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Chapter 3: Questioning!
A week had passed and Brock and Misty were starting to notice a change in their raven-haired friend.
He was starting to train more and eat less meals as the week went on.
He kept himself hydrated, but he didn't really have much of an appetite especially when he saw his redheaded friend.
He kept more to himself than he used to and tried to distance himself from his friends, which did hurt him internally but he never showed it.
(With Brock And Misty)
They were watching their friend as he headed for the door to train with Pikachu while they were eating.
"Is it just me or has he been skipping more meals?" asked Misty, looking over at her friend.
"It's not just you. I've noticed that too. If I remember correctly, it started just before we left Goldenrod." replied Brock, placing a hand to his chin as he thought about how long it's been since Ash had eaten.
"I wonder what caused him to train more." said Misty, oblivious to the apparent reason.
The squinty-eyed teen raised an eyebrow when he looked over at her and she looked at him like "Why are you looking at me like that?"
The squinty-eyed teen just sighed and shook his head before going back to his food, leaving the redhead confused by what he meant.
She shrugged her shoulders before finishing up her food and waited for Brock to finish his before they headed back to the room to get their stuff.
(With Ash)
He was out training with his pokemon when he felt a hunger pang hit him and he winced from it before continuing on.
He was starting to feel tired despite only training for about 15 minutes, but he thought that it was because he didn't sleep well last night.
He's also noticed that despite the decision to not eat that he was still fat in his eyes and kept trying to work out with his pokemon while they were training.
While he was watching his pokemon train and getting ready to give them another command, he felt dizzy and found a nearby rock to sit on, causing his pokemon to be worried about him.
"I'm fine guys, just a bit dizzy." said Ash, smiling to his pokemon through the dizziness.
They nodded before going back to their training routine, but Pikachu stayed by his side.
Even though the raven-haired boy had stopped eating based on his decision, he hadn't told Pikachu about it for fear that it would tell his friends, causing them to be worried and try to stage an intervention.
He took a few deep breaths to try to shake the dizziness off before getting up and heading back to training with his pokemon before his friends came out with his stuff as they were ready to move onto the next town.
He gave them a small smile as he took his stuff from them and recalled his pokemon except for Pikachu before they continued on their way to the next town.
(A Couple Of Hours Later)
They had noticed that the sun was started to set so they had decided to set up camp in a nearby clear area in the forest.
The squinty-eyed man had noticed that he was running low on berries and needed to go into the forest and pick some but the raven-haired boy had quickly volunteered to retrieve the needed berries in the forest.
After a few minutes, he returned and gave his friend the berries and sat down on the far side of the campfire, away from his redhead friend.
Once Brock finished cooking up a berry soup, he tried to hand a bowl to the raven-haired boy and he just said that he wasn't that hungry and to give it to Misty.
Brock nodded and gave the bowl to the redhead before pouring himself a bowl and he sat down around the campfire.
"So Ash, what's been going on? I haven't seen you train as hard as you have been before. What's changed?" asked Brock, casually as he tried to find out what's going on with his friend.
"I want to win the Johto League so I've decided to train every day and all day since that is what will give me the best results. That's all." replied Ash, looking confident at them and trying to keep his real reason to himself.
"Really? I'm surprised. I guess you have grown up." said Misty, looking over at her friend while eating her food.
The two guys just looked at her with a raised eyebrow before looking away.
Hope you enjoyed Chapter 3! Sorry about not updating as much. I have been busy with keeping the condo clean and starting to workout more at home. I'm hoping to finish this tomorrow since it is Thanksgiving. See ya later!
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