Pokemon Fan Fiction / Pokemon Fan Fiction ❯ Crimson Tears ❯ Confessions ( Chapter 11 )

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Crimson Tears


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Crimson Tears

Chapter 11- Confessions



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 Satoshi 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 sat at a small wooden desk he had convinced Gary to
get for him. It wasn't much…But it was a flat surface. So there he sat using a
small source of light from his flash
light. He worked on something…small clicks and scuffles for a new tool filled
the air. Pikachu watched from a distance. He had been doing this for days…

Ash put
down his little wrench and smiled,

"There. All done."

Pikachu
jumped onto his shoulder. He looked down at what ever he was working on…

'Does it work?'

Ash lifted the
lid of the locket…a soft sound of music filled the air…

"Perfect." Ash smiled, "Wasn't
in that bad of condition actually."

Pikachu
smiled as it's ears twitched to the music…

'What are you going to about
your tear…' Pikachu asked suddenly.

Ash shook his
head,

"It's inside a girl's heart…"

He shut the
locket…



Ash heard voices…Did he die? He
gradually opened his eyes. The whole place was a blur. But slowly a face above
him swam into view.

"Hiya
Ash!"

Ash jumped up suddenly almost
falling off the bed he was on,

"Richie?!
I thought…But you…"

Richie smiled,

"I
thought the same thing about you. Why didn't you keep in touch?"

Ash blinked again. The room
before him sank in. He must have been in some kind of pokemon center. His gaze
trailed back to Richie. It was true that three years had been a long time.
Richie was a whole lot taller now. He still had the goofy looking hat…although
Ash had to admit he still had his.
Richie's eyes were a deeper green now but his face had stayed pretty much the
same. He still looked remarkably like Ash did. His brown hair was a bit shorter
but not by much. And unlike Ash, he still had hat hair.

His clothing was simple. A green
shirt with a dark green vest over it. A master ball was sewn on the right corner of the vest. He had baggy forest
green pants and the same black tennis.

Ash bit his lip,

"I'm
sorry, Richie…"

He felt arms wrap about him. Ash
blinked. Richie hugged him,

"I
don't care, Ash." Richie said as he pulled apart, "I just glad you didn't die
for real."

Tears shown in his eyes. Ash
tried hard to hide his own. They hugged again. The best friends had be united…



"To
Butch."

The glasses rose. Cassidy kept
her face hidden. She left the funeral and special awards ceremony. Butch had
died in honor of Team Rocket…But Cassidy knew what had really happened. She
could bare the truth. She pushed past the people running out of the head
quarters to fresh air. She let out a deep breath of sadness.

"I'm
sorry."

Cassidy spun about to see
Jessie, James, and Meowth standing a bit father away from her. All of them had
looks of pity in their eyes.

"Cassidy,
maybe…maybe this was a sign." Jessie tried again holding out her hand to her.

Cassidy pulled away.

"Please
Cassidy. We are only trying to help."

Cassidy let out cold sneer.

"Traitors!
You should be happy I don't turn you in like the low lives you are!" Cassidy
screamed, "You talk of help? You are just as bad as him!"

"Cassidy…You
know…and I know…Ash didn't hold that sword…" James said somberly, "Ash wouldn't
of let Butch die. Butch died protecting good. He only wanted to live the right
way again. You can too, Cassidy. It isn't too late."

"DON'T
YOU DARE TALK TO ME ABOUT WHAT BUTCH THOUGHT!" Cassidy wailed, "DON'T YOU DARE
TELL ME WHAT BUTCH FELT. BUTCH AND ME HAD BIG PLANS!"

Jessie and James backed up while
Meowth sat still watching.

"What
plans?" Meowth asked bravely.

There was a cold silence
lingering before the group. Cassidy turned away,

"I
am going to finish what we set out to do."

James grabbed her wrist,

"Please
Cassidy. Don't! Butch wouldn't want-"

She smacked him sharply in the
face. James let go; rubbing his cheek sorely,

"Get
away from me," Cassidy said, her face dangerously nearing his, "You are nothing
more then Ash's pets. And I will be sure to strike that murderer down so hard
that-no. I will kill his girl. That way, he'll be worse then dead."

She sent out Drowsee. They all
flinched,

"Teleport."

And then she was gone.

James looked over at Jessie,

"I
would suggest we warn the twerp."

"She
wouldn't of told us if she didn't want Ash to know…She is gonna somehow lead
the two of them into a death trap…" Jessie hissed thoughtfully.

"Or
maybe…maybe she is gonna get dat red stone." Meowth pondered.

They both looked down at him,

"Well
that was their plan at the beginning. She is probably force the location of the
stone out of Ash…"

"With
Misty?"

"Maybe…"



Ash walked slowly out into the
lobby with Richie's help. He was immediately attacked by several people.
Pikachu and Sparky leapt on top of him licking his cheek happily while Delia
pulled him into a bear hug. Everyone else stood around him laughing and
talking.

Ash blinked…He smiled…



Ash sat down on the couch his
mother still having his arms wrapped about him. Pikachu sat on his other side.

"You
don't have to worry about any one knowing you are hear Ash." Brock spoke up
suddenly, "This is Pewter gym's pokemon center. Only the gym leader hear can
use it. And since that is my dad…"

Ash smiled,

"Brock-
I must of gave you a shock back there…What happened?"

Brock sighed,

"Well,
you are lucky I caught on so quickly. I almost ran over you on your mom. I
managed to smuggle you in here and…then…Joy here had a bit of antidote."

A young pink haired girl behind
him smiled and nodded,

"Pleasure
to meet you, Mr. Ketchum. A real honor."

Ash flushed.

He looked about at all the
people around him. His Mom, Brock, Richie, Tracey, Sparky, Pikachu, Gary…

Ash flinched,

"So
Ashy Boy. We have something to discuss here, don't we?" Gary said through
gritted teeth, "Like why you felt you could steal my car and leave it in
Cerulean?"

Ash blushed a deeper red. He
shifted uneasily in his seat,

"Sorry
Gary." Ash muttered. He couldn't bring himself to look Gary in the eye.

"Well,
explain." Gary sighed, "What happened tonight. Delia was able to fill us in for
everything before she got knocked out. How did you get that poison in you? How
did you escape?"

Ash was silent. He knew he would
have force himself to tell them some time about Butch…

"I-
I-" Ash muttered, "I just ran."

Tracey smiled,

"Come
on. I don't think it matters now Gary. I mean he is alive and well. We can all
go back to our normal-"

"Wait."
Ash said pleadingly, "There is something you have to know."

All eyes fell back on Ash.

"I
don't think we will ever be safe again…for two reasons."

Delia looked at her son
sadly…She knew what one of the reasons were.

"In
my family…we…we have the crimson tear."

There were a few audile gasps.
Joy dropped a tray of stuff to the floor.

Ash bit his lip before
continuing,

"Team
Rocket attacked Pallet that day to get it... and me. I know they won't get the
stone any time soon…but…More and more people are finding out I am alive. Soon
everyone will know I am and then there will be problems." Ash muttered, "With
you guys knowing I have brought you into danger. They can use you to get to me.
They too don't want to news of me to slip out…"

There was a deadly silence till
Tracey spoke,

"What's
the second reason."

"…Butch
died protecting me…and now…no doubt…I am on several peoples hit lists."



Ash found out later he had been
out for several days. They wouldn't let him leave the center. They wanted to
make sure he would be healthy before they put him back under Gary's protection.
Ash looked out the pokemon gym's window. It was cool in here. It reminded him
of his training days. He gazed over at the gym's interior once more. It still
looked like a rocky mountain side. He sighed. He looked out at the stars again.

"Hey.
Twerp."

Ash spun around to addressed in
such a fashion. Out of the ceiling , came three figures dressed all in black.
Ash smiled,

"Hey
Team Rocket."

Jessie and James pulled down
their hoods to revel their faces. They looked exactly as the did before except a bit taller and James was a
more built.

Meowth had trouble getting his
hood off. He ran about in circles as the sock like mask suffocated him. James
and Jessie rolled their eyes. They yanked it off him just as Meowth fell to the
floor in exhaustion.

"Thanks."
He gave weak reply.

Ash grinned and shook his head
sadly,

"I
am sure you aren't just here to give me a good laugh."

"No.
And we weren't here to make a fool of ourselves either." Jessie snarled giving
Meowth the evil eye.

"Ash.
We…We care about you." said James
finally, "And we don't want you to get hurt."

"You
are da only real friend we gots." Meowth whispered.

"And…we
want warn you but…" Jessie looked over him sadly, "We can't."

"Cause
we know what you will do." James sighed.

"You're
like our pesky little brother." added Jessie, "And…as much as we hate to admit
it, we really don't want you to die."

Ash looked at the suspiciously,

"What
is up?"

"Cassidy
is gonna kill you Ash." Jessie moaned, "But she is one unhappy camper."

"She
is after Misty." Meowth muttered weakly.

Ash blinked. His eyes alit into
angry flames,

"She
what?!"



"Ash,
you can't go alone." James shouted after Ash had grabbed his stuff and started
heading up the trail towards Cerulean.

"I
am not going alone. I have Pikachu." Ash called back.

Jessie and James caught up to
him and pulled him back,

"Now
listen, Ash." Jessie hissed, "We have seen what you and you pikachu can do. And
we agree, you are far more powerful then before. But we have seen what
Cassidy's rage can do. She will kill you and Misty. She will kill everyone you
love."

"She
has no powers." Ash laughed.

"She
has the Golden Glove of Herutte." James said quietly, "She just needs the
stone-"

"She
won't trick me this time!" Ash hissed.

"You
need to take someone with you. At least…"

"I'll
go." A voice behind them called.

They all jumped and spun to
face…



"Richie?"

"I'm
a Master too." Richie smiled touching his two finger tips together. Electricity
flowed through them.

"Unlike
you, Ash. I really got the position of Lighting. Shortly after you left."
Richie smiled, "There is a spot that you really deserve that they didn't let
have before. If we make it though this…I'll make sure they recognize you for
who you are."

Ash blushed again,

"Thanks
Rich."



It took them awhile but they
finally reached Cerulean. Ash stared sadly at the gym that loomed over them. It
was night once more. No one was out. Ash stared at the door of the gym and then
turned to Richie,

"I
can't do this. I've changed my mind."

"Go."
Richie smiled encouragingly, "You have to."



Misty walked down stairs just to
run into Lily.

"Misty…I
have something important to tell you."

Misty looked at Lily blankly,

"What
is it?"

"It's
about Aj…"

"What?"

"Misty…"

Misty turned to see Aj standing
by the door looking pale. Lily looked
at him surprised and then turned back to Misty.

"What
is this?" Misty asked; looking at Lily and then back to Aj, "Are you dating
him?"

Ash and Lily both fell over.

"No."
Lily barked, "Of course not."

"Then
what is it?"

"Misty,
Ash isn't dead." Aj whispered.

Misty looked over at him in
surprise,

"He
isn't? Then were is he?"

Aj reached into his pocket and
placed a red and white base ball cap on his head. He flipped it backwards
casually. Aj smiled and waved,

"Hi
Misty. I'm back."

Misty turned a pale ghostly
white and then fainted…

To be continued…

Please r + r!

Yes! And so Misty found out. Everyone
happy? Of course not. Misty fainted…The next chapter is a bit sad. I warn ya.