Hey guys, Toadettegirl2012 here, and I'm back with another Holiday Fun fanfic, hooray! Alright it's September which means two things, 1) it's the start Autumn (my favorite season because the trees get all pretty and it's not too hot and not too cold) and 2) Negaishipping Day is in September! Yay! At first I don't know the exact date of Negaishipping day but after a ton of research I was able to figure out that Negaishipping day is on the 23rd of September! And to make things better the episode entitled The Path that Leads to Goodbye! came out in America this week, and it was a perfect Negaishipping episode! Ah, it was just too perfect! I loved it soooo much! And totally recommend all Negaishippers to watch it! So anyway hope you like this fanfic! Enjoy! And HAPPY NEGAISHIPPING DAY! ;3

Fall

By: Toadettegirl2012

(Ninth fanfic in Holiday Fun Collection)

Ages:

Ash:15

Iris:15

Summary: After a heartbreak and Elder, a person Iris loved and held dear to her heart, passes away, her heart is shattered to pieces. When Iris's heart has fallen apart will Ash be able to pick up the pieces mend it back together again? And at the same time tell Iris something he had been meaning to tell her for a long time? 9th fanfic in Holiday Fun Collection!

Chapter one: A Bad Comforter

The cool autumn wind whipped through the air and blew Ash's raven colored bangs into his face. The fifteen year old lifted his hand to his face and brush them away from his eyes. He heaved a sigh as he continued to walk, with his head lowered, down the one of the roads of the Village of Dragons. Being that it was autumn all the trees were sporting deep red, bright orange and golden yellow leaves, which would fall to the ground every time a crisp cool wind would blow by.

It was nice outside, it wasn't too hot or too cold and the sun was shown through the few clouds that drifted in the sky. A few of the colorful leaves that had fallen from the trees littered the ground and with each step that Ash took that nice crunch, crunch, crunch sound was made. Even though the day was rather nice there weren't many people or dragon type Pokémon outside like there normally should be, and it was because of the tragedy that had happened here recently. For the few people that were out they all wore sad expressions on their faces and their dragon type Pokémon looked just as crestfallen.

"I can't believe it…"

Ash looked up to see two people one girl and one boy walking towards him. The boy looked about seven or eight while the girl looked like his older sister and looked about eleven or so.

"I-I ca-can't believe she's gone…" the little boy whimpered, as he hugged a Gible close to his chest, "E-Elder…s-she's gone…" the little boy stopped walking as tears started to drip from his eyes

"Oh, lil' bro," the older girl said bending down to her brother's level, "it's okay don't cry…big boys like you don't cry!"

"I-I…know," the boy sniffled as the tears started to come down harder, "b-but I-'m just so sad…E-Elder…she's dead!"

Ash could see the sad look on the older girl's face deepen, "I know you sad…everyone in the village is sad that Elder's gone…"

"Gib…gible gib…" the small purple dragon type in the little boy's arms said, it also looked sad.

"W-Why did Elder h-have to g-go?" the boy cried, "ev-everyone loved h-her…w-why d-did she have to le-leave us?"

"Lil' bro, mom told you already…i-it was just Elder's time to leave…t-that's all," the older sister pulled her younger brother into a hug, "…b-but even though Elder is gone…doesn't mean well forget about her, right?"

The little brother pulled away from his older sister, "R-Right…mommy said w-we can always re-remember all t-the ni-nice things she did for everyone i-in the Village of Dragons…" he wiped the tears from his cheeks.

The older girl smiled, "That's right all you have do remember all the nice things she did, like she gave you Gible for you birthday last year, remember that?" the big sister asked patting the Gible's head

"Gible gib!" the Gible added

"So…even though Elder's gone doesn't mean she's gone from our memory. We'll always remember Elder and hold her close to our hearts," the sister said

The boy sniffled, "Y-Yeah…I-I guess…"

"Gib! Gible gib!" the dragon type said with a small smile as it licked the little boy on the cheek.

"Gible!" the little boy giggled as the sad expression on his face was replaced by a smile.

The older sister also smiled, "That's right little bro, chin up everything will be okay. And tell you what, how about when we get home we go and bake some cookies?"

"Cookies, really?" the little one asked, her older sister nodded, "Hooray cookies! Come on Gible let's race home!"

"Gible, gib!" the Gible said leaping from the little boy's arms and starting to run.

The boy was so excited that he didn't even see Ash and bummed right into him.

"Oh, I'm sorry I didn't-Hey, I know you!" the little boy exclaimed as he point to Ash

"Little bro, how many times have I told you not to point, it's rude!" the older sister said as she batted her little brother's pointing finger from the air

"I know, but it's one of those guys that are with Iris," the girl's little brother said, he looked at Ash, "you are one of Iris's friends, right?"

Ash nodded, "Uh, yeah I'm one of her friends,"

"Oh goodie!" the boy reached into his pocket and pulled out a folded up piece of paper he held it out to Ash, "here, this is a card I made for Iris to help her feel better. You know…n-now that Elder's gone…"

Ash took the folded piece of paper, "Don't worry I'll make sure it gets to Iris safely,"

The little boy smiled, "Thank you-"

"Gib, gible gib gib!" called the boy's Gible who was far up the road, it was waving it's hands and had a mischievous smile on it's face, as if to remind the little boy that they were still racing.

"Hey! Gible, no fair you got a head start!" the little boy started to run to catch up with his Pokémon

"Hey lil' bro!" the sister called after the boy and the Pokémon, she turned to run after them but before she did she looked at Ash and said, "an also along with my brother's card, please tell Iris Best Wishes and to feel better so,"

"Sure no problem," the raven haired teen said

"Thanks a bunch!" the girl started running, "lil' bro wait up!" she called to the boy and the Pokémon that were way ahead of her.

Ash began walking again as he did so he unfolded the piece of paper the boy had given him. On the front was a crayon drawn Gible, it had an a smile on his face and it was saying "Please feel better" in it's hand was an iris flower.

The picture made Ash chuckle, "Yeah…I really hope this card does make Iris feel better…" he folded it back up and placed it into his pocket.

Today marked a week of Elder's death. She had left PokeEarth due to her old age of 97. Her loss had left a big the Village of Dragons with a big empty space, a space that couldn't be easily filled. And just the fact that Elder was dead…it hit the citizens and Pokémon of the Village of Dragons hard. For some of the village's citizens it hit them way to hard, one of them happened to be Iris.

'Iris,' Ash thought with a frown as he thought back to how his violet haired friend had taken the horrible news of Elder's death

(Flashback)

Ash peered over the top of the book he was reading to steal a glance at the dark skinned 15 year old that sat on the bed across from him. She was smiling and humming to herself while doing this she was taking all three of her yellow hair ties out of her hair. With each one she removed her dark violet hair tumbled down her back, each lock landing perfectly in place.

'She's so beautiful…' Ash thought dreamily, as he watched as Iris pulled out a brush and started to run it through her lovely hair, 'then i-if you love her so much…why c-can you man up enough to tell her how you feel about her?' the thought made his cheeks glow a red color.

(TG2012: I decided to put the thoughts in bold so you can read them better and pick them out from the italics)

Suddenly the dragon loving girl's humming stopped. She looked up from brushing her hair and as if she knew that he was looking at her Iris turned and looked in his direction. Ash gasped softly before darting his amber eyes back down to the book in his hands.

A second later he heard Iris's giggle, "Sorry Ash, is my humming distracting you from your reading?"

"Huh, oh no…yo-your humming not b-bothering me one bit," Ash said from behind his book, he glanced up again to see that Iris was smiling that beautiful smile of hers, he was so memorized by her beauty that he found himself saying, "actually your humming's really pretty Iris"

The second the words left his mouth Ash felt his face flare up with blush, 'Damn it! Please don't tell me I just said that out loud! That was only supposed to be in my head!' Ash thought as he mentally kicked himself for being so stupid and allowing himself to say something like that out loud.

But luckily his comment made the dark skinned teen giggle again, "That's nice of you to say Ash," Iris said, as she continued to brush her violet hair, "maybe I should hum more often,"

"Sure!...I-I mean…I uh…if you want to…I-I guess…" Ash let his voice trail off; he realized if he kept talking he'd just make a bigger fool of himself in front of her than he already was. He kept his red face hidden behind the book he was "reading".

"Hey, Iris," Cilan said walking into the Pokémon Center room they were staying at, "Nurse Joy told me you have a call in the video phone room, "it's from the Village of Dragons,"

Iris looked up from brushing her long violet hair, "The Village of Dragons?" she repeated.

"Yeah," Cilan confirmed

"Huh, I wasn't expecting a call or anything," Iris said as she set her brush down and got up from her bed, "but who cares, it's always nice to get a call from home," the purple haired teen headed for the door.

As she did so Ash peeked over the top of his book again, he felt his heart pound and his cheeks burn as he watched her. With each step she took her long, shiny violet hair, now that they were free from their yellow hair ties, bounced and swayed beautifully. When Iris walked by the bed Ash was sitting on the delicate aroma of her Love Spell body lotion (TG2012: made by Victoria Secret, so all rights to them and stuff :3) that she always used, tickled his nose. Ash couldn't help himself; he inhaled the lovely scent and smiled to himself.

"I'll be right back guys," Iris said as slipped out of the room.

The second the dragon loving teen had left Ash flopped onto his back and exhaled, 'Her lotion…mmmm it smells so good…'Ash thought dreamily as the book he had been holding slipped from his hand and fell to the floor.

"You really like the smell of that lotion Iris uses, don't you Ash," Cilan said as he looked down at his raven haired friend, he had that goofy grin on his face and his cheeks were all red, "what is that stuff called again?"

"Love Spell," Ash said his voice making him sound like his head was in the clouds

"Love Spell, huh?" Cilan said with a chuckle, "well it looks like it's working on you Ash; you're totally under that lotion spell,"

"Cilan!" Ash snapped as he sat up, he glared at the chuckling connoisseur

"Oh come on Ash, how long are you going to keep this secret from Iris?" the green haired connoisseur asked

Ash sighed, "I don't know,"

"Ash you've had this crush on Iris for the longest time now," Cilan said, he was the only one who knew about the feeling Ash had towards their purple haired friend, "are you ever just going to tell Iris you love her?"

"I would…but it's just that…i-it's so hard for me to just…you know...tell her," Ash answered as he remembered how nervous he'd become when he'd try to talk to Iris. His face would get all red, his hands would sweat and his stomach would jump and flip flop so much that he would was afraid that he would throw up at times, "And b-besides…I don't think it would b-be a good idea to co-confess to Iris right now...e-especially because of what happened last week,"

Cilan frowned, "Yeah…you're probably right,"

Last week a big heart break had happen to Iris. It had involved the one person Ash had a large hatred for. Trip. Just the sound of the blond teen's name made Ash's blood boil. This is because prior to last week it just so happened that three months ago that blond scumbag had started flirting with the beautiful dragon loving girl and Iris had fallen for it. So for 3 months Iris had been with Trip, it was torture for Ash to see his rival flirting and holding hands with the one he wanted so badly.

Ash hated it and wanted to be with Iris so badly that he actually started to think up things that could make Trip look bad. But no matter how hard he tried to tell Iris the lies he had thought up to get her to leave Trip he just couldn't do it. Despite how much Ash loved Iris and wanted her to be with him he couldn't bring himself to tell her the lies because he didn't want to ruin her happiness. The raven haired teen had seen how happy Iris would be when she was with Trip, she would always be smiling and laughing and Ash just didn't have the heart to ruin that for the beautiful violet haired teen. So he said nothing and suffered through the 3 months of seeing his crush with his rival.

It was the most horrible 3 months of Ash's life but thankfully watching Iris being with Trip all came to a halt which Iris caught Trip cheating on her! What was supposed to be a walk to the park to meet up with Trip turned into a huge heartbreak when Iris spotted Trip under an oak tree, one that they had spent time picking out together, having an all-out make out session with no other than Iris's rival, Dragon Buster Georgia! Ash had never remembered seeing Iris so mad and never thought someone as pretty as her could swear like a sailor and call Trip so many horrible names, damn Iris really let Trip have it!

But it was when Iris was yelling at the blond teen and asking why he was doing this to her, Trip's only response was an evil smirk and a laugh, that's when he brought the hammer down. It turned out that Trip wasn't in love with Iris and the only reason he had been with her for 3 months was because he was helping Georgia. Georgia had a constant losing strike when it came to battling Iris. The Dragon Buster finally had enough of losing to the dragon trainer, so Trip decided to help the Dragon Buster out by dating Iris. But not because he loved her it was just so that he could get in on the dragon loving girl's battle tactics for Georgia, who was his girlfriend and who he had actually dating the entire time! And as if the heartbreak wasn't bad enough Trip and Georgia called Iris ugly, an idiot and other horrible names as she sunk to her knees and sobbed.

Later that day Ash had gone to comfort Iris, knowing that this may be his big chance to tell Iris how he felt towards her, but that's not how it turned out. Ash was just so happy that Trip wasn't with his crush anymore that all he could do was well…bad mouth the guy.

"I knew it! I knew Trip was a scumbag!" Ash remembered himself saying to Iris, "you shouldn't have dated him Iris, didn't I say that? All he did was mess with your feelings; I mean the whole idea of dating Trip was just plain stupid!"

Even though it took the raven haired teen about thirty seconds to say that comment, it only took Iris less than ten seconds to react to it. He remembered how the purple haired beauty was yelling and screaming and throwing things at him, it was horrible. Her heart was already shattered and had been stomped on and Ash's comment had only made her feel worse.

"You know you aren't the best at comforting people," Cilan said, pulling the raven haired teen from his thoughts.

"Yeah, I know," Ash said with a sigh, "and after the whole Trip thing I doubt Iris will be interested in dating any one anytime soon…especially me,"

"Don't worry Ash, you'll get Iris someday," Cilan said, then he laughed slightly, "well as soon as you man up and work up the courage to tell her how you feel about her,"

"Cilan!" Ash said, he hated when the connoisseur said that to him, "I told you a thousand times I'll tell Iris when I'm ready to-"

But he was cut off when Iris burst into the room. Her dark chocolate brown eyes, they were full of tears and sadness, she was breathing hard as if she had just ran for miles and miles and tears flowed down her cheeks like a river.

"Iris a-are you okay?" Cilan asked, his eyes wide with shock at the teen's appearance

"Yeah wh-what's the matter? W-Why are you crying," Ash wondered

Iris stood there for a moment holding her head in her hands, her violet hair tangled around her fingers. The dark skinned girl sounded like she was hyperventilating somewhat.

"No, no, no, no! It can't be true! This just can't be happening to me!" Iris cried from between shaky breaths as tears continued to pour down her cheeks

"Iris what's the matter?" Cilan asked

This comment only made the violet haired teen cover her face with her hands and cry harder, "It just can't be true! It can't, it can' it just can't!"

"Iris slow down, we don't understand," Ash said, "just calm down and tell us-"

But Ash didn't get to finish his sentence as Iris pulled herself up onto his bed, came over and threw her arms around his neck and buried her face in his chest.

This made Ash freeze and his face flare up with blush, 'Oh Mew…I-I never be-been this close to I-Irisbefore,' he thought as his heart thudded in his chest, 'and s-she's crying…wh-what do I-I do?'

"Sh-she's...she's gone!" Iris sobbed, her voice muffled by Ash's shirt, "she's gone, she's gone! Wh-why did she ha-have t-to leave m-me!"

"Who's gone, Iris?" the connoisseur asked.

The violet haired girl cried for a bit longer before answering, "E-Elder…s-she's…she's gone!"

"Iris…" Ash managed to stammer, "we…we don't understand…w-what do you mean Elder's gone…" but he let his voice trail off as a horrible thought sunk into his brain, "…w-wait Iris…are yo-you saying…E-Elder's…dead?"

Iris just responded with loud sobbing.

Both Ash and Cilan looked up at each other in shock.

"Ash do something!" Cilan mouthed to the raven haired teen

Ash blinked his amber eyes, "What…what should I do?" he mouthed back

"Comfort her!" the green haired connoisseur mouthed back

"I can't!" Ash responded still mouthing his words as Iris continued to cry, her hot tears soaking his shirt, "you said it yourself, I'm no good at comforting people!"

Cilan rolled his eyes, "Well…you have to!" he mouthed

"But…I-I don't know what to say!" the raven haired teen mouthed back, he was starting to panic

Cilan threw his arms in the air, "I don't know," he mouthed, "just say something! Anything!"

Ash looked down at the beautiful violet haired teen he held in his arms, he gulped before saying, "Iris…I-I uh…"

Slowly she lifted her head to look up at him. Ash could feel his heart pounding a thousand miles a minute, as her big chocolate brown eyes, glistening with tears, stared at him.

"I…I-I uh…" Ash stammered, he could feel his face burning.

'Ugh, come on Ash say something!' his brain screamed, 'you have to comfort her! Besides this may beyou're the chance you've been waiting for to tell her how you feel about her!'

Ash took a small breath, "Um…I-Iris…m'sorry about Elder...I-I uh…" he could feel his brain starting to go blank. He knew he couldn't stop now, he was doing so well, so the raven haired teen went with his gut and said the first thing that popped into his head, "I-I really don't know what t-to say Iris but…E-Elder was o-old and all…s-so she was bound to die sooner o-or later,"

The second those words left his mouth Ash realized how much of a bad move that was.

'Oh please don't tell me I said that out loud,'Ash thought as he felt his heart plummet into his stomach, making it feel like a bowling ball had hit him.

The raven haired teen glanced up at Cilan, in hopes of some help, but the connoisseur just stared at him. His mouth hanging open and his green eyes wide with shock. Ash then looked down at Iris, he cringed, her face was full of shock and surprise at what he had just said, but it was her dark brown eyes that sent fear in his heart. Her eyes, they were full of rage!

"I-Iris please, no I-I di-didn't mean that! I swear!" Ash cried as she pulled away from him, "I-I just wasn't th-thinking I-"

"ASH! YOUR SUCH A FREAKIN' LITTLE KID!" Iris screamed before bringing her fist down hard on Ash's jaw.

(End Flashback)

"Man…I really do suck at comforting people," Ash murmured to himself as he rubbed his jaw which, after three days of being painfully puffy, finally swelled down to a purplish bruise.

"Hey Ash, how did battle practice go?" Ash looked up to see Iris's friend Shanna, she was at her mailbox getting her mail

"It went fine," Ash responded as he started to walk up the path that lead to Shanna's house, "by the way thanks again for letting Iris, Cilan and I stay at your house, while were here at the Village of Dragons,"

"Oh, you welcome," the fifteen year old brunette responded with a smile, "normally if you were here you'd be staying at Elder's house with Iris but..." she let out a sigh, "you know…"

Ash just nodded as they both enetered the house.

"Hey, guys lunch is almost ready," Cilan said, poking his head out of the kitchen.

"I'll go set the table," Shanna offered, but as she headed towards the kitchen she turned to Ash and asked, "oh…and um…Ash could you go and get Iris,"

Ash glanced over towards the stairs that lead upstairs, where his purple haired crush was, "Sure...er um…b-besides um an-another gift came for her,"

The raven haired teen started up the stairs, and then goes down the hall and stopped at in front of the door Iris was behind. Ash took a breath and reached into his pocket and pulled out the card the little boy had given him. He released the air as he looked at the smiling Gible on the card; he looked up at the door that separated him from the violet haired beauty. Biting his lip, to calm his nerves, Ash lifted his hand and knocked on the door.

There was a bit of silence before a small voice said, "…Who is it?"

Ash smiled at the voice of Iris, "Um…i-it's me Ash. Er…w-would it be alright i-if I come in?"

There was more silence from behind the door before he heard, "…Y-yeah…you can c-come in…"

Ash gripped the handle, opened the door and walked in. He blinked at the scene before him. Wadded up tissues littered the floor, a mini mountain of empty tissue boxes were stashed in a corner of the room. Sitting on the night stand were a small pile of used dishes, and on the bed laid a figure.

Tucked around the figure were wrinkled bed sheets and scattered here and there were rumpled, tear stained pillows. Near the head board, three pillows were huddled together. Resting on them was a head surrounded by locks of dark purple hair. Ash knew it was Iris.

"Um…I-Iris?" Ash asked as he softly closed the door behind him.

"…W-what do you want," snapped a small muffled voice.

Ash shifted on his feet for a moment, "Um…Cilan said l-lunch is almost ready so-"

"I'm not hungry," Iris said from beneath the blankets

"Oh come on, Iris, you must be hungry," Ash said with a small smile, "you haven't eaten anything since dinner last night-"

"I said I'm not hungry!" the violet haired teen repeated. One of her hands emerged from under the blankets and reached for one of the pillows on the bed and hurled it in the raven haired teen's direction.

Even though Iris wasn't looking the pillow came right at Ash, he quickly lifted his hand and blocked the pillow from hitting him square in the face.

"Okay, s-sorry Iris…I-I didn't mean to bother you," Ash stammered as he backed towards the door. He knew better and deiced it be best and not get Iris mad, besides he knew she could throw things a lot heavier than a pillow when she was upset, "I'll just leave you alone then-"

"Ash," Iris's small voice said

"Um…yeah, Iris?" Ash asked as he reached for the door handle.

"…I-It's okay…" he heard her sniffle a bit, "you don't have to go…"

"A-are you sure," Ash asked with slight nervousness, "I-I don't want to make you mad,"

"Don't worry…I'm not mad," the violet haired teen said as she slowly sat up.

Ash was taken aback slightly at his crushes appearance. Her lovely dark violet hair wasn't in it's normal pigtail style instead it was free from it's yellow hair ties and was loose down her back. The hair was frizzled and tangled and locks of the dark colored hair dropped over Iris's face. Iris's dark brown eyes, they were blood shot red and slightly puffy from crying and the tip of her nose was bright cheek red. The violet haired teen's dark complexion seemed a bit paler than usual; and her cheeks were tear-stained just like the pillows around her. Snuggled around her shoulders was her precious purple blanket with the image of Haxours using Draco Meter on it, a special gift that Elder had given Iris on her fifth birthday.

(TG2012: and yes, it's the same blanket from the last Holiday Fun story, Sick on a Starry Night, I thought it be a nice touch to add to this story)

Ash just stared at Iris, not knowing what to say. Silence hung between them for a moment before Iris gave a faint laugh, "…Yeah I-I know Ash…I l-look terrible…don't I?"

Ash rubbed the back of his head and sweatdropped, "Oh…um no, y-you don't look that bad I uh…"

The raven haired teen let his voice trial off as Iris pulled herself from under all the blankets and sat on top of them, with only her special Haxours blanket still draped around her shoulders. Ash felt his face redden at the sight of what his violet haired crush was wearing. The funeral for Elder had been two days ago, but Iris was still wearing the dress she had worn to the sad event, and even though it was a bit wrinkled Ash still thought she look beautiful in it.

The dress she was in was made out of material that was colored onyx black and was light and flowly. Ash still remembered that it came down to her ankles and whenever Iris walked around in the dress, the material would dance and sway beautifully. The straps of the dress were made out of the same light and flowly material as the rest of the black dress; they crossed over each other in the back and rested nicely on her shoulders. The front part of the dress was a v neck that came down low and showed a bit of the dark skinned girl's bust. Ash felt his heart pound in his chest and his face burn as he stared at that area.

"Um…Ash?" Iris suddenly said

"Yeah," Ash said, he was totally unaware that his crush was watching him

"Ash, my eyes are up here, you know that, right?" Iris said rolling her aching red eyes

"Huh…wha-…I-I uh?!" Ash stammered as he snapped his amber brown eyes from Iris's cleavage to her face, "Oh…I-I didn't me-mean to look there, no I-I uh…I mean I was-"

"Oh Ash stop being such a little kid all the time," Iris said as she pulled her blanket around her body more and covered her chest. She gave a small smile to her raven haired friend, but her smile only lasted a few seconds before it returned to the frown she had been wearing all week long.

"What's that?" Iris asked after a bit of silence hung between them for a moment, she pointed to the card Ash held in his hand.

"Oh, this?" Ash asked as he remembered the card he was holding, he looked down at it for a moment before holding it out to his violet haired crush, "it's just another gift that came in for you,"

The violet haired teen scooted forward and took the card Ash was holding out to her.

"It's from some little boy that lives here in the village," Ash informs as Iris's brown eyes look down at the smiling Gible with the iris flower in it's hand, "oh, and his older sister told me to tell you Best Wishes and all…"

Iris just nodded as she looked at the cover of the handmade copy paper card for a few more seconds before she opened it.

"What does it say?" Ash asked, trying to start up a real conversation with the violet haired teen.

Iris didn't answer right away; she blinked a few times before saying in a soft voice, "Elder m-maybe gone. But sh-she'll never leave your memories," she stopped to sniffle a bit, "…s-so just ke-keep thinking about her…," Iris whimpered a little, her eyes were starting to become glassy and her voice started shaking, "…a-and…ev-everything will g-get….be-better…" tears started to seep from her eyes and he lip started to quiver, "F-Fell be-better soon…a-and Best W-Wishes…" her last few words were slurred as tears rushed down her cheeks and the card slipped from her hands as she covered her face and began to cry.

'Oh great, now look what you did!' Ash thought as he watched Iris cry, watching her do this action sent a sinking feeling into his heart, 'well don't just stand there looking like an idiot! Do something to make her feel better!'

"Iris...uh, come on do-don't cry," Ash stammered, even though he knew that sounded really lame. Iris just ignored him and continued to cry in her hands, "I-I'm sorry…th-that c-card didn't make y-you feel any better I-Iris,"

Through her tears the violet haired teen still managed to stammer, "I-It's okay…i-it's n-not…your fa-fault…" she wiped her brown eyes.

Seeing her slightly running nose Ash grabbed one of the unopened tissue boxes, opened it, and handed it to her.

"…T-Thank you…" Iris said taking a few of the tissue and drying her tears and wiping her nose. She sniffled and took a shaky breath before continuing, "…m'sorry….A-Ash I j-just h-hate cr-crying…in front of people…i-it makes me feel like su-such a little k-kid…" she blew her nose loudly.

"No, you don't have to be sorry Iris, I understand," Ash said with a small smile, "besides everyone cries once and a while,"

Iris took another tissue and wiped her nose, "I know…b-but I just wi-wish I-I had a sho-shoulder to cry on and had someone to comfort me," Iris whimpered as more tears dripped from her eyes, "…I-I wish T-Trip ha-hadn't left me…"

Ash felt his stomach tighten at the sound of the blond teen's name, "Iris, you need to just forget about Trip,"

Iris sniffled and fiddle with the tissue in her hand, "I-I know b-but…I still can't believe he l-left me for G-Georgia,"

Ash rolled his eyes and chuckled a little, "Oh come on Iris, you should of known a guy like Trip would pull something like that,"

The violet haired teen's brown eyes narrowed a bit, "Well I'm sorry that I didn't think Trip would do that to me, Ash," her voice sounding slightly annoyed, but then she just sighed, "I-I'd tried calling him…in h-hopes of just talking to him and maybe asking if h-he would take me b-back…b-but he didn't pick up-"

"That's because he doesn't care about you, Iris," Ash interrupted, he hated it when his purple haired crush talked about getting back together with Trip, it always made his blood boil, "all he did was use you for three months. He just got into your head and messed with your feelings, Iris! And then he just trampled on your heart-"

"Ash! Ugh, just SHUT UP!" Iris suddenly yelled, she reached for one of the plates on the night stand and chucked it at the raven haired teen.

Ash had to make a nose dive for the floor to keep it from hitting him in the head. It hit the hardwood floor of the room with a loud crashing sound and shattered into small fragments.

"I know, you didn't like it when Trip and I were dating and all, but do you have to keep reminding me how much of a jerk he was to me?!" Iris screamed as tears came flowing form her brown eyes again, "It's bad enough that I fell in love with him and then he broke my heart, but it makes it even worse when you keep reminding me about it!"

"No I-Iris wait th-that's not what I-I meant by that," Ash stammered as he scrambled to his feet,"

"I-I don't c-care, Ash!" Iris yelled, her voice was shaking from her tears but at the same time was full of rage, "Tr-Trip l-left me for th-that G-Georgia g-girl…a-and n-now…E-Elder…s-she's left m-me to!" the violet haired teen was overcome by tears again and covered her face with her hands, "…E-Elder was t-the only per-person…I-I could always g-go b-back to a-and no-not ha-have t-to wo-worry about w-what she thought a-about me! I lo-loved E-Elder more than an-anyone…I-I k-know, a-and now s-she's been ripped a-away from me,"

By now Iris was sobbing uncontrollably and her whole body was shaking.

The raven haired teen stood there feeling awkward and not knowing what to do for a moment before saying, "Iris…I-I uh know y-you miss Elder but I-"

"…You d-don't get i-it do yo-you A-Ash," Iris interrupted as she scrubbed her tears from her face, "d-do you un-understand…how i-it feels to h-have the most important p-person to b-be taken a-away f-from you?"

"W-Well…n-no…" Ash answered

"We-Well… if you want to kn-know… i-it feels l-like your hearts been shattered i-into a million pieces and th-then burned to a p-pile of ashes…" Iris made a whimpering sound, "…a-and I hate having t-that fe-feeling…i-it's the worst feeling I-I've ever f-felt in my l-life…" her lip quivered as tears started to fall from her eyes again she sniffled, before saying in a soft voice, "…a-all I want…i-is someone t-that I-I can c-cuddle and that could co-comfort me a-and allow me to cry on their s-shoulder…"

Iris started crying loudly. Ash just stood there not knowing what to do. His mind was buzzing with thoughts.

'She wants someone to comfort her!' Ash's brain thought, 'you could do that! No, in fact you can comfort her and tell her how you feel about her at the same time! You can totally kill two birds with one stone!'

Ash smiled to himself, his brain was right! It makes perfect sense to comfort a girl and tell her how you feel, when she's at her lowest! It was just perfect.

"Um…I-Iris I know I-I probably don't understand how you're f-feeling right now…" Ash began slowly, "a-and with Elder gone a-and Trip having left you I know you probably feel like crap,"

The violet haired teen slowly lifted her head from her hands. Her big brown eyes blinked at him, she looked at him with a gleam of curiosity in her eyes.

'That's it, keep going! It's totally working!' Ash thought happily

He could feel his cheeks redden, "A-And I um…I-I know someone t-that could make y-you feel a wh-whole lot better I-Iris,"

"W-who?" Iris asked as she grabbed another tissue to wipe the tears from her face, "Who d-do you know…that c-can help me feel b-better Ash?"

Ash could feel his heart pound in his chest, 'This is it…this is your big chance don't blow it!'

Taking a small breath Ash stammered, "W-well…t-this person's so-someone you know w-well a-and um…" Ash let his voice trail off as his mid just went completely blank!

'No, no, no! This can't be happening now!' Ash thought worriedly, 'this always happens when you're trying to tell Iris your feelings towards her!'

"And what, Ash?" Iris's voice snapped the raven haired teen from his thoughts

"Um…I-I a-and uh…" Ash stammered, he could feel his face burn and his heart pound faster and faster.

'No…no don't panic! You've gotten this far, so just wrap it up and say something! Anything!' Ash thought

The raven haired teen swallowed hard, "Well y-you see…um t-this person and w-well ma-make you feel better and um…might even take the place Elder left in your heart…n-now that's she's dead-"

"WHAT?!" Iris yelled, her voice angry and her brown eyes ablaze with rage, "take the place of Elder?! NO! No one can ever replace Elder!" tears of anger rushed down her cheeks.

Ash blinked, "Oh, n-no I-Iris th-that's not what I meant! I swear!" he realized what he had said had been an insult, "I-Iris p-please don't g-get mad! W-What I said just c-came out wrong-"

But it was too late, the damage had already been done and now his violet haired crush was pissed off at him, again!

"GETOUTGETOUTGETOUTGETOUT!" Iris yelled over and over as she grabbed random objects and started to throw them at him.

"Iris…I-I'm s-sorry!" the raven haired teen cried as he dodged a plate that was flung at him; it hit the floor and shattered.

"I-I don't care i-if you sorry!" Iris screamed, she threw a pillow and then an empty tissue box in his direction, "just get the hell out!"

"Okay, okay I'm going-offgh," one of Iris shoes she had thrown had hit him in the back of the head, as he made a dash for the door.

He was just able to slip out of the room just as a mug came hurdling towards him. Ash cringed as he heard it hit the other side of the door and smash on contact.

"You did it again, didn't you?" Ash looked up to see Cilan and Shanna coming down the hallway.

Ash frowned at the connoisseur's comment, "Shut up Cilan,"

"Oh no…she's crying again…" Shanna said as a worried look came over her face at the sound of her childhood friend's loud weeping that could be heard from the other side of the door, "I better go in there and try to get Iris to calm down," the brunette slipped into the room and closed the door behind her.

"No offense, Ash but you really need to stop trying to comfort Iris," Cilan said, "comforting people, uh doesn't seem to your strong suit. And all you end up doing is making Iris um, cry,"

"I didn't mean to make Iris cry," Ash said, he sighed the sound of Iris's crying was now making him feel really guilty…it was the same feeling he would get all the other times he had made her cry.

"I know you have good intensions and all Ash, but…ah I know," Cilan said snapping his fingers, "all you need is a comforting lesson from an Emotion connoisseur, like myself!

Ash looked up at his friend, "You're an Emotion connoisseur? How is that even possible?"

Cilan just rolled his eyes, "Ash, don't you know, it's scientifically proven that when one can understand someone's emotions it'll be easier for them to comfort-"

"Cilan…I'm really not in the mood for one of your lectures," Ash said, his head was lowered and his eyes were hidden behind his black bangs, "I-I just…really want to be alone right now,"

Before the connoisseur could say anything the raven haired teen stormed down the hall and into the room Shanna had allowed him and Cilan to share.

'Ugh! How stupid can I be?!' Ash thought angrily as he slammed the door shut and then rested his back against it, ' "this person can take the place Elder let in your heart now that she's dead?!" UGH! WHY DID YOU SAY THAT?! All that did was get Iris pissed off at you! AGAIN!"

Ash pushed himself off the door and started to pace angrily around the room.

"Ugh, for the love of Arceus!" he said to himself as anger for being so stupid bubbled inside of him. The raven haired teen approached a pile of clothes that rested on the floor, "why do you have to be so freaking STUPID?!"

Ash let his anger out on the pile of clothes kicked the pile as hard as he possibly could. But instead of a satisfying release of anger there was a loud *thwack* sound and a large pain greeted the raven haired teen's foot.

"OW! Ugh…son of a bit-…ugh…biscuit!" Ash shouted as he grabbed his throbbing foot and hopped around before falling over onto his butt, "my foot…ugh, what was that?"

Wanting to know the answer to his question Ash crawled over to the scattered mess of clothes and pushed them aside. He blinked as he realized what he had kicked. Sitting in the mess of clothes was a black guitar case.

Hope you liked the first part!

BYE: Toadettegirl2012

PS: please review before going on to chapter 2 :3

Chapter edited: 9/24/13