Lies

Chapter 3

" So, Ash where are you headed to next?" Professor Oak asked me to create a conversation while feeding all the pokemon in the fields behind the lab.

" hopefully somewhere in solitude" I joked but deep down I really was so broken I just wanted to go away somewhere and never come back.

"well Ash you do usually go to a different region and take on the league" professor Oak stated while I was still deep in thought.

" Yeah, I suppose" I involuntarily replied with my mind in a different place.

" You sure your alright, Ash?" Professor Oak asked in his friendly manner.

" I don't know professor, I mean my mum just died, my fucking mum for Arceussake! And that's not the worst part! My birthday marks her death day! It's so fucked up" I let out my feelings and emotions because this professor has that effect on people.

"Yeah, again I'm sorry Ash I know it's hard, maybe if you don't want to go on your old adventures again I could let you go research with Gary and Tracey in kalos" the old man proposed.

I did consider his offer, but the idea of travelling again just didn't feel right anymore. Especially not now that because I was away a family member dies. It's all my fault! "you know, professor I might just kick back here and relax with my only friends and, well more like family" I said to the old man who blinked at me and looked shocked. I ignored his countenance and looked up and into the field scattered with strong and interesting pokemon.

Staring blankly into the field full of pokemon, I held a bag with different compartments so it could hold specialised pokemon food in different places. My water type pokemon were in a semi-circle in front of me all jumping up and down happily, of course with buizel as an exception. The bipedal pokemon stood proudly with an unamused expression as he looked on in disgust at the playful water types like totodile and corphish.

"Here you go buizel" I said while lobbing him a mini bag of food. The water type used minimal effort, just like an average teenager, to extend out his paw to grab the bag.

" bui, bui!" Buizel said with a little nod. I nodded back and replied 'no problem' with my eyes as if I knew him like pikachu just in that one moment. My guess is that he's off to spar with torterra since he likes to become stronger from disadvantages.

Distracted, that's how I've been. I can't seem to make proper decisions at the moment. One decision is when will me and pikachu tell the rest the news. This thought consumed my mind while I looked over the playful bunch of water types. If I don't tell them then that is still making a decision even if I didn't decide anything. I have been holding it off because I don't want them to feel the same pain. Yet it isn't fair if they don't know. They're not children, even if they sometimes do act very childish.

"Pika?" The yellow rodent asked me while giving me a sympathetic look.

" it's just, well I have been thinking pikachu" I said back with an exasperated sigh. " Haha, very funny" I replied to his joke of a shocked face. "Funnily enough, I do actually think pikachu" I ended, more like tried.

The mouse pokemon put his paw over his mouth with a sarcastic thinking countenance. "Pi?" The yellow mouse then asked rhetorically, still taking the piss.

I sighed and then said "look, I'm serious pikachu, when are we going to tell them?" I asked and instantly his mood dropped from playful to pretty much sorrow. Definitely something we are both new to.

"P-i-k-a" the yellow mouse said slowly in a low voice. His ears had dropped and he was staring down towards the ground. I wish I could comfort my best friend, but I was in no state to do so. I was too in the same world. The loss of a loved one had never struck me before. Sure, there has been very close times but in this instance it actually has happened.