Chapter 2

The next morning, Ash was blissfully asleep on the couch, along with all of his Pokemon. That is, until Rotom had something to say about it.

"WAKE UUUUUUUUUUUP!" Room yelled into Ash's ear, startling the young trainer.

"Rotom! What was that for?!" Ash yelled at his Pokedex.

"You were supposed to wake up 30.384 seconds ago!" Rotom responded. "You were going to be late if you stayed asleep any longer!"

"Alright, alright, guess I will get up." Ash mumbled out, as he got off of the couch. His Pokemon also got up and made their way over to the kitchen to get some breakfast.

"Morning Ash!" Kukui said from the kitchen.

"Morning…" Ash yawned out, retrieving his clothes for the day.

"Sleep well?" Burnet asked, catching Ash off guard.

"Huh? Oh! Uh, yeah! I did!" Ash responded, surprised to see the Burnet was there in the kitchen with Kukui, that is, until he remembered that they were married now.

"Great! Get dressed, and come get something to eat!" Kukui said as he flipped a pancake.

Excited about the promise of food, Ash quickly got changed and made his way to the kitchen. When he got there though, he saw that Burnet was kissing Kukui on the cheek.

This caused a familiar scene to play out in Ash's mind. A group of friends in an airport, a girl running up an escalator and…

"Ash? Ash? Hello? You in there?" Ash was startled when a hand was waved in his face. He looked up to see the worried looks of Kukui and Burnet. "Are you alright?"

"Uh… Yeah! I am fine, just thinking about something, that's all!" Ash responded, giving the two a bright smile.

"Are you sure? You looked pretty upset." Burnet asked.

"I am fine, just uh… thinking of Nebby! That's all!" Ash lied.

Accepting Ash's response, Burnet turned to the now finished pancakes and put them on a plate for Ash.

Kukui, however, wasn't convinced with Ash's explanation, but decided to leave it alone for now. If Ash wanted to talk about it, he knew that he would.

Pikachu, however, had other plans, as he went over to Ash's bag and took something out of it without anyone noticing.

Ash then quickly finished his breakfast and made his over to his bag. He did noticed that it was strangely open, but decided to not pay it any mind as Rowlet decided to jump in to take a nap.

"Ok Professor! I am heading out! I will see you over at the school!" Ash called out as he ran to the door. "Come on Pikachu!"

"Pi Pika Pi!" Pikachu called out, as if to say "Be right there!" He then took the object that he removed from Ash's backpack, and took it over to Kukui.

"Hm? What's this?" Kukui asked the yellow mouse. When he got a good look at it, he noticed that it was a picture. Pikachu then quickly pointed to a spot on the picture before running out to meet Ash.

Kukui then took a moment to look at what Pikachu was pointing at.

"Do you think he was trying to tell you something?" Burnet asked.

"Yeah, I think he was." Kukui responded.

"Maybe this has something to do with why he seemed so down before." Burnet said.

"Yeah, I was thinking the same thing…

I am going to look into this."

Meanwhile, with Ash.

Ash was on his way to the Pokemon school, with Pikachu in tow. As he was approaching the school, he started thinking about that scene again. Completely lost in thought, he slowed down to a walk and stopped paying attention to his surroundings.

"Hey Ash! Look out!" He suddenly heard someone call out. But it was too late as he walked straight into the gate leading to the school.

"Ah!" Ash yelled out as he fell to the ground. "Ow…"

"Are you alright?" Asked Lillie, who was rushing over to check on her friend.

"Yeah, I am fine! Guess I wasn't paying attention!" Ash said, scratching his head in embarrassment.

"You looked like you were deep in thought, is everything alright?" Lillie asked.

"Yeah, just got a lot on my mind today, that's all!" Ash said as he was getting up from the ground. "Come on! Lets go! We are going to be late!" And so, the two of them made their way into the school and their classroom.

"Alola!" Ash called out as he walked in.

"Alola!" Everyone responded.

Ash then made his way over to his desk and put his bag down. He then unzipped his bag and carefully took Rowlet out in order to avoid waking him up while Pikachu ran off to play with the other Pokemon.

Shortly after, Kukui walked into the room.

"Alola!" He called out.

"Alola!" The class called back, while taking their seats.

When Ash sat down, he once again thought about that scene in the airport.

'Why do I keep thinking about that?' Ash thought to himself, shaking his head a bit. He then decided that he wanted to take a quick look at something that he kept in his bag, so he grabbed it and began searching through it.

He searched through it once… twice… three times, and after the fourth time he began to panic.

'W-where is it? WHERE IS IT?!' He was screaming in his head as he began to take everything out of his bag in a hurry.

Everyone else in the room noticed this, and became worried.

"Hey Ash, is something wrong?" Kiawe asked.

"HUH?! Oh uh yeah! I just forgot something really important back home so I am going to go get it really quick so watch Pikachu and Rowlet for me while I am gone ok thanks bye!" Ash yelled out really quickly as he got up and ran out the door, leaving a very confused group of friends behind.

"Uh… what was that all about?" Sophocles asked.

"Hmmm I think I have an idea…" Kukui said, earning a surprised look from the class. "Ok class! Before Ash comes back, I have a special assignment for all of you!"

End of Chapter 2.

Another chapter in the books. I honestly got to work on this right after I posted the first chapter cause I really wanted to write a bunch of this story out right away, so I am going to be getting a bit ahead in these.

Something very worth mentioning, in between posting the previous chapter and posting this chapter, I have drafted out the next 7 chapters of this story, this chapter included! THERE WILL BE NO LONG BREAKS!

I also decided that I will update this story daily until it is finished. I feel like this is a smart move rather than updating as I write. Allows me to have a lot more time to edit and make sure each chapter is good. No promises on the time of day each chapter will be posted though.

Anyways, Kukui seems to be up to something, and is getting the help from Ash's classmates. We will find out about that in the next chapter.

Anyways, I hope that you all enjoyed chapter 2, and I will see you all in chapter 3!