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AN: Hey people I’m baaack! Well here’s the next chapter. And I would like to say thank you to Michi. She wrote the battle scenes! Without her I think this wouldn’t be posted for a long while!

Italics: Thoughts

( ): Pokemon speech

< >: Author’s notes.

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"Misty, Misty wake up." Ash spoke softly while lightly shaking her awake. He was scared. She was moving around saying thins he couldn’t hear. She shivered, and he put his jacket over her to keep her warm, but what he couldn’t understand was that she was sweating. She must be having a nightmare.

"Ash…no...Ash." Ash could now hear her, he desperately needed to wake her up, and she was getting worse every second.

"Misty wake up. Misty you need to get up!" She can’t hear me. I know! "Pikachu please shock Misty enough to wake her up."

Pikachu nodded and walked over to Misty and laid her paw on her shoulder. "Pika…Chu…(wake up Misty.)" Pikachu lightly shocked Misty, it was barely enough to hurt anyone or anything, but it was enough to wake her up.

"What, where…where am i." She suddenly remembers and she silently burst into tears. <Can you do that? >

"Misty are you ok?" Ash asked worriedly.

"Oh Ash." She cries and he pulls her close while she cries into his chest.

"Misty, what’s wrong?" He said while rubbing her back to try and calm her down.

"Ash, please don’t go into the tower."

"Misty, you know we have to. What happened, you were fine yesterday?"

"I just…*sniff *…remember the last *sob * time we were here." She couldn’t finish because she started crying even harder now.

"Misty," Ash didn’t finish. Misty shook her head so she could continue.

"You almost died, no wait you did. I was so upset, we were just beginning to be really close. I don’t want that to happen again." She tried her best to not cry anymore, but it didn’t work. She didn’t care if he saw her this way, she had to open up to someone, she was tired of holding that tuff girl image, and he was the only one there.

"Misty please calm down, don’t worry I’m not as young or naïve like I used to be. Besides we both are a lot stronger. So please Mist forget about what happened, it will only cause more problems when we go inside." He said as he dried her tears.

She smiled, "You still are naïve."

"Hey!"

"But you are smarter, I can give you that. If you ever come close to dying again or ever scare me that bad, then I’ll hit you so hard with my mallet that you wish you were dead!" She said showing the old /misty. Ash smiled she looked so cute when she did that.

Ash did I just think that! Man good thing I didn’t say it out loud. He was blushing, and so was she. They were both just staring into one another’s eyes.

Little did they know they were getting very close to each other.

"Pikachu (Good morning!)" Oops. She thought as she saw them both pull away blushing furiously. Great I just ruined another perfect moment for them to get together. I sure need to come in at the right time. Oh well maybe later.

"Uh…*clearing throat * Goo...good morning Pikachu. Have a good sleep?" Ash asked.

"Pikachu (yep!)"

"I’m going to go change I’ll be back." Misty said as she limped off and took her clothes with her and went into the forest to change. < Her sprained ankle, remember. > Ash watched her leave and then he too changed.

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They were at the front door of the tower and Ash started to walk in, but Misty just stood there. Ash looked back and shook his head. He walked back to her and grabbed her hand and squeezed it to reassure her. She looked up at him and he smiled at her, she smiled back weakly. Still holding hands they walked into the tower.

"Wow, it looks…" Misty started.

"The same."

"Yeah. Just more dirty and cold."

"And more freaky." They walked in and looked around trying to see if there were any clues at all that they needed to help them find the people. They didn’t really see anything new. More holes, more dust, but that was it.

"It almost looks as if someone was looking for something." Misty said.

"Yeah well, ahhhhhhh!" As always someone fell through a hole and that someone was Ash. < Hey they always end up in a hole somewhere. >

"Ash!"

Nothing.

"Ash!"

Still nothing.

"Ash!?"

"Yeah."

"Are you ok?" She yelled down.

"Yeah fine *cough * just a little tired of this falling in a hole crap." He said as he stood up and wiped the dust off himself.

Misty giggled at his statement. "Is there anything down there?"

"A door. Come on down so we can look."

"How am I supposed to get down when I can barely walk!?"

"Oh yeah…umm…use Rapidash, I’m sure it can jump down here without getting hurt."

"All right. Go Rapidash!"

"(Yes.)" <Hey I don’t exactly know what sound a horse makes. What u gunna do sue me? >

"Will you please take me down there."

"(Sure.)" Misty got onto Rapidash and then Rapidash jumped down to where Ash was. Misty called Rapidash back and they continued to walk some more.

Suddenly, Misty screamed and is thrown to the side.

"Misty!" Ash yelled and tries to run to where she is laying but is stopped by a huge man. The man is tall with dark hair. His eyes are blue. He is also wearing dark clothes.

"No you don’t!" The man laughs.

"(Misty!)" Pikachu yells and runs over to her side. "(Are you okay?)"

"Yeah, thanks Pikachu," Misty answered. "Ash! Look out!"

The man threw a punch at Ash, which he barely dodged. Ash was on the defense and was backing up with every punch the guy threw. Finally, he decided to take the offence and tried to kick the guy in the stomach. The guy caught Ash’s leg and flung him backward, into a wall. Ash stood up and ran at the guy.

"Ash what are you doing?!" Misty yelled.

"What’s it look like?!" Ash yelled back. "Now run before he comes after you! I can take him!"

"No, Ash! He’s a lot older than you!"

"Your point? Now GO!"

Misty then got an idea, she limped away like he had told her and then went into the shadows. Ash couldn’t see her there, so he went back to his fight.

Misty winced at every punch and kick Ash took. She could tell he was lying when he told her he could take this guy. He didn’t want her to worry. But she was anyway. And got even more worried with every blow. Finally, Ash got a hit.

He punched the guy in the stomach, but this only made the man even angrier. He kneed Ash in the stomach and punched him in the back, sending him into the ground.

You were right, Misty...I can’t take him... Ash tried to stand up, but he couldn’t. Then he felt something. It was like new energy. And somehow, he knew it was Misty helping him. He stood up and a red glow catches his eye. He looks over and sees Misty.

I told her to go... oh well. Now, to finish this guy... He faced the guy, whose eyes were as big as saucers. Ash put his arms out to the side and slowly brought them together in front of him. He clapped once and opened his eyes, which were glowing yellow. As he clapped, a huge bolt of yellow and black lightning came from the sky. It hit the guy, and he disappeared.

"Ash!" Misty yelled. "You did it!"

She ran as fast as she could with her ankle the way it was and hugged him. Surprised, he hugged her back. "(Great job Ash!)" Pikachu said.

"Thanks Pikachu." Ash answered. "I guess we should keep going then."

"Yeah, I guess so." Misty answered.

"Pikaaa! (Ahhh!)" Pikachu yelled as an invisible force hit her from behind. "(Where did that come from?)"

"Where did what come from?" Ash asked, confused. "Oh."

Pikachu was hit again from behind. Pikachu was starting to get angry because she couldn’t figure out who or what was hitting her. "(Ash! Take Misty and find somewhere safe to hide! I’ll call you if I need help! Go!)"

Ash nodded and helped Misty run as best he could.

"(Okay, I don’t know who or what you are, but I’m going to win!)" Pikachu filled the air around her with dark energy and electricity.

"(You missed me!)" Said a voice that seemed to come from nowhere. It was very much mistaken. The amount of energy and electricity that filled the room increased, and the air without it decreased. Suddenly screaming could be heard and a form appeared and fell to the ground.

"(Missed you did I?)" Pikachu laughed. "(Hardly.)"

"(Ha, you’ll have to do better then that to beat me!)" The creature stood on its hind legs and shot spikes at Pikachu. Pikachu dodged all of them. Even when you could see the Pokemon, it was still mostly a shadow. You could tell it was huge, but not quite how huge. But you could see it’s features clearly, it had rather large claws.

"(Okay, is this better?) Piiii..." Pikachu started to power up an attack. "Kaaa...CHUUUU!!!" I huge bolt of lightning hit the creature, rendering it unconscious. "(Ash! Come capture it!)"

"What?" Ash and Misty came back. "Oh! Pokeball go!" He threw a Pokeball at the Pokemon and captured it.

"Okay, now what do we do?" Misty wondered.

"Keep walking I guess." Ash answered. "Here, Pikachu."

Ash used a super potion on Pikachu and healed any wounds she had.

"(Thanks!)" Pikachu said. Ash smiled at her. "(Now let’s go!)"

They started walking; Misty was again on Ash’s back. After about five minutes of walking...

"Where do you think you’re going?!" A female voice asked from the shadows. Not again, Ash thought.

"Why do you want to know?" Misty answered as Ash put her down.

"No reason really, except that you won’t be going anywhere, brat!" The woman spat at Misty.

"What do you mean by that?" Ash asked, taking a step toward Misty.

"It means, that she’ll have to defeat me before you can pass."

"What?!" Ash yelled. "She can’t-"

"Ash," Misty said quietly, "I have to try."

Ash looked at her and said, "okay, but be careful." Then he stepped off to the side to watch.

Misty immediately too the offensive. She punched the woman in the stomach. Then she kicked her in the back of the knees, causing her to fall. Misty then got an idea. She took out her old mallet and raised it over the woman’s head, ready to hit her.

"Oh no you don’t!" The woman yelled and grabbed the mallet from Misty’s hands. She hit Misty in the stomach with it, causing her to stumble backward and fall. Then she held the mallet over Misty’s head.

"Get up and die."

She threatened. Misty! Ash thought.

Misty started to stand and the woman swung the mallet. This seemed to be in slow motion for Ash. "Nooo!" He ran as fast as he could.

Misty saw the mallet, also seeming to be in slow motion. She put her hands over her head, in an attempt to protect herself and waited for the impact. But it never came. She felt someone lift her out of the way of the Mallet. She saw Ash.

"Pikachu! Finish her!" Ash yelled.

Pikachu nodded and jumped into battle. She powered up a Dark Thunder and after it hit the woman, she was no where to be seen. All of a sudden they heard some strange beeping noise.

"What’s that?" Ash asked confused.

"You watch maybe." Misty said sarcastically.

"Oh hehe." He sweat dropped and turned it on.

"Hey Ash, its me Jennifer, great job on defeating the evil in the tower, we didn’t think you could do it o quickly."

"How do you know we defeated them?" Misty asked as she looked over Ash’s shoulder.

"Apparently after you beat them they came here. Well after Misty catches that other Pokemon you need to go to the secret arena we should you. Bye."

"Ok. Well Misty lets go find that Pokemon." They continued waking looking for the Pokemon Misty was supposed to capture.

They came across a balcony and decided to look out at it. Misty walked out and said, "Wow it’s beautiful."

"What was that?" Ash asked.

"Pikachu pika (it sounded like a Pokemon.)"

"(You’re right I am a Pokemon.)"

"Where are you and why aren’t you going to defend yourself. I was told to capture you." Misty replied.

It stepped out of the shadows to reveal itself. Both Ash and Misty gasped. It looked exactly like an Arcanine, except its fur was blue, and the stripes were red. Its eyes were a dark green like Misty’s.

"(I do not wish to battle, I know about this legend and I wish to help there is no need for a battle that I surely will lose.)"

"Ok...well then…Pokeball go!" Misty yelled as she threw the special Pokeball she was told to use. The ball automatically stopped and both Ash and Misty looked at their Pokeball as they changed colors to match their main ones. <If u have no idea what I’m talking about, then go to the chapter before this and I think I mentioned what they looked like. >

"Ok well I guess that’s it lets head back." Ash said as they both took out their special devices and transported back to the ‘special place’.

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"Woah that was weird." Ash said as he landed on the ground.

"Ahhhhhhh *plop * woah I never want to do that again.

"Misty can you please get off of me?" Ash replied as he tried to get up.

"Oh uh sure." Misty said while blushing.

"Will you both please get off me!" Brock said.

"Sorry Brock!" They said in unison.

"So I see you finished your little mission." Said Kelly as she helped Brock off the floor.

"Yep, now we just have to wait for Je…uh…Hydra and Sabrina." Misty said.

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"Come on Sabrina we need to meet all of them to tell them their next Mission."

Silence.

"Sabrina you here?" Hydra looked around and tried to find Sabrina. She looked everywhere. The gym, the halls, the kitchen. Maybe she’s in her room. When she opened the door she was surprised to see no one there, but she looked over on the bed and saw a little white piece of paper. Wonder what this is. She picked it up read it over and gasped. With out noticing she dropped it and ran out the door to get her Pokemon and she was on her way to talk with Ash, Misty and the rest of the gang.

The paper lay on the floor face up as it read:

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