Pokemon Fan Fiction / Pokemon Fan Fiction ❯ Crimson Tears ❯ To Cross the Lines? ( Chapter 9 )

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Crimson Tears


James B. Hanchin
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Crimson Tears

Chapter 9- To Cross the Lines?



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.





"Waz sup?"

Misty
nearly jumped a foot in the air. She spun around to face the boy that stood in
the door frame watching her. She hid the suitcase from view.

"You're leaving? Already?" Ash
asked sadly.

"Well, my sisters called…uh…The
gym is in trouble and like always…I need to rescue them…" Misty sighed trying
not to look into Ash's eyes. She knew this would hurt him. Deeply.

She heard
foot falls and looked up to see Ash standing before her,

"Anything I can do to help?"

Misty
smiled,

"No. I've got everything under control-"
She dropped something out of a shirt she was holding. It fell to the floor with
a clatter right at Ash's feet.

Ash looked at it. I seemed to be
some sort of locket with the words 'Forever' engraved into it.

"What's that?" Ash asked as
Misty scrambled over to pick it up.

Misty
plucked it off the ground and placed it next to her heart. She looked up to Ash
and smiled,

"It was my mother's."

Ash looked
taken aback. Before he could apologize she continued,

"My father gave it to me a
little ways before he too d- went away." Misty held back her tears, "It used to
play me and my mother's lullaby…but… but.."

Ash
blinked. Misty opened the locket tenderly. No music played this time. She
looked longingly at the picture in the locket's frame. It was a picture of her
two parents together, holding hands…

Misty
yanked the picture out and put it in her pocket. She flung the locket in the
trash. Ash looked at her shocked,

"It's trash now…I…I broke it
when I was eight out playing with my friends…"

Misty
zipped up her suit case and looked at Ash sadly,

"Goodbye, Master Ash."

And with
that she exited the room. Ash stood frozen staring at the door she had exited
from. He then looked down at the locket in the waste paper basket. He lifted it
out and stared at it sadly,

"Forever? Together forever more
like it…"



"WHAT!"
Gary screamed looking at the phone bewildered, "What do you mean the mouse is
lose?"

"That's
what I said Gary." Lily's anxious whisper came from the other line, "He was riding
your silver mustang. He came home with Misty. Going by the name Aj."

"Stop
talking in code! What do you mean- My car!" Gary screamed again.

He looked out the window and
sure enough there was no car in sight. He let out a deep groan,

"Did
he blow it up?"

"No.
No. The car is fine." Lily laughed, "He seemed to know what he is doing. Gary
give him a chance. He has been in hiding for nearly three years. Can you cut
the kid a break?"

"Someone
could be listening in…Um…"

"Gary
don't change the subject." Lily hissed, "I want you to give Ash a chance."

"Okay.
Okay. But he is still in trouble for stealing my car."



"Mom!"
Ash hissed pulling her into the shadows, "What are you doing here?"

"What
am I doing here? What are you doing here, Mister?!" Delilah scolded, "You are
supposed to be with Gary. Why are you driving his car?"

"And
you are supposed to be living in Goldenrod." Ash snapped.

"I
moved." Mrs. Ketchum protested, "A while ago. Gary needed info on this base…I
came."

"But
we already have Lily!" Ash snapped.

"Yes.
But-" Delilah looked sadly at Ash, "I missed you, Ash. I really did. I'm glad
to know you are alive but…Each day…I can only pray that you will stay that
way."

Ash stared blankly at his mother
and then grinned,

"Awe.
Mom. You don't have to worry bout me. I'm fine."

'Not
counting the fact that he almost died a couple of minutes ago.' Pikachu
snickered jumping onto Ash's shoulder.

"Ash!
Is that true?!" Mrs. Ketchum growled.

"Uh…yeah…"
Ash smiled sheepishly rubbing the back of his neck.

Mrs. Ketchum's face went bright
red,

"Ash!
What happened! I want the whole story this time!"

"Okay.
Okay."



Once they had arrived in
Delilah's nice apartment, Ash began the whole story. It took a while but he
finally was able to tell her every detail…with Pikachu's fill-in. Every part,
except for the time when he and Misty went into the grotto. She didn't need to
know about his slight crush on the red head just yet.

Delilah sipped her tea
thoughtfully and leaned back into the couch,

"Well,
Ash. It looks like we have a problem?"

"What?"
Ash asked.

"Seems
like Misty might have a crush on Aj."

"No."

"Yes."

"No."

"Yes."

"Really?"
Ash asked hopefully.

Delilah let out a sigh of
annoyance,

"Yes.
Ash, I think she deserves to know who you really are."

"But…Mom…I
can't…" Ash whispered, "She would hate me…"

'Better
you telling her then Team Rocket.' Pikachu hissed.

"Pikachu
has a good point." Delilah nodded.

Ash bowed his head looking
depressingly at the floor.

"Ash."
Mrs. Ketchum said softly squeezing his shoulder lightly, "I know this is hard
for you to understand, but Misty's heart won't break as much if you were to
tell her."

Ash didn't look up.

'I
have never asked you to do anything I knew you couldn't do.' Pikachu mimicked Ash's
old saying, 'And you can do this,

Ash.'

"Okay."
Ash breathed.



There was sudden banging sound
as if the door had just hit the ground. Both Ash and Pikachu jumped to their
feet covering over Delilah,

"What's
going on, boys?" She asked nervously.

The door had indeed been blasted
open. Two shadowy figures stood in the smoke,

"Prepare
for trouble…"

"Make
that double."

Cassidy and Butch stepped out of
the smoke and glared at Ash.

"Did
you think you could away from us that easily, Ash?" Cassidy hissed, "If you did
then you are bout as stupid as Jessie and James."

"No
offence." Butch added.

"No,
I didn't think I got away. I just thought that if I waited long enough you pop
again." Ash smiled coolly.

'You
two just can't get enough of this ancient art of butt whoop.' Pikachu smiled.

Cassidy and Butch had no idea
what Pikachu said but they knew it was a insult at the way Ash and Delilah's
face cracked.

Cassidy and Butch looked at each other and nodded. They each
pulled out a pokeball. The Pokeballs enlarged in their hands.

"Now…You
will pay…" Cassidy hissed.



To be continued…

Please r + r!

Hey! Uh oh! This doesn't look good
for Ash…Well…actually…hehehe…What happens…hehehe…ahem…till next time…