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Pikachu started to wake up. As he started to open his eyes, he was surprised to see that it was still at night, hours before the sunrise.

He jumped from the nest thought about walking through the silent building, to assess his thoughts.

On one hand, Eevee deserved to be as happy as possible. He is supposed to be the one to care of Eevee. He was responsible for the kind of life he was making Eevee live.

On the other hand, he just couldn't make it. It was just too much for him to continue, as he had to talk to the Raichu before taking Eevee back.

He sighed, and looked around for anything that may be of help. He found a pencil, not the kind that writes with, but a kind that does arts, and started to think. He loved to draw, so he relaxed himself a bit while sketching some of his happy old memories. Once he felt the tiredness come over him, he returned to his room, and fell asleep again.

"Aaaah!!!!" Pikachu screamed as he suddenly awoke. His eyes were wide open, and he could feel himself drenched in sweat, his heart was pounding so fast he thought he was going to die. He looked around to stabilize himself a bit.

He had been dreaming again. Pikachu wasn't the type of pokemon who disliked things in general, but he couldn't help to hate dreaming, as it made him relive the painful past, so he would be happier if he could go to sleep every night without fearing what would he dream of.

As the sun was starting to rise, Pikachu decided to end his sleeping time, and prepare himself to take Eevee back. But first of all, he would have breakfast, as he didn't feel very hungry before. As soon as he got up, he went to the dinning room and grabbed a thick juicy grape from the bowl on the table.

He swallowed it all, and just when he was about to leave, Espeon came in. For one time, Pikachu hoped that he would remain unnoticed by the polite Espeon, so he hadn't had to give explanations. On top of that, it was really difficult to lie to her, as she could hear every thought, and read the expressions, so he didn't have to think much for her to, if not reveal the truth by herself, be aware of his elusive intentions. Nevertheless, he was positive that she wouldn't notice him if he waited for her to pass by, so she wasn't facing in his direction.

Espeon went straight to the door, where she looked around to make sure there were no annoying pokemon around, and then she walked inside the dinning room, in order to have breakfast. Pikachu stood still in a darker corner, and hoped as hard as he could that she would just not notice him, and just go get her food and eat it.

Pikachu had luck, as Espeon was having a bit of a hard time waking up, and needed a little extra energy, so she just did as Pikachu thought, and when she sat in a chair to eat her breakfast, he ran as fast as he could to the door. When he was crossing the door, Espeon noticed him, but still wasn't expecting to see him leave that way. As she then knew he was inside, and had to run through at least, a few tens of feet from the nearest tables to the entrance in the direction she saw him dissapear, came to the conclusion that there was an high probability that Pikachu saw her in some moment on his way out, so she was a bit confused of him leaving without saying nothing to her. It's not that she was the typical pokemon who felt the center of the universe, rather the opposite, but it was strange for Pikachu to ignore any known face, due to his cheerful personality. As she couldn't guess more than that without talking to him, she resumed her breakfast.

Pikachu then ran away from the "complex", and got the same bus line he rode yesterday night, so, in a short while, he was back at the hospital. He came through the same route, and entered the same waiting room he was in yesterday. Since it was still so early, nobody was there yet, and it would be easier to him to turn back Eevee where he belonged.

When he got to the entrance of the little Eevee's room, he feared to see 'someone' he had seen before sitting there. But, as if today was Pikachu's lucky day, only the Eevee was there.

"Eevee, are you okay?" He whispered to the cub, as he was standing very close to the door, to avoid anyone who was walking by to get curious. As Eevee was also close to the door, her ears were now free to listen to him, and they only shook a little bit.

"Y-Yes, I'm fine. Just leave me alone, please" said Eevee as he started to shake again.

"Sorry, but I can't let you in here anymore" said Pikachu with a grin on his face, knowing that he needed a bit of psychology to get Eevee to come with him in friendly terms.

"Wha... what are you talking about?" said Eevee, very confused by his sudden appearance.

"You have to return back home, okay? I should have come yesterday."

"But... what about Raichu?" asked Eevee.

At the single mention to the Raichu, Pikachu's body stiffened again, as a very uncomfortable pressure packed up in his gut. Once he confirmed that there were no Raichu around, he continued talking to the cub.

"I'm sure Raichu is fine with you being discharged from the hospital"

"But... why? I don't want to go back!"

"Just trust me, okay?"

"But I'm not even a good student, and I'm not very valuable for you."

"I don't care about those little things" Pikachu sighed. "I know we're not in what everybody would call a "perfect" place, but now I'm going to ask you something. If you don't come back to your room, where are you going to?" Pikachu asked.

"I... I don't know. Maybe some trainer's house?" Eevee answered, looking at the floor, as if the answer were obvious.

"It isn't that easy. You see, powerful pokemon like Raichu battle wildly for fame and money. If you aren't really well prepared, they aren't probably going to give you an opportunity to back up, so, for your own safety, you have to always avoid pokémon battling. Always" Affirmed Pikachu.

"But Raichu seems nice, because wh..."

"NO!" Pikachu said in a loud tone "There are no nice pokémon who are made for battling. Only those who are dedicated to their helpful jobs alone are worthy of getting your thrust. So you are NOT staying here anymore. It's time to return home. It's for your safety."

"But... I...I... don't want to, Please, Please" Eevee said as he started to sob uncontrollably.

"Look, I don't want to hurt your feelings, but I just can't let you continue to suffer like this. And by staying here, you aren't going to achieve nothing."

Eevee got up, and as soon as he did, Pikachu felt a distressing feeling in his mind, as if it was about to happen something really disgusting.

"Eevee, we want to help you. We know you can do so much better, so we want to make you feel at home, bec..."

"My mother died!!", Eevee interrupted him, hurting his throat a bit by the sudden reaction. Pikachu closed his eyes sympathetically, as Eevee continued to talk in his sorrow: "Mommy really wanted to find me a new home, but she was already so sick that she wasn't able do so. The last thing she said was that whatever happened to me, she would always love me..." As he kept shedding tears, heartbroken.

"I'm sorry, Eevee."

"Why, Pikachu?, Whyyy...?" Said Eevee between hiccups.

His job was what a lot of people would think of as a "too easy job". However, working in a Pokémon Orphanage had his very noticeable downsides. How could him tell an Eevee cub that his mother isn't going to return? How could he bring happiness to some stray cubs who shared such tragic backstories? It definitely wasn't a job for the lighthearted.

"You need to calm down and rest Eevee. It's going to be alright. I'm coming for you, okay?"

"No..." The cub replied in an echoing voice.

Pikachu knelt down and, as if he knew what the cub wanted, whispered something in Eevee's ears: "It's okay. I'll always be here to support you and I'm going to work night and day to find you a new family. But now, I need you to trust me. You aren't the first one in here, and many pokémon who lived here ended living a happy life. So let's see where this path takes us. That's what your late mother had wished for you, isn't it?"

Pikachu stood up, gave his buddy a long embrace and gave one last shout of joy:

"Eevee! We are going to find a new family for you! Come on!"

Eevee whimpered, but slowly nodded his head. He knew that he had no chance other than wait for the events to occur. With that thought, he too smiled, although it was a much sadder smile than Pikachu's.

Pikachu then turned around and, after giving another sigh, he motioned Eevee to follow him, and in a hour, they were both back at the orphanage. Pikachu felt that he had done a really good job, so he could relax and take care about another issues.

However, later that day, in the evening, Espeon was taking a calm stroll around the entrance hall, when she spotted a particularly worried Raichu, who was looking for somebody. Espeon quickly got closer to her, and, as she got nearer, Raichu fixed her look at Espeon, as if telling her that she needed to ask her something.

"Hello, how can I help you?" Espeon asked.

"Well, the other day, while I was volunteering at the hospital, an Eevee cub came in and I was asked to supervise him until he was discharged. But when I got there in the morning, he wasn't in his room anymore. His direction in the registry matches with this building, and I wanted to make sure he is okay." Raichu spoke quietly , almost too quietly, trying not to draw attention.

"Wow, that must have been awful. Did you do a search for him around the place? Or perhaps a little...?" Espeon slowed down and didn't finish the sentence as she remembered the other day's events. She had an idea about this, as she knew that Pikachu was involved in this Eevee's care.

"I was told that he lives around the northern part of the place. I don't know where he is now, but if you prefer, I'm going to find the employee in charge of him." Raichu paused for a while, then said "Thank you, really."

She just smiled and left the place. She didn't know if the cub was in class or not, but she knew that she had an urge to try to find him, so she decided to search for Pikachu.

Now, she used her psychic abilities to try to locate Pikachu with success, as he wasn't too far away.

She just went up to him and in a while, finally saw him teaching a game to a group of cubs. She approached him.

"Hi, Pikachu!"

Pikachu turned around, and she knew she had him.

"I'm sorry I wasn't here earlier, I've been asked for the little Eevee who was at the hospital" She told him.

Pikachu didn't want to continue with that issue, and decided to continue the teaching. He pointed to the little cubs, who were busy playing with each other.

"They are just testing how strong they are with each other, you know?"

Espeon just laughed at his answer.

"There is more to training than testing. It's a really good activity, but you didn't answer my question"

Pikachu scratched his head.

"How am I supposed to know, this is my first time with Eevee"

Espeon was confused, but still amused.

"Are you sure you haven't seen him?" She insisted.

"I've met other Eevee in my life. If I were to see one, I'm sure I could remember him" He said without thinking. That was an important issue, because that was the only way to keep Espeon's powers at bay.

"It's okay , if you don't remember, tell me when you see him, ok?"

"Yes, don't worry" replied Pikachu while playfully poking the litle cubs.

Espeon was surprised at his answer, but knew that she just couldn't ignore Raichu, as she took her responsibility so seriously that she even went there to the orphanage to make Eevee's return less traumatic for him.

As Espeon made her way back to the entrance, she was surprised to see that the Raichu stood there, waiting for her. As soon as Espeon entered to the reception hall, Raichu quickly walked to her, and asked if she had found him.

She shook her head, but let Raichu in so that she could search for him herself. "Thank you so much!" she said, as she ran in to find Eevee.

"Thank you so much!" she said, as she ran in to find Eevee.