Searching for Love

CHAPTER 4: An objective of life

CHAPTER 4: An objective of life

Several days had passed since Oshawott joined the team, and he felt very comfortable being with Ash. It seemed that he had made the right decision. At least he could travel with someone that he loved. Not only that, two people joined to the trip. The first one was Iris, who the water type met before joining. She was a good person that wanted to be an incredible dragon master, but she was very scold with Ash, always saying that he was such a kid. In part she was right, at least she didn't judge Oshawott, because he behaved in a similar way.

The other person that joined them was Cilan, who was, along with his two brothers, the gym leader of Straiton City. Oshawott remembered how his battle was against his Pansage. In that time, the otter was a coward, the balance was tipped in favor of the Grass Monkey Pokémon, but he could get necessary courage and pride to win the battle. Cilan was a boy who knew a lot of things, he knew to cook very well. The otter never got tired of eating his prepared dishes of Pokémon food, they were very exquisite. Going with Ash and his pals was the best idea he had.

Besides Ash's friends, they were catching Pokémon on the way. At the beginning the water type met three Pokémon that Ash and Iris had in that time. There were Pikachu, Pidove and Axew. Pikachu was the main Pokémon of the young man with hat. He was a good fighter that was very determined and never gave up for anything, like his trainer. Pidove was the first Pokémon that Ash had caught in the Unova region. Oshawott was able to know her a little, sometimes she was a bit clueless, she could get agitated if someone took out of her thought. And lastly, was Axew, he was a younger Pokémon than the otter, he was like a child that looked to become strong and powerful. He got serious in battle, but he didn't put aside the innocent behavior of a kid.

The family was growing and growing over time. The water type Pokémon could meet Tepig, a Pokémon that was abandoned by his trainer a long time ago, Pansage, Cilan's signature Pokémon; there was also Snivy, Dwebble, Scraggy, Sewaddle, along other Pokémon. All with different personalities and behaviors. They all seemed to be part of the family. And he was meeting more Pokémon on the way.

It was nice to know new partners, the more, the merrier, Pikachu said. Oshawott could interact and know a bit about the other Pokémon; their stories, their past adventures, and even their true reasons about why joined Ash and his friends. Some looked to become stronger through training and battles, others were because they helped them in something like saving their lives, and some it was simply because they liked them and wanted to travel with them. The last one was the reason why Oshawott wanted to go with Ash, He wanted more to be next to his trainer than battling and become stronger. It was like his objective of life. His objective of life... Oshawott thought in what he could do after finishing his journey with him, he wanted to continue traveling with Ash to anywhere, but a moment would come which his trip with him would end. He thought: what would his objective of life be in Oshawott's life? What would he do after ending his journey through the Unova Region? He had no idea what to do, but it didn't matter now, the journey was going to be long and he would have enough time to think on some objective of his life. He had to enjoy.

Oshawott's journey along with Ash, Iris, Cilan and his Pokémon partners continued calmly, during that time he was thinking what to do after his journey with Ash finished. What could he do? Hmm... He thought for a moment, he heard previously, from Pikachu, that the young man with hat had other Pokémon from his previous journeys in other regions. All of them were left in a place called Professor Oak's ranch. There they could rest after a long journey with Ash. This was located in the Professor Oak's lab in the Kanto region, region where Oshawott's trainer grew up. It sounded like a good place, he could meet a bunch of Pokémon and rest, but... there was something. The otter thought, what if they didn't want to talk with him, as if he was rejected like those times when a trainer didn't choose him like a Pokémon partner? Oshawott would be alone, and forgotten. The Pokémon needed of someone that accompanied for a long time at least when he arrived there. Someone that... loves him. Thinking that made his heart beat. It was a feeling that he had never felt before. It was as if he was... wanting to find love? Of wanting to share his love for other Pokémon? That was it! From that moment on, Oshawott would search for love for a female Pokémon, so he couldn't be alone and forgotten, because he would have someone accompanying him during his whole life. From that moment on, Oshawott looked for the perfect candidate to be his mate who loves him.