suru.

(Translation: My single tear
dries. Time becomes involved. The darkness is gentle, I close my eyes.
Secretly, I continue to protect you. You're here, so I'll smile, though I'm
really crying.)

"Kimi dake no atsui sekai tsuyoku tsukami mamoru. Kimi ga iru dakara ai shitai
hanarenai. Kimi dake no atsui sekai tsuyoku dare yori mo. Kaeru koto no dekinai
unmei zutto daki shime chaou." He finished and let out a sigh.

(Translation: Only for you, I
will grasp and protect this world. You are here, so the love I want is near.
The world is for you, more then anybody. It can never be changed. I must accept
my destiny.)



Pikachu looked at the boy in the
driver's seat. It had been a long day.
Ash had been a fool. He wanted to see Misty. He hadn't seen her for a long
time. He was to be kept hidden in till the coast was clear again. He already
ran into his mom last year. That gave her quite a fright. And then Cassidy and
Butch knew he was alive. Now Ash did it again. Last time it was to go catch
some pokemon…This time it was to see Misty… Gary was his usual self telling him
it wouldn't be safe. So early in the morning, Ash and Pikachu got up and stole
Gary's car.

Pikachu usual wouldn't allow Ash
to leave but this time… Pikachu had to agree. Ash had missed his friends so
much. Gary kept in touch with Lily so they could find out more about the rocket
head quarters near there. But… Lily also kept a daily up to date on how misty
was doing for Ash's sake. He knew she had disappeared last night and he knew
where she would go.

Ash was alive. Ash shivered at
the thought at what happened three years ago. He had just hung up on Brock….

There was a huge explosion like a rocket going off. I
remember the smell of smoke. Our fire alarm system went off. Mom rushed in with
Pikachu. She told me to run. I didn't understand. Gun shots…

"Run
Ash!" Delilah cried, "They'll kill you!"

I obeyed. I took off with Pikachu at me heel. He knew
where to take me. I didn't. I spoke to pikachu…

"Pikachu,
what's going on?"

'Team
Rocket is here. They are gonna kill you, Ash. They want you and the Crimson
Teardrop.'

I remember being startled and then not feeling anything at
all. Everything was a blur. People were dieing… Screaming for help… I wanted to
help them…I couldn't feel anything I just was there watching. Pikachu was
screaming for me to come back but… I wouldn't listen… or did I not hear him?

I was walking…with my head towards the ground…not really
going anywhere…Like in a trace…a…a man came up to me and told me to drop before
he shot me…I looked up at him…He recognized me…I…I remember him talking into
his walkie-talkie,

"We
found him. Radio Giovanni! We got him. He don't look that dangerous."

I lifted my hand…something made me do it… I shot a volley
of lighting force at his walkie-talkie making it turn to dust…

I spoke to him… I can't remember what I was doing…

"Ato
modori wa dekinai yo ima kara ja. Makeru wake ni wa ikanai yo! Kaeru koto no
dekinai unmei daki shime chaou yo." I whispered to him. My eyes burned…I knew
what was wrong…It was the stone again. It was controlling me… It did this only
when it felt it was in danger…only then I didn't have powers…

That stone was not good for anyone to have…Even with
me…But Team Rocket didn't know what it did…But this one would soon find out..

"You're
using the stone…" He gulped.

"No…The
stone is using him." The words just popped out. I couldn't stop them. How could
I stop this?!

I pointed at him this time…He ran… I was gonna kill him…It
happened so suddenly… How could I stop?!…I had to think… I had to gain
control…Someone say my name!… May. She screamed. I dropped to my knees. I could
move again…

I ran towards the scream. I had to stop this. It was my
fault. They wanted the Crimson Teardrop.
I felt it in my pocket to make sure it was okay…

"No
more using me." I hissed to it. That stone was alive…It could hear…

I ran over… Gary's mom was lying lifeless on the
ground…No…She can't be… Then May… They pointed the gun at her… I jumped in the
way… I remember terrible pain and then blackness…



Ash shuttered. He woke up at least two days later
with Gary at his side. It was then that Gary told Ash he could never go
anywhere. He couldn't see his mom or anyone again. Gary told him that he and May were found in front of the old
Grocery store by Jessie and James. They had saved there lives. They were
supposed to search for survivors and kill them and if any was Ash they were to
tell Giovanni. But Jessie, James, and Meowth were too kind hearted. They saved
him and May that night. May had only fainted
but Ash had a severe womb on his side from the gun shot. Gary didn't know if
Ash would make it. But he did. As for Gary. He was at his Gym that day and was
supposed to get to Ash's party late. As soon as he heard of the raid he
immediately worried for his mother, May, and Ash. He couldn't get into Pallet but he got a unusual phone call that
informed him that Ash and May were fine and being treated at a small clinic in
New Bark. Professor Elm was told to
keep Ash's secret, secret. But it wasn't really a problem. He didn't really pay
any attention to them at all.

Jessie and James had a Nurse Joy who was also swore to secrecy and she
helped doctor May and Ash back to heath. Gary smuggled Ash back into Viridian
were he had stayed ever since. Pikachu had arrived a couple days later at
Gary's Gym hearing that Ash was here. Pikachu was so surprised to see him
alive. And Ash thought equal for Pikachu. He thought Pikachu had been killed.
It was a touching reunion. Ash and
Pikachu stayed in hiding together. Watching and waiting for a sign Team Rocket
had been disbanded. Sometimes sneaking out to deflect some of their plans
anyway.

That's how Cassidy and Butch knew he was alive. He had been seen by them. They never told Giovanni. Only few of
the Team Rocket members knew. But this made Gary's job so much harder. He had
to make a special hiding place beneath the floor boards with a stash of food,
blankets, clothing, supplies, and Ash's back pack still full of stuff he had on
his pokemon journey. This included his pokemon.

There was a secret escape there, that was in case any found his hideaway.
That's how he got out tonight. He opened the grate that lead outside and
slipped through without Gary's detection. Ash did this a lot…



Ash let out a deep groan after
looking into his rear view mirror.

"She's
tailing us, Pikachu."

Pikachu looked worried.

'You
have to change direction. She can't
know where you are going.'

"Too
late. This is a one way road… Strait through Saffron, Celadon and then to
Viridian. Man. Aren't main roads so convent. Proves right were you're headed."

'You
stop in Saffron and turn to Cerulean.' Pikachu offered.

"No.
I'm not gonna drive right past Team Rocket head quarters!" Ash snapped.

'Well,
first put you're hood up. So she won't recognize you.'

"Yeah,
like she would recognize me after three years."

'
Maybe not on first glance, but she'll catch on.'

Ash muttered under his breath on
how stupid and pointless it was before lifting his hood up.

"How bout I
make her stop following us?"

'How
will ya do that?' Pikachu asked.

"Pull
over and tell her to bug off. Simple as that."

'Why
do I feel that isn't going to work?'

"Maybe.
Cause I already did it once?" Ash suggested wearily.

'Yeah.
That's it.'

"What
is it with her and following people?"

'Maybe
it's a girl thing.'

They both shrugged.



To be continued…

Please r + r!

Oh. And that thing up there. The
flash back. When he said all that stuff in Japanese. What he really said was…

I can't turn back, not now not ever.
I can not accept defeat! It can't be changed, I must accept my destiny.

Some eerie set of words if I must say
so myself.

And the song he was singing was Toi et
Moi or You and
Me