Chapter 3: The Past.

A/N: I am going to make Red and Leaf the parents of Hilda and Lance as Hilbert's adoptive father.

I don't own pokemon.

It is the last day of the family to spend their vacation and after this Hilbert and Hilda are going to the conference/meeting of all of the Champions. Hilbert is not only the champion of the Unova region but also the successor to the detective agency owned by his Father-in-law, Red. It seems that we get to know more about the heroes…

"Honey, are you ready?" Hilda asked her husband.

"Just give me 10 seconds."

"Okay, just hurry! Lillie is so excited." Hilda is looking at her daughter's pouting face.

"Mommy, when is daddy going to be finish?" Lillie asked irritated.

"Hahaha! Dad, Lillie really mad now." Neon added.

"HONEY, KIDS, LOOK AT THIS!" Hilbert said.

Hilbert was calling Professor Juniper asking her how the pokemon egg was. Hilda's and Hilbert's Arcanine's 3 eggs just hatched and this got Hilbert excited.

"What is it, Hilbert?"

"Yeah, dad, what's the commotion?"

"Daddy you scared me!" Lillie, who is about to cry, hugged her father.

"Sorry, Lillie, daddy just got to excited." He kissed her daughter's forehead.

"Hahaha! Way the go dad!"

"Ohh, Honey, Be careful next time."

"Sorry…"

"So, what is it?" Hilda asked.

"Congratulations! Your Arcanine's eggs just hatched." Professor Juniper said to Hilda via PC.

"REALLY?" Hilda asked the Juniper. "Yes, you would like to take a look?" Juniper asked the couple.

"DEFENITELY!" The couple replied.

The camera is now facing their Arcanine. Hilda's Arcanine, the mother, is feeding her newly hatched pups as Hilbert's Arcanine is beside it. The children is looking at the pups.

"Cute! Daddy let's go to Professor Juniper now!" Lillie suggested.

"Yeah Dad let's go!" Neon also asked his father.

Hilbert looked at his wife and Hilda responded with a nod while smiling.

"I think it's a good idea to have a picnic at Professor Juniper's place." Hilda said to her husband.

"So… does this mean were going home?" Hilbert asked his family.

"YES!" they all replied happily excited to see the new members of the family.

Hilbert hoped that he could spend some more time with his family but certain unexpected events keep on coming. He was honest to himself but the happiness of his family is more important. He promised to Hilda, 11 years ago, that he would make his love ones happy no matter what happens, even if it costs his own happiness. Hilda was happy about his promise but she always reminded him that he should never forget his own happiness.

"Okay! Let's pack up, we're going home!"

The family packed their things and his Chief Investigator, Nate, was there to accompany them to Nuvema Town. Nate was once an apprentice, he joined the agency when he was 17 years old and Hilbert, his teacher, was 19 at that time. Nate is raised from a normal family and his true goal is to become the World Champion but when his father and mother both died from an illness that could never be cured, that made him pursue medicine, but his money wasn't enough to pay for his tuition fee.

It was at that time that they had a visitor Red and Hilbert, both are good friends of his father. They are asking how his aunt and uncle on how is he doing. His aunt and uncle are both good to him. Let's day there like Spider Man's, Peter Parker, aunt and uncle. They are both kind and caring for him.

Flashback

Nate went to the park; he wasn't in the mood to talk to people. Suddenly, someone from behind him patted him on the shoulder. He turned around and he was surprised to see the champion behind him.

"Hey there, Nate!" Hilbert greeted him. "I heard you're aiming to be champion? Is that true?"

"I was aiming. Now, I'm aiming to be a doctor." He said to Hilbert with a wry smile.

Hilbert knew what Nate is going through. It is very depressing feeling to lose someone you love, especially if it is your parent. His dad was a colleague of him but not just a colleague he was his teacher in the agency. He was like a father to him.

Hilbert is an orphan, his parents both died at the same time due to protecting him during the earthquake that was caused by Kyorger and Groudon. He was at the Hoenn region at that time for their family vacation. It was Team Magma's and Team Aqua's fault. From then on, he decided to become the champion the champion of his own region from him to have the right to protect his region from having this kind of situation.

"I know how hard it is to lose a love one especially a parent." Hilbert said. "You don't have anyone to talk to if you have problems, when your sad and you just hide it and pretend to your friends that you're not hurt but your parents find out that your sad and you just tell them and you start to cry… it was a good thing that there is someone who will take care of us…" he remembered Lance, his adoptive father.

"Even though we're not related by blood, the bond that formed between us, love, is that matters." Lance said, as Hilbert recalled that moment when he said that. He was only 10 years old at that time and he was adopted by Lance when he was 7 years old.

While Hilbert was saying this, Nate is crying. He remembered all things, lessons, his father thought him, how to catch a pokemon, how to train and care for them. Especially that one time that where his mother was sick and he couldn't do anything but visit his mother every day in the hospital. He doesn't want his mother to see him sad, so he always faces his mother with a façade.

When he got home from the hospital, he was about to open the door when he found his father smoking at their backyard.

"Dad, I thought you were asleep?" Nate asked surprisingly. His father also has a weak body so he has to sleep 10 hours a day it's a good thing he is just working as an office man who has to work 5 hours a day and the pay is sufficient to pay for our needs.

"Oh, welcome back, Nate. I was just thinking about your mother." He looked at his son and he could see his son's face. "His depress… I can read him like the back of my hand." He said to his mind.

"What's the problem, Kiddo? Your mother doesn't want to see you sad you know." Nate was surprised from what his father said to him.

"I'm not sad… I'm… not… sa…" before he could finish his sentence tears began rolling from his cheeks. It was like the pouring rain, tears just keep on flowing.

"It's alright to cry once in a while it just goes to show you that you're normal. It is one of the ways of human being to release their pent up energy." He said to his son with an innocent smile…

After 4 years, his dad died…

"Nate, it's alright to cry once in a while it just goes to show you that you're normal. It is one of the ways of human being to release their pent up energy." Hilbert said to him.

Nate was surprised to what he said to him. "I would like you to take me as your apprentice! I would like to join the agency…"

End of flashback.

"Boss! Over here!" Nate shouted

"My, my, Honey, look it's Nate." Hilda said

"What are you talki… Hey- how are you? I haven't heard about you ever since you left for your mission." Hilbert ran towards him and gave him a ruffle on the head.

"Uncle Nate!" Neon and Lillie ran to him and gave him a hug.

"Kids! Look how much you both grown!" He said.

After that, the boat Nate prepared for his senior, they all went back home to Nuvema town and they have a lot of catching-up to do. What will happen next chapter…