"Dawn, Ash, over here!" Brock yelled to his friends. He found their missing pokemon. Ash was there in a second, with Dawn following. They all saw a very strange sight.
Pikachu was bending over and poking Buneary. The bunny pokemon was knocked out, and all bruised. Soret was gone- she had left after she KO'D Buneary.
Dawn rushed to her Buneary. "Return!" she said while taking out her pokeball. Ash had a pokeball for Pikachu, but he perfered to stay out. Ash bent down and Pikachu hopped up on his shoulder. Dawn spoke up. "I think...we should leave the forest. There's nothing else here to see..."
The next day, everyone left the forest. Pikachu was tempted to stay in the lovely hollow Soret had, but he loved his friends and Ash more, though it broke his heart.
Buneary went back to her normal self and still crushed on Pikachu. As for Soret, she followed the gang to the end of the forest.
"Pikachu.." Soret whispered to her friend. Her eyes were teary and her heart sank. Pikachu looked at her. "But I have to go..." Soret smiled faintly. "But we're always friends, right?" Pikachu grinned. "Yeah. Well, bye Soret." "Goodbye Pikachu." The female Pokemon said back. Pikachu headed back to Ash. Soret watched him and almost cried. Then she yelled, "Wait, Pikachu!" He looked back in surprize. Soret ran down to him.
Soret took out her tail and looked up at Pikachu. He knew this was their last, very last goodbye. He took out his tail, and touched hers. A spark- A single spark, went off.
This was a goodbye, forever. Pikachu turned back to Ash and left. When he was on Ash's shoulder, he looked back. No Soret. But you know, he thought. It's okay.
END