Hey everybody, a new chapter is up, in spite of the fact that it took almost an entire year. Sorry I took so long, to be honest, I'm just a beginner and I'm not what you would call an commited author, all the stories that I made so far were just for the heck of getting it out of my head and onto paper. I do however really appreciate your support for this story so much, I really want to get this done just for you people. I spent some free time on my vacation to make this. I hope it's worth it for you guys. I own nothing. Warning: contains vore content.

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It was a beautiful morning on Route 1 of the Kanto region, the sun rising over the horizon, pidgeys singing to welcome the new day, rattatas scurrying about to collect their breakfast and spearow flying in flocks to get their exercises. The rising sun soon peeks onto a lone campsite that only occupies a lone being, a pikachu to be exact. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary, aside from the fact that a sleeping bag had remained unzipped and the trainer of said pikachu was nowhere to be found but for the pikachu itself things were only going to get stranger.

Pikachu was having such a wonderful sleep around this point and time, dreamlessly wondering what the new day would bring for her. The sun's morning light rays soon hit her closed eyelids, causing the poor mouse to stir and move to find some shade so she could rest for a little bit more. Finding no such relief due to a lack of nearby shade that would normally come from her trainer and the inability to move very far for some strange reason she could not yet comprehend from her lethargic mind, Pikachu was given little choice but to open her eyes to the near-blinding morning light and start the day. With a cute "chaaa" for a yawn, and stretching her limbs, Pikachu opened her eyes. As soon as her eyes opened, Pikachu notice that her trainer was nowhere around the campsite which was strange considering that Ash has a bad habit of sleeping in and that it would be up to her to give her beloved trainer a "shocking" wake-up call.

Deciding it would be best to go look for him, Pikachu started to move from her spot when she noticed something unusual, her feet were barely touching the ground as if she was propped on a high, narrow hill and for some reason felt incredibly bloated from her gut, feeling like gravity was pulling it down a bit stronger than usual. Looking down at her gut, her eyes grew to the size of saucers when she saw how huge her belly was. Her tummy look like a semi inflated beach ball with subtle bulges poking out at random directions. Pressing her paw against her belly, she could feel it sink right into her soft belly and, for some reason, it felt quite pleasurable. Pushing those thoughts to the back of her mind for the while, Pikachu was completely baffled as to how her tummy got this way and had to figure out how to returned her proportion back to her cute and adorable petite form.

Suddenly, Pikachu's tummy started gurgling which caused her to hold her stomach in pain. Whatever she had last night was not agreeing with her, making her feel like she was about to throw-up. With little choice in the matter when it comes to wanting the stomach ache to cease, Pikachu took her paw and stuck it into her mouth where she would reach the back of her throat and cause her gag reflex to kick in. When her gag reflexes start, she could already feel something crawling up her throat, something fuzzy and distasteful. As soon as the contents of her belly came up to her mouth, Pikachu reached her paws into her own mouth and removed said contents.

Pikachu slowly removed whatever was in her mouth and as the more she pulled out, the more she could see what it is. It was blue and while covered in saliva it appear to made of some sort of fabric and, not to mention, incredibly long given how much of it she pull out of her mouth. Soon enough, Pikachu got whatever was in her stomach out, but before she could examine the object, her belly only shrunk a little bit and she felt like throwing up again. Doing what she did before, she soon felt another object with the same texture crawl up her throat and into her mouth, where she then pulled out and set next to the previous object. The next object was black in color with an orange stripe crossing horizontally through, but thankfully was not as long as the first object.

Noticing that her tummy was STILL large albeit comfy, practically a little more than half her size, Pikachu decided to examine the objects that she expunged from her stomach now that said stomach was currently not giving her any grief. Upon closer examination on the two objects, Pikachu came to the startling realization that the objects she got out of her stomach were cloths, a pair of pants and a black T-shirt with an horizontal orange stripe crossing the middle. It didn't take long for Pikachu to figure out that these weren't just any clothes, but they were her beloved Ash's clothes that he would wear to bed.

Poor Pikachu was completely perplexed as to how her soul-mate's clothes got inside her belly until memories started popping into her mind about what had happened last night. She began to remember that she was really hungry to the point where she felt like she was starving at that point in time and that she rummaged through her trainer's backpack to find a snack only to find nothing where she then took a glance at her beloved and...and...oh dear Arceus!

Pikachu was horrified when she remembered that she not only swallowed her own love alive and whole while hearing his pleadings for her to stop, but also the fact that she actually ENJOYED it due to feeling so much pleasure all at once when Ash reached her stomach. Pikachu was so absolutely mortified at the memories that once she took a glance down at her poor big tummy, she placed her face into her paws and just broke down into sobs. She just couldn't believe it, she just ate and digested the one boy whom she'd loved with all her heart and soul and she found pleasure from it all. She was a freak! A gluttonous freak who didn't care who they hurt just to have food in their belly, even if it were the people they've loved.

After a few more minutes out bawling her poor little eyes out, Pikachu finally removed her paws from her face which revealed her eyes, wet, red and puffy from her emotional distress. She didn't understand, what Arceus forbidden enchantment had possessed her to practically murder the one boy who not only treated her as a respectable individual but also give her a place to call home? She could see herself now as the evil fiend who silenced Lord Arceus' chosen one, and as such would dragged down into infamy for the rest of her miserable life.

Looking down at her still large belly, Pikachu wrapped her arms around it and then laid her head on top while giving it a kiss, in a form of a sorrowful embrace. As she did this, she could feel that Ash's "remains" were strangely firm, nothing giving way to the pressure like normal digested food. Too emotionally broken to notice the difference and care about it, Pikachu kept holding on to her poor tummy as if it was the only thing left that connected her to her "deceased" trainer. Her eyes still watery, Pikachu soon began to rub her head against her tummy, tears matting down some of the fur in a seemingly sense of "goodbye".

Suddenly, Pikachu's stomach started acting up again, the poor girl having been through enough distress felt like throwing up again. Trying all of her might, Pikachu tried to keep the remaining contents of her belly inside for she did not want to see her beloved Ash's digested remains out for her and all the world to see. Despite her best efforts however, her stomach had other ideas as she could already feel a large lump start making its way up her throat and soon enough we could see a large bulge make its way from her poor tummy and up into her mouth, causing her cheeks to bulge out. When the large object reached her mouth, Pikachu noticed that the texture of said object felt fuzzy all over which a bit odd as she never remembered Ash having that much hair on his head, not that it mattered anymore now that he's gone and most likely a part of her now.

Unable to withstand the pressure on her cheeks, Pikachu opened her mouth and began to expunge the object onto the ground. While "spitting" out the furry object, Pikachu was able to get a split second glance at the object before closing her eyes in concentration but just enough that whatever it was, it was yellow in color. After "spitting out" the thing that was in her stomach and then her mouth, Pikachu laid down the ground panting from exhaustion from "upchucking" a large object from her body. A few minutes of catching her breath, she soon stood up and examined herself only to see that she was back to her normal, cute, adorable, petite shape and form but hangs her head head down low in sadness and despair as she knew that it also meant that whatever remained of her would-be lover was gone, forever.

After letting a few more teardrops of fond memories of her trainer leak from her eyes down to ground, Pikachu lifted her head to take a look at the object on the ground that she expelled from her body. Like she somewhat figured, the object appeared to be a yellow, furry ball, but there was something eerily familiar with the way it looked. Upon closer examination, she saw that the object appeared to be curled but she did see a couple of brown spots. What she saw next on the object took her by complete surprise, as part of the object began to unfurl where the brown spots turned out to be two brown stripes but that wasn't the most interesting part. The unfurled part of the object was what caught Pikachu's interest as the part revealed itself to be a lightning bolt shape with a little brown piece that connected to the rest of the object. It didn't take her long to figure out that a lightning bolt shaped tail was the most distinguishing feature of a pikachu, so you can imagine what Pikachu herself was going through when she found out that one of her own kind was the object that was inside her belly.

Unable to comprehend what she figured out and suffering from emotional stress to think rationally, Pikachu decided to get some answer from this stranger as to how they were inside her to begin with along with her beloved's night clothes by walking up to them and hoping to ask them directly. When she got close to the unknown pikachu, her first instinct is get their scent in case it's someone she's familiar with or for future identification in case they decide to escape her interrogation, upon walking up to this stranger and giving their scent a sniff but when she does, that's when things become bizarre for the already broken and potentially unstable pikachu.

The scent from this strange unknown pikachu is one that Pikachu herself had permanently imprinted herself with for the last few years and would never forget anytime soon, the scent of her beloved trainer, Ash. Pikachu was at a complete loss now with the fact that she had eaten and, more likely than not, digested Ash alive but also the fact that she had just regurgitated a pikachu that carried his scent. She figured that if she going to get any answers from this strange pikachu, she would no choice but wait for them to wake up, and so she did.

An hour later after releasing the unknown pikachu from her tummy and waiting for them to wake up, Pikachu was still going over what had happened the previous night up to right now when she noticed the unknown pikachu was starting to stir. This was a good thing, because now she could figure out what is going on here. The unknown pikachu began to stir as they uncurled from their ball that acted as an instinctive protection form where they then stretched their limbs and yawned before opening their eyes to the world around them. After looking around for a bit before they realized that their vision was still blurred, the unknown pikachu shook their head to get rid of any lingering grogginess before taking another look at the world around them.

Pikachu took notice that the other pikachu was awake, so she felt it would best if she started the questioning, "It's about time that you woke up, I've been waiting for a hour just to get chance to ask some questions". The other pikachu looked around for a bit before looking at her with their mouth wide opened and unusual eyes as wide as saucers. "What's the matter, meowth got you tongue?", Pikachu said while crossing her arms in impatience. The other pikachu just continued to stare with their mouth agape before rubbing their eyes as if to rid themselves of an hallucination, after double checking to make sure this was all real before they finally spoke, "Pi-pikachu, i-is that really you? H-how are you talking?" Pikachu was confused at the other pikachu's questions but even more so to the fact that their voice sounded eerily familiar so she decided to question them again, "First off, I'm asking the questions, second, how do you who I am and third I've always known how to talk just like you do."

The other pikachu appeared to be completely puzzled by the situation that they were in, but there was something awfully familiar about this particular individual that Pikachu just couldn't put her paw digit on, at least not in her current emotional state. The other pikachu soon spoke again before pointing their paws at themself in emphasis, "Pikachu, what are you talking about? It's me, it's-", they were interrupted when they took at their paws. The unknown pikachu began inspecting the rest of their arms before they set their sights onto the rest of their body, turning around in circles to get a full view of everything while at the same time they placed their paws on their face to inspect any abnormalities. Using their paws to feel around their head, the strange pikachu soon felt their ears, gripping their way upwards as if to feel how long their ears were, hyperventilating as they pinched the tips of said ears. After assessing the abnormalities of their head, the strange pikachu turned their head to see what was behind them, and lo and behold, there was their thunder bolt shaped tail. With assessments finished, the strange pikachu continued to hyperventilate for a couple more minutes before they appeared to have calmed down only to take a breath and yell at the top of their lungs, loud enough to be heard for a quarter of a mile.

Caught off guard at the yelling Pikachu covered her ears and watched as the "weirdo" started running all over the place, acting like a chicken with its head cut off. Pikachu, having enough of this nonsense, walked up to the frantic lunatic that she was embarrassed to share the same species with, grabbed them by the arm and gave them a hard slap across the cheek which resounded in a loud smacking sound. The harsh treatment seemed to have worked as the strange pikachu stopped raving in favor of nursing their reddening cheek, "Ow, what did you do that for?" they whined with tears forming in their eyes. Pikachu had been fed up with the lunatic and wanted her answers, "Enough, quit fooling around and tell me what I want to know, now!" she demanded with a harsh scowl. Cringing from pain and her hostility, the weird pikachu thought hard as to how they good into this predicament before their ears stood up straight as if in realization.

"I remember dreaming about finally becoming a Pokémon Master with a cute blond girl standing next to me", Pikachu's ears perked up at the the mention of the title, " I soon felt something wet at my feet and that woke me up only to see you and...and...", the weird pikachu began to shiver from the horrid memory while Pikachu herself began putting two and two together as to what the "weirdo" was saying before they exclaimed "You ate me!". Silence deafened the area around the odd pair before the "weirdo" seemingly calmed down and addressed another head scratching predicament, "But wait, if you ate me, then how am I a pikachu and more importantly, how am I still alive?".

Before the "weirdo" could think of anything else, Pikachu suddenly tackle him to the ground with an "oof". Regaining his bearings, the "weirdo" opened his eyes only to stare into Pikachu's own shimmering chestnut colored orbs, feeling slightly uncomfortable as to how she was seemingly staring into his soul. A few more minutes of uncomfortable silence, Pikachu finally spoke, "Ash, is that really you?" she asked hopefully noticing how the "weirdo's" eyes seem a lot more human-like than her own kind's, something she failed to take into account earlier, eyes that were filled with confusion at the moment but deep down filled with unrelenting determination. Eyes that Pikachu fell in love with. Feeling as though he should answer Pikachu to avoid any more awkwardness, "Ash" nodded his head saying "Well, yeah it's me, but Pikachu why-" before he could continue, he was cut off with a squealing "Ash!" and a tight hug around his neck, cutting off some of his air.

Not caring for the moment if she's cutting off his oxygen, Pikachu embraced Ash tightly like a stuffed animal around his neck, her head burrowing into his chest with heavy tears in her eyes, hiccuping softly while sobbing in happiness now knowing that the love of her life is alive and well, albeit in a different form that she might find slightly cuter. She also felt ashamed that she did not recognize him off the bat but hopefully that was all passed. Pikachu was so engrossed as to having her fur mingle with the weird pikachu now identified as Ash's fur, she didn't even notice that beneath his fur Ash was starting to turn blue from oxygen loss "P-pikachu, can't breathe" he choked. Hearing Ash speak in a hoarse voice, Pikachu looked up at him to see that he was looking constricted, finally realizing that her hug was more like an "ursaring-hug" she let go of his neck hastily, frantically saying "Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry Ash"! Gasping for air as soon as Ash was released from Pikachu's hug, he composed himself enough to speak his mind, "Pikachu, not that I'm not happy to see you again, but please tell me what's going on, why am I a pikachu and why in the world did you eat me for?" he said.

Pikachu tried to dry her remaining tears off of her damp face in an effort to compose herself, "I'm so sorry Ash, I'm not sure why you became one of my kind, I really thought I killed when I ate you last night and woke a with a large bulge in my belly. All that really matters to me right now to me is that you're alive and ok." she manage to say. Pausing for a few moments, tears threatened to let loose from her eyes again, "You must hate me, I'm a monster!" she bawled at last again, the anguish from what she had done to her trainer was enough to cause her to break down and crumple onto ground, crying her poor little heart out. Despite the fact that Pikachu ate him, Ash could not bare the site of his best friend crumple onto the ground crying and so he slowly walked over to her, place his new paws on her shoulders, picked her up and gently embraced her. Shocked at the fact that her pika-fied trainer embraced her, Pikachu could do little other than put head to his shoulder and continue crying, hiccuping softly once again as Ash calmed her down by slowly rocking the both of them back and forth. Even though he was around her height, Ash's hold on her was one that Pikachu would never forget, the same hold that was a sign that everything was going to be OK and that he would always be there for her no matter what life threw at them, the same hold she fell in love with.

After feeling herself calm down again, Pikachu just sat in Ash's embrace for a couple more moments before they released each other. Looking each other in the eye once more, Ash broke the long silence, "Pikachu, even though you ate me, I could never find myself to hate you nor call you a monster, you're my best friend, my partner. While we might have had a rocky start at the beginning of our journey, we still found a way to trust in one another and because of it we were able to overcome many obstacles in our lives, even life threatening ones. To hate you or call you a monster means that I'm the failure of being a good trainer and everything we've accomplished would have been for nothing. So don't ever think that I hate you because I never will." he said with utmost sincerity.

Relieved to hear such honesty in his voice, Pikachu smiled while wiping away a few more stray tears of happiness from her eyes. "So," Ash began, "how are you able to talk?". Pikachu couldn't help but laugh at her trainers sweet naïveté, "Well you are one of my kind now, so it would make sense that you would understand me silly". Ash's ears perked at hearing his buddy laugh before realization kicked in, "Oh, I guess that would make sense, especially if you were the who turned me into a pikachu instead of Lily". Ash then had another thought that crossed his mind, "Pikachu, if you don't mind me asking, why do you sound like a girl?". It was at this question that Pikachu blush while turning around to face away from her trainer, contemplating whether or not to tell the truth. After a moment she decided that he rather know now then later, "You didn't know that I was a girl this whole time, did you Ash"? At this, Ash's head spun from shock to find out that his lifetime partner is actually a girl and not a boy.

While shocked and quite embarrassed at the mix up, Ash regains his composure by shaking his head before replying, "Well, apparently not. Not that I mind or anything, it's just that I never imagined that you were a girl considering that your tail doesn't look like a girl's. Some trainer I am, can't even get my Pokémon's gender right. Well, boy or girl, you're still my best bud". Pikachu smiled hearing that her trainer has no distaste for her being a female in spite of her confusing defect. "Well I might be able to understand your confusion. For some reason, ever since I evolved from a pichu, my tail has always looked like a boy's, I guess it must have been something I was born with. Don't expect me to be all girly-girl either" Pikachu said in a haughty tone with her cheeks slightly sparking with Ash backing off nervously. "Well don't worry about me getting you makeup or a fancy dress because even I know you have standards but thanks for the warning anyway Pikachu", Ash said why secretly finding slight humor in the horrifying image of Pikachu with sparkling makeup in a girly pink dress (image cosplay pikachu in a pop star costume).

Pikachu giggled at Ash's joke when a certain thought crossed her mind, "Hey, Ash? There's something else I need to tell you". Ash cocked his head to the side a bit, "What is it, Pikachu"? "That's just it! My name isn't really Pikachu, that's what you call me when you couldn't understand me.", said Pikachu with slight joy knowing that her future lover would finally get to know her name. Ash's ears perked up once more knowing that she was right. Rubbing the back of his head, Ash asked "Wow, I never even thought of that before. OK then, what's your real name"? Pikachu took a breath before replying, "I remember when I was really small that my parents named me before we were separated from a flowing river. They named me Hikari-hime, it means 'Princess of light'".

It took a moment for Pikachu's real name to kick in to Ash's head, the sound of the name was strange but at the same time befitting and quite alluring, although it felt like it was missing something. It took a few seconds before Ash realized what that missing something was, "Hikari-hime, huh? That actually sounds like a pretty good name for you, but would mind if I called you Kari for the most part?". Pikachu just giggled at Ash's question, confusing the poor guy before replying, "I don't mind it at all Ash. In fact, my dad gave me that very nickname, calling me his 'Little Kari'". Relieved that the now named Kari didn't mind her nickname, Ash happily walked up to his best friend with a smile on his face, "Man this is great Pika- I mean Kari, first I become a pikachu, then I find out you're really a girl and now I got to find out your real name, I mean what next?", he said with excitement.

Kari giggled a little before abruptly stopping herself after hearing Ash's rhetorical question, realizing there was one more thing that had to tell him, something that could tip the balance of their relationship forever. "Ash, there is something else that I need to tell you", said Kari. Ash looked at her perplexed as to what else she could possibly tell him, "Okay, what is it that you need to tell me?", he asked innocently. Kari turned around with a sigh, "I'm still not sure how you became one of my kind, but now that I look at it, this is the only way I can tell you". "Tell me what?", asked Ash. Kari felt a tear leave her eye yet again, so she kept her back to Ash to hide it from him, "To…tell you that…" She looked up to the sky, "I…". "What do you want to tell me?" he asked from behind her with worry. He placed a paw lightly on her shoulder. "I…", Why wouldn't her mouth work?! "Oh, forget it.", she said in defeat. Letting her emotions take control of her actions, she spun around and pressed her lips onto his own. It was not something that Pokémon normally do, but she knew it would get the point across. And he did understand. Everything became so clear. Or at least it would have if his mind was working properly. Right then, all he felt was shock and bliss. During this he instinctively took a sharp breath through his nose, inadvertently catching Kari's personal scent. For some reason the aroma that was her body odor reminded Ash of the heavenly smell of fresh warm vanilla with a hint of lemon.

Losing himself in both the moment and Kari's comforting scent, Ash pressed his body against hers where he then embraced her into a lovingly hug all based purely on instinct, both their furs mingling into each other in a sea of yellow. They stayed in that position for only a moment but to the both of them it felt like eternity. Sadly however, all good things had to end as Kari stopped kissing her trainer, pulling away so she could see his face before confessing, "I love you, Ash." He couldn't move. His mind was still reeling from the contact, but he heard every word she said. "I've had feelings for you for a long time, but I couldn't come out about it. Ever since you protected me from the flock of wild spearow, I had originally grown to admire you, but over time that admiration had grown to the point where I could no longer deny my love for you.", Kari admitted. Ironically, now she couldn't stop talking after she kissed her trainer. She continued, "It wasn't just the fact that you protected me from those three Team Rocket clowns, nor the fact that you gave me a home and food, it was the fact that you didn't treat me like a slave or a pet but as an equal. You treated me and all the others as though we were human. You showed us who have been abandoned or have been troublemakers a place we never thought possible in this world and you've always had what was best for us on your mind, respecting our personal decisions and minding our privacy. Before I was separated from my parents, my mother once told me that one day there would be one whom I would share the rest of my life with, a soulmate. That individual whom I want to spend the rest of my life with is you, Ash."

Ash processed on what Kari had confessed to him for a while before coming to a conclusion, "So basically you want me to be your boyfriend"? Ah, Ash's innocent naïveté rears it's ugly head once again, but at least he wasn't too far off the mark. Poor Kari, on the other hand, practically tripped up over herself on her beloved's oblivious remark, which is also something that she loves him for, in a sad irony. Knowing that nothing can done about it, she just sighed in exasperation and nodded. Ash thought deeply on what Kari said and really couldn't fathom it, all this time he was just fixated on becoming a Pokémon Master and not once had the idea of being in a solid relationship with anyone had crossed his mind. Even more strange was the fact that the proposal had not come from a human being like he had been, but of all things, his very first pokémon, his partner for crying out loud! At the same time however, he couldn't just ignore his best friend's plea for his affection, not after everything she had done for him to make him happy, nor the way she spilled out the truth that she had fallen for him for a long time. Maybe starting a relationship might not be so much of a bad idea at all, it could be looked at as just another challenge, albeit a rather complex one, and Ash was one person to never turn a challenge down.

With his mind made up, Ash stared into Kari's eyes and said, "You know to be honest, I never considered having a girlfriend, much less a pokémon for that." Kari's ears drooped, thinking that Ash might only just see her as a friend and nothing more. "But," Ash continued, Kari's ears perking up. "Thinking about it made me realize how thankful I am to have you with me and seeing as how I'm pikachu now I might as well give it a shot, right?" Kari couldn't believe what she had heard, her feeling being reciprocated, albeit not completely, but it was a huge start. Before Ash could think, Kari embraced him into yet another hug, grateful that her love would give their newfound relationship a chance. "Thank you so much for this Ash, I love you" whispered Kari into Ash's ear. Ash's response was a huge grin while saying "You're welcome Kari, I'm happy whenever you're happy". A couple minutes after breaking their hug, Ash's grin soon disappears into a look of concern as if he just realized something important. "Kari, how I going to explain this to my mom, let alone continue my journey to be a Pokémon Master?!" he asked in panic. Kari gasped in realization began to panic as well, for Ash had validated an extremely good point. She didn't mind that he was a pikachu, but when he was human they traveled all over with little to no consequence. Now he was in danger of being caught and becoming some random stranger's pokemon while she already had the safety of her own pokéball's registry but that was beside the point considering that his mother would be absolutely heartbroken.

Ash was so wrapped up in his worry that he began to think back on what it was like to be human. From growing up with his mom, to becoming friends then later rival with Gary, from picking up Kari on the day he became a trainer to traveling the surrounding regions with new friends on a grand adventure, Ash reminisced on his humanity without realizing that he began to glow brightly. Kari's eyes widen in bewilderment seeing Ash's form encompassed in a bright light not dissimilar to when a pokémon evolves. The bright light that was his form began to grow taller up to the point where it reached his original human height. The light soon became so bright that Kari had to cover her eyes in order to prevent being blinded. The brightness soon died down enough for her open her eyes to an astonishing sight, a very human (and naked) Ash!

Ash was so focus on what he was thinking about that he didn't even notice his transformation, so Kari decided to let him know "Ash, look at yourself!" Ash opened his eyes supposedly to his would-be girlfriend in response "Kari, what are you talking abou-", he paused realizing that he didn't see her. He finally looked down and found her standing where she was previously, realization slowly kicking in that he was somehow taller again. He took a look a his hands to find that they were his human hands, same with his arms and the rest of his body, all human with no yellow fur covering him, he also found out that he was in the buff and quickly placed his hands over his privates in case someone else was walking by. Ash was completely flabbergasted in figuring out he was back to his old self again, "I-I'm human again, b-but how?" he said. "Well, it did look like you were in deep thought you started turning back. For a moment it looked like you were evolving." recounted Kari in hopes of calming down her beloved. Ash was going to say something else, but favored the idea of getting dressed first especially in case a wandering passerby stumble onto the scene to witness him completely stark nude. Looking around, he finally found the clothes he was wearing the night prior in a sloppy looking pile and made his way over. He was about to put them on only to find to his dismay that they were slightly damp and it didn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that the dampness came courtesy of Kari's saliva.

Having little choice in the matter, Ash started putting his clothes on, begrudgingly in disgust as it served as a reminder as to how he was in his best friend's belly almost all night long. While putting on his clothes, Ash thought back on how he changed back into his human self, "Maybe the transformation was thought base, I mean I was thinking about being human while I was changing apparently." he theorized after getting his boxers on. Kari nodded in agreement before realizing something else, "If that's the case, then the opposite must be true. At least, I hope it is." she said hoping that their theory proves true so they could have more personal time together. "I really think that might work, but we'll test that out later. Mom was expecting us back home yesterday and it would be rude of us to keep her waiting any longer." said Ash as he got the last of his clothes on, hoping that the walk home should air dry said clothes from the saliva dampness. After packing up the campsite and placing his favorite hat atop his head, he then stretched out his arm as an invitation for Kari to hop up to his shoulder. Kari had done so happily, perching herself in her favorite place which would right next to her future-lover's head where she then nuzzled his cheek lovingly without any sense of awkwardness.

Chuckling at his new girlfriend's affection, Ash began the trek back to his hometown once again but along the a new thought occurred to him, "Hey Kari, I think we should keep our relationship a secret, I just don't want anyone looking at us strangely and for that I think I should refer to your real name when we're alone." stated Ash. Kari took what he said into deep thought and figured that he had a good point considering that a lot of people might not see a human and pokémon relationship in a good light and it also might spur jealousy in some of her other teammates (especially a certain female body-slam-happy plant sauropod). She also figured the reason why he wanted to keep her real name a secret was so no one would figure out Ash's new "condition" of being to become one of her kind and thus putting the both of them in an unnecessary spotlight. Continuing their trek Ash had another thought that had to be brought to light, "You know I just realized that even though I'm human again, I can still understand you, Kari". At this Kari beamed with excitement now knowing that they could talk to one another (although secretly in the company of others or amidst a crowd) without the hampering of a stupid language barrier. "Oh Ash, I'm so happy for that idea! Now we can understand one another when we talk, just think of all the things we can share with each other!" she exclaimed happily with her tail wagging in excitement.

Ash chuckled at Kari's happiness before he did something out of his character. He turn his head to his beloved friend while he began to softly scratch her head and kissed her on the cheek, where instead of receiving a small electrocution he received a blissful tingle that flowed throughout his entire nervous system. Kari, on the other hand, was absolutely stunned at her future-lover's bold move, not that she was complaining. All she could do was just sit there and soak up her beloved's affection while sending a harmless electric surge into his body to show her appreciation. A few seconds later the two would-be lovers broke their show of affection with blissful smiles on their faces. Kari then gave Ash a quick lick on the cheek as an equivalent to a kiss before realizing something disconcerting, he still tasted quite delicious. That worried her greatly and she decided not to tell him that right now. As they continued their way home Ash had yet another thought that he needed to get off his chest "You know we still need to figure out what possessed you to eat me in the middle of the night, and how that could have caused me to turn into a pikachu at that time." he said. Kari couldn't deny that valid point for she too wondered what made her so hungry that caused her to consumed an entire human being and then turn them into one of her own species, but kept to herself about how good he tasted so he wouldn't freak out. They both, however, believed that the answer to this strange phenomenon would brought to light someday, but for right now all they had focus on was getting home so they could start planning for the next leg of their ongoing grand adventure.


I again apologize for taking so long to write this chapter. I had some of it written since last September, but classes and the Holidays kind of held me back. Part of the blame was also on me because I was suffering from a partial writer's block and inability to figure which direction I wanted this chapter to go. Let's not forget, I'm just a beginner to writing full fledged stories, this is my second ever fanfic and I'm not a very committed author, but I do whatever I can to please.So please bare with me. Also to clarify, for those of you who couldn't understand why Pikachu didn't recognize Ash as a pikachu right off the bat in spite of witnessing this event during "Hocus Pokémon", I just wanted it to look like she was so mentally distraught that she couldn't think rationally, I mean what are the chance of you eating something (or someone) alive and figured that you're digesting them only for them to come back in a totally different form, that and I somewhat wanted to lengthen the chapter a bit. Thank you again so much for the likes, follows, and appropriate comments, it really means alot to me especially for a story that was originally going to be sitting in my desktop. Stay tuned for the next and possibly last chapter.