章節 125: Congratulations, you have acquired: anxiety

Ash was tied up and riding on top of Rhyhorn, he had a rag in his mouth and looked unamused as everyone else was just walking. Misty had his hat so his hair was just covering a lot of his face since he had not gotten a haircut.

"So why did we tie up Ash again?" Yellow asked.

Misty put her hand on Yellow's head, "Don't worry about it." as she said that she used her finger to lift the front of the cap.

"MmmMmmMm Mm" Ash mumbled, Pikachu and Clefairy were using him as a table, meanwhile Abra went away to go do whatever she does leaving Ash alone.

Misty got close and lightly slapped his cheek a few times, "Relax, we'll probably let you go once we get to Fuchsia,"

"I still can't believe you convinced me to help you with this," Brock mumbled as he was leading his Rock Rhino.

"Yeah well we can't waste the opportunity to get back at him after everything he's done." Misty proudly said.

"Mmm mm M mmMm" Ash mumbled.

Yellow looked at Ash and translated, "I think he's saying, 'And what exactly have I done?'"

"Well besides being annoying…. Let me get back to you on that," Misty said

Ash looked over at Yellow, "Mmm m M Mm"

"He said, 'Of course you realize this means war'" Yellow translated, before looking at Ash and whispering in his ear, "If I help you will you spare me"

Ash shrugged and said, "mmMm."

Meanwhile Misty wasn't worried, "Pssshh, please what's the worst that could happen,"

Ash and Yellow just looked at each other and sighed.

{A long time later.}

Ash was now free and walking next to Yellow who was much more relieved, he had his hat back and Yellow was holding Misty's egg in her arms.

Meanwhile, Beedrill had Rhyhorn on a leash made of webs as she dragged him along, with Brock and Misty tied up in webs on top of the rock rhino, and Pikachu and Clefairy were also stuck to the side in more webs.

Ash called up Gastly who would disappear and reappear at random times to spook them, making Misty do the crying Aqua face the entire time.

Brock was just sitting there and didn't say anything but he just gave Misty the look of, 'This is your fault'

Eventually they got Fuchsia, so Ash let them go for human rights reasons, gosh such a killjoy I know.

Misty looked at Ash and shakily pointed her finger at him, "(ಥ﹏ಥ)You're Evil, beyond evil, I'm pretty sure there are laws against that."

"Like what the Geneva Convention, more like Geneva Suggestion," Ash said

"Jie Jie Jie~ ᗜˬᗜ," Gastly said as she gave Ash a smoky hi-five.

Yellow returned Misty's egg to her as she said, "I mean I did kinda warn you."

Brock took off the last of the web from his clothes and returned Rhyhorn, "Remind me to never listen to Misty again, anyway should we go to the Pokemon center."

Ash sighed, "Yeah, I have a promise I need to keep, and I need to check something."

As they went into the town the most obvious thing was that the town was very gloomy, no one was outside even though it was the middle of the day.

There were buildings with boarded-up windows, and random broken wood lining the streets.

The only thing of note was a half-built building near the outskirts of town that resembled a large snake, the Battle Pike, although it looked incomplete.

Walking through the town they eventually got to the Pokemon center and did everything they needed to get a room, took their Pokemon, made some calls, etc.

{Eventually}

Ash finished up the call with his mom and went back into the main lobby. Ash pulled out his Egg and started to approach Joy.

A day or two ago Ash's egg started shining randomly and moving, so he took it out of storage and was carrying it with him since it seemed like it would hatch soon.

"Excuse me nurse Joy, can you check in on my egg, I think it might be hatching soon"

"Ah a egg, how exciting, of course I can help you with that," Nurse Joy said as she took the egg and carefully went to a backroom with it.

Currently Brock and Misty went over to get their room situation checked out, and Yellow was playing with her Pokemon and Pikachu, so Ash was about ready to sit down and relax for a bit.

Until Yellow shyly peered her head through the door and got Ash's attention, "Um- hey Ash, Pikachu went left."

"What do you mean?"

"I mean Pikachu left and started running away."

Ash sighed into his hand and got up, "Well let's go after him, this town isn't exactly the most pleasant place, and it's gonna get dark soon."

Ash and Yellow ran out of the Pokemon center, and although neither had an Idea of where Pikachu went, Ash had a general idea, the search led them to a large building, the train station.

As they ran inside it started raining for some reason despite there being no clouds just a moment before.

As the two went inside they saw Pikachu being held by an old woman, immediately when Pikachu noticed them he held out his arm and waved them over.

"Pika-Pika!"

The old woman then noticed them, "Oh so you all know each other then, is this perhaps your Pikachu."

"Yeah he's mine," Ash said, "Sorry if he caused you trouble he tends to get into mischief sometimes."

Pikachu looked offended, but the old woman chuckled, "But that isn't the worst thing, it's wonderful for a Pokemon to be so healthy."

"May I know your names?"

"I'm Ash,"

"And I'm Yellow, nice to meet you."

"Those are wonderful names, my name is Edna," She said before looking at the raining sky, "But it seems like the rain has caught up to me."

"May we ask what you're doing out here by yourself?" Yellow asked

"Of course, but I'm afraid it's not that exciting, I am just waiting for the train to arrive," Edna said, looking into the dark tunnel leading into the mountain.

"Are you trying to leave Town?" Yellow asked, tilting her head.

"Oh no, no, I grew up here I don't think I could ever leave, I'm just waiting for 'him' to come back."

But before she could continue talking they suddenly heard a voice coming from behind them, "Grandma! I knew you would be here again."

Looking behind they saw a young girl holding an umbrella running towards them.

"Hello Katrina, here meet Ash and Yellow, I only met them a moment ago," Edna said looking back at her granddaughter.

"Oh hello, I'm sorry if my Grandma caused any trouble," Katrina said, doing a slight bow.

Yellow held out her hands and frantically said, "No, she didn't do anything like that,"

"That's good. Grandma, we should go back, you might catch a cold." Katrina said, holding out the umbrella.

"Yes, I guess I was too late for the train again," Edna said, looking at the tunnel sadly before getting up, and Pikachu jumped off.

Edna took the umbrella and started walking away, "It was raining just like this, if only it had been snowing, oh well, There's Always Tomorrow."

"If only you could accept it Grandma," Katrina mumbled under her breath as she looked down sadly.

"Um, I'm sorry, but why did you both look sad?" Yellow asked, getting Katrina's attention

"Oh, I'm sorry I forgot you were both here," Katrina said as Pikachu jumped onto Ash's shoulder.

Ash spoke up, "Sorry if we intruded, we just got caught in the middle."

"No it's fine, if you'd like I can tell you the rest of the story," Katrina said as she took a seat on one of the benches.

"You see, originally Grandma lived with Grandpa here in town, Grandpa worked as a Breeder and took care of the hatching and tending of eggs."

"But he wanted to move to the city and get his medical license so he could help more Pokemon. Although Grandma didn't want to leave, Grandpa left without her, saying as soon as he gets it he will return."

"She tried to stop him but it was raining and she slipped in the water, so she missed the train, and he left without knowing that Grandma was Pregnant," Katrina said, looking down and taking a breath.

"Then about a year later, Grandma got a letter telling her that there was an accident and that Grandpa had died."

"That's terrible" Yellow mumbled, her hands were slightly shaking but she remained silent.

"Grandma didn't believe it, how could she, so she comes here almost every day to wait for a train that will never come, always lamenting that it should have snowed, then the train would have been late."

"But the worst part is that my grandmother lost the necklaces that my Grandfather gave her, if only." Katrina said, it looked like she wanted to cry but was holding back the tears, "I'm sorry but I need to make it home."

And before Yellow could say anything she already ran away, making Yellow slouch on the bench.

Ash took the seat next to her, "Not easy trying to comfort people is it?"

"How did you do that when we were kids, it feels like I wanna throw my stomach up," Yellow said as she put her hands on her face.

"Congratulations, you officially have anxiety, welcome to the club," Ash said, pulling Yellow in closer to his side.

Yellow slightly blushed as she pulled herself out of his grasp, "I wish there was something we could do,"

Just then Pikachu noticed something and jumped off Ash's shoulder and onto the tracks, then he grabbed a gold necklace in his mouth and jumped back to Ash giving it to him.

"Is this a Necklace?" Ash asked as he managed to open it. Inside was a single picture of a young man with a young woman, on the back the words, 'Edna + Jonathan'.

"Do you think that's her necklace?" Yellow asked.

"Maybe, there's no harm in checking at least," Ash said.

But as soon as he did, a bright Yellow light exploded from the necklace, making both Ash and Yellow close their eyes.

When they opened them they noticed everything was different, people were walking around and the station looked much more vibrant.

"Hey you two kids, you got tickets or are you seeing someone off!?" A large man walked up to them.

Yellow immediately spoke up, "Um no sir we were jus-"

But she was cut off, "Then why are you two here, the train station is a dangerous place for kids like you to be playing around on, so leave before you get hurt!"

"R-right!" Yellow said as she quickly ran off, Ash just followed since he couldn't do anything about it.

But when they arrived outside they noticed the city was extremely different, everything was more lively, people were walking in the streets and the buildings looked freshly painted instead of decaying.

"W-what is going on, why is everything so different?" Yellow said looking at the people walking around.

Ash also 'looked' surprised, "I don't know, this place looks brand new,"

Just then a young man who looked to be in his 30's almost bumped into them, "Oh I'm sorry, are you both OK."

"Yeah, I'm OK," Yellow said.

"Me too," Ash added

"That's good, I'd love to stay and talk but my train is going to arrive in a few minutes so I have to go." the man said slightly bowing before he started walking again.

As Yellow waved at him Ash pulled out the necklaces, "Wait Yellow, I noticed something, that guy looks exactly like the man in the necklaces."

Ash showed Yellow the picture and Yellow looked stunned, "Wait, but that means..."

"Yeah, I think we somehow went back in time,"

"What is going on? What do we do? How do we get back? Can we get back?" Yellow said as she started to panic.

Ash put his hands on her shoulders, "Calm down, whatever happened happened for a reason, and I think it might have something to do with them."

Ash looked at the train station and then at the sky that started to slowly get darker, "I think we need to change the future, and it starts with him."

So by the way can I ask something, a bit ago I got a comment saying that I was copying someone else's work, but when I commented asking who I was copying they didn't respond, and then a few days later the comment was deleted.

I think that it was just hating for no reason, like those people that give 1-star reviews to everything, but I still was curious, so am I copying someone? If I am then I'm sorry I didn't mean to.

Anyway, I was just curious.