Ash was very confused on why a metallic band locked tight around Greninja's waist.
Suddenly, he felt an intense shock run through his body, causing him and Greninja to fall to their knees. The sharp pain in his arm is like a dull ache compared to this.
He thought that it couldn't get any worse.
Oh again, how wrong he was!
Ash saw a green gas implode from the band. His hands instinctively covered his nose as he fought for breath. He noticed that Greninja was doing the same, albeit with his tongue rather than his hands. His lungs screamed for air as the gas stung them.
Ash tried to call out to Greninja. "...Gren..." He stopped as a fit of coughs interrupted him, so he tried their new telepathic abilities. "Greninja! Are you alright?!"
He could hear Greninja cough as well, but he replied. "Ash... I'm- Aaaahhh!"
The connection between them suddenly snapped! Panic and pain took hold of Ash as he felt another jolt run through his body. It was like his veins were on fire. Sure, he had been struck by Pikachu's Thunderbolt countless times, but it was never this painful. Ash slumped to the ground, with Greninja doing the same a moment later.
Ash felt bile rise in his throat as he saw Greninja's body fall onto the forest floor. His eyes were closed and he lay still.
Ash searched deep in his mind for Greninja's ever so familiar presence. What he found chilled him to his very core: His mind was...empty. Greninja's presence wasn't there. Ash had always loved that constant feeling of comfort, of loyalty in the back of his mind. Without it, Ash felt truly alone.
With one last glance at Greninja, Ash's world went black.
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Separated but Connected
ActionWhen Ash and Greninja are approached by a strange man while training in the woods, their lives get turned upside down. When Greninja gets captured, can Ash and the Kolas gang rescue their friend before it's too late?
