Hey! This is my first EVER Fanfic! This story is mostly suspense and action with a side of romance and comedy. Well comedy top my standars (sigh) But this story is placed while Ash is in the Honnen Region. So this has May, Max and Brock instead of Misty. But She'll be in later with all the others too! If your wondering age Ash is most likely 15, May 13 Max 7 and Brock 19; seriously i dont even know what Max's age is in the anime so im going out on a limb there, ^ ^. Oh and if you really like the 4th movie....hopegfully this will catch your interest! Oh and I don't own Pokemon...if I did....I wouldn't be writing thid lol! It was dawn. In the distance, a orange glow spread threw the town below, making it sparkle and glisten from the morning dew. The people in the town were soon waking to the welcoming light, heading for their jobs or exciting events laid out for them that day. Some Pigdey's scattered themsleves across the park, picking and eating at the little bugs hidden beneath the ground. High above from the pokemon, On a thick branch of an oak tree, sat a shadowed figure, drumming his hands against the bark. He had been watching the building some yards away scince night fall; going over plans and actions that would take place soon that day. In truth he was not happy about his little assignment. A Stake Out? A Robbery? This was child's play to him, a waste of time. But this was his punishment for screwing up two years ago. He used was one of the most feared members of Team Rocket. His body was in top phyical condition; muscle highlighted through his uniform. He also wore a hard looking mask over his face at all times. Though his real name was unknown to all the members except the boss, he got use to using the nick name the others gave him when they thought he wasn't listening; in fact he like his nick name: The Iron Mask Mauradar. Though his looks weren't the only thing to fear. He could catch or steal any Pokemon his heart disired, and at any cost. Sheding blood was one thing that he actually enjoyed doing on his missions. and then with his invention of the "Dark Balls"- balls that turn any pokemon caught within it to reach it's full potential of power; while also turning the thing evil. Yes, he was unstoppable. He could of had it all. He could of even been the leader of Team Rocket instead of Giovanni. No, he could have controlled this world, and all the Pokemon in it. All this was just waiting for him, all he needed was the power, and he heard of a Pokemon that could give him this exactly. Celebi; A winged green fairy pokemon with the power of time travel. He had heard rumors of one that watched over a forest far away from a pokemon hunter. It was his time at last. He found the Celebi. But unfortunatley he was not alone. The Pokemon had four children following it. A boy with brown hair and eyes that wore and old white t-shirt and baggy green pants. It was an old fashion. Then there was a red-headed girl, with a togepi in her arms, and an older boy, with spikey black hair and slited eyes. The fourth child, The masked figure thought back angerily,was the reason for his misfortune. It was a boy, with messing black hair and ember eyes. Oh his shoulder sat a Pikachu, that proved to be very powerful. He succeeded in capturing the Celebi, only to lose it again to that boy and his friends. But he didn't give up. with one last effort he grabbed the legendary pokemon and tried to take off on his jet pack. But that cursed boy grabbed on to him before he could get away. High up in the air he tried to kick the boy off, but the brat called on his pikachu and it destroyed his only way of ecsape. He fell to the ground hard while the little fairy pokemon save the boy with pyschic. Not only was he injured and humiliated, to put a cherry on top of his misfortune he was captured and sent to jail where he just recently had escape. The Boss, though furious with him, decided to give him his job back. Only he had to give up his title and rank and start all over again at Team Rocket; meaning to give up his mask and going by his real name: Vicious. With that quick short order, Vicious's repect and power were strip from him. Now he was just a expendable creature within the organiziation. And it's all that cursed boy's Fault. Vicious grounded his teeth. Just thinking about that brat makes him want to brake something. But he couldn't dare draw attention to himself; not yet anyway. So he sat there, the wind blowing through the branches and his dark brown hair. His pittless black eyes gave there attention back to the target at hand. But even as he concentrated, one thought always lingered inside his mind; filling his confidence back up within him. One day, Vicious thought, reaching his hand out to a nearby branch, I'll regain my title at Team Rocket. And when I do nothing will stop me. Not Giovanni......and not that stupid cursed boy. He gripped the branch tightly in his palm. And some day, He and that boy's path will cross again, and when it does........ Vicious started to squeeze the thick branch tighter until it snapped in two. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ "AAACCHHOOO!!!" "God Ash!" May exclaimed as his down pour of spit and mucus came on her. " Cover your freakin mouth next time! Gross!!" "PIKA!" Pikachu yelped in anger as his also caught some of Ash's sneeze in his fur. "Sorry," he laugh embrassingly. May looked at him angerly, her green eyes giving a spark of red in them. Pikachu's cheeks lit up a little with electricity. Max and Brock, a few feet ahead of them, were glad they weren't in Ash's shoes about now, and also that they weren't in his line of fire. Ash laugh neverously as he started to back up. " Come on May, Pikachu, your not going to get all upset over a little sneeze are you?" " Your 'Little' sneeze, was the last straw Ash Ketchum!" May warned, glaring at him with fire in her eyes, " First, you got my sleeping bag wet because your clumbsy butt tripped over god know's what and you drop the water bucket on it! Then in the dead of night you landed on me because you had to go to the bathroom, and then you took the last piece of bacon this morning! I DIDNT EVEN GET ANY BACON!!!" Ash was sweating badly as May started to corner him near a tree. " AND NOW!" she yelled scarying some Taillow out of a nearby tree, "You got all of your germs on ME!! You could of turned your head, BUT NOOOO! You had to sneeze right in MY FACE!!!!" Ash's back was on the tree now and May was so close that their noses were touching. "C-come on May, I'm sorry.......you don't have to get so upset, at least over bacon-" "Shut it Ketchum!!" May excliamed jabbing her finger into his chest. What happened in the next couple of seconds is a little to graphic to explain, but it ended with May storming away from a pretty banged up Ash. Brock and Max stood in the middle of the road with their sweat dropped as May stormed past them muttering some words that aren't exactly sweet. Pikachu was still by his trainer, letting his anger go as he looked at the damaged May had already given him. Pikachu sighed to himself. (I think she did enough for the both of us) Brock came up to Ash and shook his head at him. " You really are dense." Ash, starting to regain consciousiness, looked up at brock angerily. " I didn't do freakin anything to her! She just blew up on me!" He rubbed his sore head while pikachu regained his place back on Ash's shoulder. Max came by Brock, trying not to laugh at Ash's condition. "My sister just gets like that sometime. My mom say it has something to do with some sort of cycle.....what was it called again? Oh yeah! A mens-" Max was about to finish when Brock clamped his hand over his mouth; his face was beat red. Ash looked at them both puzzled. "I dont think that's whats wrong Max." Brock coughed trying to regain his composure. Ash got back on his feet as the three boys started after their infuriated friend. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~ "I just dont see why some one would get so pissed over a little sneeze." Ash sighed as the continued down the dirt path. Brock sweat dropped. May was a few feet in front, her arms crossed, refusing to talk to anyone, especially Ash. Max, who had been taking in the forest scenery finally spoke up. " Maybe some one's talking about you." Ash stopped walking, a confused expression crept onto his face. " Excuse me?" " Why you sneezed." Max said, almost like he was in deep thought. " I heard that when some one sneezes, it means some one's talking bad about them......or some thing like that." "What does that have to do with anything?" Brock asked a little annoyed by the stupid statement Max just made. "Well i just notice how BIG Ash sneezed. Some one must have been talking Really bad about him." Both older boy's sweat dropped. " Who would talk bad about me? I really dont know anyone who hates me." "The whole staff of Team Rocket, Team Magma, and Team Aqua for starters." Max stated matter-of-factly. " True," Brock nodded in agreement, " your not exactly popular with the evil doers nowadays." Ash glowered at them " Oh, shut up." He looked up at May who was still in front of them, determined to keep her distance. He sighed deeply. It seems Im not popular with anyone today. Pikachu nuzzled against his cheek for comfort. Ash smiled. "Thanks buddy." he whispered to his little pokemon. " Chu!" he purred nuzzling Ash alittle bit more. Ash looked back at May, then started to run towards her. " May! May! Hold up! Please!" She didn't look back or stopped walking, but sped up instead. " Come on May!" Ash yelled alittle annoyed by her attitude. Here he was trying to apologize to her and here she was acting like a stubborn Tauros. "Come on!" he pleaded trying to catch up, " I know you might be on your cycle but-" May whipped around so fast it stopped Ash in mid sentence. Her eyes looked like they caught on fire, her whole body shaking. Brock slapped his forhead " Ah dammit Ash." he mumbled angerily under his breath," why did you mention the cycle.." He gave a quick look at max who shot his arms up in defense. " Hey! I might of mention it, but Im not stupid enough to say it to her face!!" Pikachu, who was on Ash's shoulder, quickly jumped off after seeing May's reaction and ran toward Brock. " Pika-Pika Pikachu-Pi!!" (Sorry, but your on your own!!) May's hand formed into a fist as she stormed toward Ash, who was standing like a statue, knowing he just said something very, very wrong. "Why you insentitive, insecure, dumb-a----" "Run ASH!! Run for your life, you stupid idiot!!" Brock and Max yelled waving there arms in the air. And that's what he did. When May's fist reared back, he dodged it and ran straight past her, and kept running. "Grrrrrr......GET BACK HERE KETCHUM!!!" Crap! Crap! Crap!! Ash thought as he picked up some speed. Me and my big mouth! He ran down the trail, hearing the other's running not far behind them. He could hear May screaming somthing behind him, knowing it was not a very pleasant thought. He also thought he heard the Max, Brock and Pikachu try to calm her down but obviously not helping. Sadly, he was paying too close attention to his friends instead of the road, and what was sitting in the middle of it. As he ran, he felt the ground start to cave in from underneath him, then he felt his stomach drop as he fell into a deep hole. His head hit the ground first, causing his vision to black out for a few moments. From above him he heard an all to familiar voicies laughing evilly. As his vision was coming back he heard an all to familar motto start up. "Prepare for trouble!" "Make it Double!" "To protect the world from devistation!" "To unite all peoples within our nation!" "To Denouce the evil's of truth and love!" "To desend our reach to the stars above" "Jesse!" "James!" Why couldn't my hearing have gone away instead of my vision "Team Rocket blasts off at the speed of light" "Surrender Now or prepare to fight" "Meowth thats right!" "Chime Chime!!" Who ever wrote that damn thing needs to be hit in the face, Ash thought as his vision became clear. Up above him were three people he really didn't want to see. " Alright Twerp! Hand over your Pikachu" shouted Jessie, pointing her finger accusingly at Ash. " Uh does it looked like I have pikachu at the moment?!" Ash shot back angerly, his head starting to hurt from the fall. " You could be Sitting on him!" James stated making Jessie's and Meowth sweat drop. " You Dolt!! That'll Smother him!" Meowth shouted hitting James above the head with his paw. Then the cat pokemon looked back down at Ash. "It's with it's friends obviously!" James rubbing his now injured head asked "Now what are we going to do!? We just wasted my hole!" "Easy," Jessie stated evilily as she glared down at Ash " If the other twerps want to see this twerp again, they'll have to give up Pikachu....sort of like a trade." "That's Brilliant Jess!" James exclaimed in a queer like manner. Meowth nodded in agreement. "Dha Boss will finally be pleased with us for bringing him Pikachu! You know what this means boys!!" "PROMOTION!!" All three of them shouted with excitement, striking ridiculous poses. As they congratulated themsleves on a job well done, Ash was making his way out of the hole. When his hand finally gripped the top he pulled himslef slowly out of the trap; the three rockets totally unaware of him escaping. Ash got to his feet quietly, whipped around, and took off. Meowth ears pricked up at the sound and looked up to see Ash getting away. "The twerps ecaping!!!" He yelped getting the attention of the oblivious duo. "Crap!" they cried in unision and took off after the boy. Unfortunatley for Ash, Team Rocket was a little quicker than he was. After a minute of running, James caught up to him and tackled him to the ground. Ash's face hit the ground hard, skiddy a little on the dirty path. James pulled him up by the back of his shirt collar, choking him in the process. "Your not getting away this time twerp." James sneered as Jessie grabbed him hard by the arm. The duo pulled him roughly to his feet, making sure they had a good grip on him. Ash tried to struggle himself free, only succeeding in getting a scratch attack on his face. "Next time I'll aim lower," Meowth snarled showing his shining sharp claws. Ash gulped and stopped struggling. This really isn't my day. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~ Brock and Max finally caught up to May, Trying to calm her down. "Calm down Sis! Ash didn't mean to be so-" "No Max!" She shouted pushing her brother aside, " He's getting what he deserves, wether you two like it or not!" Brock grabbed the girl gently by the arm " May, I know Ash isnt exactly the brightest Crayon in the box, but at least he was TRYING to apologize." She glared viciously up at Brock, " Trying isnt good enough." She jerk her arm away from him but didnt move. She kept her back to both of them, her face towards the ground. Brock looked at her. " This isnt about the him getting on your nerves is it." She stood still for a moment then shook her head. " He just doesn't get it." She said softly to where Brock could barely hear her. Max looked up at his sister, then at Pikachu who was standing beside him. Pikachu shrugged his shoulders, confused himself. Brock spoke to Max, but kept looking at May. "Hey Max. Why dont you go and try to find Ash. You too Pikachu." The two looked at Brock, then May, then at eachother. "Okay?" Max said taking one last look at his sister, then head down the road with pikachu at his heels. May looked back at Brock. "Why-" "Because, I want to know, before you beat the living hell out of Ash, why are you so upset?" May looked back at the ground. " Because, yesterday evening, before we sat down to eat, I-I tried to tell Ash how I felt about him.." Brock perked up his eyebrows. "Oh," He knew that May had a crush on Ash, but he didn't think she confess her feelings so soon. "What did he say?" May started frown. "That's just it! I pull him away so we can talk privately, and I said TO HIS FACE 'Ash, I really like you' And he just stands there for a minute. Then he smiles and say 'I like you too'. I was So happy! Until he said 'I mean were like best friends right?' " Brock would of fainted if he didnt know Ash any better. " Your kidding." May shook her head in anger and started to shout again. " And then he says 'Oh I smell Brock's cooking, lets head back!' And he runs ahead of me! I just stood there, feeling like an idiot! Not only do I know that he doesn't like me, but--" she started to trail off. Tears were welling up in her eyes. " He doesn't even reconigize my feelings." Brock heart felt like it was going brake. He'd never seen May look so sad before. He patted her on the shoulder. " Ash....Ash doesn't really know anything about love. He pretty clueless in that department." He sighed deeply while May whipe the tear off her face. " Guess you really do have a reason for knocking his block off." May laughed "actually I feel alittle better now, but that cycle comment really did piss me off." Brock laughed " Again. Pretty Clueless." "MAY!" "BROCK!!" "PIKA-PIKACHU!!" The two whipped around to see Max a Pikachu running franticly towards them. May ran towards her brother, worried. " Max what's wrong?" She asked grabbing him by the shoulders. " It Ash!! I think he was kidnapped by Team Rocket!!" "What!!" The two teens exclaimed as they looked from Max to Pikachu. " There was a hole in the middle of the road, and Pikachu was sniffing around and started to get upset. " He looked down at pikachu. " I put two and two together and guessed that Ash was caught by Team Rocket." Brock looked down at the yellow pokemon. "Is that true Pikachu? Was Ash caught by Team Rocket?" Pikachu nodded, sparks flying from his red cheeks. "Then what are we standing around here for! We've got to find him!" May exclaimed in a worry toned and darted down the road. Max and pikachu looked a Brock, confused. " I thought she was mad at Ash?" " It's complicated," Brock huffed running after May. " Come on!" He shouted. Max nodded and he and pikachu ran after Brock and May. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~ Ash, meanwhile, was standing in the road with Jessie and James gripping him hard by the arm. The sun was high in the sky now, making the air around them stuffy. Even the wind was stale. This weather wasn't helping Team Rocket's mood either. "Grr! Where are they Already?!" Jessie snarled as she jerked Ash's arm foward. " Even when we have the upper hand, your still annoying!!" Ash glared at her then back at the road. "What will you do if they don't come?" which I hope they don't. "What if they don't show up Jess?" James asked with alittle concern in his voice, " We can't just sit here forever hoping they'll pass by. And what if another trainer shows up before the twerps do?! I dont think this plan was very well thought out." Meowth smacked him in the face, " That's why you dont think." He snarled. " But he does have a point. They might not come this way at all, And I really dont want to stand here all day waiting for a bunch of twerps." "We could go looking for them," James said hoping to knock get knocked in the face again. "We dont want to look desperate." Jessie said thinking of what to do. then a thought hit her. " Why dont we just give the twerp to the Boss." James and Meowth stared at her while Ash's face went pale. "What?!" Meowth and James said in unison, looking at Jessie like she was nuts. "Think about it. This little pest has ruined more than one of the Boss's huge top secret projects, and has put more of his grunts in jail than the regular police have. I think he'd be very pleased with us if we brought him the reason for most of Team Rockets failure." Meowth was silent for a moment, then a smile krept onto his face. " That's actually not a bad idea. Not only would we be getting rid of the twerp, but the Boss might actually reward us. It would also be easier to catch pikachu." "That's a Brillant Idea Jessie!" James exclaimed patting her encouragingly on the shoulder. " We all know the Boss hates the kid more than we do!' "Um....don't you guys think your being a little over dramatic, I mean, Your boss cant hate me that much..... can he?" Ash Stammered nervously. Suddenly he was really wishing that Pikachu and the others would show up soon. They looked at him and laughed out loud. "Kid.." Meowth said, " You dont know how much trouble you given him. Soon, you'll be wishing we were just wanting pikachu." Ash gulped. Dammit. "ASH!!" Ash looked to see May, Brock, Max, and Pikachu racing towards him. Jessie and James gripped Ash tighter and held him close. Meowth, stood infront of him; his arms crossed. "Let him go!" Brock shouted, anger rising from his stomach. " Sorry twerps. But we have a new plan for your pal." James said, grinning evilily. " What do you mean 'new plan' ?" May asked trying to hide her worried voice. "Were going to give him to the Boss instead of pikachu." Jessie giggled squeezing Ash's chin with her free hand, making his face look like a fish. May started to boil with anger. She grabbed two pokeball from her belt so fast, barely anybody saw her do it. She hurled them at the trio. " Combusken!! FireSpin!! Squirtle!! Water Gun!! NOW!!" Her Pokemon obeyed sending their attacks straight at Jessie and James and Meowth. Before they could react, Ash broke free from their grip and ducked onto the other side of the road before the two attacks hit their mark. The three rockets couldn't do anything except scream their famous motto as they were jettison into the sky. " Looks like Team Rocket's Blasting of Again!!!" Ash let out a huge sigh of relief. "Whew...that was close!" Pikachu came sprinting up to his trainer and taclked him back on the ground. "PIKAPI!!" "I missed you too Pikachu!" he laughed hugging his pokemon. He looked back up at his friends, especially May; "Thanks May" he said smiling. She blushed but turned away so he couldn't see. "What ever." she stated and called back her pokemon. Ash looked at Brock. "Is she still mad at me?!" Brock sighed. " Just leave her alone for awhile. She'll be back to normal soon." "Is it because of the cycle?" " IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CYCLE YOU IDIOT !!!" May screamed at Ash making him shrink a little. She then stormed off down the road. "You really are an idiot." Brock sighed though laughing alittle. Max and Pikachu nodded in agreement. Ash glared at them as he pulled himself up. "Shut up.." Brock laughed and patted him on the back, " Well we better get going, the next town is only a few minutes away." " Good!" Max Exclaimed stretching, " All this excitement has me bushed." " You have nooo idea." Ash sighed starting down the trail. " What town is it?" Brock pulled out his map and studied it for a minute. " It's Saphire City." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~ Vicious looked at his wrist watch. 12:45 Just a bit longer, Vicious thought as he leaned back onto the tree. A smile krept onto his face. Shapire City wont know what hit it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~ Ash and friends finally reached Shapire City. The city was teaming with life. People were bustiling around the streets going into beautiful shops and friendly, warm looking resturaunts. Ash's stomach started to growl as the aroma from the eateries filled his nostrils. Brock was to busy looking at all the girls passing by,and Max was too busy keeping Brock in place. May on the other hand was in deep thought about her current situation. She just so mad at Ash right now that she doesn't even want to be near him, but if she not she starts to worry sick about him. She let out a soft sigh. Love is complicated Then something caught her eye. It was a small pink poster plasted on a window on a flower shop. She walked towards it and read it to herself. " Come to the Shapire City Museum, and see our latest exhibit, featuring a newly found object; Suicune's Tear." On the poster was a picture of the rock. It was a beautiful clear light blue, and in the mddle was a dark indigo color shere. May gasped at the beautiful jewel. "You guys! Let's go here!" she exclaimed excitedly pointing to the poster. Brock, Ash, and Max gathered around to she what she was pointing at. "Hmm, Suicune's Tear.....I'd actually like to see that." Brock said looking at the picture with interest. " Yeah," Max agreed, "I think it sounds like fun." "Pii- Chu!" Ash, on the other hand was no excited. His head was really hurting him and so was his face. With all that happened just a little while ago, he was just down right exhausted. But not wanting to anger May any further, he nodded in agreement. "Great! then it's settled!" She exclaimed Happily "To the museum we go!" "Woopie" Ash mumbled to himself as he trailed behind the other three. "Pika pikachu pi?" ( What's wrong Ash?) " I'm just tried Pikachu. don't worry, I'll be fine." Pikachu looked at him, then nuzzled hid cheek with Ash's and settled on Ash's backpack. Ash smiled at his pokemon then started to walk faster to catch up with the others. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~ As May and the other reached The museum, they were shocked to see how beautiful it was. The museum was shaped as a dome that reached about 3 stories. Pillars went all around it, holding up the shere shaped roof. The intire structure was made out of marble, which mad gave it a faintish glow in the sunlight. Crowds of people surrouded the place; either to enter or exit the building, meeting their friend, or just sitting there admiring the view. "It's sooo pretty!!!" May exclaimed taking in very detail. Brock nodded in agreement, mostly interested in the beautiful girls who were around it. Max gave Brock an annoyed look, ready to give an ear attack if nessacary. May started up the stairs. "Come on you guys! Lets hurry!! I want to get a good look a Suicune's tear!" "It's not like it's going anywhere," Max said still keeping his eyes on Brock. Brock could sense the danger if he started to flirt,so he regain his composure and started after May. He looked back to see Ash not far behind suffiling his feet. "Hey Ash!," Brock yelled with concern "You okay?" Ash looked up, putting a fake smile on his face, "Yeah! Im fine! Why you ask?" ".....no reason.." "Come on you guys! HURRY UP!" May exclaimed already atop the stairs. "Coming!" Brock, Max, and Ash said in unison. As Ash started for the stairs, he felt a chill run up his spine. He shivered and looked behind him. There a few yards away was a park. He could see Children and other pokemon playing in it. But something bugged him. Something wasn't right. Another chill ran threw him as he kept staring. Pikachu could feel it too, as his body started to tense up, a little growl coming from his throat. "Ash!" He whipped around to see Max standing a few feet away, looking at him curiously. " You okay Ash?" Ash shook off the feeling and walk toward his little friend. "Yeah I'm fine. Lets go before your sister starts freaking out again." Max laughed in agreement and they both ran up to the museum. At the top of the stairs Ash looked back towards the park, this time not having that filling. Guess I was just imagining it , he thought to himself and entered the building. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ "It's time," Vicious thought as he took one last look at his target. The Saphire City Museum; It's new little trinket, Suicune's Tear, seemed to grip the boss's interest. He watched as many people were entering and exiting the buildings. Perfect. Hostages always brought more excitement to the robbery. Getting in and out will be easy. He was about to look away when something caught his eye. Something fimilar. He scanned the layout again and saw it. A young boy was walking slowly towards the building; A boy with a pikachu on his shoulder. Vicious caught his breath as he reach for his binoculars, never taking his eyes off the kid. Finding them he looked through them, zooming in on the fimilar looking boy. As if on cue the boy stopped and turned around, revealing his face. Vicious gripped his binoculars tight; a huge smile appearing on his face. It was the same boy. The boy from the forest. Vicious stared at him, and he stared back. His pikachu looked towards Vicious and started to tense up. So they feel my presence as well he thought, feeling his stomach boil with anger and excitement. Then he saw the brat turn around and face a smaller boy. Aw so you have a new little friend with you, He sneered feeling his body shake slightly. How much did he want to jump out of his hiding place and grab that damn cursed boy! But he knew better. He would finish his job first. Then he would reward himself, by taking that boy's cursed life. He watched as Ash started up the stairs into the building with the little boy and his pikachu. He put his binoculars up and swiftly and silently' fled from his hiding place, and advanced toward the museum. He could barely contain his excitement. Revenge truley is sweet, he thought as he entered the grounds undetected and unoticed by anyone. He stare up at the building and grin wildly. Then slowly started up the stairs. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ When Ash entered the building he nearly gasped in shocked. The Ceiling was pure glass. You could see the sky clearly above you! The museum had three levels; They were circled off by a balcony. May was standing in the middle of the structure looking at a map of the place. Her finger ran smoothly across it until she found what she was looking for. "Here it Is!" she said over her shoulder to Ash and the others. "It's located on the second floor." They went up the stairs to see that there were about 10 to 11 rooms you could enter, each having a different exibit. "So which room is it?" Brock ask looking at the people enter and exit all the different rooms. "umm....welll...funny thing actually...." May laughed her cheeks starting to get red. " You didn't look to see what room it was in did you." Max finished feeling his sweat drop along with every one elses. May gave a neverous laugh again her face flushed. "Well it shouldn't be to hard to find, we can just go room to room until we find it." Ash said starting to look into the first room. "Not a bad idea." Brock agreed and started to help out. A few minutes later, in room six they found it. It was show cased in the middle of the room. about five people were hovering over it while dozen or more were looking at the other artifacts within the exibit. May went over to the case and let out a small gasp. Ash and the others join her, Max on his tippy toes and pikachu peering over Ash's shoulder. They all had the same reaction as May. Ash didn't get a good look of it on the poster, but now he saw what May was freaking out about. The Stone was about the size of Ash's hand. It was a beautiful light blue, almost like water. As the sun came in, it hit the stone, showing little rainbow's on the wall. It was so clear that Ash could see his and Pikachu's reflection. But there was one thing that really caught Ash's attention. It was a dark blue shere in the middle of the jewel. He looked more closley at it. It might have been a trick of light but Ash thought he saw it...move?! As Ash stood there, he never took his eyes off the stone. His vision was transfxed on it. Slowly he could make out the shape of the dark blue dot, it started to develop a form. As he stared as figure within the the stone became bigger. The shape was of a young woman. Her curly purple hair reached down to her ankles. She wore a small blue dress, and white ribbons flowed from her hair. Her skin glowed with a tint of blue. She was the most beautiful girl Ash had ever seen. The girl now was in a standing position, her eyes open; showing the aqua blue color within it. her eyes and Ash's met. Slowly, the girl gave Ash a small, sweet smile. Ash's heart skipped a beat. She opened her mouth, she was speaking, it was only one word but it caused Ash to jump back in surpise. Ashura. It shock him so much that he lost eye contact with the girl and blink. When he looked back, it was just a small dot again. He looked at Brock. "D-did you see that?" "See what?" "The Girl!" "WHERE!!" Brock started to search the room with the dog-like expression on his face. Ash's sweat dropped. " Not in the room!" Ash whispered as he got closer to brock, " I mean in the stone, that dot." He looked at the stone, then back at Ash. " Maybe you should go to the Pokemon Center, I think you might need to lie down. " "I'm not delirious Brock!! I saw something in that stone!" Brock looked at his friend, then he placed his hand on his forehead. "hmm, you dont have a fever.." "BROCK!!" Ash shouted angerily. He slapped his hand away and looked back at the stone. I know I saw something...some one. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vicious entered the busy museum. He scaned the building quickly; then acended up the stairs. When he reached the second floor he made his way down the balcony, walking very slowly. His body was tensing up. His hand were formed into a fist. He counted the rooms as he walked by. 1, 2, 3 , 4 He started to slow his pace. 5.....and 6... He let a small smirk aprear on his face before he enter the the large room. As he walked in, he looked around counting about twenty people. Perfect. He pulled his gun from his holster. Time for the fun to start. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The girls voice still filled his head as he absently looked at the rest of the exibit. Ashura...how did she know that name? He looked at pikacku who was looking a red gem eagerly. Ash smiled. "Pikachu, you know that's not ketchup." "PIKA PI!" (I KNOW THAT!) Ash laughed as pikachu forced himself not to look at the stone. SLAM!! Ash whipped around to see the two hard oak doors were slammed shut. Some one screamed. A chill ran threw Ash's spine again. He hugged himself as he looked around the room. May was holding Max just across the room, and Brock was about two feet away from him. About fifteen other people were scattered throughout the room. At the double doors a muscluar man stood, cocking his gun. The chill came back to Ash; his heart racing. Pikachu's body tensed up as it jumped from Ash's shoulder onto the floor. "Everybody on the floor! Now! " The man barked sending every body onto their stomachs. May clunged to Max, covering him with her body. Ash did the same with pikachu; not wanting the robber to see him. He looked toward his left at Brock. He had a stern look on his face. Some where Ash could hear a woman crying. The man pulled a pokeball from his belt. A red beam came from it, creating a figure within the light. The figure turned into the biggest spinarak Ash'd ever seen. It tensed it's legs up, making a hissing sound. "Watch the door, and attack if any one decides to be a hero." The spider nodded. He took then another pokeball and tossed it. It was a Hypno, only it's fur was a darker color, and it's eyes were sharp and cold. "Warn me if you sense any trouble." he ordered the pokemon. It also nodded, then closed it's eyes. He walked toward the middle of the room, stepping over any one who laid in his path. He stop at the display of Suicune's Tear. He bent down and looked at the bottom. He touched a certain part of the frame, then with a swooshing sound the glass came down, living the jewel exposed. May gasped, clinging tighter to Max. Pikachu's cheeks started to spark, but Ash pushed the pokemon father under him. "No pikachu, " he whispered as quietly as he could, "you could accidently hurt someone." The man stood back up then pulled a small tube out of his pocket. He sprayed the air around the stone. Out of no where red beams circiling the gem became visible. He looked up, then raised his gun up in the air. After a few moments he fire it into the ceiling. Some people screamed; some huddled closer to the people nearest to them. The beams flickered a little; then faded from sight. The Man smiled wickedly. He reached out for the stone slowly. Ash's eye widened when he thought back to the girl he saw in the stone. But he couldn't do anything but lie crumbled on the floor; for if he did anything else he be putting May and the others in danger. He bit his lower lip in anger and duck his head toward the ground, looking at pikachu under him. "Hypno" (People are coming.) Before the man could touch the jewel he turned to his pokemon. He still held his evil grin. " Well they're early. No bother, it just makes things more interesting." he looked around the room at the people inside it. He slowed his sweep when he got to May and Max, but kept going. He totally stopped when he reached Brock. He stare at him for a few moments, as if in deep thought, then continued his search. Then his gazed reached Ash. His eyes bored into Ash's; his brow deepened and his smile grew. He pointed his gun at him. "Get up boy." He spat. May's heart completely stopped. Max's eyes were wide with horror, while Brock face lost all it's color. Ash looked at his friends then down at pikachu. His pokemon looked at his trainer, its body shaking. His heart thumping wildley, Ash stood up. The man still had his gun pointed to him. " Take off your Back pack, and leave all your pokeballs where I can see them." Ash did what he was told, trying to stop his body from shaking. He laid he backpack by Pikachu, then drapped his pokeballs over it. "Good boy, now come over here." " No Ash!" May gasped, tears streaming down her face. Brock tightened his fist together til his knuckles were white. Ash started towards him, his footsteps echoing through the room. He stop a few feet in front of the man, his eyes looking directly into his. "Hypno!" (There outside!) "Well then," he said grabbing the stone and putting it in his pocket," Let them in!" he barked as his spinarak jumped out of the way and hypno sent a powerful spychic attack towards the door. It exploded on impact. The attack created a gust of debree that swept into the room. Ash sheilded his eyes; his ears were filled with the sounded of peoples screams. Ash felt a stern hand grab his arm tightly and jerk him foward. Before he could even gasped, the man had wrapped his arm tightly around his body, and pointed the gun to his head. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Officer Jenny and many other officers raced up the steps of the Saphire Museum. The silent alarm had been kriggered in room six on the second floor; which made her guess the robber was after the Suicune's Tear. Her heart started to race as they entered the building. People were walking swiftly away from the building; forced to leave with out any more information. As the last couples were leaving, Jenny drew her gun; and started swiftly up the stairs. Cloming close to the locked doors, She motioned her men to come closer. With theire guns closed at hand they circled the door. Before Jenny could barked another order, the door blew open, causing the officers to rear back in defense. Jenny was almost blown off the balcony. He knew we were coming, Jenny thought bitterely as the smoke and debree calmed down. She then gave a silent motion wit hher hand. The other officers nodded and ran into the hostile room. Many people ran from the room in total panic. Three young kids stayed close to the entrance, wide eyed with worry and fear.Jenny spat as she stood close to the shattered door. "This will be harder than I thought," She breathed as she entered the room, her gun raised. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As the debree cleared, Twenty policemen ran into the room, surrounding it. All the people captured in the room ran for safety; except for Brock, May, Max, and Pikachu. Brock stood up and ran to May, with pikachu in his arms. They back up close to the enterance but wouldn't go another step without their friend. Officer Jenny came in, her gun pointed at the robber. Her eyes widened when she reconigized the man holding the boy hostage. " Vicious!" She gasped her eyes changing from suprise to pure anger. " Ah, so you know of me, Officer," he said tightening his grip on Ash. Jenny stared into his pitless eyes, her gun still pointing at him. " OH I know of you alright. Your part of Team Rocket. You were caught and put in jail two years ago. You just broke out of jail a few months ago, nearly killing my sister!" She was shaking with anger, but held her gun firm. " Ah, so that Jenny lived, did she?" He asked darkly," Never known any one to survive such a horrible wound. Im sure you very proud." "You Bastard!" she snarled, wanting so bad to shoot him. But she couldn't with out risking the poor boy's life. She had to get him out of Vicious's grasp. " Let the boy Go! If you want a hostage take me!" Vicious shook his head, his facial expression changed from a taunting one to a serious dark tone. " As pleasing as that sounds, I think I'll keep the brat." " WHY ?! What is the significance of it! He's just kid!! Please just take me instead!" She pleaded trying desperatlely to save Ash. Ash looked at Officer Jenny in awe. She was trying so hard to save his life; even risk hers! He's never seen an officer so brave. Vicious glared a Jenny for a moment. Then ask, "Did you ever hear how I was arrested, Officer?" Jenny, including every one else was taken back by this question. She ponder for a moment trying to think back on what her sister said. " I dont really remember, I just remember my sister saying it involved a legendary pokemon." "Did she tell which one?" " I don't see the point in-" "Answer The Question. Officer." He snapped, cutting her off. His grip on Ash grew tighter, squeezing the air out him. Jenny stared at him. What is this about? She stared at him before she answered " She said it was a Celibi." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ash felt his body go numb. His eyes meet Brock's; his face contorted in fear. Pikachu's ears pricked up; It's eyes going huge. The pokemon tried to struggle out of the breeder grip, but to no avail. Ash turned at looked at the man holding him hostage. Vicious was looking back, his eyes filled with absolute hatred. Looking into his eyes, Ash realized it was true. He was the same man that he saved Celibi from two years ago. He was almost killed in the process if it weren't for Suiciune. Ash felt his stomach drop. His legs started shaking. For the first time in awhile, Ash was truley afraid. Vicious smiled and whispered into Ash's ear, " You remember me now don't you?" he could fill the boy's heart start to race. "Good. Then you also know that your not going to live through this. You humiliated me boy, and your going to pay dearly for it. " May stared at Brock, his expression scaring her. "Brock...what's wrong?" Brock was breathing slowly, trying to hold pikachu down, he could barely speak. His mind was racing. Jenny, out of the corner of her eye stared at him too. Finally Brock was able to form a sentence; it wasn't long, but it gave enough information to impact Jenny and May. "Ash..... was the one who put him in jail." May eyes were huge, her hands grasping tightly on her brother's shoulder. Jenny whipped her eyes back towards Vicious and Ash, totally aware of how serious this situation had gotten. " Let him go, or I'll shoot." '' You shoot, then I'll shoot." he said pressing the gun to Ash's forehead. Jenny stared back darkly. "Then I wont let you leave this building." Vicious glared back. " I dont think you understand your situation. You can't shoot me because you might hurt the boy. But What's stopping me from killing you, " He took the gun away from Ash's head and aimed it at Officer Jenny," Or some one else," he then pointed it at Brock. "NO!" Ash yelled fighting away from his grip. " Officer, Please just move out of the way! Forget about me!" Jenny stared at him in horror " I-I can't-" "Please!," Ash pleaded looking at his friends, then back at Officer Jenny, " Just protect my friends." "Oh Ash," May hiccuped, looking at her friend. Max's hand found her's and squeezed it tightly; slightly shaking. Vicious gave Officer Jenny an annoying smirk. "You heard him. Move out of the way." Jenny grounded her teeth as she moved away from the door. May, Brock, and Max relunctently did the same. "Lower you weapons, All of you!" she choked. Her men slowly obeyed; lowering their weapons to their side. Vicious grabbed Ash roughly by the arm and called back his Spinarak. Hypno, stayed out. He then gripped Ash by the back of the neck and led him toward the door. " If anyone tries anything, I'll put a bullet in the boy's back." he stated as he exited the room. Ash winced in pain as Vicious grip became really tight on his neck. " Am I hurting you boy?" he asked Ash as they descended down the stairs, toward the bottom level, " Don't fret. This is only a little dose of what awaits you." The lobby was abandoned as they strode across it. As they reach the main doors, Vicious heard footsteps coming down the stairs. He turned around to see the boys little friends following them. He gave them a small smirk. "Look boy, your friends have come to say there last goodbyes." Ash tried to look back a his friends, but couldn't move his head back far enough. They exited the building and walked down the abandoned stairs. At the bottom Vicious put his gun down, but kept his grip on Ash. He put it back in it's holster, then pulled out the jewel from his pocket. It sparkled brillantly as the sun hit it. Vicious eyes were highlighted by the light; showing a flicker of red within the pittless black. " Ironic, isnt it. How suicunes seem to bring us together. " Ash glared at him, trying to hide his welling fear. Vicious seemed to notice his actions. He bent down toward Ash again looking him straight in the eye. " That bravery of yours isnt going to last forever; By the time I'm done with you, you will be begging for death." His hypno appeared by his side as he leaned back up. Out of the corner of his eye, Ash saw his three friends standing at the top with officer Jenny. Brock face was pale and May looked like she'd been crying. Max's glasses were foggy, Pikachu was fighting desperately to get out of Brock arms. Ash's heart broke seeing them like that. He felt vicious grab him again but he paid barely any attention. He focus was on his friends, and thats this was the last time they'd meet. Ash summed up the last of his courage and gave them all a weak smile. "Goodbye." was all he could think of as he heard Vicious yell, "Hypno! Teleport!!" the last thing he saw was May running towards him, with her hand outstetched. Before he could lifted his arm to touch her, She along with everything vanished in a whirl of color. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~ May, Brock and Max watched helplessly as Ash was drug through the demolished doors. May couldn't just stand there, watching helplessly, so she ran after them; the others' at her heel. When she reached the stair and started down, the man turned back and looked at May; making her motionless. He smirked at her then whispered something to Ash. Ash tried to look back, but was dragged out before he could. "Ash!" May shouted as she darted after him. Officer Jenny grabbed her before she could run any further. " Are you crazy!? He'll kill the boy if you get any where close!" " He's going to kill him anyway! We have to help him! I can't just let him die!!!" she shouted back tears soaking her cheeks. " But we have no choice, " Brock said with no emotion in his voice at all, " Ash wouldn't want us to get hurt for him." May knew Brock was right but, still, she couldn't bear it. She pushed out of Jenny's grip and rushed outside. Ash and the other man were standing at the bottom of the stairs. As May stood there, she felt Brock, Max and Jenny stand beside her; their eyes all focused on the same thing. Ash finally looked up. His face was pale and his eyes were filled with fear. He stared at them for a while. Then suddenly the fear in his eyes vanished and he gave them all a small smile that tore May's heart in two. "GoodBye." was all May heard before she darted after him. She heard Brock shout her name but she didn't care. She had to tell Ash her feelings; that she was sorry for being so hurtful towards him. and that he was the thing she held most dear. Her eyes were filled with tears, as reached her hand out for him. Ash was looking at her. He started to lift his arm when he vanished in a blurr. All May caught in her hand was air. "NOO!" she screamed falling to her knees. She buried her head in her hands. "No..." She sobbed. "Ash.....I'm soooo Sorry..." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ OK !! That's it for part One!! Im not really going by chapters, just kinda mixin it around. If your a little confused on the girl inside the crystal, donr woory she's a big character in the story. She'll most likely be in Part Two. Ans Jesse and James are also not out of the picture just yet. And for people not liking the whole May and Ash thing. just read the damn story! and I mean that in a sweet way. And PLEASE!! if you read this summit a review to me! Good or bad.....but mostly good..... again thanks for reading!