Pokemon: Poison

Type: AAMRN


Description: 

It's Ash's Birthday and he gets stung by a Beedrill. A load of poison is going to his heart 
and if it does reach it.. then he's gonna die! Will Ash tell his true feelings toward Misty? 
Will he win the Pokemon League? Will Brock ever get a girlfriend? To find out then read 
Pokemon: Poison!


Chapter 1.

Misty was fast asleep in Ash's house. She was in a spare bedroom that no-one used. 
Tomorrow was going to be a special day for Ash. Brock sneaked in quietly and went over 
to her bag and opened it.

"Ah ha!" He said truimphantly and took out what looked like a penknife. Misty stirred 
and muttered a few words in her sleep. Brock edged towards her.

"WAKE UP MISTY! TODAY'S THE DAY!" He shouted. Misty looked up at him, then 
she suddenly realised what today was and shot out of bed.


"C'mon Pikachu! Pick up the pace!"

Ash and Pikachu were running down the road in Pallet Town at full pelt. He was training 
his pokemon to the fullest for the Pokemon league. He got into a forest and decided it 
was time for a rest.

"On all of the days it had to be today they forgot it was my birthday.." He mumbled to 
himself as he sat down on a rock.

"Pika.... (Don't get sad...)" The little rodent said going onto his shoulder, "...Pi pikachu. 
(..They won't have forgotten.)"

"Yeah... I guess-" 

He was suddenly interrupted when Brock and Misty popped out of nowhere and shouted..

"SURPRISE!"

Mrs. Ketchum and Professor Oak also came too and gave him some presents.

"I thought you'd forgotten." Said Ash with a tear in his eye.

"We'd never forget!" Said Mrs. Ketchum producing a big basket of food, "Anyone 
hungry?"

"I am!"


Ash was sat down next to Pikachu who was quietly licking some ketchup. *I guess I can't 
talk to him for a while..* Ash thought to himself. *Maybe I can open some presents.*

He grabbed one and opened it. It was... a... toothbrush?

"That's from me Ash. Hope you like it!" The prof said cheerfully.

"Yeah... I can do loads of thing with it..." He said sarcastically. Ash got another one and 
opened it. It was Misty's...

"Oooh! Aftershave...." Ash said quite happily, "...why aftershave?" 

"I dunno... just seemed right to get it for you." She said, "I couldn't think of anything else 
so I got that."

Ash smiled. It was the thought that counted. Brock went towards him.

"Hey... I saved the best gift of all for last." He said as he passed him the penknife.

"Hey cool!  I've always wanted one of these! It's got a nail file, cork screw, a tiny little 
mallet..." As Ash was going on and on about his new gift. Brock was being glared at from 
Misty.


"Well dat Prof ain't home... let's steal dose pokemon!" Meowth said truimphantly looking 
through a pair of binoculars. He knew what was coming up next so he just closed his 
eyes.

"Prepare for trouble!"

"And Make that double!"

"To protect the world from devastation!"

"To unite all peoples within our nation!"

"To denounce the evils of truth and Love!"

"To extend out reach to the stars above!"

"Jesse!"

"James!"

"Team rocket, Blast off at the speed of light!"

"Surrender now or prepare to fight!"

"Yeah yeah! That's right. Enough of dat rubbish let's nab them Pokemon!"

Jesse, James and Meowth flew into the corrall and suddenly stopped.

"Hey... can you hear that?" Said James. 

*rumble*

"Yeah..." said Jesse, "it almost sounds like..." 

*RUMBLE*

A huge herd of Tauros came at full speed down a hill and trampled over them. A huge 
swarm of Beedrills had gotten free and had caused the Tauros's to go bananas!


Brock and Misty went behind a bush to settle out what had happened with the penknife. 
Ash and Pikachu was watching them very sneakily.

"Brock! How could you! That's mine!" Exclaimed Misty.

"You never use it Misty!" Protested Brock.

"That's not the point! It was mine!"

"Are you gonna take it away from him on his Birthday?"

"Brock! It's important to me!"

Ash looked at the penknife and then at Misty. How could he do such a thing... he couldn't 
take away something important from someone he loved.

*rumble*

"What was that?" Siad Ash giving away his position in the bush. He was then glared at an 
angry Misty, "Hello! Heh-heh! I shouldn't have been spying on you! Sorry!"

"Why you lit-" She was suddenly cut off when a herd of Tauros came rushing past with a 
flock of Beedrill's above them, "-RUN!"

The Tauros's went flying past them and the Beedrill's weren't bothered in them, they were 
bothered in Ash, Misty, Brock and Pikachu. One swooped down and grabbed Ash's arm 
and stung it. He swung his fist sharply around and sent it flying into a nearby tree.

"Charizard! GO!" He shouted. Charizard came out and fried all of the annoying flying 
bugs. Ash gave a sigh, "Thank god, that's over."

"It's not over yet!" Shouted Brock and another load of Beedrill's came over the horizion. 
Charizard was quickly called back and they ran as fast as they could.

"Quick, into that cave!" Shouted Misty.


Ash sat down in the gringy looking cave. None of the Beedrill's would dare come down 
here. It was far too dark for them and besides, Charizard was at the front of the cave 
guarding the entrance. None of them dared come near it. Ash was looking at the 
penknife.

"Misty...." He said gravely.

"Yes." She said.

Ash forced a smile and showed her the penknife, "Listen, I shouldn't have this. I'm sorry."

"No... it's not your fault." She sighed, "This penknife was given to me... when my Dad 
was alive. It was the last gift he ever gave me."

"Is that why it's important to you?" He said densly.

"Yes..."

"Brock shouldn't have even given it to me." He said and passed her the penknife. 
Something caught her eye on his arm.

"What's that?" She asked. On his arm was green blob. A line of green stuff was going up 
his arm and was nearly up to his shoulder. It didn't look very good.

"Pika! (Acid!)" Pikachu squealed, "Pika pi chu! (That's gonna kill you Ash!)"

"What!" He said trying to scrape it off, "Get it off me!"

"Pikapipi.. (If that green line goes here...)" The electric rodent said pointing at his heart, 
"..Pika pika pi.. (..you'll die..)"


Chapter 2

Ash looked at the thing on his arm.

"This thing's gonna kill me?" He asked.

"Pi. (Yep.)" Pikachu said gloomly.

"How do you get rid of it?"

"Pika pikachu. (You'll have to get Professor Oak.)"

"Who's going to go out there though?"

Brock and Misty looked at each other. 

"I'll go..." Said Misty bravely. Ash looked up at her. Misty being brave? That was a first, 
"...I'll be back as quick as I can."

"Thank you Misty.... I.... don't know what to say... I thought you didn't care about me.." 
Ash said quietly.

"I do care about you.. only a little though." She said jokingly. Ash smiled. Charizard 
moved out of the way and Misty went running out at a great speed. Brock looked at Ash.

"Brock...." Ash said suddenly turning a pale colour, "..I'm scared."

"Don't be... Misty will have it all under control."


Misty ran up to Prof. Oak who was rubbing his head from a load of Tauros coming past.

"Professor Oak!" Misty shouted, "Ash has been stung by a Beedrill. You've gotta help us! 
He's got acid in his body!"

Prof. Oak suddenly moved into action, "C'mon, let's go to my lab and we'll see if I can 
come up with an antidote."


Ash had gone from good to worse in 10 minutes. He was so pale, he looked as if he had 
seen a ghost. He started shaking involuntarily. Brock grabbed his arm and the line had 
gone way up. Pikachu had a tear in his eye.

"Pika pi. (Hurry up Misty.)" the little rodent squeaked.


Misty had gotten a vial from the prof and began running back to the cave. She tripped 
over a stone and the vial was sent carooming to the floor. She jumped and grabbed it just 
in time so it wouldn't break. Then it suddenly dissapeared.

"Well, Well, Well! What do we have here?" Said a voice. Misty raised her head.

"Dat looks very nice!" 

Team Rocket was stood above her and they had taken the vial away from her. James was 
holding it very proudly. Misty took one of pokeballs.

"Staryu I ch-" Misty was interrupted when Psyduck came out with a flash, "-Not you 
Psyduck!"

"Psy? (What?)" It said holding it's head.

"Psyduck return!" 

It began running around in circles, refusing to go back in it's ball.

"PSYDUCK!" Misty shouted.

"Psyaiaiaiaiaiaai! (Ah! Ah! Ah! Help me!)" Psyduck was saying as he ran around like a 
chicken with no head.

"So what's important about this thing?" Jesse enquired as Psyduck ran around.

"It's gonna save Ash. He's gonna die if you don't give me that!" Misty screamed.

Team Rocket looked at the vial then at Misty. If Ash died, then they could get Pikachu. If 
Ash did die, they would be in the good books with the boss!

"What's wrong with him?" Asked James after some time.

"He's got acid in his body and he's gonna die! So just gimme that antidote now!"

"Psy ai ai! (My headache!)" The little duck said. Everyone looked at Psyduck, it suddenly 
went bright blue, "Psyyyyyyyyyyduck!!"

Team Rocket were levitating in the air and the vial fell out of James hands and on to the 
floor. The top came off and a bit of the liquid inside started to pour out. Misty quickly 
grabbed it.

"PSSSSYYYYYAAIIIIAAIIIIDUCK!" Then Team Rocket was hurtled through the air.

"Looks like Team Rocket is blasting off again!" They all shouted and dissapeared over 
the horizion. Psyduck tilted his head and fainted. Misty called Psyduck back and went 
back to the cave.


"Misty! You're back!" Brock said as she came back to where Ash was.

"Oh god. Look at him, he's getting worse." She said stepping back. She kneeled next to 
him and uncorked the vial, "This'll make you feel better Ash."

"Thanks...." He said weakly. Misty shaked the bottle up and down. There was nothing in 
it.

"No! It must have spilt! I'm so stupid!" Misty groaned. Ash closed his eyes and 
whimpered. Misty put her finger under his chin to make him look at her. His eyes were 
shut and were black as if he had never had any sleep. He also looked as white as ever, 
"Ash... don't do this to me! C'mon, you'll be alright!"

He didn't reply.

"We'll have to go and get another vial...." Brock said, "..I'll go this time..."

"No.. I want to go." Misty said.

"No! You stay here and look after Ash. He needs you more than me."

Misty looked at Ash. She grabbed his arm. The line was way up into his shoulder now 
and was turning towards his heart. Pikachu was curled in Ash's lap.

"Pika... pika pi. (Yeah.... you're better than him.)" Pikachu said.

"I'll be back soon." Brock quietly said and left.

Misty was left alone with Ash and Pikachu. Pikachu was fast asleep on Ash and he was 
equally worried as Misty. 

"Ash.... I've never realised how important you are to me...." She said talking to no-one in 
particular, "...I never realised how special you are..."

She sat down next to Ash. He was breathing very slowly and looked as if he had gone to 
sleep.

"Untill now I always saw you as someone annoying. Someone who doesn't care about 
anyone except Pokemon. Now I can see that you are special cos...."

She stopped and thought to herself.

"....oh what's the use.... it's like talking to a brick wall. I just want to hear your voice 
Ash.... that's all. I just want to know that you're alright. I just want to know...."

Misty let out a little sob.

"....am I special to you? Please.... speak to me..."

It went all quiet and Ash didn't reply. She kneeled infront of him and grabbed his 
shoulders.

"...Ash....please..." She said again, "...speak to me... please.... I can't think of a day 
without you... just talk to me..."

Misty let go of both of his shoulders. He wasn't going to reply.

"Ash.... please tell me.... I.... just want to know...." A tear escaped her eye and ran down 
her cheek, "...do you love me?"  

"I'm.... ok.. Misty..." He said quietly and looked up at her, "..and...I..love...you..."

Misty suddenly went bright red. He had being listening to her! She was crying her eyes 
out because she was half-embarrassed and half-happy. She hugged him and Ash smiled. 
He had to get better now... for Misty's sake...


Chapter 3.

Brock ran up to Professor Oak's house. He was waiting at the door.

"Is Ash ok?" He asked.

"No, he's not. Misty spilled the vial." Brock said sadly.

"Oh great..." He turned around, "..we haven't got the neccesary stuff to make the vial 
again."

Brock sighed. There was no way of getting Ash better now.

"This is bad.... it's actually worse than bad... it's terrible! My best friend is gonna die a 
horrible death and it's all-"

"Ahem."

Brock and Prof. Oak turned round to see a man in his late 40's. He had a brown suit and a 
hat on that made him look like a guy from a western. His hair was long, brown and 
looked as if it had pieces of metal in it. To say the least... he looked weird.

"Yes?" Asked Prof. Oak.

"My name is Auro, I hear you have a friend that is in trouble." He said with a gruff voice. 
Brock and Prof. Oak raised there eyebrows at the sametime.

"Yes...." Brock managed to say, "...how did you know?"

"I know alot of things. I also know that your two friends are called Ash and Misty. I also 
know that you are called Brock and you come from Pewter City..."

Brock had never met this guy before but now he wasn't weird. He was scary...


"Misty...." 

Misty suddenly sprung into life. She was still hugging Ash.

"What's wrong?" She asked quickly.

"Where's.. the line..."

"It's getting a little closer to your heart but don't worry Brock will make you better soon."

Ash looked at her with sad eyes.

"Talk.. to me.." He said.

"What about?"

"Anything.."

"I'm not a very good conversationalist-"

"Tell me... about your... Dad..."

Misty sighed and then looked at Pikachu. He had gotten up now.

"Pika pika! (Yeah... tell us about him!)" The little rodent squeaked.

"Well.... it's not a very happy topic for me..." She said sadly.

"I don't.. care... y'know... my Dad's dead... too..." Misty looked at Ash, "...I've had to go... 
through all the hardships... like you... I know.. how it... feels. Just tell me... what 
happened to him..."

Misty took a deep breath and sighed.

"My dad.... he used to work as a builder down at the Cerulean Lake... he was building a 
dam. He was making the biggest dam ever made... The Aura Dam. It was going to 
biggest dam ever made. The funny thing was... his name was Auro... the two names used 
to go together. 'Auro's working on the Aura Dam!'"

She chuckled to herself and then went back to her sad mood she was in.

"Ever you ever heard of Aura before?" She asked. Ash shooked his head.

"Aura was a mythical pokemon that lived on the Cerulean lake. It was said to be a 
PokeGod or a PokeGuardian. It was said to rise every twenty years and cause havoc on 
everything it saw that was evil. The only thing it wanted was metal, it was the only way it 
could survive..." 

Misty closed her eyes, "...and I always remember saying to my Dad, 'Todays the day 
when Aura comes up.'  We joked about it.... no-one believed in Aura..."

She stopped and bit her lip.

"Then..it..came...Aura destroyed the dam and killed my father."

There was a lengthy silence. She was crying. Ash reached out for Misty's hand and held 
it. He had little energy and managed just to do it.

"Tell..me..more..."

Misty wiped away a few of her tears and continued on.

"I'm sorry Ash.... it's just whenever I think about my Dad.. I get all sad. My mom died 
just after I was born and my Dad died when I was only six. The only thing he gave me 
before he went..." She got the penknife out of her pocket, "..was this."

"I'm..sorry..."

"Sorry for what?"

"For...bringing it up... I shouldn't have..done.."

"No, it's alright... you didn't know."

"Misty... I know... how you feel... my Dad left me.. when I was small... he left me and 
mom..."

"Why what happened to him?"

"He died of cancer.... while he was on his... pokemon journey..."

"Oh.... sorry."

"No.. it's alright... now I know we... have something in.. common..."

Misty smiled. Pikachu was looking at the line on Ash. It was getting closer to his heart.


"So lemme get this straight..." Brock was saying as he walked beside the strange man 
going down into the forest where the cave was,  "..you're called Auro and you come 
from?"

"A city." He replied. A sweatdrop formed on Brock's head.

"Which city?"

"Cerulean City."

"Hey the same city as Misty! Is that how you know her?"

"Perhaps..."

Brock eyed him dubiously. 'Perhaps'? What did that mean?

"What do you mean by 'perhaps'?" Brock asked. Auro didn't reply, "What do you 
mean?!"

"I know Misty because of someone else..." He said mysteriously. 



Chapter 4

Ash's condition was getting worse and Misty was holding his hand.

"No... I'm not gonna let it end like this!" She said to herself and put her hand on his head, 
"You're burning up, you need to cool down."

Misty saw a nearby leaf sticking out of one of the walls in the cave. It looked as if it 
would soak up some water. 

"Staryu, I choose you!" She shouted and the starfish pokemon came out in a blinding 
flash. Misty got her penknife out of her pocket and cut the leaf from the wall, "Staryu, 
just wet this for me."

Staryu soaked the leaf and Misty called back into it's ball.

"Thanks Staryu..." She then looked at the penknife, "..and thank you Dad."



Auro and Brock were quietly walking down the road. Auro's hair seemed to catch Brock's 
eye. It gleemed like metal and didn't look human at all. The cave was infront of them and 
a few Beedrill's were still flying about. One attempted to go at Auro..

"Look out!" Brock shouted and jumped out of the way. Auro stood there and never 
moved an inch. The Beedrill came closer to him. Then...

"Likos Kifos Firoko!" He suddenly shouted. Fire suddenly rushed from the ground and 
made the Beedrill the equilvalent of a piece of toast. It dropped to the floor with a thud 
with steam coming off it. Brock managed to stumbled over to Auro.

"Who the hell are you?!" He said.

"I am Auro... I told you that!"

"Who are you?!"

"I said I'm called Auro!"

Brock was not completely buying this. Whoever this guy was... he wasn't called Auro. No 
human could do that!  


Brock came rushing into the cave with Auro way behind him in the shadows. He had 
freaked Brock out big time.

"Brock what's wrong?" Misty asked.

"Him!" He said out of breath, "He's a freak!"

"Who's 'him'?"

"I'm 'him'." Auro said coming out of the shadows. Misty took a deep breath.

"Dad?" A tear welled in her eye, "Dad!"

"No stay away!"

"Dad! It's me Misty!"

"I know it's you Misty... but I'm not your Dad."

Everyone looked puzzled at the man standing before them. If it wasn't Auro... then who 
was it?

"Pika pi? (Who are you then?)" Said Pikachu uncurling himself from Ash's lap.

"I am Auro.... PokeGuardian of Light. I have come to correct a terrible mistake."

Everyone looked at him like a nostril hair on a spanish omelette.

"Uh-huh..." Said Misty stepping back.

"I've had to use a human body and well... since I accidently killed your father-"

"You used my fathers body!" Misty said with rage, "How could you! YOU ABSOLUTE 
BAS-"

"No! Listen to me!" The Auro lookalike grabbed Misty's arms to stop her hitting him, 
"I've been sent by your father to save your friend!"

Misty stopped.

"You mean to say that... Dad sent you here.."

"Yes... he's a PokeGuardian too y'know. He's up there in the Heavens looking over you... 
he wants to protect you... he wanted me to do something when you needed something in 
your time of need." He paused to see if Misty was taking it all in,  "I just want you to 
know that I didn't mean to kill your father... he still loves you."

Misty was crying her eyes out now.

"No hard feelings?"

Misty hugged Aura.

"I don't care if your Aura or Auro, but thank you... I know now that my Dad is ok..."

Aura went over to Ash and put his hand on his chest.

"Ash... y'know your Dad is a PokeGuardian as well. Your Dad and Misty's Dad are very 
good friends up there."

"They are?" Misty said.

"Oh yeah... after seeing you two saying that you love each other."

Misty went bright red. Ash heard what was going on and he was blushing abit too.

"When was that?!" Asked Brock suddenly getting excited.

"You'll find out soon Brock." Auro said quietly and closed his eyes. He was muttering a 
few words under his breath, "..rectos, likos, jynxos, VIPOS!"

Bright light fizzed between Ash's chest and Aura's hand. The green acid vanished with a 
pop and Ash's face suddenly went back to it's normal colour. There was a long pause...

"Ugh... Misty..." He said.

"Ash!" Misty shouted and hugged him, "I thought I almost lost you!"

"I'm glad things worked out. Thanks-"

Ash looked around. Aura had gone.

"Where did he go?"

"He's gone back home to see our Dad's. Hey Ash."

"Yeah?"

"I want you to have this."

She took the penknife out of her pocket.

"No... it was Dad's!"

"Trust me. I want you to have it... cos it belongs in the family."

"It's the best gift ever.... Misty..."

"Yes?"

"I love you."

"I love you too."

They both kissed and Pikachu and Brock silently left them.



"It's good to see two Pokemon trainers get together." A voice said.

"Yeah." Another voice said.

"Hopefully, they'll get a family and have a better life than they did have been alone."

"Yeah."

"Maybe when they die.. they can become PokeGuardian's like us!"

"Yeah."

"Can you say anything else besides 'yeah'?"

"No not really cos look..."

"Aww... they're kissing."

"Maybe they can be PokeGuardian's like us one day Auro... maybe they can."


THE END