BROKEN BEYOND REPAIR

🌹SHOPPING SPREE🌹

"So where's Clair?" Ash asked as slow music played in the car driving through the streets of Viridian city.

"Lance dropped by." Both cynthia and diantha answered as Ash hummed in response.
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"How's your leg?" Lance asked Clair as he sat on the sofa next to her cousin. Scott informed him about what happened to Clair last night. Ash was back.

No matter how many time he thought about it, the thought of him returning made him smile. Things will now change. Definately for good.

"I dunno. Doc said to take it easy." Clair answered as she sighed and a comfortable silence took over the room. Lance pulled out his device and scrolled through it as a frown covered his face.

"What's up?" She asked as Lance held the device tightly.

"That old guy is meeting with Damian." Lance said as Clair looked at him with a conflicted expression. Just what did elder wanted from Damian.

Damian was kanto champion, their village was in Johto. Just what were they upto.

Lance just stared at the drop of water falling down from his glass with doubts clouding his mind. He was aware what they wanted. Team rocket was expanding faster than light. They already destroyed team flare, plasma, aqua and magma years ago. Their activities lowered down significantly after those gang wars.

Dragon village wanted a security. If team rocket decided to step in Johto they needed to either be an ally or an enemy. And becoming enemy was something the elder didn't wanted. He was a pussy. So they were meeting to get a compensation.

"That look on your face suggest otherwise." Clair said adjusting herself on the seat.

"It is a last ditch effort they might do. Anyway how's Ash?" Lance asked diverting the topic not to give any more stress to his sister than she already had.

"He changed a lot yet he is same." She whispered lowly.

"His eyes lost that shine they had in them but even if he don't show, he cares about people a lot." Clair said as Lance nodded his head lightly. Sabrina made him that way.

Lance knew she was the only reason he never snapped. She made him realise how cruel yet perfect this world is. And he was there to carry that legacy.

No matter how much people hated Sabrina, she always wanted to help them. Maybe a trait passed to her by Ash when they first met.

And she made him do the same thing

"You want to stay here or go back to blackthorn?" Lance asked as Clair went into deep thinking.

"I think i will stay here." She said as Lance nodded his head in understanding and stood up.

"Heal up quickly Clair or you will be out of competition. Those two are giving their best you know." Lance said leaving Clair alone in the house with her thoughts as she sighed.

"As if someone like him would love to bear a burden like me."
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"Whats this?" Ash asked staring at the card Cynthia gave him as they walked through the largest mall in kanto.

"A card. Scott said knowing you, you will spoil Hina so he asked me to give it to you." Cynthia said as Hina walked hand in hand with him and Diantha while occasionally jumping around.

"Oh he's absolutely right. I will spoil my princess rotten." Ash smirked as they entered a clothing store while the two woman sighed.

He was a daughter con.