It interesting where you get ideas. Your doing something and then something just pops up. Oh well. Read and Enjoy.

Standard Disclaimer (Ever wonder what the non-standard disclaimer is?): Pokemon and its associated characters are copyright by Nintendo, Game Freak, Creatures Inc, and 4Kids Productions.

Hedgehog, Inc. Presents:

Desires Edge

By Keith "Sonic: TMP" Kennison


Warning: Some language. Some violence. A sort of Dark AAMRN.
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Ash signed as he sat there in a lazy stupor. 2 zillion plus channels and not a single match on today. Moments later a "Pikachu" came from of course his Pikachu.

"Yeah nothings on Pikachu...............awhh #%!@^$! Life sucks!"

"Pika?"

The small yellow Pokemon cocked its head to the side, giving its trainer a curious look.

"Pikachu chu pika?"

"Of course I'm still pissed about Misty. What was your first clue?"

"Pika? Pikachu."

"Yep."

"Pikapi pi."

"Riight"

"Chu."

"......."

"Pi chu pika."

".....Enough already! I get the point!"

Ash tossed the remote at the TV and punched a nearby cushion. He sighed. His rage spent he settled back into the couch to brood over recent developments. His thoughts once again focused upon the girl of his desires. But soon then turned to the bane of his existence. Gary.

Gary had once again stolen something precious from him. Just like he always had. Just two weeks before his 20th birthday he had finally received the official rank of Pokemon master. It had been hard all these years. Competition had gotten pretty nasty but he had made a giant leap in achieving his dream. But Gary had decided to spoil it.

Just a week after his 20th birthday Gary had somehow managed to get Misty to break up with him and join Gary. Ash cursed a little. He had been so close in finally asking Misty to marry him but that jerk Gary had ruined it somehow. Ash sighed again as he remembered all the other times Gary had done this sort of thing. Turning friends on him. Ruining school for him. Taking things from him that he either held dearly or wanted.

Ash still had no idea why Gary always did that to him. It was rumored that Gary had gotten tired of his last girlfriend, Giselle, and had killed her. Ash wasn't sure what to think about that one. He had heard on the news of death of Pokemon Techs greatest student but he never truly believed Gary killed her. Instead only a few months after her death Gary had dropped by and stolen his girlfriend from him.

"GARY YOU ...." Ash proceeded to curse his old rival.

"Pikachu!"

"....Sorry Pikachu. But you know how much I hate him. Sometimes I wish he would just die. ...........die?"

"Pika? CHU!"

Ash blinked. "Of course not! I'd never kill anyone! ARGH!! My head hurts. I'm going to go take a walk. I'll be back later."

"Chu." The Pokemon shrugged and then walked off to Ash's room to get some sleep. "Pikapi....."

Walking though Pallet Ash fumed.

"Darn. If only there was some way to get back at Gary. Oh well. Guess I'll just suffer like always." Ash sighed again.

"Prepare for trouble!"

"And make it double!

".....not these three." Ash frowned as three familiar figures jumped out of the bushes.

"To protect the world from devastation!"

"To unite all people within our nation!"

"Jessie!"

"James!"

"Team Rocket blast off at the speed of light!"

"Surrender now or prepare to fight!"

"Mewoth that's right!"

Ash stood there, amusement written on his face, as the trio performed their motto.....for the 2 zillionth time. He smiled. "Don't you guys ever get tired of that?"

Jessie turned to him, anger written on her face. "Never! Now hand over your Pikachu!"

"Umm Jess?" James turned to his partner. "You know that's not why were here."

Jessie sighed. "Your right James. I guess old habits die hard."

Ash grinned. It had been ages since he had seen the trio. "So what are you three up too?"

"Well dats da problem twerp. We have nothing at all to do!" Mewoth said while scratching an itch.

"Currently we having nothing to do. Heck nobody in Team Rocket has anything to do." James explained to Ash. "No theft jobs, no offings, no robbery, no nothing. The boss seems kinda bummed that there is no business lately."

"Riiight" Ash rolled his eyes. 8 years and these three still didn't get it. But they weren't as bad as some of the other Rocket members he had run into. Some of them were just plain nasty and evil. "Nothing new huh."

"Nope nothing. And trying to steal your Pikachu has become a waste of time." Jessie looked herself over in a hand mirror. "So why don't you be a good little boy and run along."

Ash chuckled. "Little? Jessie I'm twenty and I'm bigger than el shrimpo over there."

James gave Ash a look. "I resent that. I'm not overweight, I'm undertall!"

Ash, and Jessie blinked. Meowth took that moment to notice, "That had no point."

James threw his hand up in the air. "Never mind. No one could ever understand me."

Ash smirked. These three seemed to of gotten even loonier with time. His grin grew wider. "Well since you three seem to be out of jobs. How would you like to do a little something for me?"

The looks on their faces was one of complete surprise. "You want US to do something for you?" Jessie just stared, mouth open, at Ash.

"Sure why not? I mean you guys are out to work and I hate to see friends without money or without purpose. It's just a little something I've been meaning to get off my butt and finish."

Meowth gave Ash a sly look. "Dats great! But it will cost ya."

Ash shrugged. "Sure no prob. I'm willing to pay a little extra. I really need this done. And I can't do it alone."

Jessie smiled. "Well who knew that the little twerp would want something from us. So kid. What can we do for you?"

"Well here's the deal." Ash proceeded to explain his dilemma to the trio.

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A few weeks later in Cerulean.

"WOOO HOO! THIS IS THE LIFE!" Gary smirked as he drove 20 miles over the speed limit. "Heh all I have to do is go buy the ring, then propose
and that losers girl is all mine. And how sweeet she is!"

Gary hung a sharp left and hit the brakes causing his Ferrari to slide into the parking space. He received several stares for his little act but he ignored them all. Why worry about anyone else. "Heh losers."

Gary stepped into shop with his usual air of arrogance and proceeded to make the clerks life miserable until the moment he bought the ring in full and left the store. "What a babe she was. Hmmm maybe when Misty goes out of town I'll go back and have some fun with her. heheheh."

Gary hopped into his car and tossed his cellphone down. However, upon doing so he saw another cellphone he hadn't noticed earlier. "Huh? Hmmm Misty must of left her phone with me. Oh well." And with that he revved the engine and screeched out of the mall.

"Ahhh what a wonderful life. Heh I bet that loser was just wishing he was me right now. Rich and with the most popular girl in the city! Heh old Ashy never had a chance with her." His cell phone choose that moment to ring.

"Damn. Who is it this time. Another one of my adoring fan girls I bet" Smirking Gary picked up his cell and answered it. "Hello?" He got nothing. It took him a moment to realize that the other cell phone was ringing. "Hmmmm guess its someone for my girl. Heh guess I'll introduce them to me. Hey baby what's up?"

"........Hello Gary."

Gary blinked. "Who is this?"

"Ohh just someone who has know you for a while."

The voice on the other end sounded so familiar but Gary couldn't quite place it. "Heh well you another one of my adoring fans called to pay their respects to the greatest master of all time.....huh? HEY!"

Gary's car suddenly took a sharp left just barely missing some pedestrians. "What the heck is going on?" A click was sounded as Gary realized that his door locked itself. "Hey! Let me out!"

"Just relax Gary. Your going on a little.......ride."

Gary began to get a little scared but kept his arrogance. "Oh I see. Kidnapping me huh? Another overzealous fan trying to get me all for themselves."

The voice on the phone chuckled evilly. "Heh. No Gary, they have control of your car now and this is going to be a rather long ride. One that you may not ever get off of."

"OH SHIT!" Gary's eyes went wide as he just missed crashing into a semi-truck. By now he was freaked out. "WHO THE HELL ARE YOU!"

"Well Gary. You stole my life from me."

"What?!"

"You stole what was mine. You've ALWAYS stolen what was mine. And now your going to pay for it."

"What are you talking about!" Gary looked up to see an old abandoned building coming into view very fast. "STOP THIS RIGHT NOW!"

"Heh Look out the window Gary."

Scared to death Gray could only comply, knowing he was doomed anyway. Turning to look he saw a familiar figure holding a cell phone flash by as he speeded out of control. Gary instantly felt rage in his body. "YOU!!! YOU NO GOOD LITTLE..."

"Heh. Good-bye Gary. And don't worry. I'll take care of her for ya."

Before Gary could even respond his car smashed into the old building and hit the gas line. Seconds later it exploded. The figure that Gary saw smirked. It watched the chaos as people, police, and the fire department gathered around the blaze. A moment later the figure turned and walked off.

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Ash sighed once more. Sitting on his couch another week had passed by and nothing was on TV. His Pikachu was curled up on a pillow with the remote. "Pick a channel." Ask said evenly.

"CHU!"

"Not the all ketchup network again."

"PIKA PIKA!"

"ARGH! Gimmie that remote!" Ash tried to get the remote from his 1st Pokemon when the doorbell rang. "Huh? Who would be out at night in the rain?" He picked himself and walked over to see who wanted to add to his misery. As he opened the door he was suddenly tackled by something large.....and soft?

"PIKAPI!"

"What the?"

"OH ASH!!!"

"Misty!?" Upon opening the door and getting tackled Ash realized that he now held a rather hysterical female in his arms. "Misty? What's wrong? What are you doing here?"

"Oh Ash....it's......it...it's Gary." Her eyes were filled with tears.

"Gary!? What did he do to you now? I'll kill him if he did anything do you!!!"

"No its......its not that." She continued to sob into his chest.

Ash wrapped his arms around her tightly. "What's wrong Misty? If he did do anything to you I swear I'm gonna throttle him!

"You can't Ash. You just can't!"

"And why can't I?"

"Because..........he's....he's dead!" She buried her head in his arms.

"WHAT!?" Ash's voice was filled with disbelief. "How? When? WHY?"

Misty looked up at him. Her eyes were red and swollen as if she had been crying for days. "Just the other day. Didn't you see it on the news? I...I...I didn't know what to do, or who to turn to. I'm sorry Ash. I...I..."

Ash was assaulted once again as Misty broke into full hysterics. "Ohh Misty. I'm soo sorry. I...Well I did hate him but I never thought....I never really wanted to see him dead. Sure I said it a few times but you know me."

Misty cried for a while. After calming down she sniffed a bit. "I know Ash. But he wasn't that bad...its just."

"Shhhh it's OK Misty."

"I...I just don't know...I....ahhhhhh" Worn out Misty feel asleep in his arms.

"Well if that don't beat all." Ash picked her up and carried the red-head to his bed. He then tucked her in and making sure she was OK, he went back and flopped on the couch. "Guess I'm sleeping out here tonight."

"Pikachu?"

"Yeah. Wow Gary's.......dead." Ash just stared blankly at the TV. His mind wandering.

"Pikapi. Chu chu pika pikachu."

He turned to look at his Pikachu. "Well of course I never liked him. But dead. I don't know. Somehow how I thought he would outlast me."

"Pika?"

"Yeah Misty is taking it hard. I guess she really did love him." Ash sighed once more. "It's gonna be a long night huh?"

The rodent Pokemon nodded its head. "Chu."

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A few days later a mass of people were gathered at a funeral just outside of Pallet. Ash had left Pikachu at home and currently stood close to Misty, doing his best to comfort her. He looked around amazed at the amount of people gathered. He always thought that Gary was pretty much a big jerk that most people hated. But he was proven wrong. Most of these people he didn't know but he did spot a few of Gary's old cheerleaders and some people he met on his journey's.

"I guess Gary was a bit more liked than I thought." Ash said as he looked around.

Misty sniffed. "Yep. He may of been a bit of a jerk but once you got to know him he wasn't that bad." She turned to Ash and buried her head against his chest. Sobs escaped her now and then.

The funeral wasn't much. Their had been no remains found of Gary except for a few pieces of his clothes. So it was a closed casket funeral with only his clothes in the coffin. Ash watched as several people walked by after the priests sayings. He noticed that several of the women wore pure black with veils that covered all facial features.

Misty was dressed pretty much the same way. Minus the veil. She cried openly and wasn't ashamed of how she looked. Though she tended to bury herself against Ash now and then. Ash slowly lead her down to the coffin as they we at the end of the line.

Misty went first and quietly said her good-byes to Gary. Finally came Ash. "Well my rival...looks like I beat you in surviving at least. Gosh I just can't believe that your dead. You know, I never did like you Gary. We never did get along but...you were, no matter what you did, my friend." Ash sighed and leaned in close to the coffin. "Well good-bye Gary. Don't worry about Misty. I promise I'll take care of HER."

Before Ash could pull away the lid to the coffin suddenly flew open and a hand lashed out to grab Ash by his shirt collar. "OH NO YOU DON'T LOSER!"

The crowd scattered as Gary rose from the grave with a gun. Both Ash and Misty looked at Gary with shock in your eyes.

"Gary...I..I...you're alive? HOW!?" Ash found it a bit hard to speak considering that Gary had a tight grip....and was holding the gun to his head.

"Well Ashy I just couldn't go and let a loser like you take care of MY girl." Gary smirked at Ash. "Your little friends failed to kill such a skilled master like myself."

Ash gaped at Gary. "But how?"

"Easy." Snorted Gary. "You forgot I had an Abra I started to train. While I was talking to you I managed to release my Abra and it teleported me away at the last second. Looks like the people you hired to kill me failed. And now I'm gonna return the favor, loser."

Misty was in shock as she looked at Gary and back to Ash. "Gary? Ash?....Ash....you...you hired some people to KILL Gary!?"

Begin held by Gary, Ash couldn't cover his shame. "....Yeah. I hired some Team Rocket members to wax him. Jessie, James and Meowth."

Gary laughed. "Heh those idiots couldn't kill a fly."

Misty frowned while looking at Gary. "But that means that your guys got to Gary before mine....."

Both men blinked before shouting "WHAT!!!!"

"Well I thought the people I hired, killed you Gary. I had no idea Ash did the same."

Gary dropped Ash and looked at Misty with his mouth open. "But...Huh? Why would you try to kill me babe?"

Misty laughed scornfully at Gary. "Why wouldn't I? I couldn't STAND you. Your nothing but an arrogant, heartless bastard!"

Gary was still stunned. "But then.....what about Ash and you?"

"What about it?" Misty had an evil grin on her face. "No one would suspect a Pokemon Master like Ash of doing something like this. And me? I always loved Ash much more than I could slime like you. I have no idea what caused me to even THINK of going with you in the first place. Who would suspect little ole me? I'd off you and then act like I was so sad and then let Ash comfort me. Falling back into his arms and being with him, no one would think anything more than I was just accepting his kindness and falling for him. It was perfect!"

"I'll say" Ash said amazed. "That's the exact same plan I was thinking of."

Gary snarled at the two of them. "SHUT UP! You're both losers!" Ash had worked his way over to Misty but it was not a good idea at this time. The reason simply because Gary could now aim his gun at both of them at the same time. "You sucked anyway Misty. I was gonna get rid of you just like I did Giselle. You were nothing more than a ready to be nailed whore. Only you were a bit more willing than Giselle. She didn't even want to do anything with me for fear of having kids. All that bimbo wanted was to snuggle. So I got rid of her for someone a bit more willing to get wild!"

Ash moved in front of Misty to shield her. "You won't get away with this Gary."

Gary chuckled. "HA! You have no witnesses and no one is here to stop me." He raised his gun, aiming right between Ash's eyes. "Well loser
it looks, like always, I win. Heh I've wanted to do this for a long time Ashy. See ya!"

"ASH!" Misty pressed herself against him as Ash held her tight. Both preparing for the end.

"HEHEHEHE AHAHHAHAHAHAHAH! ACK!!!!!" Ash and Misty looked up to see Gary bent halfway over, a gun held to his neck.

"What the...?" Ash said.

Standing over Gary was one of the funeral attendees. A female to be exact. One of the fully dressed females with the veil covering the head. She smiled a sick and twisted little smile and then spoke. "Well darling it looks like I've finally found you. I've been so lonely without you."

Gary gasped at the voice. "Giselle!? But how!"

Ash and Misty just watched the proceedings.

Giselle ripped off her veil, revealing her face. And what a gruesome face it was. Part of her face looked as if it had been burnt away. One eye was covered by an eyepatch. "Same way as you my darling. You really think you could just go and kill the greatest Pokemon Tech student?"

Gary tried to struggle but Giselle seemed impossibly strong at the moment. "I.....I...I'm sorry dear. It wasn't me! I was horrified when it happened. I couldn't live with out you!"

Giselle's face softened and she smiled happily. "Really? Oh darling I knew you loved me! But I'm so lonely! Won't you please stay with me?"

Seeing his chance Gary decided to take it. "Of course dear. I'll be with you forever!"

Giselle squealed happily and released him. Upon doing so she grabbed him by the shoulders, turned him, and kissed him deeply. Gary responded to the kiss but ever so slowly brought his gun up to her head. But before he could pull the trigger he heard a deafening bang and then fell to his feet as the world turned black.

Ash and Misty stared in shock at Gary's crumpled form. He lied at Giselle's feet, blood coming from the bullet hole in his head. Giselle then turned to them. She smiled. "Darling now we shall be together forever. You'll never leave me again!"

As she held the gun to her head Misty turned into Ash arms and a second later a second gunshot was heard. Afterwards Giselle fell on top of her beloved.

Ash stood there. And he sighed. "Damn. What a day this has been."

"Ash?"

"Yes Misty?"

"I love you."

"I love you too Misty."

She snuggled closer to him. "Lets go home."

Ash nodded. "Yes. Home sounds good. Lets go."

Ash kissed her softly for a second and then led the girl of his desires home. As they walked Ash looked back for just a second. Gary had always been on the edge. And he had always pushed a lot of people to their edge. But it seemed that for once. Someone's desire was pushed over the edge. How strange. Love could do some messed up things to some people. Himself and Misty included.

And for the last time in his life (and in this fic) Ash sighed. But this time it was a happy sigh. He had hit rock bottom for a little while but now his life could only go up. He stopped for a moment and Misty looked at him curiously. Ash smiled down at her and then looked up at the sky for a moment. He then hugged her tightly and they continued on their way. To a life without Gary and a home filled with love.

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Authors notes: Kinda just wacked huh? This is what you get when you read too many horror-thriller-murder-mystery-romance novels. (Fear street books rock!) Anyway I've always hated Gary. And getting a taste of his own medicine is what the little maggot deserves. Plus Giselle seem to be pretty close to him in personality. Anyway don't ask what I was thinking with this one. I hope you all enjoyed this twisted little fic.

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