Hello!!! I bet this is a pleasant surprise, something other than Misty's 
Journey... ^^
Anywho, this story has Ash, Misty and Haruka in, but under Satoshi Kasumi and
Kimi respectively. This is an English assignment, and I have to type it up, and 
at the same time, I decided to post it here... ^^ It's completely different to 
Misty's Journey, which I'm stuck in the mud with at the minute, as this is 
depressing, sort of. I've got a couple of things to say about this, so read 
this:

*** THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS POKÉMON, NO BROCK, TRACEY ETC.
SET IN USA, TERRORISM IMPLIED, AND IS IN MISTY'S (KASUMI'S) POV ***

oKAY, THAT'S THAT DONE WITH... WAIT, I left CAPS LOCK on... sorry, it
locked... heh, caps lock locked... ^^;

Umm... about the terrorist implication thing, I got the idea because this 
morning
(12th Nov) all British ferry ports were put on the highest security alert after
England were tipped off about a lorry set to come to Britain full of explosives 
was expected to board a ferry. Nothing's happened yet, but I think if it's gonna
happen, it'll be once the security's been slacked again... Sorry, but our school
had a weird atmosphere to it today, maybe even terror... If you think about it,
we're ripe for a terrorist attack, we haven't had any apart from MANY IRA bombs
in London and Northern Island... Sorry for the ranting...

Disclaimer: I don't own the characters, they're Nintendo's... I own this plot
though... It's my GCSE assignment, please don't take it, I worked hard on 
this...

Nothing To Live For...

Christmas. For most people, it's the most wonderful time of the year. It was for
me, until He came, that is... sorry. I should give you some more background on
what happened before jumping to the middle of the story.
My name is Kasumi. I was the youngest of four sisters, also known as the
Sensational Sisters. Daisy, the ditzy blonde, Lily, the brunette, and the second
blonde in our family, Violet. After those three, there was me, the forgotten 
little ginger runt who couldn't get anything right in life. While they were all 
ditzy, chasing the jocks, partying every Friday and Saturday night, and spending 
our money on unnecessary new clothes, I'm the one who looked after the home,
while juggling my education along with it. To put it simply, they were pretty, I
wasn't. They were popular, I wasn't. I was just the redheaded, hot headed, runt
from a small Colorado town.
There were only us four in the household. Our father got killed in a Mafia
shooting when I was 9, and our mother died from Leukaemia when I was 11. So I
lived with the triplets from Hell day in, day out. They were old enough to be my
'guardians' even though they didn't care what I was doing, and they wouldn't
notice if I left. But, I guess it was better to live with them than go to an
Orphanage.
My only friends were Satoshi, Kimi and AJ. Satoshi was lucky. He had no
siblings, and had a brilliant mother. His father had been killed in the same 
Mafia shooting as mine. He was really cool, but affectionate at the same time. 
You could have said we were best friends. Kimi was really good at Art, but was
useless at pretty much everything else. She was a real laugh. Her big brother
was Lily's boyfriend at the time. She had a twin brother, but he was killed in 
an 'accident' at school. I couldn't see how falling out of the Science lab 
windows was accidental. We thought that somebody pushed him out. He broke his 
neck, and died as he hit the ground. My final friend was AJ, Satoshi's cousin. 
What really freaked me out was they NEVER fought! Imagine that, relatives not 
fighting. Hell would have frozen over if my sisters and I stopped fighting. We 
had all been friends for ages, but Satoshi's friendship and mine went back WAY 
longer than any of the others. Everybody thought I was weird having a boy as a 
best friend, but that's me for you. I'm weird full stop.
Well, I think that's enough about me. Now on to what I was going to tell you...

It all started last Christmas. It was the last week of school before the 
Christmas, and the school's atmosphere was electric with excitement about the 
upcoming school break. It was bitterly cold outside, and the previous day, we 
had all been very disappointed that school hadn't been cancelled due to the 
amount of snow; it was close to being 2 feet deep. The school grounds had been 
whitewashed, as everybody had been kept inside. We were in Maths, when a 
receptionist came to the room asking for Satoshi and me. The receptionist 
approached Mr. Pike, our tutor, leant over and told him something in a hushed 
tone, so none of the class could hear. I had looked up from my work, and when 
the receptionist stood up again, Mr. Pike widened his eyes quickly from what he 
had heard.
"Erm, Satoshi; could you please go to the reception, there's a call waiting for 
you, apparently it's urgent. You should go too, Kasumi." Mr. Pike said 
uncertainly.
Satoshi and I exchanged glances before following the receptionist down the
corridor to the reception. When we arrived, Satoshi was handed the phone
receiver. He listened to the person on the other end, then replied
"Hello... Yeah, I'm Satoshi... Kasumi's right here with me... Wait, just who are
you?!" Satoshi inquired. During this time, he had been looking at me, but not
directly. A few seconds later, he shifted his glance directly to me.
"He... He wants you..." Ash said shakily. I took the receiver out of his shaky
hand.
"Who exactly is this?" I asked irritated
"You may not know me, but I sure know you little girl... I knew your father 
too...
You'll soon be like your father girl..." The implacable voice sneered down the
phone. As soon as I heard this, I gasped, and slammed the receiver down in
shock. Pictures of my father's- and Satoshi's- murder scene replayed through my
mind, like a VCR stuck replaying the same images, over and over. Satoshi and I
were there when our beloved fathers were brutally wasted by the Mafia. We saw
it ALL to the last grainy detail.
"Kasumi? What's the matter?" Satoshi asked concerned
"That person... He knew our fathers..." I trailed off.

6 days later, 22nd December- three days before Christmas- was Satoshi's
birthday. We- AJ, Kimi and I- had organised a party for him. We had all decided
to get to his house for 5pm. The weather was worse than usual; it had been a
driving blizzard through howling sub-zero winds since the previous night. As I
walked to his house, the ice wind slashed at my face constantly, burning my face
although to touch it was ice cold.
When I arrived at Satoshi's house, I ran for the porch to shelter from the 
driving snow. It felt funny to be out of the gale, but I appreciated it. I rang 
the doorbell, and was greeted by Satoshi's mother, with AJ popping up behind 
her.
"Oh hi Kasumi, I'm glad you could make it looking at the weather out there. Put
Satoshi's present on the coffee table as you go in." Satoshi's mum greeted me. I
walked in and immediately hung up my frozen parka to dry.
"I'd never miss Satoshi's party for anything!" I replied, walking into the 
lounge. I placed the present and card on the table, and sat on the couch 
opposite Satoshi, next to Kimi. AJ was sat next to Satoshi. We had organised a 
disco later on, where more people would be coming, but until then, there were us 
four.
"Hiya, happy birthday!" I said cheerfully.
"Thanks! Where are your sisters? They promised they would be coming..."
Satoshi replied.
"Oh, they said they'd be over later, but they are turning up. I made sure of 
that..." I grinned evilly. Around ten minutes later, Satoshi began to open his 
presents. I had bought him a Gamecube game, titled 'Super Smash Bros. Melee'. 
Also, as a prank, I wrapped the box in a pair of pants. I knew how much he hated 
getting underwear as a present... But when he got to my present, he opened it, 
and this was his exact reaction:
"If you've bought me underpants I'm going to kill you- GRRR!!!! I hope you can
run fast!!! Oh, wait, there's something else... Oh cool!!! Thanks Kasumi!!!"
Satoshi exclaimed.
"What, the pants?" I replied innocently
"No... the game stupid!" Satoshi sighed
"Okay, okay, no sweat, chill!!!" I taunted. He just sent me a warning glance.

The rest of the party went to plan. My sisters eventually turned up, at about 
7pm, along with the rest of the people coming to the disco. There were about 15 
of us. Around 9pm, we began wrapping the night up. There had been one thing that
bugged me right the way through though. There had been this man that I didn't
recognise keeping a low profile. I just assumed that he was a relative to 
Satoshi.
What bugged me though was he kept going to the kitchen, returning, then
disappearing 5 minutes later. He was just acting really weird.
Anyway, towards the end of the party, I felt a bit hot, so I told Satoshi that I 
was off in the garden- a large garden at that- for some fresh air. The wind had 
calmed down significantly, and the snow was fluttering down freely, apart from 
there was a gust of wind, where the wind would drive the snow in flurries. I ran 
down to the bottom of the garden where you were sheltered well from the wind. I 
sat on the bench which was well sheltered, and stared at the pond, which would 
make a brilliant ice rink for ducks. At this thought I giggled to myself. I 
sighed at the simple beauty of the garden, white, and the glazed pond, and 
appreciating the crisp air on my skin again. I carried on staring at the pond 
when the kitchen light turned on, switching my concentration to the window. I 
noticed the blind was down, so I went back to looking at the pond. I began 
thinking about the goldfish in his pond, and whether they would survive under 
the ice. I don't know why I was thinking about them, but I suddenly heard a 
shrill scream erupt from the house. I sat there listening to the still spooky 
silence that had engulfed the surroundings. Suddenly I heard Satoshi shout:
"OH MY GOD! EVERYONE GET OUT! THERE'S A BOMB!!!"
My heart stopped beating as soon as I heard that, and I heard all the panic in 
the house with everyone trying to get out, but oddly nobody got out. I jumped 
up, and began to run down the garden back to the French doors to the lounge, and
noticed Satoshi and AJ banging at the French doors trying to get out. I was
halfway up the garden, but I was too late. There was a deafening explosion, and
the house was engulfed in flames. The force of the explosion knocked me to the
ground, and I blacked out.

I woke up in hospital with burns and a broken leg from how I had been knocked
down. I asked about Satoshi and his mother; I asked about AJ and Kimi; I asked
about Daisy, Lily and Violet; and I asked about the rest of the guests. I was 
told by a police officer that I was the only survivor from the blast. A nutter 
who gets a kick out of murdering innocent people had killed everyone who had 
been there. I thought about this for a while, and it all pieced itself together 
like a jigsaw in my mind... The phone call for Satoshi and me, and how he knew 
our parents, and the threat; the weird person at the party; there is somebody 
out there trying to finish the Waterflowers and Ketchums off for good. They may 
have succeeded with the Ketchums... they had no hope with the explosion, but 
they will still be after me for some time to accomplish their objective.

So now you know my story. I have lost everything that meant anything to me-
family, friends. I've nothing to live for anymore, so the idiots behind this may 
as well take me now. Thank you for hearing me out, but now you know why I'm like 
I am now...

*~*~*~*~*

I'll say this now, it is unlikely I will continue this; it's supposed to be a 
one-off job, k? But there is a chance if any of you are so vivid on this being 
continued, then it might, or if I get a brainwave to continue...

Please review, I would REALLY love to know what you think of my assignment-
whether it crap or top banana, or anywhere in between, please let me know! Oh,
and if I get a lot of questions, I hate leaving them unanswered, so I might add
another chapter with the Q's and A's, k?

Anywho, please review, any questions? Mail me, and I'll answer them.

Stay cool, AAML forever,
Misty's Double