Whee! Another chapter

Disclaimer/Notes: Please see previous chapter. I don’t own pokemon.

Let’s see Misty try to catch Ash’s heart and fail! *Laughs maniacally*

Warnings: None in this section, Ash x Lance shonen-ai

Ash: *blush*

Lance: You wrote lemon?

Phantomness: Yep! I couldn’t resist the plotbunny!
Lance: …

Ash: Would you really do that to me?

Lance: *Drags Ash offstage* If you want me to prove me affection I can do that very easily…

Phantomness: ^_^

Chapter 4

There was something very, very wrong.

Misty looked at where Ash was writing his essay, one hand idly stroking the pendant he wore.

There was! Misty was a psychic, she had slight abilities carried over from her grandmother, and whenever she looked at Ash she’d sense something was wrong.

Not with him, no, of course not.

But…

Yes, something was wrong… almost as if there was something feeding off of him? Interesting.

She made a mental note to check.

The feeling hard been there, but over the last month it had gotten stronger…

Ash had only been at their school for a month.

Yes, she was still attracted to him. It was the perfect set up. She’d rescue him from whichever vengeful ghost it was, and then he would be so grateful to her he’d do anything she wanted. Of course!

It was perfect!

< Stupid little one… > Lance whispered in Ash’s mind. < Thinks she’s great, isn’t she? She’ll be so fun to break… >

< Yes, > Ash whispered back, lips curving up into a smile. < Yes… >

Lance grinned darkly, darkness reflecting shadows as they stared into each other’s eyes, passions growing as they reflected and multiplied in mirrors.

Misty might not be able to see, but she could feel the darkness multiply.

She shuddered.

She had to save Ash quickly!

It had to be tonight.

“Date?”

“Yes, a date.” Misty said nervously.

“I’ll pick you up at six?”

“That would be fine.”

“Okay!” Ash said cheerfully, as Misty breathed an inward sigh of relief. He wasn’t tainted yet…

Good! Then he’d be hers for sure.

Misty dressed prettily in dark blue and they had dinner together, before they went for a walk along Cerulean Cape.

That was when she broached the subject.

“Ash, I’m worried about you.”

“Me?” Ash blinked.

“Yes! Have you been…” Misty paused, trying to think of a way to phrase her question. “Doing any magic?”

“No.” Ash said truthfully.

He wasn’t using magic.

He didn’t need to, yet.

He just played with the lines and the elements and won.

Lance-chan took good care of him after all.

“I feel a lot of darkness from you, Ash, and I’m worried…” Misty said. “So!” She pulled out a handful of ‘evil begone’ wards and threw them at him.

They bounced off.

< If she thinks those weak things will hurt me, she’s highly mistaken. > Lance sent. * Baka… *

< I won’t let you leave. > Ash said, possessively.

< I won’t leave. >

Ash smiled.

Misty gasped. “Fine then!” She threw a bottle of holy water over him, but other than getting wet, nothing happened to Ash.

< Ew! What is she doing?! I hate being wet! >

< I know… I’ll make it up to you later. >

< Honto Ni? >

< Of course… >

< I control water, so she can’t use it to defeat me either. > Lance mentioned.

Misty stared in disbelief. “What?”

“Misty, what are you doing?” Ash asked mildly, despite his major annoyance.

“You-you!”

“Maybe I’m not possessed like you think I am.” Ash said, getting ready to leave. Misty balked.

“No choice!”

She had to make him hers! She wouldn’t lose or give him up to another girl!

She pulled out the Second Wand of the Ice Guardian and pointed it at him. “Purify! Now!”

< That’s _mine_. > Lance glared.

< Well then, if she’s trying to use it to purify you, I doubt anything will happen. >

The wand vanished.

A wind kicked up, and when the windstorm abated, Misty found that Ash had vanished.

She screamed.

Her screams echoed for a long time, and for twenty years after, she could never sleep. No peace until death took her.

*FAILURE* brand.

< Mine… > Ash purred, shadows surrounding him. < Mine… >

< Yes. > Lance whispered, kissing the little one.

< Forever? >

< Yes. >

The End

Whee! Dark, twisted, somewhat difficult to write plotbunny fic that didn’t turn out anything like I expected! Oh well, hope you liked it!

There was supposed to be a whole ‘Ash falls to darkness’ deal in this fic but I’m not sure if it was visible. Oh well.

I’m done!

Completed 5/16/04