In the kanto Region the leading professor was once very old. He gave the former trainer his very first Pokemon and his own Pokedex. That was 10 years ago.
Several things had happened within that time to his status and his lab. He gave up being a Professor shortly after the boy's disappearance and her death.
For a while the professor had searched for the location of the former trainer. Though the search came up with nothing.
Soon enough he just lost the will to continue working as the Kanto Regional professor. He gave his position to his grandson, Gary Oak. Who was quite surprised at this. Though he decided to accept the offer. As the Kanto Pokemon Professor, Gary put all of his resources into locating the former Pokemon trainer.
Needless to say he had no luck in locating the boy.
Of course his many other friends was also attempting to locate the missing male. They ventured over each of the regions. These regions including: Kanto,
Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova and Kalos. None of them searches came up with anything. Each of the friends checked around their own regions.
Throughout their searches they had the assistance of all of the regional gym leaders. They also had the help of the Pokemon Battle Frontiers of Kanto,
Hoenn and Sinnoh. Still nothing. However perhaps one knew the boy's location but kept it a secret.
Each of the friends took his disappearance hard. Misty had been under stress and had to quite her role as a gym leader for three years. During her absence her sisters had taken control of the Cerulean City Gym. She was the first person that the boy had met in his Pokemon journey. She also was a very close friend of Delia. Misty would come and visit her every so often to check on Ash's progress. She also wanted to make sure that the mother was okay. But then when Delia died Misty tried being there for the boy. Though she was still having problems with her own emotions. She had went to see Delia on the day of her death not knowing the brunette's death.
Brock had been taking his doctor's course still at the time. It had struck him quite badly having been with Ash the longest. They travelled through the Kanto, Johto, Hoenn and Sinnoh regions. So of course the two had a very close bond with one another. Brock had attempted to continue with his Pokemon Doctor's career but couldn't. He stopped his training about two thirds of the way. (The course was 3 years; Brock stopped after the second year) He travelled around in search of the boy. He heard that a major event had happened in the Kalos region. That a team called Flare had been defeated.
Tracey had been off on a small errand at the time of her death. When he got back all he saw was police taping all around the house. At first he stood there in shock but then ran towards the Ketchum residence, fearing what had happened. But as he got close a Police Officer had stopped him. Tracey then found out that the female who lived there was killed. This created a negative reaction from Tracey. He went into denial for a long time.
Gary Oak, old rival of the boy had been out in the field on business. But was returning on the day after her death. This meant that he had no idea of what had transpired less than 24 hours earlier. When he heard about it he was upset but someone else took his mind as well. How would he react to this?
Then for the friends of the boy outside of the region they had came to Kanto. They came because they heard about the boy leaving the kalos League.
He left the tournament just as he was in his final round. He heard about what had happened with his Mother and then ran off from the field. He knew that Serena and the others were calling him. He didn't care.
May and Max were upset after the disappearance of the boy. They searched as hard as they could but nothing came of it. Their parents were becoming worried for the boy. They sent people in the Hoenn and Johto regions off in an attempt to at least locate the boy. Obviously they had no luck in the matter at all. May had slight feelings for the boy. She hadn't realised it much until his disappearance. She was heartbroken. Then Max noticed the change in her behaviour. He was worried. Not just for the boy but also his sister.
Brendan who was a very close friend of the brother and sister was worried as well. Despite being Ash's rival in Hoenn and Kanto he couldn't believe that he would disappear. Especially not like this. He helped with the search for the raven haired male. He took the rough areas of the Kanto and Hoenn regions. He also was searching in uncharted areas of the two regions. Nothing either.
Dawn -like the two Hoenn natives- frantically searched for even a single trace of him. Nothing, nothing yet again. Dawn had really looked up to the boy. People had often joked about the two dating. She would get either so annoyed or embarrassed. But she knew it was all just banter for people. They never meant wrong with what they said.
Even though Iris would often make fun of the boy, calling him a kid she still cared for him. She just didn't want to make it clear she cared. She almost saw it as a weakness. Over the course of her journey with Ash and Cilan, she learned that she was wrong to think that about people. Having grown up in an isolated village she didn't have much knowledge of the world around her.
Then Cilan, member of the gym trio of Striaton City. He mainly specialized in Grass Types. He had grown quite fond of the boy from Kanto. He understood Ash's ideals but also remembered the truth of how things worked. To this end Cilan helped the raven-haired trainer with understanding the origins of the Unova Region. Or at least the origins that were thought at the time.
Hilda had been the first friend Ash had made in the Unova Region. After being attacked by Team Rocket Hilda helped to rescue Ash and his Pokemon. She travelled with Ash through the Unova Region. She chose to be a Pokemon Trainer instead of being a Pokemon Coordinator. Her mother was a very famous coordinator. Hilda felt like she always lived in her mother's shadow. She went to the Kalos Region with Ash. They travelled together again. Then to Kanto,
she felt wrecked once she fount out Ash had vanished. Especially because of what the day was at the time.
Then Hilbert was a childhood friend of Hilda. He had decided to travel separately from her. (Which led to her travelling with Ash) He became a trainer.
He got along with Ash although he was almost kind of jealous of him. Not just because Ash was more well known and all but because it almost looked like Hilda liked Ash. Despite this jealousy Hilbert was quite an emotional wreck. He did everything he could to try and help Hilda to get over the events.
Serena had known Ash for many years. Ash had helped her back at Professor Oak's summer camp several years prior. Needless to say, Serena had looked up to the young boy. Even though they were the same age, she thought of him like a role model. She felt like being a Pokemon trainer at first but something else had caught her eye. She searched and searched after his disappearance. She never saw him leave the funeral. In fact she never saw him at the funeral.
Then Calem was a quick rival of the boy. They were great friends of course but more like rivals. They did put their differences aside on a number of occasions to save friends of theirs. Once Ash had vanished Calem was quite annoyed at how the boy dealt with the problems. He understood why he did what he did but that didn't justify himself for his actions.
Then there was Clemont and Bonnie. They were brother and sister. Clemont was the gym leader of Lumious City. He took off on a journey with his younger sister. They had befriended Ash and friends quite soon. Though the gym leader did have problems with working technology. Then Bonnie just had a thing for small and cute Pokemon. They put all of their resources into attempting to locate the boy. They had no luck of course.
Thats all for now. I now it is short but the third episode will be out before the next weekend. Again I am sorry for this not exactly being a chapter but this was better than what I had planned. Also you may have realised I missed the mystery female out. It was on purpose. Also there was a lot of hints towards for around the time of Delia's death and Ash's disappearance. So until next time