CERISE UNIVERSITY OF TORRENT : AMOUR RETURNS AND DARKNESS PREVAILS

A CHANCE .... TO FORGET

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Ash was in his bedroom , again. Stains of tears on his z-marked cheeks. He was lying on his bed. His best friend leaning over his shoulders, nuzzling his cheeks for Comfort.

When he saw Delia's body,he just thought that he has gone bananas. He had Pikachu electrocute himself to make sure his mind wasn't visually displaying the worst scenarios going in his head.

He had ran over to Delia and tried to wake her up. But she didn't. The bad part is that the police have no idea that what happened. Although, JENNY told her that she saw some strange figures crouching over his mom. But Jenny was too shocked to send people after them. This is the first time murder took place in Pallet town. Or rather what they assume to murder.

Postmortem reports say that for some unknown reason, the blood flow was stopped. Also, the nerves around Delia's head and chest seemed singed. 

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It had been two weeks since Delia's death. They had attended her funeral.Professor Oak was there. Gary, Brock,Misty,Tracy and all of Ash's Alolan friends. When Professor Oak told his cousin about the incident, then the Alolan folks flew to Kanto without hesitation. They knew that Ash was already depressed after losing to Calem, so now he needed all the mental support they can give.

He had carried her casket along with Kiawe,Gary,Gladion(Yup the blondies are back...will explain later),Tracy and Brock.  Misty and Brock being two of his Oldest friends were by his side after everyone else left to give Ash privacy. 

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Ash was not able to cry anymore. His eye dried. 

He-

RIINGGG!!!!!!!!

The doorbell Rang.

Ash sighed. He went down the stairs, Pikachu following him. Ash reached the door and opened it, revealing a face he last saw an year ago.

There stood a tall man with specs. He wore  a lab coat  and and had light brown hair.

"Professor Cerise, nice to meet you! Please come inside" Ash said, his mood lifted by seeing the familiar face after an year.

"Nice to meet you too, Ash," the Professor spoke.

 Ash led  him to the living room. Professor Cerise and Ash noticed Pikachu missing. Just then the yellow mouse turned up the doorway, struggling to carry a tray in which there were atwo large glasses of lemonade and one small cup of ketchup.

Ash chuckled for the first time in the past three weeks. He took the tray from Pikachu.

"Chaa," Pikachu sighed in relief. The Professor let out a hearty laugh.

As the two sipped lemonade while Pikachu licked ketchup, Ash asked, "So, how are Chloe and Goh?"

"They are good. They are dating and will be attending school together attending school."

"Which school?"

"Actually that's what  I am here for."

"Huh?"

The Professor sighed,"Look , Ash. I am sorry for your loss. Someone like you doesn't deserve all this pain."

"I know,Professor. But it's natural," Ash faked a smile.

"So , what are you going to do now?"

" I don't know."

" I have an offer for you." 

Ash looked taken aback but quickly found his composure and asked,"What kind of offer?"

"Well , I told you  that Chloe and Goh will attend school together."'

"Yeah."

"Look Ash, ever since I became a Professional Pokemon Researcher, I have been reserving  a large amount of Money for a special Project. "

" And that is?"

"A Pokemon School."

 Ash thought for a moment,"As if, like the Pokemon School in Alola?"

"No Ash. That isn't a proper school. IT was just a local institution interested in giving Education aout Pokemon to the youth."

"Yeah, now that you mention it. It wasn't organized. Sophocles was younger than me,Lana and Lillie. Kiawe and Mallow were older. Still we were all in the same class."

" Yes ,exactly. The school  I am starting will be  organised with 3 grades in total. It is basically a high school.  We starting with high school but as we proceed,over the years, we will also open facilities for elementary education. More, it is a full package."

"Full Package?"
"Yeah. Full Package. It means that the school will provide quality education for all types careers. There will be three years for a student who enrolls now. In the first year, they will study all subjects, pokemon related and others. Then the second year is divided into two parts. In the first part, again you will study all the subjects but from the beginning of the second part, you will study certain set of subjects chosen  by you. Then in the last year, you will take a graduation course of any career choice related to the subjects chosen by you."

"Sounds like it is an efficient ."

"Yeah, Ash. Now the reason I came here was because I want you to take an admission in that school."

Ash was shocked.

"What ?! Me!"

"Yeah, Ash , you. You know you are an adept battler and a very skilled  trainer. But you still sometimes fail in your quests because those skills are raw. They need to be polished to their best potential."

"But-"

"But why not, Ash? I know the amount of stress and grief you have gone through. First your Pikachu almost dying, then you losing your title and now your mom. Think ,Ash. Schooling and mixing with others your age will help you forget all this. It could help you to move on."

Silence.

Professor sighed, thinking Ash had made his mind not to go.

"I will go," Ash said.