***BIG FAT AUHORS NOTE!!! READ THIS!!!***

Look, before I continue this story I want to explain something.Many people who have reviewed the previous chapter say they are confused. Allow me to explain. In a former life Ash was the god of fire. His name was Hikaru back then. And Misty was the goddess of fire in her former life. She was named Kimi. I'm not going to explain how they died in this note. That comes later. And Puplan is... well to put it easily he's like the devil incarnate. He posseses people. He was possesing Marissa's father but when he died the demon moved into Marissa's body. So Marissa is not evil she's just posessed by the devil. Let's see.... anything else? Oh yes Marissa was born with powers. She had powers even without being possesed. Remember how she got the cookies down from the top of the fridge? And how she opened the door into the room with the magic book? She's telepathic. Like Sabrina. And one more thing. Ash and Misty can transform so Ash can be either Hikaru or Ash. Same with Misty. But they can't touch when they are transformed. You know, Water puts out fire and fire evaporates water. That's why they need to be in their human form before they can touch. Well On with the story! If there's any more confusion just E-mail me. Okay?" MistyPFFA@aol.com. Not UsgiChiba@aol.com. I switched my screen name.

*****END OF BIG FAT AUTHOR'S NOTE!!!****

" Dad?... Dad?" Brock sat by his father's side. He lay in the hospital bed with IV's and tubes hanging all over his body. Brock was disgusted. He wanted to rip all the tubes out and see his father as his father. Not as some man dying in a hospital bed. Misty Slowly walked into the room. It hurt her to see Brock hunched over his father's bed. He was always so strong. he was always the one that helped out. He knew where he was going and he knew what to do. But now... he was alone and scared and he didn't know what to do. He couldn't imagine what was going to happen next, and that scared him. Misty walked over to him and put her hand on Brock's shoulder.

"It'll be okay Brock... Somehow, it will be alright." Brock looked up at Misty. She looked so confident that Brock started to feel slightly better. But when he looked back to his father lying helpless he lost that strand of hope. Brock looked helplessly at his father's face.

" Dad.... Dad... please... don't leave..." Suddenly his father moved, and his eyes slowly started to open. He looked slowly at Brock and smiled. BEEP...BEEEP....................BEEEEEEEEEEEEP. Brock's father went flat line.

"No.... No! No please! Don't die! Not now! please......... don't leave me alone..... please...." Brock clenched the sheets. He was alone. Utterly alone. He had no one. The room seemed to spin around him. He covered his eyes with his hands and started to comprehend what was to become of him. He was now a loner. No family. No family at all. His siblings were dead by now, and his father's carcass was lying in front of him. Tears streamed down his cheeks. He looked up at Misty, whose eyes were wide and tear filled.

" .....I don't wanna be alone..." he said softly to her as he Broke down in sobs, laying his head on his father's bed.

Misty looked at Brock. She ran up to him and held him in her arms. He just cried. He cried and cried for an hour. Misty looked at Brock's father. He didn't deserve this. Then she got an idea. She helped Brock out of the chair and led him to the other side of the room.

" Please Brock, stay back." Misty walked slowly to the dead man's side. She closed her eyes. And when she opened them she was Kimi. Her hands glowed a deep blue beauty of color. She put her hands on the man's cheast and concentrated. She concentrated on the man who helped Ash gain his first badge. The man who came back home, years after his wife's death, to his son standing on the oppisite side of the room staring in amazment. But most of all she concentrated on the picture in her mind of a father and his children, smiling. She concentrated on that happy family and opened her eyes. The man gasped a breath and looked and the glowing girl standing next to him.

"Hello." He said to her softly.

" Hello." She said smiling at him. " My name's Kimi. What's your's?"

He smiled at the girl. " My names Slate. Nice to meet you."

Brock walked slowly to his father. He sit there completely oblivious to the tubes sticking out of his body. He just sat there, happy, conversing with the nice girl he had just met, who stood next to him.

"D-.. Dad?" Brock questioned slowly, not knowing if his father was really alive, or if it was an illusion of emotion. Slate looked at the boy standing nervous in the room. He tried to say something, but he couldn't think of anything to say. He just smiled as Brock, his son.... walked slowly to him. Suddenly Brock ran up and embraced his father.

"...Dad!" Bock gasped between sobs of happiness. Misty put her hand on Brock's sholder. Brock looked up at her. She smiled down on him. He let go of his father and sobbed in Misty's arms.

"Thank you! Oh god thank you!" He looked up in her eyes and smiled a tear filled smile. "How can I ever repay you Misty? Anything. Anything at all! " She smiled at him.

" Don't repay me. Just promise me. Promise me you'll always be happy. And promise me you'll never hide you warm smile. Seeing you this happy is all I need." He smiled at her.

" Sure Misty. I'll always smile for you." He smiled as tears trickeled down his cheeks.

"Well Brock, I guess this might be the end of our pokemon journey. For a while anyway... You need time with your father. And I... I need time to find Ash. I will find him. And when I do, we'll come back for you, and we’ll have a celebration so big all of Pewter city will come!" She said with tears, also, running down her cheeks.

" All of Pewter City will come. It's a date." Brock said sadly, but at the same time, smiling.

" I won't be sad. I know you'll do it. You’re Kimi!" He said happily.

"... Goodbye.. Brock." Misty said as she looked over her shoulder and walked out of the hospital room.

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" No! I won't NOOO!" Ash screamed as loud as possible. He would not do this! Rage was filling up inside of him. It boiled up from the pit of his stomach and turned his heart black. She was taunting him! Saying I HAVE COMPLETE CONTROL OF YOU ASH! AND YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT! He had transformed into his former self 3 weeks before. He had felt the fire running through his veins. but he wasn't able to do it again. no matter how mad he got, somehow, he wasn't able to duplicate that wonderful sensation of fire. he couldn't transform into Hikaru. He just couldn't do it. Maybe Hikaru didn't want to come out. Or maybe Ash was afraid of being Hikaru. It didn't matter. All that mattered was what marissa was making him do. She had spread him from village to village, stealing the children. There were hundreds of children in the cave now. And every night Ash had to try sleep through their screams and sobs. But by now he had given up sleep. By now all he did was lay on the floor and think of Misty. All night long. Once he cried himself to sleep. Thinking about his love. And what she was doing. He was tired and stressed and his skin drooped off of his bones. But now.... now he thought of Misty more than ever. He had wanted to see her for... how long had it been? Months.... years for all Ash cared. But now he wanted Misty to run. Run away from him. For the first time he wanted nothing more than not to ever see Misty. He used to think Marissa was just mad at him. He thought she just wanted to use him and then dispose of him. But now he knew, she just wanted to torture him. He started to cry at the injustice as Marissa trudged his tired collapsing legs through the gate to Cerulean city.

" I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING MARISSA! I WON'T DO THIS! I WON'T I WON'T I WON'T!" He screamed as loud as he could.

" Yes you will... and you will do it perfectly." She laughed at him. She knew this was wrong. She knew somewhere deep inside her heart that this was the wrong thing to do. But she didn't care. He deserved this. She liked him. She would even go to the lengths of saying she loved him. But she couldn't say it. Her heart knew nothing of love. But she wanted it. She knew, she just knew, if she kept this up long enough ash would fall in love with her. Then she migt just find out what love was. And ash would only love her. But first she had to rid of his first love. So he would have no one to turn to. She would have to get rid of Misty. She smiled an evil smile and moved Ash into the attack position with his hands glowing red......

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" I.. I love you Ash. I love you so much I cry myself to sleep. Because every time I see you I always get you hurt. It's all my fault. It 's all my fault.. " Misty cried into the night babbling words of depression and pain as she sat on the cold floor in the cold of space. Then Ash appeared out of all the darkness in front of her eyes. He was chained to a wall with shackles. his clothes were ripped and his head hung lifeless.She ran up to him and took the hat off his head. His eyes were closed and he wasn't breathing. She lifted his head up and kissed him softly. Goodbye.... Ash. She thought to herself. He then opened up his eyes and slowly looked at her.

" Misty...... how could you??" He cried as something grabbed him and dragged him, screaming, into the dark abyss.

" I didn't mean it .. .I-- I just wanted to say goodbye! I... I...ASH!" Misty screamed into the darkness that was slowly swallowing her whold.

" AHHHHHH!" Misty screamed as she snapped awake. Fear and depression crawled up and down her spine as tears spilled down her cheeks. She threw off her sweat drenched sheets and walked into the kitchen still trembling. She knew there was no way she would be able to get to sleep again. There was no way. No way at all. That was the same dream she had been having for weeks. She started to pour herself some milk as she looked out the window.

::SHATTER::

The glass fell to the floor as she saw the person walking along the street in front of her house. She threw open the door and Dashed outside. It couldn't be! It just couldn't be him! But it was.... she had prayed and prayed and God had finally come through! There he stood... with his familar jeans... his blue cotton vest.. and his Dark shirt. but... they were stained with blood. His hear was nappy and knotted. And his face.... his handsome, handsome face, was plastered with terror and sorrow. What could be the matter...? but then she remembered.... she remembered what marissa made him do to Brock's siblings...she realized what he was going to do as she saw his hands glowing with an unearthly light.

" Misty... .run... run away from me. " He whispered... no...he pleaded! There were tears in his eyes. He wanted to see her for so long. He had searched for her beautiful face for months but when she finally was found... he had to force her away. He fought the urge to yell " Misty! I missed you so much!" he fought the urge to let her run up to him as he knew she wanted to. He fought the urge to love her. He wanted her to run. He didn't want to submit her to the doom marissa had planned. He didn't want her to die.

" But.... Ash I.... " Tears welled up in her eyes. But she knew what she had to do.

" I LOVE YOU!" She screamed into the night as she ran away from him. Her heart split. She didn't dare look back at him or she would surly run back to pick up the peice of her heart she lost after she ran away from the love of her life. As she ran like a coward to save her life.

Marissa smiled a evil grin as she lay invisible in the air above Ash's head. Ash knew what she was doing. And so did Misty. But oh well. it doesn't matter if she runs. Because Marissa would catch her. No matter what. She couldn't hide. She couldn't escape. marissa waved her hand and Ash was running full speed after Misty. Ash, avtually... more like Marissa, had the advantage of magic, which made Ash run even faster than normal. But Misty had the advantage of knowing where to hide. After all, she did live here. Well is going to be a fun little goose chase. Marissa giggled to herself.

Misty heard rapid footsteps running after her. Ash?? she thought in her head. Did he escape? Is he normal? Doubt and hope clouded her mind as she started to turn around and run into the newly freed arms of Ash.

" NO MISTY! KEEP RUNNING! MARISSA STILL HAS ME! RUN! NOWWW!" Ash screamed as hard as he could.He had to keep her going. He had to keep Misty running untill he collapsed from all the effort. He was already exausted from the weeks of no sleep. His body was bound to crash some time. I just hope it's soon... Ash said to himself

Misty ran. She ran and ran and ran. She was running a panic run. She didn't know where she was running or when it would end. All she knew was to RUN! She just coached herself in her head, keeping her awake and telling her where to go. WALL! LEFT! RIGHT! LEFT! WALL! WALL! WALL! WALL! No! she was trapped! there were walls at all sides. The only direction without a wall was where Ash was standing. She looked at his face. Looking for some sign that he wouldn't do what he was going to do. He was panting and sweating and he looked like he was going to pass out.

Marissa was enjoying this. She was going to make this as painful and sorrowful as possible. She made Ash slowly, step-by-step slowly walk towards Misty.

::STEP::

" Oh Ash I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I never meant for this to happen! I never wanted to make you this way! I'm sorry!" Misty cryed as the leaned against the Brick wall. she slowly slid down the wall crying as she looked at Ash begging for forgiveness

::STEP::

" Misty this isn't your fault! It isn't either of our faults! What else could we do? The only way I could of prevented this was if I said NO to Marissa bringing me back to life! And then I know you would of done something drastic. The first thing that came to my mind was suicide." He said with sad eyes. Streaming tears of love for the trembling girl that he was slowly walking to.

::STEP::

Misty smiled sadly as realization filled her mind. Ash was right. What could they of done? At least... at least they were together. Even if it was for a short time.

" So this is destiny huh?" She whispered softly.

" At least we'll be together.

::STEP::

Misty stood up.

"But... this way... only I will die...."Misty realized

" I don't wanna be alone. I want to be with you Misty." Ash cried. He looked himself once over. What was he talking about? He and Misty were talking about how they were going to die! This wasn't what Ash expected of death. But he would do anything to be with Misty. And he knew she was going to die. There was nothing to prevent it. And at this point he was in such agony he wanted to die.

::STEP::

Ash was now standing in front of Misty. His face twisted and spilled tears of love and pain as he realized they wouldn't be together after all. They would both be alone. Utterly alone.

Marissa raised Ash's hand. It glowed red. soon a ball of light swirled in Ash's palm. Now Misty...... Now you die!! Marisa screamed in her head as she ordered Ash's body to slam the bright light into Misty's skull.

Ash looked at Misty. Everything started to move slowly. Her eyes grew wide and she took in one small gasping breath. Her eyes looked into his. Those same eyes that she had been swallowed in were the same ones who were going to kill her. she searched his face. She searched for some sign of hope. Yet she found none. She looked so small and innocent as Ash looked down on her. Then he realized, he truly realized what was going to happen. He reveled in the reality. After this he would have no hope... Misty's beautiful face was all that kept him alive. the hope that he would one day see her again was all that he hung onto. But now she would be gone. And she would.... she would be somewhere... somewhere alone... without him. Maybe she would just be erased completly and born again.... in another body as another person. Then that meant... their love would be completely erased. The love they cherished would be wiped away like dust clouding up a painting. And most of all she would be gone. he scowled.

suddenly he changed! The rage once again flowed freely through his veins. His heart felt as if it would explode from the heat. Suddenly he felt a grip... a strong grip squeezing his mind. Contolling him. marissa..... He wanted to move! This was his body! This was HIkaru! How dare she! If she wanted a body then she should use her own. He screamed. He screamed with rage and flames as he started to burn the icy hand on his mind. and not only was this his body but this was Misty! And by god no one would so much as THINK about hurting her when he was around! No one would dare think about hurting her PERIOD!

Marissa screamed. Ash fell. Marissa looked at Ash. He was lying limp on the ground. She flicked her hand to move Ash. He still lay. She stood and revealed herself from invisibility and flicked her hand again. Ash still didn't move.

" NO! NO! THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING! NOO!" Marissa screamed and clapped her hands. Suddenly her magic book popped out of thin air and into her hands. Shem flipped the pages hoping to find a way to fix this before they could get away.

Ash slowly opened his eyes. Why wasn't he moving? Marissa must be doing something.... he thought. She'll get me up. She always does. He cried in his mind. But after a few seconds he still didn't move. Then... then he attemped something he hadn't tried in... months. He looked down at his hand as he lay on the gravel. Slowly.. slowly... his fingers crossed.... WHAT? Ash screamed with disbelif. He waved his hand in the air. Suddenly something in his mind clicked. He pushed off the gound with his hands. Then he slammed face flat into the pavement. His arms were so weak! He tried again. Then he slowly straightened up and sat down.

Misty looked at him with frightened eyes. What was happening? Is this good? Is this bad? is he dying?? what's happening?? she cried in her head.

" Misty... Misty... I CAN MOVE! I CAN REALLY MOVE! Look at me Misty! It's me! I'm... I'm normal again!" He cried with joy. He jumped forward and held Misty.

" I.. I can touch you! I can feel you here! Misty I can feel! I ... can ...feel..." He cried between sobs. misty gasped in a straining breath.

" Are you real...? Or am I dreaming again? " She whispered softly as he held onto her..He let go of her and looked into her eyes. He put his hand on her cheek, wiping away her tears with his thumb.

"I"m real Misty... I'm real..." he said whispering. They just sat there... sat there in a wonderful silence. Misty put her hand on the hand that lay on her cheek.

"...A..Ash!" She cried as she ran into his arms. He cradled her tightly and rocked back and forth in his arms. He put his face into her hair and took in a deep breath of Misty's silky locks lying on his chest.

"Misty... are you real? Or am I dreaming? He whispered as he lay his cheek on her head.

She lifted her head from his warm embrace, and looked into his eyes. She leaned forward and softly kissed him. She slowly opened her eyes.

" Ash... I"m definately real." She said laughing softly as she leaned her forehead against his.

Marissa searched frantically for a way to bring ash back to her side.. but... there was none! She cried. Her chance at love! Her chance to have more friends! ruined! She then screamed in rage. Misty and Ash slowly looked in terror up at her Well, if she couldn't kill Misty, and if she couldn't have Ash, she might as well just kill them both! She screamed in rage as she threw a icy ball of magic at the two embraced in front of her. It used to be all she had on her mind was getiing new friends now.. .all she had in mind was death and carnage. Especially for Ash.

TO BE CONTINUED!