A/N: Not much to say other than thankies for the reviews!!! ^_^ On with part 6!

'Soon Ketchum. Soon.' The figure in the shadows watched as the ambulance drove away and Ash, with Misty following him, re-entered the house. A grin played on his lips as he slipped from the alleyway and across the road to Ash's home. 'Let's see what they get up to together then,' he thought and snuck around the back.

Ash sat outside on a deck chair. He spoke to Misty as she sat on the chair next to him patting Pikachu. "So, want to go for a swim?"

'Why don't you just go drown yourself again? You'd be making less of a fool of yourself, Trashachu!'

Misty smiled and shook her head. "I can't. I don't have a bathing suit with me and it's hardly like you have one."

"Ohh but he does Misty," Gary spoke up, grinning at Ash.

Ash glared at Gary with a look that said 'Shut the hell up or else!'.

"He does?" Misty looked at Ash confused. 'Why would he have a girl's bathing suit?' Ash's face was bright red.

"Sure. He's got this adorable little blue bikini in his room I'm sure. He wore it all the time." The others burst out into laughter behind Gary. "You could borrow it," Gary continued.

'Okay Trashy, you're not going to let him get away with that are you?'

'No.'

'Then go get him! Fetch! Go boy go!'

Ash got to his feet and stormed angrily over to Gary. "Shut up Gary!" he hissed and grabbed his shoulders.

"Ohh come on. You know she could fit into it. Just get it for her," Gary whispered back and smirked.

"That joke is old Gary. Now shut it before I have to make you eat those words!" he growled. "Bet your old girlfriend would love that bikini back." It was Ash's turn to grin.

"Don't start Ash," Gary grumbled. He pushed Ash's hands from his shoulders and stepped up to him. "I'm sure Misty would love to hear the story of how it got into your room."

Misty looked at them bickering, a little worried. 'Once rivals, always rivals.' She put Pikachu down, stood up and was about to say something when she heard something in the bushes. She looked around and saw nothing, so she just shrugged. "Listen guys, can you drop it already?" But she wasn't heard. Next thing to happen was that Ash and Gary were in the water, lashing out at each other.

"Guys stop!" Richie yelled at them, but they weren't going to listen. Richie shook his head and took out a pokeball. "Sparky, come on out boy." There was a bright flash and a Raichu appeared.

"Rai!" Sparky said happily and looked around. He saw Gary and Ash fighting and rolled his eyes. Pikachu came over and stood next to Sparky. They nodded to each other and smirked. Going to the water's edge, they put their tails in and powered up.

"Pika..."

"Rai..."

Ash and Gary froze, looking over to the two electric pokemon with wide eyes. "WAIT!" they cried in unison but it was too late.

"CHU!" the two pokemon cried and sent bolts of electricity into the pool. Ash and Gary cried out in pain until the shocking stopped.

"Marill, go." Tracy let out his little water pokemon and it swam over to the two in the pool. Ash and Gary grabbed onto Marill and were brought to the end of the pool. They clambered out and lay on their backs, gasping for air.

Misty chuckled as they twitched from the shock. "You two haven't changed much."

Ash opened his eyes and looked over to Misty. He narrowed his eyes slightly, but not in anger.

"What?" Misty asked, not liking the look she was getting off him.

Ash rolled over and got up. He went over to Misty and stood in front of her, gazing down at her.

They others watched, confused a little.

"I bet he'd going to kiss her," Jeff whispered and grinned. "Go for it man!"

Ash touched the side of her face and a shiver ran up Misty's spine. He pushed her hair from her face and studied her face. His eyes widened as he looked in horror at the mark on her cheek. It was bright red and there was a small cut there. "What happened?" he asked, his voice full of concern.

Misty then realised that she'd forgotten to cover up the mark on her face from the whip. She pulled away from him and looked down. "Nothing," she muttered.

"Doesn't look like nothing to me. Tell me what's going on Misty," Ash said sternly. "Who did that to you? If I find out who did that I'll kill them!" His hands were in tight fists now, his knuckles white and his nails digging into his palms.

"Ash no!" Misty pleaded, spinning around to face him; she clasped his hands in hers. "Whatever you do, do not try and find out! Please!" Tears brimmed in her eyes.

"I want to know who hurt you Misty." He held her hands lightly.

Brock came over and nodded. "Misty, you need to tell us what's going on."

"For your own safety," Gary added, coming over with Richie, Jeff and Tracy. Pikachu stood next to Ash and Sparky next to his trainer.

Misty closed her eyes and shook her head. "I have to go." She pulled her hands from Ash and went over to her bag. She picked it up and slung it over her shoulder. She turned around and came face to face with Ash.

"This isn't a joke Misty. You can't live like this."

"Mind your own business Ash." She pushed past him but he grabbed her arm.

"Tell me!" he yelled angrily. Nobody was going to hurt Misty and get away with it. Not while he was around.

"No!" she screamed at him and pulled her arm away. Before Ash could stop her, she ran away in tears.

"Misty wait!" Ash ran to catch up to her but Brock held him back. "Let me go!" He glared at Brock.

"Ash, maybe we shouldn't..."

"You saw her face didn't you? Someone is hurting her and I'm going to stop them."

"Not now. We need to know more first."

"Huh?" Ash relaxed and looked at Brock.

Brock smiled and let Ash go. "You heard me. We need to know what's going on first before we can stop whoever it is that's hurting her."

Ash smiled and nodded. "Thanks Brock." Pikachu jumped up onto Ash's shoulder and punched his paw in the air. "Pika!" Ash laughed and did likewise. "Then what are we waiting for!"

* * *

The man grinned, watching Misty running away from Ash. Misty had almost found him out earlier, but those two buffoons fighting distracted her. Good thing too. Now he knew that Ash was going to try and find out more about Misty, and if he did that he might find out too much. 'I'll wait and see. No point in wasting bullets just yet.'

* * *

Misty sat in a park, alone. Her whole day was just ruined and she felt horrible. She didn't have anyone to turn to now. No friends, no family. Wait. Family?

Misty looked up and thought to herself. She needed to get away from all this for a while. She did live far away from home, but with the Magnet train she could be home in a matter of hours. She'd decided. She was going home for a few days. 'Better leave Ash a note,' she thought as she headed back to her apartment to gathered her belongings. She felt bad for yelling at him back there. He was only trying to help. But for his own safety he should stay away. Maybe he'll just let it blow over.

'Fat chance. You know what he's like.'

As she walked, a shadow flew over her. She stopped and looked up just as a Pidgeot landed in front of her. Her eyes widened and she took a step back. "What are you doing here?"

The man that had been following her jumped of the Pidgeot's back and strode up to her. "I would ask you the same thing."

"It's my day off, ehh, S-sir," she stuttered, stepping back.

"I see. And what did you get up to this morning?" He smirked, his eyes narrowing mockingly.

"I-I went sh-shopping." Her nerves were gone at this stage. He grabbed her arm and pulled her close.

"No you didn't." He pulled out a picture from his pocket and waved it in front of her face.

Misty looked at the picture. It was the one from her room, of her and Ash. She gasped. "You know!"

"Of course I know. And you know what happens when you meet up with old friends." He smirked and crumpled the picture up into a ball.

"No! Please leave him be! He's done nothing wrong! Please!" She was on her knees now, begging him. She was crying, her words coming out in ragged sobs.

He slapped her across the face and pulled her to her feet. "Ohh stop your snivelling. Now get on." He shoved her towards his Pidgeot roughly.

"No!" she screamed and ran for it. She had to warn Ash.

He sighed and shook his head. "Pidgeot, go bring her back here. Do what you must." His pokemon nodded and spread its wings. It took off and flew over Misty, following her as she ran though the park. Before she got into view of other people, it swooped down and grabbed Misty in its sharp talons.

She screamed and kicked out franticly. The bird's talons dug into her arms, drawing blood. She was carried back to the man and dropped before him. The Pidgeot pinned her down and the man let out another pokemon, an Exeggutor.

"Do you always have to do things the hard way?" he asked in a bored tone. "Sleep powder."

"RUDY DON'T!" she screamed as a cloud of sleep powder covered her. She fell into a deep sleep and Rudy returned his Exeggutor. His Pidgeot let Misty go and stepped back, ruffling its feathers.

Rudy knelt down and took Misty's head in his hands. He stroked her soft skin and smiled. "You are my Misty and nobody will take you from me. Not even him. It will all be over soon my darling. Then you can get back to your life with me."

Rudy carefully picked Misty up and put her on Pidgeot's back. He hopped on behind her and Pidgeot took off. Rudy leaned over and kissed Misty as she slept, tears running down her cheeks. "I will rid you of all pain."

Yay! Another part ^_^ I'm enjoying this a lot! Finally said who the creepy guy in the shadows was. I thought that I should, though some of you might have guessed already ^_^;; More to come. Please review peeps! Byes!

~Ashla~
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