FSE

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He awoke again, this time in a bed that wasn't his. It was so vivid, that he could remember inmediately that it was the last part of his journey.

As he tried to get up, he saw his trainer looking at him, with a sad but comforting expression.

"Pikachu, How are you?" he asked, as he put his hands on his shoulders.

"I'm sincerely devastated. I know you do your best, but there's just no way for me to live a normal Pikachu life anymore."

"What can I do for you?" the trainer asked heartbroken.

"Can you promise me that you won't give up your dreams? I don't want you to suffer anymore."

"Of course I'll do it." the boy said with a determined face.

"That's awesome!" he shouted.

Then, the boy hugged him.

"I'll help you through this too." he said as he put his hand on Pikachu's shoulder.

"But, Pikachu, you have to promise me one thing."

"What?" the Pikachu asked with an astonished look on his face.

"Please, never blame yourself for your past."

"What are you talking about?" Pikachu asked.

"You've lived a very though life. You've done many things, and faced many challenges, and done them with bravery and courage. Despite everything, you managed to help the people in need, even when they said that you had no chance, or when you had to grow up without your parents." He then paused a little before concluding:

"And most of all, you always tried your best. You tried to protect everyone you could from the reality of our world. You tried to build a new and better one, just by yourself, in an act of pure generosity, just to make everyone around you happy. So, you have the right to live a happier life now. It's not your fault that things went the way they did."

"What are you talking about?" Pikachu asked in his confusion.

"I think that I have a solution to your problem." the trainer replied.

"Even though the battling door has closed, there is still a wide array of ways for you to make a better life."

"I'm listening."

"You have always wanted to make things better for everyone. The world may never be perfect, but you sure can make it better by dedicating your live to making others happy, while you go on your own journey."

"And how do I do it? How do I become a better pokemon if I can't even charge a simple phone?" Pikachu asked in a hint of frustration.

"I've thought about it." the trainer said. "I thought that maybe you could search for a place where the only motive is making others happy. You can come up with a solution for it."

"Yeah...that's...what I'd like to do..." Pikachu answered.

"So, please, do that."

"But..." he replied as he took a deep breath.

"I need to tell you something first." Pikachu asked him in a serious tone.

"Yeah?"

"Since you are left with no pokemon now, you have to grow up and be an adult from now on."

"What? How come?"

"There's no way around it."

"I'll do it." the boy answered confidently.

"I know you will."

"But, I'm gonna miss you, Pikachu"

"I'll miss you too. You are gonna do great on your own. Make the world remember you for being the caring person that you were."

"You're right." the boy agreed. "I'll be fine. I'm sure of it."

Pikachu nodded.

And so, the boy put his hand on his shoulder again.

"Then, let's do this." The boy said to Pikachu. He then went to his room, and started to search in the computer.

Later that afternoon, the boy asked Pikachu to go to the city with him.

Pikachu still couldn't wrap his mind about the sudden turn of events last week. On Monday, he was in his way to become a professional pokemon fighter, and on Saturday, he was supposed to wander around trying to find a place where he can make someone else happy. In his whole life, his own happiness never even crossed his mind, but he had to stay positive to help his friend now, as his injuries hurt his trainer as much as it did to him.

He agreed to go with the boy. They sat off together in the bus stop, in silence, just moving on the road like any normal people.

"How do we get to the city, though?"

"The bus will arrive soon".

"You mean the city isn't even a nearby?"

"No, that's a big city where we are going."

Soon, they got on the bus, and, before sunset, they had reached the city. It was a big city, actually, quite different from the one that Pikachu was from.

"So, where is the place we are heading to?"

"It's near here. The people there are the ones who are in need of our help. They're people who need someone to make them happy."

"We will be helping them with the best of our powers." Pikachu said in a encouraging tone.

"I know you will. You are a very caring person, you can do anything if you are determined".

After about ten minutes, the trainer said "Here it is!" as he pointed to a building, or more precisely, a complex of not-so-tall buildings. Pikachu couldn't figure out what it was a first sight. After all, the place looked quite out of the place in the middle of a residential district. As he got to the main entrance, he waited for the receptionist there to greet them. After a few minutes, the staff opened the door for them and took them inside. Pikachu was quite surprised that there was so many cubs around that place. All around the foyer, cubs were running around, playing with each other. Seconds later, a woman greeted them.

"Hello there! My name Samantha Millers, even though I'm known as Mrs. Millers".

"What's your role here?".

"I'm the Assistant Manager of this place. I organize the people who work here. By the way, Is the Pikachu on your shoulder the little one you talked about before?"

"Yes, this is Pikachu." Said the boy as Pikachu waved at her. "Hello, Pikachu" said Mrs. Millers, trying to be as friendly as possible.

"Hello, Mr. Millers" Pikachu replied in a cheerful voice, sensing that she had something to do with his new life.

"Right, well, let's go upstairs, and you'll be introduced to all of our staff. "

As she got there, a group who had just arrived at the place stared at them with a mixture of curiosity and happiness.

"They are the ones you are working with. They are Espeon, Sceptile and Pidgeot", she told them. "They all help us to take care of all the cubs in need. They must be friendly to everyone in the place and they can go to any part of the building they want. You Pikachu, must be sure that there are no cubs unhappy or depressed, ok?"

"Yes, I'll do that", said Pikachu, eager to meet them.

After that, Mrs. Millers pointed to a door that stood at the end of a corridor. "That's the room you will live for now on. Please, feel free to make this place your home!"

When they got to the room, the Pikachu sat in the small bed that was by the window. He turned back to stare at his trainer, as his eyes started watering. Pikachu knew what was to come now. The boy had thought that by starting to help homeless cubs in an orphanage would make Pikachu happy again, but in any case, the departure turned out to be a very hard moment for both.

"Pikachu, it's time to go now. From now, you will meet your new friends. I really hope you live a fulfilling life." The boy said as he waved goodbye at him. Pikachu wordlessly returned his paw to him.

"Bye, Pikachu", the boy said as he began to walk away from the room. Pikachu then looked through the window, where, aminute later, saw his trainer one last time, walking out the orphanage, before dissapearing behind some other buildings. He started to cry as the orange sunset light seeped in his room, warming a little his small frame.

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As he started to regain consciousness, Pikachu 'awoke' to find himself staring at the same window, crying, as he remembered his late trainer. He had been daydreaming all day long. Fearing the other's comments if he got out of his room, decided to stay there, opening a little golden box, where he stored old photos of his journey, and spent the rest of the day reliving all of the memories with him in the past. Hours later, he felt himself getting sleepy, and decided to sleep in the nest, till morning.