Return to Mirage Kingdom
Pikachu
Part 3

Tuesday October 12, 2004

Once again, hi! I am cruising right along on this story don’t ya think? The 
way I see it is
that there is between 2-4 parts left but I haven’t decided. I’m looking at 3 
as of now but 4
may be a possibility although I doubt that there will be only one more part 
after this one.
I have too much planned. XD Well, enjoy!

	If it was up to Ash, he would’ve let Misty continue what she was doing to
Hanson. But since she would be in big trouble if Ash just let her kill him, 
Ash had to do
what he didn’t want to. He grabbed a hold of Misty and yanked her off. 
Hanson breathed
a sigh of relief as Misty turned on Ash, piercing him with a glare.

	“WHAT DID YOU DO THAT FOR??!!” Misty yelled. Ash’s face went from a
look of concern to slightly annoyed.

	“Did it occur to you what might have happened if I had let you continue?” 
Ash
snapped back.

	“I don’t care what would happen to me! He doesn’t deserve to live!” Misty 
bit
back. Unnoticed to both of them, Hanson had struggled his way up and 
motioned for his
Pokemon.

	“You could’ve been locked away for the rest of your life! Murder is a crime
Misty, no matter what the circumstances!” Ash replied to her.

	“Shedinja! Solar Beam! Ninjask! Hyper Beam!” Hanson commanded. Before
Ash, Misty, Pikachu, or Togetic could do anything, the attacks hit them 
head-on,
knocking all of them to the ground unconscious. Hanson laughed at his dirty 
deed/

	“That will teach you not to mess with me! Serves you right you bratty red 
head.”
Hanson sneered. With that, he turned around and walked away, laughing 
evilly.

*************************Outside the Paradise*************************

	“Do you think Hanson has been caught by Ash and Misty? Sarah asked 
worriedly.
The full moon was about half way up in the sky at this point. Ash and Misty 
had been in
the Paradise for roughly 2 and a half hours.

	“Well if they have, they are either struggling to get him back here or else 
they are
just taking their sweet time.” Max replied. Miranda shook her head.

	“I doubt that that is the case Max. By the look of rage in Misty’s eyes, 
I’d say she
was going to kill Hanson. Literally.” Miranda replied. Brock looked a tad 
worried. He
wasn’t even talking which was very much unlike him. The others noticed this 
and took
note of Brock’s strange behavior.

	“Brock? What’s up?” May asked. Brock still stared at the gateway. After a
moment, he answered.

	“What if they are in some sort of trouble?” Brock asked. The others 
exchanged
nervous looks.

	“What kind of trouble do you mean Brock?” Sarah asked. I don’t think even
Brock was sure about what he meant but he answered anyway.

	“What if they aren’t able to catch Hanson? What if something happened to
them?” Brock replied.

*************************Back to the Paradise*************************

	Ash by this time was slowly gaining consciousness. His vision swam before 
him
in a tint of blackness that made it hard to see anything. Still, he crawled 
over to Misty and
shook her to jar her awake. He did the same thing to Togetic and Pikachu who 
were also
starting to recover.

	“Man, my head is throbbing.” Misty said lightly when she finally had 
recovered
fully. Togetic motioned over in the direction of the North. Ash blinked as 
he was slightly
confused.

	“Are you saying we should go that way Togetic?” Ash asked. Togetic nodded 
its
head so Ash and Misty got to their feet. Misty took one look around and 
gasped. The
Paradise was yet again, gray and wilty. The trees leaves had all 
disappeared. Dark and
ominous clouds filled the sky and patches of flowers and grasses had been 
replaced by
spots of bare earth. Underneath one tree they found two Togepi who were 
huddling
together. Ash and Misty quickly ran to them and picked one up.

	“Are you guys okay?” Misty asked. Ash also asked the same question. Both of
their Togepi’s opened their eyes and blinked. Togetic flew up and swung its 
hands back
and forth.

	“What is it doing?” Ash asked.

	“It seems like Togetic is using Metronome.” Misty replied. Bright light 
glowed
out of Togetic’s fingertips and into the Togepi. With each passing second, 
the Togepi
appeared to get happier and happier until their health was restored.

	“There you go! You’re fine!” Misty cooed. From the East, they saw a bright 
light
that lit up the sky. Misty and Ash looked at each other.

	“That had to be Hanson again. He never learns does he?” Ash growled. Misty
suddenly spotted something on Ash’s forehead.

	“Ash, your head is bleeding!” Misty told him suddenly. Ash blinked at this
statement but lifted his hands up to his head and pulled them away. Blood 
shined on
them.

	“I can deal with that later. Right now we have to get to Hanson.” Ash 
replied.
Misty nodded and they headed off into the East with Togetic and the two 
Togepi’s
hovering nearby. Pikachu sat on Ash’s shoulder, anxiously waiting. Then, 
after what was
about a 5 minute run, they came upon Hanson. He had cornered a Togepi up 
against a
tree and it was crying. Hanson laughed.

	“You are mine Togepi! Shedinja! Solar Beam now!” Hanson yelled. There was
just one tiny error. Before Ash and Misty could do anything, one of the 
Togepi by their
side darted out and performed Safeguard just in time which made the attacks 
bounce right
off.

	“Hanson! Do you not know when to quit??!! Look at what you have done! These
Pokemon do not deserve this kind of treatment!” Misty yelled. Togetic 
started to move
forward but the guarding Togepi motioned for it to stay put. Togepi closed 
its eyes and
Ash as well as Misty saw its hands glow white. With unimaginable power, the 
little
Togepi launched a massive Solar Beam at Shedinja, making it collapse to the 
ground.

	“Whoa! No way!” Ash exclaimed. “How is that possible?”

	“Well, Metronome can mimic other attacks. It’s just a guess of which one 
you
get.” Misty replied. The injured Togepi looked at the guardian one with tons 
of respect.
Hanson was enraged.

	“You bratty twerp! I’ll teach you not to…” Hanson began but got cut off. 
The
Togepi began to glow white. Right in front of their eyes, the Togepi’s form 
changed.
After the brightness faded, a new Pokemon stood before them.

	“Whoa! It evolved into Togetic!” Misty exclaimed.

To be continued…

Well, I hope you liked it. I’m going to start wrapping the story up in the 
next part or two.
Also, I’m not sure if Metronome can do a variety of attack so, yeah. Well, 
review! ^_^