Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters from the Pokemon series. There might be OCS in some of the one-shots, but that is a might.
Fandom: Pokemon
Title: The Little Prince ~ Why Are You Gardening?
Character (s): Ash ~ 6 ½/Oak ~ 48
Genre (s): Family
Rated: K+
Word Count: 717
Summary: One-shots. At the age four through eight, Ash goes through many embarrassing, funny, and adorable moments with Cynthia, Solidad, J, Oak, Gary, Professor Araragi, Professor Makomo, and many more. (Sets before The Prince Of The Ora Bloodline even begins) This series is somewhat unrelated or could be related to the Ora Bloodline's storyline. Just a short series of funny and memorable moments.
Why Are You Gardening?
'なぜあなたはガーデニングですか？' (' Naze anata wa gādeningudesu ka?')
"Grandpa?"
"Yes, my boy?"
"What are you doing?" The young prince asked curiously, as he stared at his adopted grandpa, who was busy doing something while wearing a ridiculous hat on his head.
"Oh, I just doing a little garden." The old man said warmly while wiping away a sweat drop from his forehead.
"G-Gardening?" Oak nodded. "Isn't that for girls?" The old man did a little anime take back.
"Well, yes my boy, it's mostly is…However…" Oak quickly recovered from the take back. "…men like me and you can do it also."
"Oh." Ash said dully.
After a brief moment of awkward silence, Ash spoke up again. "Why?"
"Huh?"
"Why are you gardening?" The little boy repeated himself, but this time more clearly.
"Oh, I'm just doing it, so I can take care of your mother's garden. We cannot let your mother's hard earn work go to waste. Can we now?" The little boy was a little surprised.
"M-Mom likes to gardening?" Oak nodded.
"That's right, Ash. Before you were born, your mother always loves to take care of her garden. It is like a hobby of hers. It always makes her smile on what she does on her free time."
"Oh…I see…" It was nice to hear that his deceased mother loves to gardening. At least he knows something about his mother. A sad smile appeared on the small boy's face, which Oak took notice.
"While your mother is no longer with us, I can't let her garden go to waste. It would make her sad. Therefore, I'm taking care of it for her."
"Oh…"
Another set of awkwardness folded between the two. No one spoke a word for awhile until Ash found the courage to speak up again. "Um…c-can I watch?" The young prince asked shyly, slightly blushing.
This put a smile on Oak's face. "Sure, my boy. That will definitely make your mother happy if you did." Immediately, Ash's face lights up like he was going to have a fever or something. The little boy was fidgeting uncomfortably.
Once the shy boy took his place, Oak continues to do his garden work. After awhile of watching, the young prince made a small comment. "I still think gardening is for girls." This made Oak laughed warmly while Ash pouted cutely. "Well, it's true!" This only made the old man laugh even harder.
A/N: Well, that was a nice bonding between Ash and Oak, I guess. I do not like gardening either. Does anyone else think so as well? Anyways, I hope you like this chapter. Please R & R! Thank you! The next one will be the last! I just want to get this short series done with, so I can move up to my next project, Little Ash, or some other project. Until then. Peace out! ^_^
Johan07!