9 Fateful Months
Chapter One: The Red Test
Disclaimer:
I do not own pokemon, Misty, Ash, Brock, Pikachu or any other characters that appear in the show, hell, I don't even think I own the characters I made up. If I did own pokemon, I would be livin it up in Beverly Hills or something, but I don't! I do however own this fic, and I don't mind if ppl copy stuff or ideas from it, just remember, its ok to borrow, just so long as you improve on the original.
This Fic is a Romance story about Ash and Misty, but it has a nice twist to it, read on and find out, and if you don't like pokemon and u read this, please refrain from sending hate mail, cuz its really childish! Also, your contribution to this fic is also appreciated, if u think something is good, bad or needs improvement, just send me an e-mail, u can even send me ur ideas, cuz I still haven't thought up of most of the fic!
Enjoy
Xx Kusanagi xX
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"One makes mistakes; that is life. But it is never a mistake to have loved" - Romain RollandMisty sat upright on her bed in the small room, rocking back and forth while biting her nails furiously. On the table next to her, there was a small kit filled with various little containers and liquids. Misty slowly leant forward and picked up a small vial of fluid.
"You can do this Misty" she told herself while shaking furiously. Slowly she took the dropper out of the container, and dropped one single drop of the liquid into a small tub filled with yellow liquid.
"Please be blue, please don't be red, please be blue!" She repeated to herself, as she began to chew her nails faster and faster. The liquid swirled around for a while, and as each second passed, Misty's expression seemed to get worse and worse. Finally when it seemed misty was about to die of anxiety, the colour began to change.
Misty said nothing, time seemed to stop, and nothing else seemed to matter now.
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It had been two weeks, two weeks since that evening. Everything changed then. It is amazing how in a few hours, your life can be turned upside down completely, and whether you like it or not, things are changed for good, and there is no going back, no taking back what happened, and the more you try to, the harder life gets.
"Charmander, use your fire breath attack!" the trainer shouted as her pokemon leaped forward, opened its mouth and spat fire out at its opponent.
"Pikachu, use your…………." Ash stopped mid-sentence, only to witness the tiny yellow pokemon get engulfed by the flames.
"Ha ha, looks like your Pikachu is out for the count!" the female trainer smirked as Pikachu fell down to the floor, slightly charred. "Charmander, return!" she said as her pokeball shot a tiny red beam out and sucked the pokemon back into its place.
"Oh well, that's too bad…" Ash trailed off before he finished his sentence. "Here, take your money and go" he said to the girl before turning around, picking Pikachu up in his arms and walking off.
Brock, who quietly sad on the sidelines drooling over the other trainer in her school uniform, quickly focused his attention to his friend, who now walked away with his head staring at the ground. "Something is wrong with ash" Brock quietly said to himself before running after Ash.
"Hey Ash, wait up!" he shouted. "Ash, we need to talk"
"About what Brock, she won the battle fair and square." Ash said without any emotion in his voice.
"The pokemon center is nearby, we should stop off and see how Misty is doing, and while were there we can get little Pikachu fixed up" Brock said looking at Ash with concern.
The pokemon center wasn't very far off, but walking with Ash looking so miserable made the walk seem twice as long as it was. When they got inside, Ash walked up to the counter and gave Pikachu to the chansey on duty while explaining to nurse joy about the battle. He slowly returned to the bench and sat down next to Brock. He was too preoccupied to even notice Brock was not trying to chat up nurse Joy.
"Ash, something is seriously wrong. You have been acting funny for days now. We really need to talk," he said to ash, like a big brother would talk to his younger sibling.
"Really Brock, there is nothing wrong" ash lied without even flinching.
"Ash, that Charmander that nearly turned Pikachu into today's special was way weaker that Pikachu. You easily could have beaten her, but instead you stuttered and left Pikachu without help, and when you lost, you didn't even argue with her, no talk of how that was unfair, or how you had gotten no sleep, you just gave up and walked away." Brock told Ash with a lot of concern in his voice.
"Brock, this is something I need to deal with myself, I'm no longer the child who you met in Pewter city, I don't need you, I don't need my pokemon, and I don't need Misty!" Ash began to shout as he made a fist.
"Ash, you are 16, you cant do this all by yourself, we are all here to help you." Brock pleaded
"NO, your wrong, I don't need you or anyone else!" Ash shouted as he got up and ran up the flight of stairs.
The floor where they were staying was quite high up in the pokemon center. There was an elevator to take, but ash decided to run up the stairs to relieve some of his anger, knocking a few people over as he sprinted up the stairs. Finally he reached the 9th floor, and he stopped running. He slowly made his way down the dimly lit corridor towards their rooms. He stopped outside room 37.
"Misty" he said quietly as he reached for the door handle, but pulled away just before touching it. "No"
Instead he walked one room down, and unlocked it with his keys. He opened the door, and the smell of clean sheets and flowers filled his nose. The pokemon center staff always kept the rooms tidy, and put fresh flowers in vases for the people staying at the center. The room wasn't big, but it wasn't small. It had a bed, a television, a closet a table and a bookshelf. Ash walked towards the bed, and collapsed onto it. It wasn't long before the tears came, and he cried, he cried until he thought he couldn't cry any more, but still more tears came.
"Misty *sob*, I'm so sorry, I just wanted to make you happy." he said before drifting off to sleep, only to be tortured by his nightmares and fears.
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Misty awoke to the sound of sobbing. She slowly rose from the bed and stretched her arms. She looked around her room, there were streaks of light shining through the curtains covering the window, and then she saw it, the kit lying on the floor, the tubes broken and shattered. The reality suddenly snapped back, and she remembered what she did earlier that day. She put her hands on her cheek and felt her skin, she felt the dried tears on her face.
She got out of the bed and walked over to the wall, she could hear sobbing coming from the other side of the wall.
"Ash" she said quietly as she pressed her body against the wall. "why did this have to happen"
******* FLASHBACK*******
The evening was great. Perfect warm temperature. The party looked as though it was a huge success. The garden outside the mansion was spectacular. There were lights illuminating the garden and the lawn, tables with chairs were placed around, moody music was playing and the atmosphere was incredible.
Around one table, Ash, Misty, Brock, Sabrina and Marlene were seated. Brock seemed to be interested in chatting to both Marlene and Sabrina, but couldn't make up his mind about which one to talk to, se he eventually left to go and talk to the officer Jenny who was in charge of security.
"So Misty, im so glad you could make it, I was worried you wouldn't get the invitation in time" Marlene said to Misty
"Yeah, so am I, this is amazing! I couldn't believe my eyes when you invited is to stay at your house for a few days, and on your birthday too!" Misty said with excitement.
"You are more than welcome to stay for longer if you want to, this house is so big, company is always pleasant!" Marlene told Misty.
"We would love to, but Ash here is on his way back to pallet town to see his mother, and I can't just leave him and Brock, could I" Misty said while looking at Ash. "Right Ash?"
She waited for a response from Ash, but he seemed to be staring at her without saying a word.
"Ash?" she said with curiosity "ASH, would you stop staring at me!"
"What? Oh, sorry Mist" he said with complete sincerity, this seemed to calm Misty down a lot. Secretly she was glad he was staring at her, ever since the day they had met, she secretly had been in love with him. She gave a smile before turning back to Marlene and Sabrina.
"So, how long have you to been going out?" Marlene asked as she winked her eye at Misty.
"What, us? You gotta be kidding, Ash and I have never gone out!" She said as she spat out the reply. Ash winced slightly when he heard this, but misty took no notice.
"Would the madam and her friends care for some whine" a waiter asked as he passed the table holding out a tray with champagne on it.
"Thank you Francis, that would be lovely" Marlene said as she took a few glasses off of the tray and placed them before her friends.
"Marlene, we really shouldn't be drinking whine" Misty protested
"Oh come on Misty, a little whine wont hurt us, now where did that cute friend of yours disappear to?" Marlene said
"You mean Brock?!" Ash and Misty said simultaneously
"Gimme that whine Marlene, at this rate ill need a lot more whine!" Misty said, shocked to hear that a girl actually wanted to chase Brock, and not the other way around.
******* End of Flashback********
Misty sat quietly pressed against the wall listening to Ash cry himself to sleep, like he had done for the past few evenings. Just as she was about to cry herself to sleep as well, she heard Ash say something that put a little light into her soul.
"Misty *sob*, I'm so sorry, I just wanted to make you happy."
She looked back at the kit that lay on the floor. The label read "Home Pregnancy Test". She looked down at the spilled liquid on the flood, and then sighed.
"Why did it have to be red?"
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Authors Incoherent Babbling
What has Ash Ketchum gone and done now? I'm pretty sure most of u have the general idea of what happened. There is lots more to come, hopefully I should have all the first three chapters out soon, school is a complete dog! Between watching anime and doing work, there isn't too much time to write fics, but I will prevail!
Keep on reading and reviewing ppl, much more AAMR (Ash And Misty Romance) to come, so enjoy!
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