Before you read this last chapter, I think I should just tell you that as you have probably guessed, I don't like Ash all that much. I think he's an idiot. If you have objections to pokemon thinking for themselves and otherwise being independent, you won't like this.
The time has come
It's for the best I know it
Who would have guessed that you and I
Somehow someday
Would have to say goodbye
[Thanks again for taking us back to see Ash. It would have taken a long time on our own to get to him, Pidgeot] said Pikachu.
[I would like to meet my old trainer anyway] said Pidgeot darkly.
Pikachu gulped.
"What do you think Ash will do when you come back? Trainers don't like their pokemon just walking off. I speak from experience on this," asked Meowth. He hadn't spoken for most of the trip, just stared off into space. The others hadn't realized it, but he too had left his master in a way. Even if he went back, he would need a good excuse to cover where he had been or Jessie and James's beatings would be the least of his worries. He would need to have done something, like capture a rare and valuable pokemon to get away with leaving, even temporarily. And the boss would do anything to get back the strongest pokemon in the world, and with clones and Mew to sweeten the deal!
[Ash is my friend] said Pikachu firmly.
[Yeah. He was mine too.] growled Pidgeot.
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Ash walked along listlessly. Pikachu was gone. It had left him. He still didn't quite get why, something about the question. But he had answered it truthfully…pikachu was his best friend…why would it leave him?
"Pikapi!"
"Pikachu! You came back! Hey, who's that other pokemon?" Ash said, tears of joy on his face.
[Don't you remember your old Pidgeot?] she said maliciously. Meowth translated.
"Pidgeot? Great to see you!" said Ash happily.
Pidgeot growled[Pikachu, get it over with so I can have my turn] Meowth translated that just to see Ash's very confused face.
[Pikapi, is your answer the same?] Pikachu said quietly.
"No. I told the truth. Now what is all this about?" replied Ash
[Pikapi…Pikapi, I went and talked to wise pokemon. One of them said that you treat me a great deal better then your other pokemon. You use me more, let me stay out of my ball and show more effort to getting me back then you do your other pokemon. I was thinking that that isn't really fair. No wonder Chikorita never liked me. She felt that she was just as good as me, but wasn't treated right. I see what he was asking now. I don't think you can be friends with someone who is not your equal. Pokemon are the battlers, pokemon are the ones who get hurt. A trainer is helpful but not needed. Yet it is the trainer who benefits from the battle. You gain status and power from our battles, our work and suffering. The other pokemon said that if they were friends with a human, they wouldn't battle for gym badges for him. They might stay with him and battle to protect him, but not just for the human's rank. If someone forces you to battle then they are not a true friend. I will come back again, when and if I see you understand]
"But…pikachu…"stammered Ash.
[My turn] said Pidgeot [Ash Ketchum, you abandoned me, saying you would come back and never returning. The next time I come across you, you will to find out if there is an afterlife and how burning in hell feels.]
"What…?"
Pikachu and Meowth got back on Pidgeot's back and flew away.
The End
If anyone says that Pidgeot wouldn't say that to Ash, you must not have been paying attention to how he treated it. And yes, in case you aren't sure, the ep. where he leaves/abandons Pidgeot was on today, and he says he'll come back and doesn't. I'm thinking of submitting a poem on that subject, actually.
As to why Brock and Misty weren't in this fic, well, they wouldn't really add anything to the plot as far as I could see, so I just didn't put them in.
So, what did you think?