A/N: COMBIOMORPH LJ COMMUNITY. It is dying ;o;. The link's in my profile - we need more members! Oh, and, er, enjoy, yeah. You might have to watch Bound for Trouble to get this chapter.

31/03/09 - so, um, I wrote this on 22/10/08, then I ended up forgetting about it.. but here it is now. ALSO, HEY! PIKACHU (the song, not this fanfic XD) GOT AN ARTICLE ON BULBAPEDIA! :3! Enjoy, and expect chapter fourteen soon c:.

Chapter Thirteen: No Matter What

The sun shone down the next morning. Nyasu thought about the events that happened so long ago, when he and Pikachu had gotten lost, connected together.. he smiled as he remembered the evening. Something else weighed on his mind.. the question he had asked Pikachu that night. He figured that the mouse Pokemon hadn't heard him, since he was asleep. In any case, it never hurt to ask again.

"Pikachu..?" he said to the blonde-haired boy, still asleep. He stirred, and then rubbed sleep from his eyes as he sat up.

"Yeah?" he asked, still sleepy. Nyasu looked away, not knowing how to broach the subject. He sighed as he failed to come up with anything to say. "What is it, Nyasu?"

"Pikachu.. you're a.. good guy, right?" Out of the corner of his eye, Nyasu could see the Pikachu 'morph nod. "And you've been.. taught.. that Team Rocket.. we're bad.. right?" Another nod. Nyasu turned back to face the Pikachu, and then asked him, "Pikachu.. would you ever consider.. joining Team Rocket?"

Evidently Pikachu wasn't expecting this question. "I.. I.." He seemed confused, and it was several minutes before he answered. "..I don't know, really."

What did I expect? the feline-morph thought. Did I expect him to say yes straight away? He sighed, and then looked up, trying to be happy. "Well... it's your decision."

"..Okay."

Nyasu's eyes widened; had Pikachu just accepted his request. "Pardon?"

"Okay. I'll think about it." Nyasu shook his head. What's wrong with me today? Even I couldn't make a decision like that so fast! "Nyasu?"

Nyasu turned around to look at his friend. "What is it?" he said. Pikachu smiled.

"Nothing. I was just wondering if you were okay."

"..Yeah, I'm fine. Just thinking about some things, that's all." Nyasu stood up, and said, "I'm going for a walk."

"Oh, okay." Pikachu nodded, and waved his friend off as he walked away. "Have a nice walk!"
After all this.. Nyasu thought, as he walked down the path. He's still so oblivious to my love for him..