I Needed You Forever.
Pokemon version by A*MON
Main characters: - Ash (16/18) Misty (17) Pikachu (?) Sabrina (18)
Professor Samuel Oak & Delilah Ketchum
Tracey & Brock (20)
***
Story re-cap: - After an argument with Misty, Ash
disappeared without a trace, leaving only his Pokedex and a single pokeball
with a lightning bolt inscribed on it at the very place he disappeared from.
Misty and Mrs Ketchum, were worried Ash had gotten himself into trouble.
Without a second thought, Misty went in search for her best friend. After 6
months of searching for him continually, Misty and Pikachu finally caught sight
of him, only to find that he has matured to the age of 18?
Meanwhile, Tracey and Brock are in Pallet, along with Mrs Ketchum and her
husband Professor Samuel Oak. (Delilah Ketchum kept her name for obvious
reasons. Mostly due to Ash’s wishes for her to keep her name.)
Ash wakes up not remembering a thing and living with Sabrina, his long-term
partner. He is now 18 years old and an art student at the local University in
Saffron City…
Chapter 2: Reaching out with my Heart
Normal POV
~Present day~
Misty paced back and forth, listening to Tracey talk complete Porygon.
”Hold on a minute, Trace, what do you mean by ‘Sabrina’s world’?” Misty interrupted
him and asked.
Tracey sighed and tried to explain things clearer for the confused looking red
head and Pikachu on the other side of the videophone.
”Sabrina is a psychic, Misty; she also has been dead for nearly 25 years. At
first, I was confused when you explained about your sightings of Ash, him being
older and all and disappearing every time you caught up to him. Then I spoke to
the Professor to see if he could help…”
~Flashback: Day before~
Samuel and Delilah walked hand in hand along the trail in Viridian Forest,
headed toward the river that flowed under the cliff edge. Tracey followed
closely not far behind, quietly pondering why he was invited to come along with
the older couple to the edge of the forest. He felt uneasy when they reached
the river. The whole place lit only with the moonlight, which gently reflected
from the waters ripples making the place sparkle; even the waterfall that
flowed down the rocks of the cliff had a certain magical glow. Trees blossomed
with flowers and the odd nocturnal bug and grass type Pokemon hovered around
the water’s edge.
The Professor was the first to break Tracey out of his observations.
”Sabrina…” He whispered quietly, letting go of Delilah’s hand and moving closer
to the water’s edge. With his head lowered and back turned from both Tracey and
Delilah, he continued to whisper. “Sabrina, you must have been so lonely.”
Delilah could sense her husband’s distress. She walked closer to him, reached
out, and touched his shoulder. “Sam, what’s wrong?” she asked, concerned for
him.
”Professor Oak?” Tracey asked, equally worried.
Samuel turned slowly and looked at his wife solemnly. “I know what’s happening
to Ash,” he said, keeping his eyes locked onto Delilah’s.
Delilah looked back into his eyes. She felt betrayed in some way. He had kept
this from her, and he knew Ash meant the world to her, so why would he do this?
“What? I don’t understand, Sam. If you knew then why didn’t you tell me?” she
asked in a soft voice.
”I’m sorry, Delilah, I only worked it out a few days ago myself. I overheard
Tracey and Misty’s last conversation and figured it out then.”
Taken aback when he heard the Professor talking to Delilah, Tracey interrupted,
anxious to find out more. “Professor, what’s happening to Ash? Do you know the
girl he’s with?”
Samuel turned away from both of them again, staring out over the river before
continuing to explain what he knew.
“Ash is being drawn into another world, farther away from us…”
”The girl he is with was my first wife. Her name was Sabrina. Sabrina had the
most enchanting eyes I’ve ever seen, and I loved her a long time ago. She and I
travelled from Island to Island learning about the magical creatures that
inhabited this planet, Pokemon. As we travelled, I learned more and more of
Sabrina’s remarkable link with psychic type Pokemon. However, although she was
strong psychically, she was very weak physically. She had contracted a virus,
and as we moved on, she became increasingly ill. Gravely ill…”
~Flashback: Past ~ Viridian River~
”Sabrina, please don’t leave me”, a young Samuel Oak sobbed into the girl in
his arms’ chest.
Smiling up at his handsome features, she reached up and gently ran her fingers
through his black hair. “Samuel, I will always be with you no matter what. My
love forever,” she whispered while staring into his beautiful tear-filled brown
eyes.
”Always.”
”Thank you, Samuel, thank you for everything,” Sabrina whispered, before
closing her eyes to sleep forever in her love’s arms.
”Sabrina?”
”Sabrina, don’t leave me…” Samuel cried as he lifted her into his chest and
sobbed uncontrollably.
~End Flashback: Past ~ Viridian River~
”I continued to travel determined to finish my research on these creatures
which had a link with Sabrina… Pallet was peaceful and was the perfect place to
settle and build my reserve. This is where I built my new family. I met Delilah
Ketchum, my newfound love the most caring and kind person I’ve ever met…when I
married Delilah, I must have awoken Sabrina’s spirit. She must of felt betrayed
when I found so much love and joy in my life, that she and I never got to
experience together.”
Tracey pondered on what the Professor had just said. “Hmm…she must have taken
Ash that day in the forest to experience the life she never had”.
Samuel turned to look at Tracey. “She was so kind and gentle, and I don’t want
to believe it, but…”
”She must’ve wanted to feel loved again, but why did she take Ash instead of
you, Professor? That’s what I don’t get,” Tracey finished and then asked.
Samuel smiled at his keen apprentice. “Ash has a tender and innocent heart. I’m
older now, but he is young like the man she used to know and love”.
Delilah had kept quiet throughout the whole conversation; tears were
threatening to leave her eyes when she thought about Ash not remembering who he
was and who she was.
”My little boy,” she whispered, almost inaudible.
***
Tracey finished his story and looked up to see Misty’s still confused face and
a napping Pikachu. “With the help from Mr Mime and the Professor’s Alakasam,
you should be able to intercept between our worlds. So, I have them situated at
the very spot Ash disappeared from, where you found his Pokedex and Pikachu’s
pokeball.”
Misty nodded, feeling confident that she would save her best friend, secret
crush, from the clutches of Sabrina. Getting ready for the psychic interface
she shook Pikachu awake.
”This is it, Pikachu, it’s now or never. Are you ready?”
Pikachu nodded and prepared for the first step of saving Ash from the girl at
the restaurant.
”Good, lets do it!” Misty commanded. Tracey nodded and signalled for Brock and
the Professor to start the psychic warp.
The two psychic types chanted and rocked their arms from side to side forming a
miniature typhoon in between them. The wind and thunder adding to the whole
warp crashed and whirled around them. With one last crash of thunder and a
lightning flash, the typhoon whirled higher into the skies.
Misty and Pikachu looked up into the sky watching the typhoon twist and turn
above them.
With a flash of light, Misty and Pikachu were gone from were they once stood. ‘We’re
coming to save you Ash…’
Ash stared out of the window of his apartment, watching the moon and stars
quietly thinking. ‘I feel like I’ve lost myself somewhere, and I don’t know
where…why is it so hard to remember who I really am…’
As he continued to think and stare blankly at the moon, he swore he could see a
disoriented light coming from it. As the picture and light became clearer,
that’s when he saw her. “What, who?”
Sabrina, who was resting on Ash’s chest, all of a sudden felt the presence of
an unfamiliar aura. Bolting up right she searched for the unwanted presence,
that was when she noticed what Ash was staring at. ‘No’ she panicked
inwardly, grabbing Ash and pulling him into her chest.
When the light died down, Sabrina and Ash could see two figures emerge from it.
Sabrina gasped and held onto Ash tightly when she realized who they were.
Misty and Pikachu watched Sabrina pull Ash into her chest and hold onto him,
Misty knew this was going to be one hell of a fight. ‘I finally found him,
and if you think I’m going to give up that easily, you have another thing
coming girl’ Misty thought while staring into Sabrina’s cold lilac coloured
eyes…
Ash’s eyes widened when he saw the girl from his dreams emerge from the light.
“I don’t believe it, you’re real?” he breathed.
”No,” Sabrina whispered and clutched onto Ash tighter.
”I don’t understand what’s happening.”
Misty stared at Ash; he had grown. Instead of the spiky, unruly, black, hat
haired 16-year-old teen, sat a young adult with long straight black hair, which
was neatly brushed back of his face. He was also taller and his body seemed
well defined and toned. His brown eyes showed confusion and worry. “Ash, it’s
Misty. I came here for you,” Misty eventually spoke.
”Misty, but you’re not real,” he answered her. Shaking off the vision of a
young looking girl with red hair, and a lopsided grin on her face, holding a
cascade badge out in her hands.
Sabrina stared at Misty with hate. “She’s an illusion, she’s not real Ash”.
Looking up into Sabrina’s cold eyes, Misty felt a flare of anger built up
inside her. “Let him go now!”
”Pika!” Pikachu added.
”Tell her to go, Ash, please help me,” Sabrina begged as she pointed to Misty
and Pikachu.
”Give Ash back now!” Misty cried.
Sabrina cracked with anger and glared at Misty. “I won’t. You think you can
just barge into MY world, my home? I will never let Ash go! Do you hear me? Ash
belongs here with me! Now go.”
Misty stepped back when Sabrina’s eyes started to glow, but stood her ground.
“NO!”
”I said GO!” Sabrina shouted.
Misty and Pikachu felt a serge of pain warp through their bodies when Sabrina
spoke and shouted.
***
Panicking because he couldn’t feel anything, Pikachu looked up to see a
unconscious Misty, who floated next to him in the nothingness surrounding both
of them.
”Pikachu-pi?” he called to her.
Misty could hear Pikachu calling her, but found it hard to move. Slowly she
opened her eyes and groaned. “Pikachu, where are we?”
Suddenly Sabrina appeared in front them, her eyes glowing, and her jet-black
hair swept above her. “Did you think I had no Power to deal with you two? How
dare you trespass into our world.” She said in a dark voice.
”Give Ash back now!”
”Pika, pika!”
Sabrina smiled evilly at the redhead. “He’s mine, and I’m his. He loves me and
I love him.”
”No, I don’t believe that! What have you done to him?!” Misty resisted.
”I wanted him, so I drew him into my world and gave him exactly what he
wanted.”
”What he wants? Why is he so unhappy then?” Misty scoffed back.
”Was he happy with you? Always arguing with him, driving him away all the
time?” Sabrina asked back.
”You don’t know anything! And I am not leaving him in some fantasy world made
up out of your warped imagination!”
Sabrina laughed at the redheads little comment. “You’re to aggressive, and he
doesn’t like that.”
”LIAR!” Misty screamed, “It’s not fair to keep him there against his will!”
”And are you fair to him? I think we are both the same, we both love him and
want him, and who ever wants him the most shall have him.”
”No, ASH!” Misty yelled one last time at Sabrina as she disappeared from view.
***
~THUD~
Misty and Pikachu landed with a thump on top of the roof of the Pokemon centre.
Pikachu, being the first to recover, called to Misty to check if she was Okay.
“Pikachu-pi, pi pika?”
Misty fluttered her eyes open, barely hearing Pikachu’s words. Groaning, she
pulled herself up off the ground, “Pikachu, what just happened?” she asked, her
voice sounding distant.
”Pika, pika” the little mouse replied shrugging its little shoulders.
***
”We had some sort of floor in the psychic energy field.” The Professor
explained to Misty and Pikachu over the videophone in the Pokemon centre. “She
must have shortened time on purpose, so she could have Ash the way she wanted
him. I mean, you saw how old Ash looked, right?”
”Professor Oak, why is she doing this?”
”Because she is acting on her own emotions, creating a world out of her own
desires and feelings.”
”So how are we going to help Ash?” Misty asked anxiously.
”Ash needs to remember; it's up to him to help himself. He has to want to
leave, Misty,” Professor Oak replied. “Once he starts to remember, the world
around him should begin to fall apart.”
”I have to go back and I have to go now!” Misty told him, determined to get her
best friend back.
”I don’t know, Misty, the Pokemon are not fully rejuvenated. I don’t know if
another jump is possible,” Tracey interrupted her.
”I’m going, Tracey. Are you with me, Pikachu?”
”Pika!”
”Good, now that has been decided. Tracey, you can’t talk us out of this, we’re
going back!” Misty stated.
Tracey sighed and nodded solemnly. He knew Misty would not give up without a
fight, but going back so soon may be a mistake…
***
~Dream~
Ash found himself floating in darkness and nothingness. “Pikachu? Misty?” He
called out, the only reply being echoes.
”Where am I? What happened?” he asked.
”Ash where the hell are you… I miss you, you Twerp!”
Floating deeper into the darkness, a flash of light suddenly appeared and
enveloped him.
”Wha…Misty!” Ash cried reaching an arm over his eyes, to help block the
brightness of the light.
~End Dream~
Ash slowly woke form his strange dream and groaned. He rubbed his eyes and sat
up. He could hear the clatter of dishes and the smell of cooking; looking up,
he saw Sabrina humming in the kitchen cheerfully.
”Get up, Ash, you’ll be late for class.” The black-haired beauty said to him,
opening the curtains to revile the sun light.
At first Ash closed his eyes when the light hit the darkened room. Managing to
get over the sudden change of brightness, he opened them again when he felt a
pair of arms wrap around him. He looked upon the girl in his arms; she had striking
lilac-coloured eyes and beautiful shoulder-length black hair. Both reaching in
toward the other they kissed. “Morning sleepyhead,” she whispered.
~Flash~
With a flash of light and a crash Misty and Pikachu appeared once more,
disturbing Ash and Sabrina’s moment.
Sabrina turned around from Ash and stood in front of him, shielding him. “You
don’t know when to give up, do you?” she asked obnoxiously.
”Let him go!” Misty cried as load as she could.
”I’ll never leave him!” Sabrina yelled back just as load.
”Sabrina, you said we were the same, but I don’t keep Ash against his will in a
made up world”.
Sabrina glared at Misty, “It’s real to me and it’s real to Ash. He doesn’t
remember who you are. So just leave us alone!”
Misty looked at Ash, stared deep into his eyes. “Look at me, Ash, I know you
remember me. You do, don’t you, Ash…”
”LEAVE HIM ALONE!” Sabrina screamed with glowing eyes.
Misty, also feeling anger burn inside her, yelled back. “Be quiet I’m not
talking to you!”
”You do remember me, Ash, it's Misty,” she spoke once more to him.
”We created this world together, it was our love for each other that made us
possible,” Sabrina hissed.
”You’re not the only one with feelings, Sabrina. I can also reach Ash with my
heart, let’s see whose heart is stronger,” Misty spoke whilst staring into
Ash’s brown eyes.
”You don’t think you can get passed me in my own world, do you?” Sabrina asked
sarcastically.
Misty looked up from Ash and glared at Sabrina. ”I’m not leaving without Ash!”
Ash could hear the girls arguing but made no movement or comments. He just
continued to stare at the red head and Pickachu in front of him and Sabrina.
~FLASH~
”I, Ash Ketchum declare to the world, that I will conquer and defeat you all
and become the greatest Pokemon Master there ever was!”
”I choose you, Pikachu”
”Oh, it's just a kid, oh and a Pokemon!”
”Besides you what are the other most disgusting things?”
”We did it, Pikachu!”
”Best friends forever, right Ash?”
”Ash Ketchum, you better figure out how you’re gonna pay me back for my broken
bike!”
~FLASH~
Ash closed his eyes tightly and let all the memories come flooding back to him.
”ENOUGH! That’s enough!” he shouted.
Misty, Pikachu and Sabrina stood still and silent at once.
”Misty, Pikachu stay back and leave her alone,” Ash commanded as he pulled
Sabrina into his arms.
”Ash?” Misty gasped watching him hold Sabrina.
”Pika-pi?”
”You don’t understand how she feels, but I do!” Ash continued.
”Ash…y-you mean you want to stay with her?” Misty asked, lowering her head and
closing her eyes.
***
Misty snapped her eyes open when she heard Pikachu’s yelp. Finding themselves
once again on the roof of the Pokemon centre “No more, he’s not coming back,
Pikachu. I couldn’t reach him with my heart.” Misty sobbed through tears that
liberally fell down her flushed cheeks.
***
Ash slowly woke form his strange dream and groaned. He rubbed his eyes and sat
up. He could hear the clatter of dishes and the smell of cooking; looking up he
saw Sabrina humming in the kitchen cheerfully.
”Get up, Ash, you’ll be late for class.” The black-haired beauty said to him,
opening the curtains to revile the sun light.
At first Ash closed his eyes when the light hit the darkened room. Managing to
get over the sudden change of brightness, he opened them again when he felt a
pair of arms wrap around him. He looked upon the girl in his arms; she had
striking lilac-coloured eyes and beautiful shoulder-length black hair. Both
reaching in toward the other they kissed. “Morning sleepyhead,” she whispered.
Ash felt confused, as he stared at the lilac-eyed beauty in front of him.
“Sabrina, we have to talk about this. We can’t ignore it, you know we have to
face the truth about this world.” He sighed.
Sabrina stared back up into his brown eyes. “So you remember everything?” she
asked. Ash nodded.
Sabrina smiled and stood up. “Ash, everything is perfect here though. Do you
really want to leave all of this?” she asked as she stared out of the window.
“We can live happily forever. You can be happy with me, Ash. Please stay.”
”Sabrina, I don’t even remember how we met. This is all a dream to me,” Ash
sighed.
Once Ash said those words, Sabrina fell to the ground, holding desperately onto
her head, screaming in pure pain.
***
”Sabrina…Sabrina, I’m coming for you my love…”
***
”Sabrina! What’s happening, what are you afraid of? Tell me!” Ash asked
anxiously whilst holding the screaming girl in his arms.
~Flashback: Past~ Viridian River~
”Sabrina, please don’t leave me”, a young Samuel Oak sobbed into the girl in
his arms’ chest.
Smiling up at his handsome features, she reached up and gently ran her fingers
through his black hair. “Samuel, I will always be with you no matter what. My
love forever.” She whispered while staring into his beautiful tear-filled brown
eyes.
”Always”
”Our hearts will be together forever, I will always be with you”
~End Flashback~
Sabrina stopped screaming in pain as the flashback disappeared away from her
vision. Remembering her past and her love for Samuel, she buried her head into
Ash’s chest and cried.
Ash held onto Sabrina as she cried into his chest. Whilst he rocked her, he
noticed a bright light in the far corner of the room.
As the light grew softer on Ash’s eyes, he could make out a young man with long
black hair and brown eyes.
”…Sabrina…” he whispered. “Sabrina it’s me, Samuel…”
Sabrina heard a soft voice call her name, realizing it was not Ash when she
heard her one true love’s name. She looked up at him and smiled. “Samuel?” she
questioned.
”Yes, my love, I am here. You will return my step-son to me, won’t you,
Sabrina?”
Sabrina nodded and turned back to Ash, who was staring at his step-dad’s
appearance. “I’m so sorry, Ash, you’re not the only one who forgot. I too
forgot.”
”I dreamed about living with the man I loved, and that dream came true. Thank
you, Ash. Please believe me when I say I never meant to hurt you or anyone
else.”
”I know. I just wish I could’ve helped you more, Sab,” Ash said, with a touch
of sadness in his voice.
”You did help, Ash. She remembers who she is now,” Samuel interrupted. “Thank
you, Ash.”
Sabrina stood and made her way over toward Samuel and wrapped her arms around
his waist. She was once again reunited with her love. Her soul could rest once
more.
”There are people waiting for you, Ash, in your own world,” Samuel spoke once
more.
Ash nodded. “Will everything be back to the way they were before?”
”Yes, Ash,” Samuel replied.
”I’ll always remember you, Ash, thank you for setting my soul free.” Sabrina spoke
lightly.
”I’ll never forget you, Sabrina”
Sabrina smiled and shook her head. ”Yes, yes you will, Ash. You must. Let the
memory fade away. You love someone else and that feeling is far more stronger.”
”Wait, Sabrina, please…” Ash said as Sabrina and Samuel began to disappear in
front of his eyes.
”Let go, Ash, she’s waiting for you,” she whispered and faded away from his
sight completely.
***
Meanwhile, Tracey and Brock were trying to convince Misty to go back and get
Ash. Misty is being as stubborn as always.
”Misty, you have to go back and get him now!” Tracey said sternly over the
videophone.
”Forget it, he chose her not me. He won’t come back with me, Trace.” Misty
fought back.
”You’re the only one that can reach him, Misty, you know that,” Brock added.
”NO! He has probably already forgotten us again!”
Misty, the Professor told us the world is collapsing, he may be remembering and
searching for you. Go to him, help him, Misty!” Tracey tried to reason with
her.
”Do it, Misty, go! You don’t want to loose him, Misty. You’ve got to do it!”
Brock continued.
Delilah listened to the boys argue with Misty and try to reason with her.
Deciding to try to help, she spoke, ”Stay true to your feelings, Misty. Believe
in yourself and the power in your heart and of the love you have for my son.”
This is what Misty needed to hear. The love she had for Ash was strong and
true, and her courage would pull them both through. “You’re right, I’ll go.”
Tracey nodded. “Good, now just a word of warning, Misty. We have only enough
power for one more jump, so you have got to get him out of there.” He then
added quickly, “OhandTogepiisgoingtobeperformingthiswarp”
Before Misty could disagree she was already trapped in the psychic field. ‘I
am so gonna kill Tracey when I get back!’
***
Ash paced back and forth the room, wondering whether he was going to be saved
from all of this. ‘Geez, I am normally the hero.’
”Ash?”
He turned his head and smiled nervously, “Misty?”
”Y-you remember me and everything?” Misty inquired.
Ash answered, whilst rubbing the back of his head, “Yeah, sorry about
everything I’ve put you through, Mist.”
Misty as usual hid her real feelings and resisted the need to hold him close.
“I can’t believe I came back. When you sent me…us back, I thought that was it,
bye-bye Ash…I was going to forget all about you, but…” she started to trail
off.
”I’m so sorry, I really am, Mist. I knew I could count on you saving my behind.
Thanks.”
”Well, don’t think for one minute I’m gonna forgive you that easily, Ash
Ketchum!”
Ash smiled. “K, but I just want to go home already.”
”You ready, Ash?”
Looking back one last time, he nodded and took a hold of Misty’s hand. “Yep,
lets go, Mist.”
”Say goodbye to your world, Ash!” Misty winked at him as the apartment started
to disintegrate in front of them.
***
Samuel and Delilah stood at the water’s edge in the clearing of the forest,
hand in hand.
”Rest in peace, Sabrina,” Samuel whispered.
Delilah looked up into his tear-stained face and wrapped her arms around him
pulling him into her chest. “Shh…Sam, she’s at rest now. Be happy for her,” she
hushed him whilst rubbing his back reassuringly.
Feeling her warmth and comfort as she held onto his waist, he pulled her in
closer and kissed her lips. Pulling away after a while, he looked deep into her
beautiful eyes and caressed her cheek, “I love you, Delilah”
”I love you too, Samuel”
***
Misty’s POV
And that’s how it ended.
I was surprised how everything seemed to return to normal so quickly.
Well almost normal…
***
Normal POV
Ash sat looking up into the dark night, watching the stars and moon shine down
upon the sleepy town of Pallet. He had been thinking for the past few days
about what would have happened if he had decided to stay in the parallel world
with Sabrina. ‘I would have been forever held in a time warp that’s what
Ketchum. I’m glad it’s all over though.’
*Sigh*
He had reverted to his16-year old form and was now debating on whether he
should tell a certain girl of his true feelings. Having some experience with a
relationship…
”Ash?” an angelic sweet voice called from the doorway.
Ash smiled when he heard the girl of his dreams call for him. “Thought I’d
disappear again hey?” he joked.
Misty smiled; she had missed him so much. “Well, if ya did, I would just have
to drag ya right back again.”
”Nice to know, Mist…”
Walking over to where Ash sat, she smiled nervously. “May I?”
”Sure, Mist, here, sit down,” he said, gesturing her to sit next to him.
They sat in silence for a while until Ash plucked up the courage to speak to
her. “Mist, I have something really important to tell you, but I really don’t
know how to say it…so…I’m just going to do this…” Slowly he reached down to her
level, lifted her chin with his finger, and kissed her on her dainty lips.
Misty responded by kissing back and wrapping her arms around his neck,
deepening their kiss as their passion filled embrace soon turned into a heated
aura of pure bliss.
Pulling away from one another only to catch their breath, they looked into each
other’s eyes. No words needed, no confession of love, just knowing that they
were now one.
Forever.
***
FINISHED