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Crimson Tears


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Crimson Tears

Chapter 6- Assassins



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.







The whole forest before then lay in shambles. All that was
left of the beautiful trees that scraped the heavens and the wild life that had
surrounded them for so long…was a baron waste land.

"Oh
my gawd. What happened here?" Misty whispered in shock touching the remains of
one of the tall oaks.

She was shocked to feel it cold.
She took her hand away as if she was burnt. She glanced in Aj's direction to
find he was standing silent as stone looking over the destruction grimly. His
fists clenched tight…A flame lit in his eyes…

Misty backed away slowly…

"Aj?"

He shook his head and then
looked down as the ground.

"This
is all my fault…"

"What?"
Misty gulped.

"I-
I can't…I should of stopped them…"

"Aj…it
wasn't your fault…I'm sure it was a normal cycle of life."

Aj lifted his gaze to her eyes…

"People
died in this fire. People lived on this plain…My Grandparents… Their
graves…They were buried here and…now…We will never…" Aj's voice faltered.

"Aj. I'm so sorry."

Aj kept quiet his eyes firmly
rested upon hers…

"It's
not your fault."



Ash knew they shouldn't be here
any longer. He knew that if they stayed much longer they would be dead meet…

"Uh…Misty.
I think we should go…like…now." Ash whispered.

"What?"
Misty questioned.

"I
mean…You're ready to go home, right?"

"No…Um.
I think if someone did this intentionally we should figure it out…"

"How
about we report it and leave the snooping up to ummmm…the police…." Ash said
nervously.

"But-"

Ash spun around and leapt in
front of Misty just as a black arrow came out of no where. It caught him in the
shoulder. Misty let out a scream of surprise.

"Aj!
Are you okay?!" Misty cried.

Ash yanked to arrow out of his
shoulder and cringed at the pain. Blood began to sweep from the womb. He clutched
it firmly and turned to Misty.

"Go.
Run." He whispered.

He fell to his knees.

"No…
I can't just leave you here like this!" Misty cried.

Ash bit his lip and glared up at
her,

"I
am fine. You can't defend yourself against them. Run while you still can!" Ash
growled.

"I
can too defend!" Misty snapped, "I can
offend too."

"I
believe that."

"What?"

"Nothing."



"Pika?"
A familiar voice said behind them. Ash and Misty turned to see Pikachu running
towards them. He took one look at Ash and sighed,

'Not
again. They are here, aren't they?'

"I
think so, Pikachu." Ash answered.

Misty watched curiously as Ash
had a conversation with the mouse.

'Was
the arrow poisoned?' Pikachu asked a little worried.

"I
don't think so. Luckily. I guess they were just intending it to slow us down…"

'Is
it here yet?'

"Nope.
But-"

There was a loud screech from
above them. Ash and Pikachu both winced.

'Darn
it.' Both Ash and Pikachu hissed in unison.

"What
the heck was that?" Misty gasped looking around to the high pitched wail.

Suddenly a black something flew
inches over Misty's head as Ash pushed her to the ground.

"Ah!
What?!" Misty cried.

"That-
is a mean pokemon." Ash hissed getting off her quickly, "It's new."

'This
time I'm gonna barbecue it!' Pikachu growled.

"And
that worked so well last time." Ash snickered.

Pikachu sent him a death glare.

"I
want some answers!" Misty hissed roughly getting to her knees.

"Get
down!" Ash snapped pushing her back onto her stomach again. She felt something
go right over her again.

'Tell
her, Ash!' Pikachu snapped.

"I
will later!" Ash retorted.

Ash got to his feet and then
fell to his knees again clasping his injury that was still bleeding
heavily. White hot pain surged from it.
Ash let out a groan as his world began to spin slightly.

'Ash!
Don't move so quickly!' Pikachu snapped.

"I
wouldn't if we weren't under attack!" Ash hissed back.

"Guys…"
Misty whispered.

Ash and Pikachu both looked over
to Misty. She was standing up looking at the black bird that was hovering above
them.

"What
is it?" Misty asked worriedly noticing it's sharp talons.

"It's
a Hakei. A bird/dark pokemon." Ash answered her, "It's most famous move is dark
arrow."

Misty blinked…

"That's
why they arrow isn't poisoned…right? Because it's the Hakei's attack?"

"Yep."
Ash groaned.

The Hakei began to glow a dark
shade of purple. Misty looked over to Ash for a explanation to see him and
Pikachu turning pale…

"I
think we better go now." Ash muttered.

'I
quite agree.'



Ash grabbed Misty's wrist and
pulled her along while still grasping his womb which hadn't seemed to be
getting any better.

"Where
are we going?" Misty gasped.

"As
far away as we can from that thing!" Ash shouted .

There was a sound like a huge
explosion and a tree not far away from them shot up in black and purple flames.
Misty let a shriek of surprise and began to speed up.

"Is
the Hakei doing that?" Misty asked.

"Yeah."
Ash answered, "Demon Blast."

"My
gosh!" Misty cried, "That's what destroyed this place."

"Most
likely."

Ash glanced over at Pikachu who
nodded.

"Misty,
I want you to keep running, okay?"

"Why?
You're not gonna try to fight that thing, are you?"

Ash didn't answer her. He kept
his eyes with Pikachu's….now…

Ash
skidded to halt and Pikachu jumped onto his good shoulder. Misty stopped a good
few feet away to watch.

Pikachu climbed up on to his arm as Ash swung up upward.
Pikachu took off a good couple a feet into the air….

"PIKACHU
THUNDER!" Ash screamed up to his
pokemon. The clouds parted as a beam of pure yellow electric energy surrounded
Pikachu. Pikachu let out a wail and the lighting filled the whole sky. Hakei
got struck by one of the bolts and let out anguished cry before plummeting to
the ground. Pikachu landed softly a few
feet in front of Ash.

"Is
it gone?" Misty asked.

"I
think so." Ash sighed.

'I
got that darn thing good!' Pikachu laughed.

There was a another cry and the bird was back up in the
air again. Ash and Pikachu both frowned,

"Dang."

'Man,
I was so close.'



Ash began running again. Misty and Pikachu followed his
example.

"If
we can get to the car we will be home free." Ash whispered to himself.

He began to steer them back to the way they came. The
Hakei was still in hot pursuit. Ash prayed that it wouldn't figure out what he
was up to. They kept running… He heard Misty let out a scream as a blast missed
her by inches.

Ash began to feel
dizzy…How much farther?



"Aj!"
Misty cried as she saw him stagger and fall. She and Pikachu reached his side a
couple of seconds later.

"I'm
okay…Just tried." Ash whispered trying to push himself up but failed.

The Hakei zoomed down strait taking his stumble as a
opportunity. Misty saw this and flung herself on top of Ash. The Hakei clawed
her back at it sweep and then took off again.

Misty bit her bottom lip and fought back the pain as she
got of him. Ash was shocked…

"You-Thank-"

"Thank
me later." Misty sighed glad that she wasn't bleeding bad.

"Awe. How touching." A voice from
the shadows hissed.

Ash cringed,

"Pikachu
please tell me that was you…"

'Nope.'

Ash sat up finally to see the Hakei take a perch on a
familiar wrist.

"Hello,
Cassidy, Butch." Ash snarled.



The two villains emerged from the shadows laughing. One
was a tall sinister-looking blond with
dark purple eyes. She held the Hakei on her white gloved wrist. She was fairly young; maybe in her early twenties.
She had a nice figure. She wore a pale pink earrings. Her outfit was a all black dress that reached her thighs. Her
long legs ended with a pair of white knee high heel boots. A big red R stuck
out on her chest.

The boy was about the same age a bit taller in height.
They still towered a couple of inches above Ash and Misty. The boy had teal blue hair and dark brown
eyes. He wore a outfit very closely resembling James'. Except for it was all
black.

"Hope
you had a good time running. It was definitely hilarious on our part." Cassidy
chuckled.

"You
looked like a bunch of chickens with their heads cut off." Butch added.

They both continued to laugh as Ash eyed them carefully.
They both held pokemon with them. Six a piece…maybe…

"Misty…run…"
Ash hissed.

"But
Aj…"

"Aj?"
Butch asked, "Aj? You changed your name again?"

Misty cast Ash a sideways glance which he tossed aside.

The two double up with laughter again.

"Well,"
Cassidy smiled wiping a tear out of her eye, "at least we know why he needed
Jessie and James' help."

"You
two talk as much as you are stupid!" Ash shouted ignoring Misty's gaze again.

"I
think that was a insult, Cassidy." Butch hissed cracking his knuckles in a
menacing way.

"Yes.
Let me mame him, Butch. He is the cause of our failure so many times."

"So
what are you going to name him? Todd? Justin?" Butch asked.

Cassidy sweat dropped and turned to Butch with a look of
disgust on her face,

"Mame…not
name." Then she added, "Imbecile."

"Go
Misty. Pikachu take her. Get into the car and go." Ash whispered.

"Uh…
but you…"

'He
can take care of himself.' Pikachu interrupted.

Misty looked at Pikachu curiously unable to understand a
word of what he said.

"Go
now." Ash snapped.



"Hey!" Butch shouted as Misty and
Pikachu ran off.

Cassidy eyes turned to ice…

"Go
after them…" She hissed.

Butch nodded and ran into the dark woods after the two.
Cassidy whispered something to her Hakei and tossed him into the air. It took
flight after Butch.

Cassidy glared at the boy in front of her.

"Do
what you want to me, Cassidy. But as you will soon find, if you kill me you
will never find the crimson teardrop." Ash smiled despite his pain.

"And
no one regrets that more then me." Cassidy growled, "You should of left your
friends to us. We wouldn't of hurt them."

"Yes.
As that may be true, I can not be sure you would use them as bait for me to
give you the stone." Ash cocked a brow, "Isn't that so?"

Cassidy chuckled softly, her hard eyes upon his.

"You
hate me so much and for so long, Ash, that you know almost every move I make."

"It
has been six years, hasn't it?" Ash shrugged.

Cassidy was silent again,

"I
see you haven't told your family you were alive…But someone has to know…"
Cassidy smiled, "Is your mom hiding you?"

"I
wouldn't tell you if my life depended
on it." Ash hissed.

"Well
of course. You never were afraid of sacrificing your life… but did you know
that's just another selfish act?"

Ash bit his lip,

"If
it saves a life… It doesn't matter."

"Didn't
your dear father do the same for you?" Cassidy smiled, "Is that why you would
do it so willingly."

Ash got to his feet weakly,

"Shut
up." Ash hissed.

"You
thought for a time that Giovanni was the murderer of your father…I remember it
so well. Really, Giovanni may be bad but he isn't capable of murder… He is
awfully soft…" Cassidy smiled, "He did hate your father though. He probably
wished he could of murdered him…"

Ash closed his eyes. There was a time in his life where he
had hate boiling inside uncontrollably. He tried to kill Giovanni. But Misty
stopped him… He found out it wasn't true… But Ash knew now who killed his
father. And that man was dead now…He killed that man on accident…when he was
trying to kill him…

"My
father is none of your business." Ash hissed. He titled and collapsed to his
knees once more.

"Oh
really?" Cassidy smiled, "Ashton…Poor little Ashton… Did Team Rocket ruin your
perfect life?"

"No."
Ash hissed, "I did that all myself. When I thought you wouldn't attack that
day. It was so obvious you would. Perfect time to catch me off guard."

"Yes,
wasn't it?" Cassidy smiled, "You don't have to worry about your little spies.
Jessie, James, and Meowth had not been revealed of their true colors yet. I
really don't intend to tell Giovanni. Cause if me and Butch do, he will send
his best agents out to kill you while we get to sit back and watch. Me and
Butch want to thrill of killing you ourselves."

"Glad
to hear I am so popular." Ash smirked.

"Killing
you is a great honor, oh chosen one. Although not many know how hard it could be…but
under certain circumstances.." Cassidy looked over to Ash's womb which was
still bleeding, "You could really use a band aid, couldn't you?"

Ash growled at this statement. She neared him looking at
the womb…

"Um.
You've lost a lot of blood. I'm surprised your still alive." Cassidy smiled.

Ash shrugged,

"I
guess I'm lucky."

Cassidy reached grabbed his wrist and pulled him to his
feet. Ash screamed in pain.

"Awe…Did
that hurt?" Cassidy smiled.

Ash glared at her evilly,

"You're
lucky I'm dieing."

"Yes.
I have heard of that remarkable source of power you have." Cassidy grinned.

She grasped his shoulder. Ash let out another wail. She
drew back her palm covered in blood. She smiled.

Ash fell back to his knees clutching his abused shoulder.

"Why
are you tormenting me?!" Ash screamed.

Cassidy ignored him. She smiled down at the blood on her
hand…

"So
this is what it is like. Blood on your hands…" She let out a nasty laugh, "Yes.
I think I should have been a bounty hunter. It seems fun. But…This…This will be
far more fun."

"You aren't being a bounty
hunter." Ash cried, "You're a slaughter. I saw what you and your team did at
Pallet! I knew it wasn't Giovanni's plan! It was yours!"

Cassidy laughed mercilessly,

"You're
right. And…I don't really care about the crimson teardrop any more…I might
never get this chance again. To kill the mighty Ash Ketchum. Cassidy kills
Ashton. I can see it now." Her evil eyes blazed hatred towards Ash, "So … how
should I do it…"

Ash bit his lip as Cassidy came closer to him…



Misty and Pikachu ran as fast as they could through the
thick woods.

"Pikachu!
Are you sure this is the way back?"

'Uh…no…But
you don't need to know that…' Pikachu nodded.

"Good.
I was afraid we were lost."

'We
are.' Pikachu sweat dropped, 'I just hope we get there sooner or later…'

Hakei came out of nowhere and soundlessly dived down
towards Misty. Misty saw it and ducked.
Hakei let out a anger shriek and turned about to attack again.

"Pikachu! We need to do something
other then run!" Misty cried.

'Thinking…thinking…'

Pikachu climbed up
a near by tree and flipped towards the bird. Hakei tried to flap away but
Pikachu grabbed onto the bird that was about the same size of itself.

'You
are going down, turkey!' Pikachu shouted powering up.

Pikachu let lose a volley of electric power into Hakei.
The bird screamed and fell to the ground with Pikachu. They both hit the ground
with a sickening thud.

Pikachu scrambled to it's feet as Misty approached. Hakei
lay eagle spread on the ground…

"Is
it dead?"

'I
dunno.'

There was a scream of anger from behind them. Misty spun
around just to find a knife pressed against her throat,

"That
was Cassidy's special bird!" Butch cried.

"Sorry."
Misty gulped, "I think it's still alive…"

"Shut
up!" Butch hissed, "And maybe I won't kill you."

Pikachu looked confused…It couldn't thunder bolt Butch
without hurting Misty.

'Darn…Revenge
isn't all it's cut out to be…'



Cassidy glared down at Ash and grinned,

"How
shall I do it? Ah." She brought out a pocket knife, "Yes…this will work."

She flipped up the blade and lined it with her finger. Her
finger dripped blood. She smiled and
licked it delicately.

Ash cringed,

"You're
sick…"

"So
glad you noticed." Cassidy smiled holding the knife threatening up to his face.
She pressed the smooth blade against his cheek and smiled,

"Maybe
we can save the same faith for your girlfriend…that is unless Butch hasn't
killed her already." Cassidy withdrew the blade quickly cutting Ash's cheek.

Ash winced as blood dripped slowly from the small cut.

"It
might not be wise to bleed like that, Mr. Ketchum." Cassidy mocked Joy's
friendly draw, "You might run out."

Ash groaned,

"Stop
taunting and kill me." Ash hissed closing his eyes tight, "At least then I
won't have to pretend any more."

"As
you wish." Cassidy grinned preparing to stab him through, "Oh. And…tell Misty I
said hi. She's probably dead now."

Ash heard a faraway scream. He flinched.

"You'll
be with her soon." Cassidy smiled…

"No…."



Misty stepped back as Butch fought desperately against the
Arbok that had come out of nowhere. It coiled around him carefully letting
Misty free. Misty stood at Pikachu side. Butch brought out his pocket knife and
prepared to stab the Arbok but before he could slash it, it disappeared in a flash
of red light.

"Jessie!"
Butch cried, "Show yourself!"

There was no answer.

Butch turned back to Misty. He plucked a pokeball off his
belt and flung it onto the ground. As the red light clouded their vision, Butch
shouted,

"Go Drowzee!
Kill her and that Pikachu!"



Cassidy thrust the knife to Ash's chest. Time slowed…Ash
caught her wrist inches before his chest…

"Wait."
Ash grinned, "I'm not ready to die."

Cassidy pulled away from him, angrily. Ash jolted to his
feet. He whipped the blood of his cheek and grinned,

"You
seem to have forgotten, I have recover…"

His womb was gone. All that was left was dry blood and his
ripped sleeve. Cassidy let out a low hiss that formed a bad word…

"Naughty, naughty." Ash grinned.

"Well,
at least you can't do that all the time." Cassidy grinned, "Recover takes to
much out of you…"

"And
it takes too long…I was counting on your big mouth to spare me time." Ash
smiled massing his shoulder calmly, "It may be the only psychic move I know so
far, but it sure comes in handy."

"I
admit you tricked me, Ashton." Cassidy snapped, "Don't count on it happening
again."

"Oh…
but I do." Ash smiled.

He raised his hands up to the sky. The cloud parted back
as they did for Pikachu. A huge bolt of lighting surrounded him. Cassidy backed
away in terror watching as Ash's amber eyes burned gold.

"Now
let's see how you like being at the end of the knife." Ash yelled.

He thrust his arms out pointing strait at Cassidy. The
lighting followed his direction and knocked Cassidy clear off her feet. She ran
backwards into a nearby tree. There was a smashing sound and Cassidy lay limp.
Ash knew she wasn't dead…He hadn't even barely touched her with anything. He
had just gave her a mighty push…He was too weak to really attack her…

Ash swayed back and forth, the electricity around him
disappeared… His eyes faded back into the amber color they usually were…

"Wow…So
many pikachu…" Ash fell back. He never remembered hitting the ground…he just
blackened out…



To be continued…

Please r + r!

This chapter was
awesome…not so much as the fighting scene later…but pretty cool.