Pokemon Fan Fiction / Pokemon Fan Fiction ❯ Friend or Foe? ❯ Chapter Seven ( Chapter 7 )

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Chapter Seven

Ash fell to the ground, sobbing. "StopitstopitstopitStop...!" he
screamed as more punches came.

Gary lifted him from the lapels of his jacket." Do you plan on doing
that again?!!"

Ash didn't even know the offense. Gary didn't even tell him.

"What did I do?" he asked weakly.

The question infuriated Gary more. "YOU KNOW FULL WELL WHAT YOU DID!!"

"but you never told.."

A slap cut him off.

"Go ahead, Gary, hit me if it'll make you feel better." Ash said with
a calm voice. Gary stepped back.

"Ash, I.."

"If you're sorry, get help.." Ash begged.

"There's NOTHING wrong with me!!" Gary yelled.

"Prove it, Gary. What are you afraid of?" Gary was silent for a long
time. Ash was starting to get unnerved by it.

The slap seemed to come from nowhere and he took a few steps back to
recoil.

"Go to bed." Gary whispered fiercely, shuddering in anger.

"No, Gary! You broke your promise..you lied to me!"

Gary stepped back, unsure of what to do. "Ash..I'm sorry..I'll try
harder..."

"Thankyou..Gary.." Ash forced himself to say, even though he wanted
to cry.


"No! I'm fine!" Ash argued, "I don't need to stay home!"

"Oh, so you're limping because you're FINE?!" Misty cried, indicating
Ash's legs, which were covered in bruises.

"It's nothing that's going to kill me. Right, Gary?" Ash said
pointedly.

"Right." Gary agreed, though reluctantly, not wanting to risk
breaking his promise to Ash.

See! Now let's go!" Ash said, jumping into the car.

Fortunately, Gary missed the glares the Brock and Misty gave him. He
jumped to his usual seat next to Misty and smiled suavely. The
incident was thrown to the back of his head.

The girl sitting next to him did not forget the past incident and was
looking forward with great anger and consternation in her expression.

"Come on, Misty, what are you waiting for?" Gary asked impatiently.

Brock could already see Misty's temper boiling to the top. He
noticeably cleared his throat.

Misty, who was about to stand up and yell at Gary, took a deep breath
and switched the car to drive. "Everybody OK back there?"

"Yes." Ash and Brock both assented. Some vigor returned to Ash's
voice and she threw the incident to the back of her mind.


"Alright! Misty, disable the explosives! Brock! Look for a way out of
here. Ash! Distract team rocket while I try to go and free
Pikachu!" Gary ordered, as another assault by team rocket had
Been perpetuated.

Everyone glared at him in annoyance because of the fact that Gary was
Being so bossy.

Brock and Misty ran to do their respective tasks while both felt an
uneasy feeling in their stomachs. They could not pinpoint the reason
for the bad vibes, so they ignored it.

Ash ran up to Butch and Cassidy and sent out Pidgeotto, who started
A whirlwind attack. The irate Team, (most notably Cassidy) looked down
and saw the twerp.

Cassidy smiled in triumph as she brought out her newly stolen pokemon,
A Venusaur, and ordered it to solar beam Ash. Ash tried to jump out
Of the way, but the attack hit him in the legs as he fell to the ground
In agony.

Gary quietly ran around Pikachu and he untied him. The pokemon ran
Right towards Ash to see if he was alright.

Even though Ash wasn't nearly at his level, Gary thought to himself,
He was sure that Ash could handle Butch and Cassidy with ease. He
Wasn't too concerned.

Then he heard the scream.


Misty was finished disabling the bomb and Brock was running towards
her.

"I found an entrance! Let's get out of here!" Brock cried.

Misty nodded. "OK, when Gary and Ash get back we can-"

A loud scream pierced the air. Someone was yelling in pain. Misty's
eyes widened in horror. She had heard that scream many times before.

"Ash!" she screamed, running towards the sound. Brock was also
running with her.

Gary ran next to her, followed by Pikachu. "What's going on here?!"
Gary yelled in an irate tone.

"pikapi!" Pikachu yelled pointing.

Gary turned and gasped. Ash was sprawled on the ground. His whole
body shook. "No..! Ash, get up!" Gary yelled. Cassidy was getting
closer, and it made Gary shudder when he saw the look on her face.
Ash tried to get up, but he fell to the ground. Brock ran to Ash
and picked him up.

"Let's go!" Brock yelled to the rest of Gary and Misty who were
standing stupefied.

Gary didn't follow the others. Instead he stood blankly.

"Come on, Gary!" Misty yelled, pulling him back into the car.
Only Gary noticed that she was holding his hand.

Brock placed Ash in the front seat. Gary sighed in annoyance "That's
my seat!" Gary yelled in anger.

"..and..!?" Brock stood up, looking at him eye to eye with a killing
stare. He dared him to say more.

For a moment the two engaged in a battle of wills. Gary looked away
and nothing more was said for the rest of the trip to the hospital.

Ash just looked at his feet quietly. "Idiot." Gary mumbled as he
passed by Ash, still angry for losing face in front of Misty.