Hello everyone, I'm here with chapter 20. I'm kind of busy this week but I'll dome best to get the next chapter for not, I'll double update or make then next one very long. Either way, sorry if it's unsatisfactory. Anyway, thank to everyone who clicked on the story and I hope you enjoy.

Flipnhaole: Thanks, I based them off some articles about them. And he will, there will be multiple fighting scenes.

demonsshade: Thanks, I happy you enjoyed. I will try to be more careful of those in the fit ire and if you don't like the -Flashback- thing then don't worry, I don't think I'll be using that anyone and it only goes on for a few chapters. Thank you once again and I hope you enjoy the rest of the story

Sailor Taichichi Vegeta: Let's leave it at a lot. Well you can never have too much of it right? I'm glad someone realized what I was going for. I kinda based him off a German Shepard.

Chapter 20: Learning About You

I woke up staring at the dark morning sky. Fortunately I didn't move when I woke up from this night's nightmare. Because I was on the roof of the coliseum with one arm hanging off the edge. If I'd moved even a little to the left, I'd be falling into the gladiators ring. I looked to my right and saw Pikachu laying on my cloak. I decided not to wake him up this morning.

Leaving my hat with Pikachu, I swung myself over the edge of the roof so I was hanging off the edge by two hands with my feet planted on the wall. I pushed myself off with my feet and grabbed onto a broken pillar and just made it to the edge. It was way easier to get up for some reason. I looked down at the drop, still too high to make without damage. I looked around for the broken wall I used to get up here last night. I found it directly behind me and I pushed my self backwards. But I misjudged the distance a little and pushed myself too far. I just passed the edge and began falling into the stands.

I saw a few options here. One, I could just drop down to the ground and accept the pain my ankles were about to experience. Two, I could roll down the stands and hurt everywhere but still be able to walk without a limp. Or three, I plunge a knife in the wall next to me and hope it grabs a good enough hold to slow me down.

The latter appeared to be the most appealing, but had the least amount of probable success. Regardless, I took out my knife faster than you could blink and plunged it into the wall. It did slow me, but not enough. I hit the ground silently, but my legs screamed in pain. I kept my expression calm however and stood before walking down the stairs. I looked back up to make sure I didn't wake Pikachu, but he was still asleep. I scanned the area to make sure no saw my failure (But as far as they knew it was intentional) but all I saw was a sleepy (other) Pikachu stumbling around, probably looking for food.

I walked, albiet painfully, normally down the stairs before I decided to make my legs hate me some more and jumped over the railing and into the gladiator's ring. Once again my legs roared in protest, but I learned to ignore the pain a while ago. I shook my legs out before putting on the hood attached to my black and grey short sleeved shirt. My head felt kind of naked without something on it.

I began to jog outside to see if Garchomp and Charizard were back or whether the decided to stay wherever they were eating. Sure enough though, the door behemoth Pokemon were laying by each other outside. I left them to sleep as well. I jogged out past the three walls and into the forest surrounding the fortress. A few Pokemon were going about, doing whatever morning tradition they had. They all scattered as I got near though. These Pokemon were not used to humans in the area, as not many came around here.

I decided to screw warmups and stretching today, I already fucked up my legs, so why send a few body parts to join them in pain. Misery loves company after all. After a while though all my limbs began to tire and I sat with back against a tree. My shirt was on the ground a few feet away. It was drenched in sweat and was just weighing me down, the most logical thing was to take it off. I grabbed a few barrios off the bush next to me and had a few of them, there were Leppa and Oran berries. Both common in this area.

I leaned by head back against the tree and just listened to the sounds of the forest. Something so familiar yet so foreign. I haven't done this since I was a kid, before Meowth showed up, before I had Pikachu. I could hear a Rattata about twenty yards west by northwest, three Pidgey around ten yards southwest, and a few I can't identify just through sound about fifty or so yards out. Unless I heard them call out their names very loudly. I heard what I think is a Bagon barley five yards north from me, and it was getting closer.

It emerged from the bushes with its head down, sniffing the ground. It walked over to my shirt with its head down the entire time and sniffed it for a bit before following the trail of sweat over to me. At first I thought it wanted to fight, but it was completely unaware of my presence. Its head bumped into the side of my left leg and the Bagon looked up at me, confused.

I just stared back at it and we had somewhat of a staring contest, but the Bagon eventually left my eyes to stare at my right hand. I looked at it as well and realized it wanted some berries. I smiled at him/her and opened my hand to reveal three berries, two Leppa, one Oran. I extended my hand to him and offered them to him. But he was smart, he knocked my hand away and bit on my palm, hard.

I saw blood drip down through my glove. I looked back into the Bagon's eyes and he was giving me a fierce look. I pulled my other glove off using my mouth and dropped it to my right and took my hood off. I used my free hand to grab the cropped berries and offered them to him/her again. But as I brought my hand closer to him, he bit down harder, causing even more blood to flow.

I smiled at him again "You're a fighter eh? I like that. Kill or be killed, I learned that about the forest when I was able to walk. You're going to need that ferocity to live. But I'm not your next meal, but I am offering you one. What do ya say? Truce?" I said. I felt his bite loosen for just a moment. Before tightening again, but I kept my smile up and offered him/her the berries once more.

I felt his jaw slowly loosen around my hand and he let it go. I kept my hand there for a moment before slowly drawing it away from Bagon's mouth. He moved to my right side and ate the berried out of my hand, keeping an eye on me the whole time. But once he was done, I could see curiosity and a little trust enter his/her eyes.

Bagon began to sniff me a bit more and nudged my hand again. I chuckled and grabbed more berries form behind me and he ate them out of my hand again. I smiled at him/her again.

'FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUUUUUUUUUUCK. That hurts like a bitch, and it still hasn't stopped bleeding' I thought, still with a smile on my face. If I showed weakness now, I'd probably be bitten again. I brought my bleeding hand up to my mouth and took off my glove and spat the bloody glove off to the left before before tucking it in-between my arm and my side, hoping to put some pressure on it.

This did not go unnoticed by Bagon however, and he/she moved back to my left and took out my hand, still covered in blood and opened it mouth and blew out a tiny flame and covered my hand in it. While that hurt, it hurt a lot less than Bagon biting on my hand, so I stayed silent. Bagon stopped and I looked at my noe cauterized wound. It was red from the flame, but it wasn't burnt... I think.

I patted Bagon on the head with my now "healed" hand "Thanks girl, I appreciate it" Bagon nuzzled my hand a little. 'Thank Arceus its a girl. If I screwed that up I'd be in trouble right now' I thought. My hand left her head and I scratched her chin, causing a deep purr to arise within her throat. "I didn't know you were so good with Pokemon" a voice said

Bagon immediately turned to the voice and prepared and attack, I just layer my hand on her head and she paused whatever she was about to launch at Yellow. "Thank you. I grew up in the woods, so how to become friends with a Pokemon is not unknown to me. It's all about trust and respect" I said before putting on my mostly dry shirt, standing up and walking towards her, Bagon cautiously in tow.

"May I ask what it is you're doing out here?" I asked. She giggled "What, scared I'll let it get out that you're really a big softy on the inside? Don't worry. But to answer your question I'm gathering berries and herbs with-"

"Pika!" Yellow's Pikachu called out as she came from the bushes with a berry in her mouth. "Thank you Pikachu" Yellow said while petting her head and pttung the berry in a basket filled with a variety of plants and berries. "Would you mind walking me back?" she asked me. I shrugged and knelt down, giving Bagon a pat on the head and tossed a berry in the air which Bagon jumped and caught. I gave her one last smile before standing up and walking towards the Indigo Plateau.

It was silent for a while, but not really uncomfortable. Yellow walked next to me with a smile in her, humming a soft song while her Pikachu walked at her heals. I just walked next to her and listened to the peaceful tune. "I have something for your hand, if you'd like it" Yellow said, finishing her song. "If you're willing, then I won't object" I said

"You seem like a really logical person" she said suddenly. I raised an eyebrow at her again, allowing her to elaborate "You seem like the kind of person who thinks of the most logical thing to do, be it right or wrong"

I nodded, that did sound like me. There are a few exceptions of course. "You're like Silver, he keeps this emotionless facade up. But underneath all of it he cares about us. You seem like the same type of person, but to a lesser degree and you seem to be more cautious of what you say"

"Am I being analyzed?" I said

She just moved ahead of me and walked backwards in front of me while smiling "You remind me of Red. If you'd just let down the walls around your heart, you'd be a really nice person" she said while putting a hand over my heart.

"Well, aren't you two getting along well" Gold said. I heard a small squeak come from Yellow before she jumped back from me and turned around to Gold, her face obviously flushed. "I-I-I, w-we-we, I mean... It's not what it looks like" she stuttered. 'What happened to her? She seemed perfectly fine around me five seconds ago, now she was back to the shy, stuttering girl she was yesterday' I thought

Gols smirked "Right, I don't enjoy pissing Crystal off. But hey, I don't blame you. A lot of girls talk about great the Ranger is. I just didn't think you of all people would move in on him" he said, smirk on his face the while time. Yellow squeaked again "I-I wasn't, we aren't, ahhh" she stuttered before running back towards the palace with her head down and her confused Pikachu in pursuit.

Gold laughed "I love that girl, but she takes my jokes way too seriously" he said.

"Why was she talking about my heart comfortably, but the second you show up she turns back into the shy girl she was yesterday?" I asked him. He looked at me "Oh, that's what you guys were talking about. Yeah, well, she has this thing where she can tell what kind of a person you are at a glance. I guess she just felt comfortable with your personality. She probably just got lost in the, as she describes it "warm feeling", your personality gave off, but when I showed up she probably realized what she was doing"

"What a strange girl" I said. Gold grinned "If you want a strange girl to talk to then have a conversation with Sabrina. She finishes your sentences for you. It's just creepy" he said while shuddering. I chuckled and began walking towards the palace. "She certainly is a unique person" I said "But she's good at what she does. Well, if she uses her psychic abilities"

"Yeah, without them she is a bad fighter. Even Yellow could beat her and she's a pacifist" Gold said

"A pacifist?" I asked.

"Well, not really. But she's against fighting and does as little as she possibly can of it". I nodded, she seemed like that kind of person. "So what's for breakfast?" I asked

Gold shrugged "Don't know, but" he paused and sniffed the air "It smells good" I decided to take his word in it and entered the coliseum where I saw everyone. "I think I'm in the mood to tease Yellow a bit more" Gold whispered to me "Just don't say anything and kind of go along with it, will ya?" he said before running over and sitting next to Yellow and White. I walked over to Platina and gave her a smile and a small wave. She returned the smile and gave me a a plate of what appeared to be some sort of meat, probably Tauros and some bread.

I gave her a nod of thanks and took my spot on the pillar. Gold gave me a cocky smile before he rather loudly said "So Yellow what were you doing this morning?" Yellow paused in her eating and the beginnings of a blush could be seen on her cheeks. She mumbled something inaudible but Gold seemed to have heard it. "Oh gathering berries huh? Were you with anyone besides Pikachu?" he said, again with much more volume then needed to have a normal conversation. Speaking if Pikachu, where's mine?

This time I heard what she said "N-no" she kept her head down, trying to avoid looking at anyone. "You know, that's weird. Because I could have sworn you and the Ranger over there were waking around together" I could see Yellow's head lower even farther and her face turn even more red.

"So what were you doing with your hand on his chest?" he asked suddenly, bringing the matter he head be building up to out. I saw Red stiffen, and everyone paused for a moment when they heard that. "Ash! what did you do to Yellow?" Sabrina demanded. I slowly look up from my food and gave her a dry look. I held up a finger "One, don't use my name. Two, nothing. Three, what do you think I was doing? We've known each other for about two and a half years and in that time, what have I done every morning?"

Sabrina sighed "Train". I nodded before looking at Yellow then back at my my food and began to eat again "So your name is Ash?" Silver said without looking at me. I sighed and brought a hand to my head before putting down my food. "Yeah, it is".

'Great, noe even more people know my name. This is why I can't have friends. They all suck at keeping secrets" I thought. I picked up my bowl again and began to eat again. Silently cursing Sabrina and wondering what Garchomp and Charizard ate this morning.

"Interesting" Silver muttered before going back to to his food.

I am sooooo sorry about this. I am definitely going to be double updating or making the next chapter really long. This was not how I expected for this to play out. I am very disappointed in myself for this one and I apologize. Suggestions, requests, hate, and anything else are always welcome. I hope you enjoyed and will stay with me for the rest of the story. See you next time.

-novaking2832