Return of the defeated (on hold)

/Part 1/

"Pika pi!" Pikachu yelled outt after him.

As ash was reaching the fence on the edge of the yard a yellow blur streaked past him onto the front steps " pika pika pika pi." The yellow mouse said with a smirk. " I didn't cheat, you just took off too s;ow." Ash chuckled "next time I'll beat you."

" cha cha." Pikachu laughed.

" i am not a sore loser, you used quick attack that's cheating." Ash replied as the yellow rodent jumped onto his shoulder with a small thunder shock causing him to twitch " Hey, those still do hurt, I'm not a ground type." He grumbled as they entered the house.

"Oh my little ash is home!" Delia yelled out as she pulled him into a bone crushing hug. " I missed you so much while you were gone, look how much you've grown. I still remember the 10 year old who over slept and run all the the way to prof.oak in his PJ's. You looked so young and had chubby little cheeks. Now look at you all grown up, taller then me and your  cheeks little face gone. You are so grown up, now young man you need to shave you are starting to look like a homeless man." She said with a chuckle.

Ash ran his hand over his chin feeling the stubble," sorry i must have forgotten with everything that happened since the league ended." He sheepishly replied.

" congratulations on making it so far in the league, I'm sure next time you'll definitely win it an." She said with a bright smile.

Thank you mom, I'm proud of all my Pokémon they worked so hardfor me." He said with a hint of sadness but covered it with a smile, " I'm gonna go shower then head down to the lab and see all my Pokémon " Delia watched her son walk up the stairs noticing the slight slump in his shoulders. " pikach he seems so down. Maybe I'll call his friends and let him know that support him no matter what. As Delia looked down at pikachu. Pikachu replied with a thumbs up and smile.

After getting cleaned up ash headed to the rout to prof.oak's laboratory with pikachu on his shoulder ash knocked on the door and heard steps coming down the hallway, as the door opened he was greeted with a surprising face, " well if it isn't ashy-boy." Said a young man around ash's age with spiky brown hair.

"Gary what are you doing here I thought you were out doing research still?" Ash said as the two former rivals smiled and hugged.

" I'm doing some work with grandpa so i can get my degree done and become an official  Pokémon professor." he replied.

" that's awesome man I'm glad you're making so much progress towards your dream. I know you can do it and be one of the greatest Pokémon professor there has ever been." Ash said with a confidence smile.

" thanks ash that means a lot man." Gary replied with a small embarrassed smile. Then the two boys continued through the lab towards the ranch where all of ash's Pokémon we're waiting for him,  since pikachu went a head to gather all of them.

"Well Ashy-boy I gotta get back to work I'll let gramps know you're here I'm sure he has lots of questions for you about the Kalos region." Gary said as he walked back into the lab. "Ok sounds good Gary I'll be here of a bit so we've got plenty of time to talk." Ash told him as he walked through the door. As Gary walked back to the study he couldn't help but notice that Ash wasn't his normal happy go lucky self. He made a mental note to ask him about it a little later.