Enter The Skull Brothers 2...

Chapter 36.5 - Enter The Skull Brothers 2...

The eight of them reappeared in the patio of their suite, surprising everyone at first at their sudden appearance but then they quickly cheered that they were alright and gathered around them. The eight of them smiled and told them not to worry as all is well. Delia, the girls' mothers and sisters hugged them all tightly and then told them to get ready for lunch. As they all gathered around the dining table with Lucario, Gardevoir and Pikachu staying outside in the patio, the others asked them how they were and what happened. Leaf, Sarah and Anabel started explaining everything from the beginning. By the time the food appeared and they began eating ravenously since they were so hungry, they got to the part where Ash appeared and completely pulverized the men and their pokémon.

"Wow, nicely done Ash," praised Ilene and Ash rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment.

"Thank you my Queen."

"Just call me Ilene, Ash. I guess you weren't here when I told everyone that."

"Oh, okay."

"When and where did you catch Ho-Oh?" asked Max, his eyes wide. Everyone wanted to know too and they became quiet as they listened to Ash's story of his encounter of the legendary bird.

"Well it's not too much of an exciting story. I came into contact with Ho-Oh when I visited the new tower to replace the Burnt Tower in Ecruteak City in Johto. I had found a rainbow feather a while ago and kept it for good luck. Next thing I know when I reached the top of the tower, the rainbow feather started glowing and when I looked up I saw her hovering above me. She spoke with me with telepathy and I found out that she's been flying around trying to find a pure hearted trainer that would be worthy of her power for a long time and chose me. But I would still have to battle her to see if I was ready for her power. I ended up winning the match and now she's with me."

They nodded in understanding and continued finishing their meal as they thought about what Ash just told them. When they finished up, Delia reminded her son that his match was coming up and that he should get ready. He thanked his mom and he turned to the seven girls.

"I want you seven to go rest at least until I come back from my match." He was met with defiant looks on their faces but he didn't falter. "Please do this for me. You know I'm going to win my match and I appreciate you wanting to be there for me but I would feel better if you would just skip it this one time and just rest alright?"

After a long moment, the seven girls reluctantly agreed. Ash thanked them for listening to him. He also told the rest of the others to stay behind to look after the girls in case they needed something and they agreed. The seven girls wished him good luck and he went to the patio for his three pokémon.

"Hey guys, let's go," said Ash as he reached his pokémon. Pikachu jumped onto his shoulder and Lucario and Gardevoir stood next to him. "Let's finish up the match quickly." The four of them teleported to the stadium while everyone else went to the living room. The seven girls took up one couch for themselves and the couples sat together, with some of the girls sitting on their boyfriend's laps, who were Lucy, Violet and Lily. They weren't embarrassed about it at all and the three guys enjoyed it. Richie turned on the TV and flipped the channel to the tournament in time to catch the announcer speaking.

"WHAT A MATCH THAT WAS! BE SURE TO KEEP ON EYE ON THAT DRAGON MASTER! NOW LET'S GET READY FOR THE NEXT MATCH OF THE DAY! IT'S GOING TO BE AGAINST THE VALEDICTORIAN OF THE POKÉMON ACADEMY, GISELLE YUTO AND THE PEOPLE'S HERO, ASH KETCHUM!"

The crowd roared in response to seeing a beautiful black haired girl walk out onto the field, who was wearing a short black skirt, a blue blouse and a black scarf around her neck. When she reached the referee in the middle, a blue glowing sphere appeared in front of the two that made the dark haired girl gasp. A second later, Ash and his pokémon appeared, making the crowd roar even louder as they chanted out his name again.

"BLUE SPIRIT! BLUE SPIRIT!" the crowd kept repeating, making Ash rub the back of his head before he waved at them all.

"Let's have a good match," said Ash as he raised his hand to her after putting on the microphone and facing his opponent.

"I'm looking forward to it. Do you remember me?" asked Giselle suddenly. Ash tilted his head as he looked at her and then his eyes widened as he realized who she was.

"I do. I remember now why you're name was so familiar. You're Giselle from the Pokémon Academy that I met years ago right?" asked Ash with a small smile, noticing that she had grown up to be quite attractive but he got over it pretty quick. He remembered how they met and wondered if she remained a better person than from what she used to be; an arrogant and conceded brat. He noticed she wasn't giving off that vibe anymore.

"Yup that's me and it has been a while. Let's have a good match," she replied back while blushing a bit and the two went to their respective areas so the match could start.

"That girl better not try something," fumed May from her seat in the couch as she clenched her fists. They all saw the way she was looking at Ash on the TV. The others shook their heads at her in amusement from their seats while Leaf, Anabel and Sarah glanced at one another with slight fear.

In the VIP room, the Champions, Goodshow and three guests were watching the matches and several of them couldn't wait for Ash's. Cynthia looked a bit peeved seeing Giselle try to get Ash's attention and the rest noticed it. Sabrina was gazing at Ash and thinking about how much pain she caused him. A lone tear escaped from her eyes that Clair, Liza and Cynthia caught since the four of them were sitting together on a couch in front of the window. Sabrina had told Clair and Liza what had happened, Cynthia already knowing why since she was there when the psychic prodigy helped bring out his memories.

"It's alright Sabrina," said Clair and Sabrina wiped away the tear hurriedly. "He's fine. No lasting damage or anything of the sort."

Sabrina nodded and thanked Clair. The four of them focused their attention on the match that was beginning. Alder, Steven and Goodshow glanced at Lance who was sitting with Diantha and shook their heads before turning their gaze back to the field. Clair and Liza wanted to see just how strong Ash had become, having only heard about his feats and saw the news. They watched the referee repeat the rules of the double battle and when the two trainers said they were ready, he signaled the start of the match.

"AND THEY'RE OFF! GISELLE HAS CHOSEN GYARADOS AND MAROWAK WHILE ASH HAS CHOSEN HIS GIGALITH AND TAUROS! WE'VE SEEN HOW POWERFUL GISELLE'S POKÉMON ARE, HAVING BEAT TRIP WHO WAS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE STRONGEST TRAINERS! THIS SHOULD BE INTERESTING!"

Seeing the Marowak, Ash smiled a bit, remembering when Giselle used him in a battle against his Pikachu when he was just a Cubone. But he wanted to end the battle quickly as he was pretty worn out already from the day's events and had a lot of things to think about.

"I hate to say this Giselle but I'm going to have to finish this battle quickly. Don't take this personally! Giga Impact and Stone Edge!" shouted Ash as he crossed his arms. His bull pokémon covered himself in a multi colored glow and charged at Marowak while his boulder pokémon made the ground underneath the Gyarados start breaking apart.

"Dodge then counter attack with Hydro Pump and Bonemerang!" shouted Giselle but her pokémon were too slow to avoid the attacks.

They were both struck hard and cried out in pain. Surprisingly though, they didn't go down but they looked like they were barely holding on. They launched their attacks, striking the surprised Tauros and Gigalith. Seeing her pokémon in such conditions with just one attack each and their opponents with just a few scratches and bruises, slightly panting, Giselle shivered as she realized just how outclassed she is. She recalled her Gyarados and Marowak and sent out her last two pokémon. Ash returned his pokémon and sent out two others.

"ASH HAS MADE GISELLE RECALL HER GYARADOS AND MAROWAK, TAKING THEM OUT OF THE MATCH COMPLETELY WITH JUST ONE ATTACK AGAINST THEM EACH. WHAT POWER! THE YOUNG GUARDIAN HAS GISELLE UP AGAINST THE ROPES ALREADY! SHE HAS CALLED OUT HER EMBOAR AND DRAGALGE WHILE ASH HAS SWITCHED OUT HIS POKEMON AND NOW LAPRAS AND TALONFLAME ARE ON THE FIELD. ALL FOUR POKEMON LOOK READY TO BATTLE!"

"Giselle, I must say I'm impressed. You returned your pokémon before they got too hurt. I'm happy to say that you are my friend," called out Ash, making Giselle blush.

"Thanks Ash. That means a lot coming from an Aura Guardian. But I'm not done yet!" she replied and Ash nodded while their pokémon roared. "Fire Blast and Dragon Pulse!"

"Counter with Fire Blast and Dragon Pulse too!" ordered Ash.

Emboar and Dragalge fired off their attacks while Talonflame and Lapras countered with their own. The four attacks met in the middle of the field and exploded, canceling each other out. Giselle was stunned but Ash was smiling as a thought went into his head; her pokémon are strong. Let's see if they can handle this next attack.

"Not bad Giselle. Let's see if you can withstand this next barrage. Blizzard and Tailwind combo!" called out Ash before she could make a move. Talonflame whipped up a turbulent wind on their side and right when Lapras summoned a freezing blizzard to hit their opponents, the fire bird increased the speed of the blizzard with the incredible winds. The supercharged icy storm went roaring towards their opponents.

"GAH!" shouted Giselle, seeing the incredible attack hurtling at her pokémon. "Use Protect!" Her Emboar and Dragalge covered themselves in protective transparent shields. The icy storm slammed against their protective barriers and her two pokémon struggled to keep up the shield as the attack was so powerful as the dark haired girl shielded her face with her arms. Both pokémon's shields shattered and they were struck by it, making both Emboar and Dragalge yelp. Finally the attack ended and both pokémon dropped to the ground.

"NO WAY!" shouted Giselle. The crowd was silent. Even inside the VIP room it was quiet and so was everyone back at the hotel. Nobody could believe just how quickly Ash won his match and what was more astonishing was that he did so in the later matches of the tournament when the battles were much harder since the stronger trainers were left.

"Dragalge and Emboar are unable to-" The announcer stopped when he noticed the fire pig lift himself up slowly but Dragalge stayed unmoving. Ash raised an eyebrow in surprise. Giselle returned Dragalge and was about to return Emboar as well but he shook his head at her. He wanted to land at least one hit against these powerful fighters. Giselle tried to talk him down but he wouldn't listen.

"You have an incredible will and spirit Emboar," complimented Ash, everyone listening carefully. "But there is no shame in accepting defeat in a match like this."

Emboar grunted in response as his ability Blaze activated and he was glowing red. He charged up a ball of flames in front of him before launching it at Lapras and Talonflame. Ash shook his head and chuckled a bit when he saw the fire pig charge up the attack. He knew how stubborn fire types could be, especially starters.

"Send it into the air!" ordered Ash when the attack was launched. His command made Emboar become wide eyed. Talonflame used his powerful wing muscles to blow away the ball of flames high up into the sky before it expanded and then exploded. "Now, finish this with Hydro Pump!" Lapras let out a torrent of pressurized water that raced across the field and struck Emboar as he was too tired to move. Emboar was sent flying back from it and hit the stadium wall before sliding down unconscious.

"Emboar is unable to battle! Giselle Yuto has no more able pokémon and the winner is Ash Ketchum!" said the referee, holding up the flag for Ash's side.

"OUTSTANDING! THAT WAS THE SHORTEST DOUBLE BATTLE IN LEAGUE HISTORY! WAIT, WHAT'S THIS?!" Ash had returned his pokémon and he moved across the stadium with Pikachu on his shoulder while Lucario and Gardevoir followed him. Giselle watched him move to her fallen Emboar, frozen with her arm outstretched, about to return her pokémon. He placed his hand, which was glowing blue, on Emboar's shoulder. A blue wave of energy went over the fallen fire pokémon and after a little while, Ash stopped and Emboar stood back up and bowed his head in respect to the Guardian. "WHAT SPORTSMANSHIP! ASH HAS HEALED THE GRAVELY INJURED EMBOAR WITH HIS AURA POWERS AND THE FIRE PIG HAS SHOWN HIS RESPECT TO THE BLUE SPIRIT IN RETURN!" The crowd was silent for a moment as they watched him do that before they roared in happiness that they witnessed such a good hearted action. Giselle returned her Emboar and went to Ash who had moved to the referee. They both gave the referee their microphones before shaking hands.

"Thanks for that and you are so strong. You surprised me again just like all those years ago. I'm sure you're going to win the tournament," praised Giselle.

"You're not bad either Giselle," replied Ash with a smile as they let go of hands.

"Thanks Ash. Um…I was wondering…would you like to meet up later on? I know of a nice place nearby called Club Indigo we can go to," asked Giselle, becoming red with hope in her eyes.

"Thank you for the offer Giselle but I'm sorry, I can't. I already have a girlfriend," he replied back softly with a smile. Giselle sighed a bit but nodded as she understood. With that, Ash and his pokémon disappeared in blue glows, making her gasp again.

"I wonder what they were talking about?" asked Liza in the VIP room as they noticed the two talking for a bit before Ash vanished.

"Giselle asked him out but Ash denied the offer, saying he was already in a relationship," answered Sabrina at once, staring at the spot where Ash vanished from. The others in the room looked at her with surprised looks.

"You read their minds from here?" asked an impressed Cynthia.

"Giselle's yes. I couldn't read Ash's mind. He has learned to protect it from unwanted psychic assaults, like mind reading. Though I don't know how strong his defenses are," revealed Sabrina and the others nodded their heads, impressed.

"Huh. Who would have thought that Ash would become such a powerful and handsome trainer that girls are literally offering themselves up to him," commented Clair, making them all look at her curiously and one of them showing jealousy and she noticed. "Oh relax, I'm just saying," she said as she got up to leave the VIP room to go get some snacks.

Ash and his pokémon reappeared in his suite's living room where everyone was. Misty, Dawn, Serena and May got up and congratulated him on his impressive and speedy victory with hugs and kisses while the rest just congratulated him from their seats.

"Thanks everyone," he replied back. "I'm gonna go relax and take a nap for a bit. I'm worn out. I'll see you guys later."

They nodded at him and watched him go to his room with his pokémon. The others decided to go do their own things. Max and Bonnie went to the nearby Indigo Arcade with Norman, Caroline and Clemont. Gary, Ilene, Riley and Daisy Oak went out for a walk together. Richie went downstairs to visit Joy who was on her shift. Delia, Johanna and Grace were swapping recipes with Cilan, Cress and Chili in the kitchen. Iris, Violet and Lily were playing a card game in the dining room. Professor Oak was reading a book in the patio. Brock and Lucy decided to go watch a romantic comedy together in their bedroom but then it turned into an intimate session after some playful interactions and they merely used the movie for cover to have some privacy for a bit while they went at it. Daisy Waterflower went to her room alone as she wanted to take a nap too and laid down on her bed, holding the Squirtle stuffed animal that Ash won for her. She looked at it for a bit before hugging it tightly and slowly drifted off to sleep with a smile on her face. Misty, May, Dawn and Serena went to their room with Sarah and Anabel as they decided to talk to the two girls a bit and see how they were doing. Unlike the two, the four girls had been in situations like that before with Ash and decided afterwards if they could come up with a good training plan together. Leaf told them that she'll join them shortly after she takes care of something and they agreed.

The brunette girl from Pallet Town went to the nearby bathroom and looked herself in the mirror. She was wearing her black skirt with a red tank top that had a black poke ball symbol on it along with her black cap on her head. She sighed as she thought of what she had to do and decided this would be the best time to do it. She only hoped that he would understand. She took a deep breath and steeled herself to commit to her decision. She left the bathroom and walked to Ash's master bedroom. She knocked on it and the door opened after a moment by Lucario.

"Hey Lucario. I was wondering if I could talk to Ash alone," said Leaf.

"I apologize Lady Leaf but Master is still sleeping. Maybe you could-"

"It's alright Lucario, I'm up," interrupted Ash and Lucario stepped aside for Leaf to enter the room. "Can you guys give us some privacy?"

"No problem Master. We will go to the living room," replied Lucario. He, Gardevoir and Pikachu left the room and closed the door behind them. Ash sat up on his bed as he leaned his back against the headboard. He was on top of the bed's covers, one knee up with his hand on top of it. Leaf gazed at him for a moment, unable to look away before she sat down on the edge of his bed and stared at her feet.

"So, what's up Leaf?" asked Ash, making Leaf look up at him.

"There's something I need to tell you…something important. I want to come clean Ash," started Leaf, making Ash tilt his head and look at her with a curious expression. She took a breath before continuing. "Remember when you were in the hospital after protecting everyone from the stadium attack?" Ash nodded. "Well, I came into your room and asked your pokémon for some privacy after you took Norman's beating like it was nothing. I then confessed some things to you while you were sleeping."

"What kinds of things?" asked Ash but he had an idea what it was but he waited for her to explain. Leaf locked her green eyes with his brown ones before continuing.

"I confessed that I was an idiot for not waiting to travel with you, that I've been developing feelings for you and that I've been trying to hide them and ignore them. I confessed that you are the type of man that I need in my life. That I have fallen in love with you and I want for you to love me back. After confessing that and saying a couple more things, mostly about how I want to be with you, I finished my confession by giving you a kiss while you slept."

"You said you loved me and then kissed me? While I slept?" asked an astonished Ash in a low voice and his eyes wide.

"Yes. Anabel and Sarah caught me in the act and got mad at me. Anabel even slapped me hard. One thing lead to another and we found out some other things about each other but they decided to keep the secret and not rat me out. I wanted to come clean after seeing your memories and worst fear with even Sarah and Anabel telling me to but I never got the chance until now. I'm so sorry Ash for that as you didn't deserve a coward's confession and I shouldn't have taken advantage of you like that. I should've said that to you when you were awake and much sooner. I hope you can forgive me," finished Leaf with her eyes watering.

Ash was shocked. He didn't know what to do. At first he was feeling happy that she confessed that she loved him, even if he was sleeping….but when she said that she kissed him while he was unconscious, it made him feel something else entirely. Leaf had just admitted that she had taken advantage of him. She had betrayed his trust and the girls' trust. After a few quiet and tense moments, with Leaf letting out silent tears, Ash got out of bed and stood up. He looked at Leaf with cold eyes devoid of emotion making Leaf inhale sharply as she was taken aback from his icy gaze. He moved without another word and began heading out of his room. Leaf jumped up and grabbed his hand.

"WAIT! Please don't leave me Ash. I'm really sorry for doing that. Please don't go! I'll do anything! Anything to make it up to you! Please forgive me!" begged Leaf as she started to cry loudly when Ash turned around and glared at her.

"YOU TOOK ADVANTAGE OF ME LEAF! YOU BETRAYED MY AND THE GIRLS' TRUST! HOW COULD I FORGIVE YOU?!" roared Ash, making Leaf stumble back a bit before falling down onto her rear from his angry outburst.

His bedroom door opened suddenly and Lucario, Gardevoir and Pikachu hurried in followed by the six girls. Lucario and Gardevoir sensed Ash's emotions and the girls had heard Ash yelling and came in with concerned faces. They were startled and surprised to see Leaf on the floor crying with Ash facing her with an angry expression a few feet away from her. Anabel and Sarah had their eyes widened as they realized what could have caused this sort of scenario as they put two and two together; Leaf had confessed.

"Ash? What happened?" asked Serena but she didn't get a response back, making her and everyone else become extremely worried as it seemed that Ash didn't even realize they were there.

"Please Ash…I'm so sorry!" cried Leaf. She slowly stood up and moved to the raven haired guardian who didn't react at all. She grasped his hand again before looking into his emotionless eyes. She flinched a bit at the sight but forced herself to maintain eye contact. Everyone else was staring at what was happening with wide eyes. "I'm so sorry Ash! So sorry! Please…I didn't mean to hurt you! I didn't know what to do! I'll do anything! Anything to make it up to you! Please believe me!"

"I thought you changed…but you betrayed me Leaf...again," replied Ash coldly, scaring Leaf and everyone else.

He freed his hand from her grasp and moved to leave the room as Pikachu jumped onto his shoulder right before he slammed the door beyond him in his wake. The sound of the door slamming shut made the girls all jump and Lucario and Gardevoir to glance at one another. The aura canine followed his master out of the room while the psychic fairy stayed in the room with the girls. Besides Anabel and Sarah, the other girls were glaring at Leaf, each furious at her for whatever she did to make Ash be that way.

"What. Did. You. Do?!" asked the red head with an obvious angry tone.

"I…I...I…" Leaf stammered, unable to answer her as her gaze was still on the door. Misty moved to be right in front of her, grasped her shoulders and asked the question again. The brunette's green eyes found the red head's cerulean blue eyes and knew she wouldn't be able to just leave without explaining what happened. "I…I…confessed to him," answered Leaf finally.

"Confessed what?" asked Dawn stepping towards the other brunette, barely holding back her anger. Misty still held onto Leaf, preventing her from fleeing. May and Serena moved to be on opposite sides of her with furious looks on their faces. Anabel and Sarah feared what was going to happen. Leaf took a deep breath and explained what she had told Ash about what she did back at the hospital when he was recovering. From her confession, to her hope and finally to her kiss. When she finished, Misty let go of the brunette and glanced down at the floor while Dawn, Serena and May were giving looks filled with anger and hatred at the brunette for her treachery.

"You damn bitch," insulted Dawn and Leaf's eyes widened. She wasn't expecting that to come from her.

"I should've known you were a temptress that screws over their friends," commented Serena and Leaf felt like she was stabbed.

"You went behind our backs you fucking snake!" yelled May, making Leaf take a step back, becoming scared of them.

"Please," started Leaf, starting to cry. "I didn't mean to hurt him or any of you. I was scared. I never felt this way before! Please understand that! I'll do anything to-"

The red headed girl delivered an incredible slap out of nowhere that both sent the brunette crashing to the floor and silenced her. Anabel and Sarah looked at Misty with fear in their eyes while Dawn, Serena and May were only surprised that she moved so quickly as they believed that Leaf deserved that slap and much more. They gathered around the red head, giving dangerously angry looks at Leaf.

"YOU DAMN WHORE!" shouted Misty when Leaf looked up at her from the ground. Her cheek had a red hand print on it and rapid tears were falling down from her eyes both from the painful slap and hurting Ash. "You've broken his heart once before when you broke the promise to travel together and now you did it again by taking advantage of him! Do you know how much he values trust, honesty and loyalty?! No, of course not since you don't understand it! You stupid, idiot skank who uses people for her own benefit! I'm going to tear you apart!" screamed Misty. The others in the room were frozen in shock over what Misty just said but when she pulled out her mallet and was about to pummel Leaf into the floor May, Dawn and Serena held her back.

"We're mad too but you have to control yourself!" yelled out Dawn.

"She's not worth it Misty!" added May.

"Ash wouldn't want you to do this!" finished Serena.

The three girls kept trying to calm her down by telling her to stop and to control her anger. They were furious themselves and wanted Leaf to be punished, to beat the ever living shit out of her but they knew that if they didn't do anything to stop the red head, she would end up killing Leaf. Even May when angered didn't compare to the feisty red head when she was furious. Leaf stayed on the floor, frozen in her place from fear but still kept crying. Anabel and Sarah moved to stand in front of Leaf, shielding her from Misty who had broken free of the others and pushed them away, telling them not to get in her way.

"OUT OF MY WAY!" screamed Misty at the two, her eyes blazing with rage.

"No Misty," replied Anabel. She was scared of the red head but knew what she was doing was right. "What she did was wrong but we kept her secret too."

"I DON'T CARE! YOU WEREN'T THE ONES WHO WENT BEHIND OUR BACKS AND BETRAYED HIM! YOU WERE BEING FRIENDS AS WHAT WE WOULD HAVE DONE! I'M NOT ANGRY AT YOU! I'M ANGRY AT THAT SLUT YOU'RE TRYING TO PROTECT WHO DOESN'T DESERVE YOUR KINDNESS! SHE NEEDS TO BE TAUGHT A LESSON FOR WHAT SHE DID!" shot the fuming red head.

"You're right but we hurt him too," added Sarah with sadness in her voice. "We kept the secret for Leaf. We betrayed his trust. You should be angry at us too."

"GAAHHH! YOU DON'T FUCKING GET IT!" shouted Misty as she hurled her mallet against the wall were it got stuck. She took rapid breaths to calm down before she rounded on them. The three girls were terrified of her now and Gardevoir took a step back, not wanting to get in the cross fire. "Ash won't blame you two for protecting her secret as he would've done that too. But what Leaf did...all the things he values and believes in, she has torn to shreds and burned them to ashes! He has always been fair, always been trusting, always been honest, always been looking out for others first, always sacrificing for others and he has never taken advantage, never cheated and has never betrayed anyone!"

Misty's words washed over the two girls and slowly they understood what the four girls already knew. Anabel and Sarah glanced at one another as they finally understood why they were so angry. The red head pushed Anabel and Sarah aside, who didn't even attempt to stop her now. Misty grabbed the scared and crying brunette from her tank top and raised her up onto her feet who didn't dare move from her current position, completely frozen over what was happening.

"Do you understand now what you did?" asked Misty, in low but dangerous voice. "Everything he believes in...everything he values...you just destroyed and spat on it for your own selfish desires. I hope you're happy for causing him agony you selfish bitch," said Misty with contempt as she slapped the brunette hard again, causing Leaf to cry out as her head turned to the side, her body following after her as she fell to the floor in despair.

The red head left the bawling brunette on the floor as she stepped over her to go look for Ash. As soon as she opened the room's door, Lucario stepped inside and closed the door behind him with a grave look on his face. Misty's heart jumped to her throat the second she saw it and knew instantly that something was wrong.

"Where's Ash?" asked Dawn fearfully.

"Master has left on Charizard with Pikachu. He ignored the others as they asked him what was wrong and left without speaking to anyone," informed Lucario sadly.

"Oh no no no no!" whined Serena.

"Arceus damn it!" cursed May.

Misty turned around, seeing the scared and fearful expressions on the other girls' faces after hearing Ash was gone. She then lowered her gaze to Leaf. The red head knelt down beside her and she cupped her tear stricken face with her hands and lifted her head up to within an inch away from hers. "I swear to Arceus Leaf...if anything happens to him…if we can't find him…or if he doesn't come back...You're going to wish you were never born."

Her last statement made the other girls gulp and even made Lucario and Gardevoir shiver in their spots. Misty let that sink in for several seconds before she let Leaf go. The brunette fell back to the floor and continued crying heavily now as the red head stood up with a blazing look. She was about to head out of the bedroom when she felt a hand on her shoulder. She turned her head slightly to the person and saw it was Dawn with May and Serena standing beside her.

"Let's go calm down and think about where he would go before we go rushing off without a plan," advised Dawn and Misty took a deep breath to calm herself before agreeing with the blunette. The four girls left Ash's room, leaving behind the sobbing brunette, Sarah and Anabel. Lucario and Gardevoir glanced at the three girls before they spoke.

"What were you thinking Leaf?!" asked Gardevoir with anger but Leaf just shook her head in response.

"You hurt Master gravely and in such a way that he won't forgive it easily. What you did, betraying his trust and the people he loves, is one of the few things that he despises and hates," revealed Lucario, making Leaf cry harder as she realized how much she fucked up. Lucario and Gardevoir left the room and headed to the patio to see if they could sense Ash's whereabouts.

Both Sarah and Anabel were debating on what to do. They thought for a few minutes before they knelt down besides Leaf and helped her stand up. They waited for Leaf to look at them and right when she did, both Anabel and Sarah slapped her hard, making Leaf cry out again in pain. Her right cheek had a very red hand print on it now as it had been struck hard several times in such a short period. Before she could even say anything to them, Sarah pulled Leaf into a tight hug right after and Anabel quickly joined in on the group hug. Leaf broke down even more.

"You're such an idiot Leaf. Did you ever think that something like this might happen? Did you ever consider that things won't be all sunshine and rainbows? No. No you didn't," stated Anabel as the brunette kept sobbing.

"This is beyond messy Leaf. You fucked up big time. I don't think it's fixable. You hurt someone who we have feelings for. But…even so…we'll try to help you," said Sarah. Leaf couldn't believe what she just heard and it took a couple minutes for her to calm down enough to speak.

"Why…why would you…h-help me?" asked Leaf in a whisper while sobbing.

"Because we know how you feel about him as it's the same as we do. You made a mistake. Granted it was a big fucking mistake. But that doesn't mean that you shouldn't get a second chance if you do truly care for him," answered Sarah.

"She's right. As much as I hate what you did, how it hurt Ash…and how easy it would be to just cut ties with you…I know you didn't mean to cause trouble or cause him pain. That you were just scared and didn't know how to show your feelings. So we'll help you," said Anabel and Leaf slowly pulled herself together after a few minutes.

"T-Thanks you t-two," sniffed Leaf as she wiped away the dried tears on her face. Sarah and Anabel nodded at her before they gestured for her to follow them out of the room to their own. The three girls went into their room, careful to not walk into the others, especially the four girls on the way there before they started brainstorming on how they could help better the situation.

A good distance away from the Indigo Plateau Hotel, there was a semi hidden lake that had a lone cabin next to it that few knew about. Inside that particular cabin, the Skull Brothers were resting, tending to both their physical wounds and humiliation at being defeated so easily by one person while arguing with a red headed woman. They were not pleased with one another. The five men were supposed to have kidnapped the brunette girl in the picture that she was hoping them to find. They were then supposed to send a ransom note to lure the guardian here so she could run into him when he looked for her. Her plan was to help him out in 'saving' her, to earn his trust, getting her a spot in his group. But they caused a scene and were defeated by him before they could run off with the girl. She was not happy at all that they failed their mission. The Skull Brothers were angry that she didn't mention that they would be going after an Aura Guardian's girlfriend. They were also pissed that they were so humiliatingly defeated by a single person, even if it was by an Aura Guardian with a Legendary Pokémon.

"You didn't follow the plan!" she screamed at the five. "How am I supposed to get close to him now?"

"Not our problem. Give the rest of our money," said the leader without a care.

"You haven't completed the mission yet and if you don't, say goodbye to the rest!" snapped Natasha.

"You bitch, you didn't tell us that we would be trying to kidnap a Guardian's girlfriend! We don't want that kind of heat on our tail! Not for this amount of money! If you want us to complete the job, then our fee has tripled since you forgot that important part!"

"You greedy sons of bitches! You won't get a penny more than what we agreed on and you'll only get the rest of your money when you do the job you were paid for!" she shot back.

"You fucking slut! You think you can screw over the Skull Brothers just because your Giovanni's bitch?!" roared the leader.

"Screw you! Either accept what the agreement was on, finish the job and get paid or leave now!" said Natasha as she took out a gun from her bag and pointed it at the leader who glared at her.

"Alright fine. Have it your way bitch. We're leaving. But after I take a piss," said Edmond as he went to the bathroom and his brothers waited for him.

Natasha kept her gun on the other four and kept her eye on them so they wouldn't try anything. She heard the toilet being flushed and a moment later, the leader appeared back in the room. He motioned for his brothers to head towards the door and he slowly followed after them. Natasha kept her attention on the leader since he was closer to her but when she heard the front door open, she glanced at the others leaving. Edmond stepped towards her but then Natasha focused her attention back onto him.

"Did you honestly think that I wouldn't notice you?"

"No, but you didn't notice him," replied the leader with a smirk.

"What are-" She was cut off as a punch landed against her right cheek.

Edmond's Weavile had struck her when she was distracted. He had called the pokémon out when he was in the bathroom and used the sound of the flushing toilet to mask the sound of the poke ball opening. She dropped to the ground and cried out in pain. She tried to aim her gun and fire at Edmond as she searched for her poke balls in her bag but he didn't let her as his foot connected strongly with her stomach, knocking the wind out of her. She coughed as she clutched her stomach and took heaving breathes. Edmond removed her gun and took her bag, throwing both to the other side of the room before pinning Natasha down on the ground as his brothers gathered round with evil and lustful looks on their faces.

"Edward, go keep watch in case some people wander around here," said Edmond and Edward stepped outside. "Edwin, go and make some food. I'm hungry." Edwin went to the kitchen and started going through the fridge. "Eddie, go heal our pokémon." Eddie went to heal their pokémon back to full strength. "Ed, go get some rope." Ed dug through their supplies as he searched for some rope.

Natasha remained still for a moment but when Edmond grabbed her arm, she twisted out of it and punched Edmond in the face, pushing him back. She got back up onto her feet and quickly followed up the punch with a kick to his stomach but Edmond moved to the side and dodged it before closing the distance between them and knocked her down with a single punch to her head. She hit her head on the floor and became dazed by it. Edmond quickly took advantage of the situation and grabbed her arms as he sat on her back.

Natasha tried to keep her cool and think of a way out but the leader was strong and had her arms pinned to her back. She couldn't think of a way to get out of this situation. How could she have been so stupid? She had been on many field assignments before and never once messed up. What made her lose her focus? Was she out of the game for so long that she had forgotten some things? She couldn't think of an answer and her head was swimming from the pain of hitting the floor hard and both strikes.

"Giovanni's bitch or not…we don't take kindly to threats and we don't like being kept in the dark. You should've known that about us," said Edmond, applying more pressure onto her arms and Natasha winced.

"Oh, this is going to be fun," said Ed as he returned with rope. "Looks like we're not getting the rest of our promised money so it looks like we'll have to take our own form of payment." Ed began tying up Natasha's hands and feet while Edmond kept her pinned down. She screamed at them to let her go, promising them her wrath if they didn't obey but they just ignored her. Even when she told them that Giovanni would punish them for this, they laughed. "You really believe Giovanni cares about you?" asked Edmond, making her face him as he clutched her face with his large brutish hand. "You are nothing but an expendable asset to him. And when we're done with you, he won't even want the leftovers. No one will want what's left of you." Natasha's eyes filled with fear and she was frozen from it. When they finished, they gagged her with a cloth. The sudden gag made her scream out against it and Edmond slapped her to shut her up since even her muffled screams were annoying him.

"Take her to the basement for now. Perhaps the cold floor will improve her attitude. I want to eat before I have some fun," said Edmond and Ed nodded, picking up the red head and throwing her over his shoulder. "Enjoy your time with her Ed but remember; I go first."

Ed laughed as he carried Natasha down to the basement. When he reached the basement, he dropped the red head painfully onto her side and Ed knelt down beside her. Natasha let out muffled curse words and insults as she tried to wiggle out of her binds that made Ed smile evilly. He rubbed her side with his hands before groping her ass and tits, making Natasha scream in defiance but it was muffled by the gag in her mouth. She was soon shaking as her rage and fury grew at her humiliating and submissive situation.

"It's alright sweetie, I'll make you feel all better soon. But first, you need to be punished," whispered the sadistic man into her ear before he slapped her hard in the face. He moved his hands against her chest and the red head was glaring at him with narrowed eyes filled with anger. She tried to kick him with her tied up feet but was easily blocked and then slapped again in return.

"Oh, we can't have that!" he said as he slapped her once more before ripping off her blouse, revealing her breasts contained in a red bra. Natasha struggled against him but he pinned her down with his body as he sat on top of her stomach, her arms pressing into her back since they were tied behind her. She cried out against her gag in pain from the strikes and her uncomfortable and humiliating position. He placed both hands on her face before slowly moving them down, caressing her as he went down before stopping on her chest. The red head let out a whimper, but instead of making the man feel regret or pity, it made him smile, being spurred on by her pleading. He grabbed her through her bra and squeezed her breasts hard, not being the least bit gentle. She cried out as loudly as she could but instead of some sort of aid, she received another slap in the face. Ed laughed evilly, enjoying it greatly.

Then something happened that the red head never thought would happen to her. She broke. She broke and she started to cry. She hadn't cried in so long she was at first surprised she still could. She couldn't believe this was how things turned out to be. After all she had done, all the harsh times, all the close calls, all the things she had to do to get ahead in life, finally getting the things she always wanted, the position she wanted to get to, she was now worth none of that and was now at the mercy of a sadistic and perverted bastard that she herself had hired to get a job done. Oh the irony.

Please! Someone! Anyone! Help me! thought Natasha as Ed ripped off the bra, freeing her breasts.

"Oh they look magnificent. Let's start slowly shall we?" he said as he grabbed her breasts and played with them harshly before he licked and sucked them. When he bit down on them hard, Natasha cried out as her tears let out faster. The sounds of Natasha's muffled whimpers and cries along with Ed's evil laughs traveled up the basement steps and the other Skull Brothers heard.

"Eddie, go help Ed control the slut. I'll be down in a few minutes," said Edmond who was finishing up his meal. Eddie responded with a grunt as he headed downstairs to the basement.

"You should stop resisting my sweet so you can enjoy it," chuckled Ed as he tore off her clothes without hesitation. Finally, he tore off her last remaining article of clothing, which were her red panties. She was now fully in the nude and she was helpless. Ed rubbed her womanhood's opening before he plunged his dirty fingers into her making her scream against the gag. She struggled to get away but he prevented her from getting away by punching her in the face.

Natasha went still. She was in so much pain, felt so horrible, so worthless and so powerless that she didn't know what to do. She screamed with all her might against the gag in her mouth as he continued violating her with his unclean fingers going in and out of her, but all that was heard was a muffled sound. Ed laughed maniacally as Eddie appeared.

"That's right my little puppet. No one is coming for you. No one can hear you. No one is going to save you. We have you all to ourselves," remarked Eddie with a sadistic laugh.

Ed grinned as he took in the sight of her beautiful body and Eddie let out a whistle. Natasha cried out in defiance and tried to get out of Ed's grip but it didn't work. She tried to knee him or kick him or something but he had pinned her down with his body as he sat on top of her legs. Eddie delivered a kick to her side that made her scream in pain before she stopped moving again. Edmond then appeared beside Ed and Eddie.

"Put her on the table," said Edmond. Ed and Eddie lifted up Natasha and placed her on top of the nearby table, facing up. Edmond then cut her legs' binds with his knife and immediately Natasha started kicking at him but Eddie grabbed her legs and Edmond raised her own gun at her. "Keep resisting, and I'll kill you."

Natasha stopped immediately, her eyes filling up with frightened tears once more as she watched Eddie move away and Edmond draw closer to her and give the gun to Eddie. The leader unbuckled his jeans and lowered them, revealing his shaft. The red head whimpered and shook her head, trying to plead for him to stop but was muffled by the gag. Edmond wasted no time as he spread her legs forcefully and plunged into her roughly, making Natasha scream out as pain shot through her as he rammed her over and over again harshly. Natasha started crying heavily. She couldn't believe she was being raped and raped by the very thugs she hired.

Please stop! Please someone help me! Arceus! I swear I'll change my ways! Please save me! Help me! Please, I beg of you! Make it stop!

"Oh looky here," said Edmond as he noticed red marks around her inner thighs after a moment. "She was a virgin! Saving yourself? HA! Prepare for a good time," cackled Edmond who continued his savage thrusting as his brothers laughed. He enjoyed seeing her so scared and whimpering in pain. "Or more accurately, a good time for me," laughed Edmond as Ed took the gun from Eddie and pointed it at Natasha's face.

"You stay quiet, don't resist and do as we say and we won't kill you. We'll let you go after we have our way with you and we may even finish the job you asked of us. That is if we feel like it," said Ed.

Natasha knew that he was lying, that they would probably kill her in the end but she had no choice. She had to stay alive to maybe find a way out. She remained silent and Ed removed her gag and she coughed before he put down his pants and plunged his shaft into her mouth. Natasha's eyes widened and she gagged, almost choking at the rough fellatio. Edmond told Ed to relax on it as he could kill her if she suffocates and that he didn't want her beautiful body to go to waste. Ed reluctantly agreed and eased up a bit, allowing Natasha to breathe again. She coughed as he withdrew from her mouth. She winced and cried out at the painful thrusting Edmond was giving her and was trying to spit out the taste from her mouth.

"Please stop!" gasped Natasha as she panted and pleaded through the rough intercourse, feeling intense pain. "I'm sorry…I'll pay…more…just stop…please…" she offered but Edmond shook his head and continued his savage fucking. Natasha's face was shining with many tears and the three brothers just laughed at her before Ed grabbed her head and moved it to his shaft again and made her suck on it.

Natasha felt sick and horrible and felt her life was over as she was being raped, feeling the rough movements at both ends of her body. She closed her eyes, trying to detach herself from what was going on, to send her mind elsewhere but couldn't, failing miserably. The pain was overwhelming, being her first time but the humiliation that she was feeling was worse. She cried her eyes out as she continued to be ravaged by the two Skull Brothers. She prayed it would be over soon and that they would let her go but she knew how small the odds are for that to happen. She felt even more sickened when Edmond and Ed finished by releasing their load into her, making her cough and choke while feeling their seed flow into her from both ends. They then withdrew to have Eddie and Edward, who had just joined them, to take up their positions and started their turn. The fifth brother Edwin came downstairs and soon joined his brothers and rammed is shaft into her only other available hole, making her scream out as horrific pain coursed through her body as he entered her anally, taking that purity away from her as well. It didn't help that Eddie kept thrusting into her without care and Edward pushed her head back down and made her suck his shaft dry.

The red headed woman had the worst day of her entire life. They raped her over and over many times, switching their positions and making her do many things. They released their seed into her multiple times before finally stopping as the day became evening. Edmond then told her with a nasty smile that since she was such a good sport about it all, especially for a first timer, they weren't going to kill her but instead keep her with them and use her as their very own personal entertainment. They tied her up and gagged her once more after slapping and beating her a bit when she screamed at them to let her go. They left her in the basement naked as they went back upstairs to do other things.

Natasha was in so much pain from the harsh gang rape as well as from the beatings and she felt so dirty, so worthless, so inhuman as she was violated many times, her virginity taken in such a violent way, that she just wanted to die right then and there. She didn't care about living anymore or finding a way out or even the mission. Even if she could find a way to escape, she would have to live with the knowledge that she was raped, humiliated, violated and abused for the rest of her life. That her virginity was taken from her by a bunch of sadistic bastards. She grew even more horrified at the thought of becoming impregnated by them. She shuddered and shivered on the cold floor as her dried eyes overfilled with tears again. She didn't know if she could handle that at all, bearing the child or children of the cold hearted bastards who were now upstairs.

Please, thought Natasha as more tears escaped from her eyes as she whimpered and cried against her gag with the uncomfortable basement floor doing nothing but increasing her discomfort. Please let this nightmare end. Just take me now and make it so I don't ever remember this. Just kill me Arceus. Just let me die! Please take me away from all this. Please save me…