The Volt of Depression (Amour + Pika)

💔Toxin💔

It was the battle between Ash's Pikachu and a trainer's Toxicroak, with his gang cheering him. Ash still had 4 pokemon left, while the trainer's Toxicroak was the only remaining one. Beating that pokemon, Ash would advance to the next round.

"Pikachu, Thunderbolt! Let's do this!" Ash commanded and Pikachu sent the Thunderbolt to the poisonous frog. He managed to get up after the move, but it seemed like only one more move hit him, he would be fainted.

The opponent surely didn't like this. He gritted his teeth showing some anger to Ash, which could be seen from the judges and the spectators. He was thinking of something, then he thought out an idea

"Toxicroak, use Toxic with all the poison you have!" He angrily commanded, and Toxicroak sent the biggest Toxic he'd ever sent to Pikachu. The electric mouse let out a cry of pain and collapsed to the ground

"Pikachu, are you ok!?" Ash worriedly asked his partner. Pikachu managed to get up in pain, and he nodded to prove that he was alright. But as soon as he got up...

"Toxicroak, use Poison Jab on it, with all your might!" The trainer commanded and the toxic mouth pokemon began to attack Pikachu with Poison Jabs. It didn't stop attacking, and looked like... it was trying to murder Pikachu

In the audience, Serena could see the worried and scared face of her childhood crush, the things that rarely happened every time she saw Ash battled.

"Ash, you can get through this. Don't give up 'til it's over!" She told herself, hoping that Ash would do what she said.

But Ash just stunned and stood there. This wasn't him. Seeing Toxicroak attacked Pikachu violently just too shocking for him. As Toxicroak stopped attacking. The judges seemed to be angry because of the opponent's action. However, the next scene was very horriying

Pikachu's body started turning purple from the poison, and he was coughing out something.

Blood...

"Stop the battle!" One of the judges spoke out

"But I'm still enjoying-" The trainer said, but got cut off

"I SAY STOP THE BATTLE!" The judge said, and the battle ended. With Ash had more remaining Pokemon, he advanced to the next round. However, Ash didn't care about that. He rushed to Pikachu, whose mouth still covered with some small spots of blood

"Pikachu... I'm sorry... I shouldn't leave you like this..." Ash said regretfully, but some tears in his eyes.

"Pika... pi..." The mouse cried his name weakly, and slowly closed his eyes. CLemont, Serena and Bonnie soon reached the battlefield

"Ash, we need to take Pikachu to the Pokemon Center, now!" Clemont said and Ash agreed. The gang left the stadium and quickly headed to the center.

Meanwhile, the trainer returned Toxicroak to his Pokeball and left with the booing and hissing from the audience for his violence in Pokemon battle

"Yeah yeah... Booing like all you want. Ash has been warned. He shouldn't have messed with Zane Flynn" The trainer, who believed to be Zane, left the stadium with a smile crept on his face

Back to Ash and his gang, Nurse Joy and her assistant, Blissey were trying to cure Pikachu. They tried to examine what happened to him, and they gasped because of the result. They looked at each other faces, seeing the rarerest case they'd ever known

Outside, Ash was sitting with his hands covered his face. He was sobbing because he harmed his life-long partner

"This is all my fault! I will regret for life if Pikachu has something bad happen to him" Ash said between sobbing. Serena then sat next to him and put her hand on his shoulder

"It's okay, Ash. Humans make mistakes, sometimes. You don't have to be sad. I'm sure Pikachu will understand" Serena comforted him

"Yeah, after all, he's your best friend, right?" Clemont asked, but Ash sobbed even louder

"You guys won't understand..." Ash said. He then told the whole gang about the first time Pikachu was harmed and how Ash felt about it

*flashback, 20 years ago*

"There's a dangerous Pokemon-stealing criminal society called Rocket in the city. I want every citizens to keep their Pokemon safe indoor." Officer Jenny said. It was the afternoon in Viridian City. Suddenly, she saw a figure, with raven black hair, running towards her

"Can you tell me where Pokemon Center is? It's an emergency!" The boy panicked

"Okay, calm down, young man. What's your name?" Officer Jenny asked

"I'm Ash Ketchum, from Pallet Town. I've just started my journey" Ash said and showed the weak and bruising Pikachu on his arms. After minutes of explaining, she knew about the Spearows incident. She took Ash and Pikachu to Pokemon Center.

As soon as Nurse Joy saw the injured Pokemon, she ordered her assistants to bring Pikachu to the Emergency room

"Can I get in, too?" Ash asked

"You should feel terrible for yourself! You didn't have any responsibility for your Pokemon!" Nurse Joy scolded Ash, which was understanding since she was also a nurse and she'd been facing many cases caused from irresponsible Pokemon trainers

To Ash, he felt bad about this. He was dreaming to become a Pokemon master, but he got his Pokemon injured. From that day, he promised himself not to let things like that happened again.

*end of flashback*

"... but look at what happened! I let my Pikachu got hurt! I knew I was too far away from being a master!" Ash said painfully, with Serena wrapped her arms around him to comfort him. Nurse Joy soon walked out and met the gang

"Is Pikachu okay? Please tell me he's okay!" Ash said and Nurse Joy just signaled him to gwt in the room. While Ash was looking at the unconsciously lying Pikachu, Nurse Joy closed the door and sighed

"What happened?" Clemont asked

"Let me guess. Pikachu got hit by a Toxic, with more Poison attacks?" Nurse Joy asked and the gang nodded

"Well... the poison is spreading too fast that it reaches Pikachu's heart"

"So you mean..."

"Yes. I'm afraid that Pikachu... wouldn't be able to live any longer"