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Chapter 2: Leaving!

Another day of the sideshow circus went by and the raven-haired man looked out from his room to see the tents being taken down and getting packed to leave early in the morning.

He sighed again as he worked on soothing a slightly upset stomach as he was forced to eat more inedible items than he was used to.

He went and laid in his bed before he heard something outside of his tent that resembled a bang on a canvas.

He slowly got up and looked out to his right to find his boss, Kai, standing right outside his door and pushed his way into the chocolate-eyed man's room and fell onto his bed.

"That was amazing. Maybe we should increase how much you eat again. Everyone was amazed at how you devoured what was in front of you. I definitely think that will keep you as our star attraction." said Kai, lying down on Ash's bed as he smiled smugly.

"I could do that, but it could end up hurting me in the long run." said Ash, placing a hand on his slightly distended stomach and wincing from a slight pain coursing through his stomach.

"You'll be fine. As long as you work for me, you will listen to me and increase what you eat." said Kai, getting up from the bed and looking the raven-haired man in the eyes with his anger rising.

"But it's already taken-" said Ash before he was interrupted as he was slapped in the face and fell to the ground from the pain that racked his body.

"Don't you back talk me! You will listen and do everything that I tell you. You've been here since you were a kid after you ran away from home. You should know that I don't enjoy backtalkers." said Kai, looking down at the man before walking out.

The raven-haired man just lied there on the floor and curled up into a ball as he cried from everything.

(A Few Days Later)

Ash was standing with the other freaks of the circus when Kai announced that they were going to be performing in Viridian City for a couple of days, which should increase how much each of them will be paid slightly.

The other freaks just stood there and listened without any questions before they were dismissed from the meeting.

"Ash, are you alright? You haven't been yourself for a few days." asked Nicolette, who was an older woman with incredibly long nails that could pick anything up.

"Kai came into my room after our last show and demanded that I eat more than what he was placing in front of me. I tried to tell him that my stomach isn't as strong as it used to be, but he ended up slapping me in the face and telling me that I will do everything that he tells me to." replied Ash, sighing as he whispered that so that their boss didn't hear him in case he was around.

"That's terrible! I'm sorry, Ash. I've been told the same with lifting more and my nails are starting to weaken for how long I've done this and it's even longer than you've been alive." said Nicolette, giving him a squeeze on the shoulders.

She was one of a few freaks that cared about him and understood everything that he was going through.

"Thanks, Nicolette. I just wish that he would just let us leave if we weren't feeling up to the challenge of being a part of the circus anymore." said Ash, smiling slightly as he was starting to feel better.

"Well, you didn't hear it from me, but he never said when we joined that we couldn't leave on our terms." said Nicolette, winking at him with a smile before leaving to go into her tent.

"He never said that we couldn't leave on our terms? I do remember never hearing him say that we were forced to stay here. I have a plan." thought Ash, processing everything in his mind before heading into his tent with a smug smile on his face as he worked out the details.

(In Viridian City)

They were setting up for their show in Viridian City and Ash was waiting for the right time to put his plan into action.

They arrived around eight at night, which allowed them to quickly put up all of their tents and sleep so that they would be rested for the next couple of days of performances.

Midnight had come and everyone was asleep except for one person.

The raven-haired man had packed up his things and looked around the area to make sure that no one saw that he was leaving before working on making his way to his home town of Pallet Town.

"I can't wait to see Mom and give her a big hug. I've missed her so much." thought Ash, smiling as he ran towards his home in the distance.

Hope you enjoyed Chapter 2! Things are starting to get interesting! See ya later!

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