Author's Note #1: This is a short prologue, think of it as a teaser. The rest of my chapters will be longer. Chapter 1 skips to way before events referenced here.

Author's Note #2: I sort of mix dub and original names here... In that Ash and Gary's real names are their Japanese ones, and the dub names are nicknames that they go by. I thought that was was canon, then I remembered that's in Digimon, not Pokemon. I kept it because this is an AU already anyway and it's a little bit important later on! Everyone other than Ash and Gary will just go by their dub names though, including all Pokemon.

Innocent Aims

Part I: Capture and Release

Prologue: Butterfly

I admit it.

I wanted to own him. Possess him. Satoshi... When I saw him at first, I admired him as a free floating specimen. I thought he was gorgeous, and was attracted to him the same way a child might be attracted to a butterfly. I wanted that butterfly. I wanted to sweep him ever so gently into my net, and then admire him. I'd keep him away from those free skies for my own pleasures as long as I pleased.

But Satoshi is not a butterfly, which though beautiful, is not self-aware and lower than even the lowest of the pokemon. And me, well, I'm not a child. My intentions weren't nearly as innocent as the small child's would be as they chased the beautiful colors of an insect's wings. Then again, they were as thoughtless as the child who ripped those wings off upon capture.

I'm sorry, Satoshi. I didn't know enough about my own desires to realize that they weren't what I really wanted. Forgive me, Satoshi!

I'm certain now.

I'm certain I want to be forgiven. It's all I desire with every fiber of my being. But my desires are what have caused all of this suffering in the first place. I guess I don't deserve what I want, not now, and not ever. So then I guess I should say good-bye to you, Satoshi.

It's been fun though.