The male looked to be in deep thought on something. He was merely staring at the candle in the room. Not making a sound or move. The only sign of life that came from the man was his breathing; even that was almost non-existent.
He had been like that for a long time now. For the last five years the male kept to himself. He didn't wish to live this way, he merely had no other choice as the guilt stayed with him forever. He believed that he was the cause of the events that had taken place five years ago. There was once a time where he had many friends; that was long ago.
He didn't even know if they still remembered him at all. Though he would often think that if they still cared and were thinking about him that they would simply just forget. In the past five years he was almost all by himself. If it wasn't for his Pokemon friends he would have gone insane. They were not just his friends, they were his partners... his family. The only family he had left.
His mother was killed several years prior and he blamed himself for it. If he hadn't been messing in their schemes she may still be alive now. Before he vanished his friends had tried to convince him that he was not to be blamed however he didn't listen. He would think that they were only trying to make him feel better.
But he knew the truth of the matter. He knew he was to blame. Or so he believed. The male then sighed taking a look away from the small flame.
"Team Rocket... why did I keep interfering with all of those plans that you had? Thanks to me my mum is gone and so is my closest partner" The male said with a very depressed tone. He had ran away from those who were trying to help him.
"I left so many friends behind. Brock, Misty, Tracy, Gary, May, Brendan, Max, Dawn, Iris, Cilan, Hilda, Hilbert, Serena, Calem, Bonnie, Clemont... but more importantly her" He said sorrow very evident in his voice. Then appeared a young female 'girl' at the door to the room. She looked towards him sympathy clear in her facial expressions.
"Ash, I told you to not think about that day any more. Please it makes upset seeing you like this" She said while moving towards the former Pokemon trainer.
He turned towards her with a lone tear which appeared at the edge of his left eye. He then told her "I'm sorry Zoe, I just can't help but think about what could have happened. I caused so much pain in so many people. I just wished that..." Ash was then cut off as the female ran into his arms.
"Please Ash I don't want to see you upset. You did what you thought was right back then. You are not to blame for those events" Zoe said as she tried to get some sense into the boy.
"But I am to blame. I chose to make their business my own. Also what are you doing here anyway? You should be training with the others" Ash asks with a questioning look on his face.
"Hey!Just cause I am a Pokemon doesn't mean that I need to always train. Besides you know that you like my company" Zoe says with a snicker as she moves away from her trainer.
"Well you are a Zorua so you should be at least willing to train to get even better" The male says to the Illusion Pokemon with a smirk on his face.
"Don't you know what time it is Ash? It is seven O'clock at night! My training ended two hours ago!" The Pokemon said to him, the former trainer then looking towards a clock in the room. The clock was located above the candle in the room. It indeed read 7:03PM.
At this the man then sheepishly rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment. "Oh I didn't notice, sorry. But knowing you, I bet you stopped earlier than that. Didn't you Zorua?" The female Pokemon then gained an embarrassed look of her own. Though she also had a hint of fear as well. The man noticed this but waved his hand. "Don't worry I won't send Charizard after you"
"Good you better not. Besides dinner is ready mister" The Illusion Pokemon told him as she leaved the room. The man was about to follow but took one moment to think on the past. Then he left the room following the disguised Pokemon to the dining room.
That's all for this episode. It was mainly to set the scene. In the next episode we take a look at how his former friends have been in the last few years without their friend. Episode 2 will be out soon. I haven't decided on when I should update this story. Also Zorua's human name is said Zo but I put it as Zoe for an actual name. So until next time review and do whatever.