A Flash of Light Can Change Your Whole Life

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon

Chapter 2: Beginnings…

Emolga woke up the next day. She tried to open her eyes but found that she couldn't. Then she remembered what happened the day before. She started to cry. Then a body stirred next to her and she remembered what happened last night. Pichu had told her he loved her. She smiled. It was such a pleasant memory. She turned to Pichu. She could tell he was still sleeping by his slow breathing. She smiled. She could picture him sleeping next to her in her mind. His eyes closed, one arm wrapped around her, his face literally centimeters away.

His smile.

She didn't know how she knew it was there but she could tell that it was the most beautiful smile she would see. Well, she would see it soon hopefully. Pichu stirred again and opened his eyes. He saw Emolga next to him, smiling. He smiled at her. Even with bandages over her eyes he still thought she was beautiful. He stroked her face.

"Good morning beautiful." He said. She blushed.

"Good morning to you too. We should probably go down and have breakfast."

"Not until Nurse Chansey clears you. After that we'll go down to the cafeteria and I'll cook you something Chef Pansage taught me. I know you will love it." He told her. She blushed even more.

"You don't have to do that. It makes me think I'm using you."

"You're not using me. I want to do this. Besides I know you will enjoy it." Just then, Nurse Joy and Chansey came in.

"I see you two are up and about. I'll just give you a quick check up and you'll be free to go if I don't find anything too serious." She checked her over quickly and told her that she is free to go.

"I'm just wondering, but how will you get around? Will Pichu lead you?" Nurse Joy asked. Pichu nodded. "Okay, just make sure to check in every two weeks and take this medicine and drip it on your eyes every morning and replace the bandages with fresh ones." Pichu nodded again. They left the room and went down to the cafeteria. Once there, Pichu led Emolga to a miniature table (the center had some installed for the smaller pokemon to eat at) and helped her into a seat. He then left to prepare the breakfast he had promised her. There were some trainers in the cafeteria. They had heard about the Emolga that had turned blind from an accident. Some of them walked up to her and asked how she was with concern in their voices. She replied with a tone that said she was fine ('cause they can't really understand what she's actually saying). They left her to wait for Pichu after voicing their concern for her. It heartened her to know that so many people cared what happened to her. Ash came in later and saw her. He had Pikachu with him and went to talk to her.

"Pikachu told me what happened. How are you?" he asked her. She replied saying that she was okay. Pikachu then asked where Pichu was. She told him and Pikachu went towards the kitchen. Before going after him, Ash wished her well, and with that she waited patiently for Pichu to come.

In the kitchen, Pichu had gotten permission from the chansey on kitchen duty, and was currently mixing a batter. Ash walked in with Pikachu. Ash saw Pichu and walked over to him.

"Whatcha' doing Pichu?" he asked the tiny mouse pokemon. Pichu pointed to the batter and then pointed to some pecha berries. Afterwards he pretended to be Emolga. Ash understood. "Hey, you mind if we join you? I'm cooking for a very good friend of mine." Pichu shook his head and Pikachu and Ash put on aprons. They got to work on a counter opposite to Pichu. While Pichu was cutting pecha berries, his father walked up to him.

"Hello Pichu, what are you making?" he asked his son.

"I'm making some pecha berry pancakes with sitris berry syrup for Emolga. Not only will it taste delicious, but it will also help with the healing." Pichu explained to his dad.

"Good idea Pichu. By the way, me and your mother have been wondering about your behavior towards Emolga since we found you two sleeping together, and I believe we just got confirmation for our hypothesis last night." Pichu blushed brightly as he heard this. He turned to look at his dad.

"Y-You saw that" he said sheepishly.

"Yes we saw it. Don't worry, we totally approve of your decision, as it being your decision and yours alone. I just think it's wonderful that you're taking your time out to take care of Emolga. She really needs someone to love her right now." With that he walked over to Ash to make sure he didn't make any mistakes. Pichu got back to work. After about fifteen minutes of flipping pancakes and putting out fires from Ash's cooking when it exploded in his face, the breakfast was ready. He loaded it all on some plates and left the kitchen.

Emolga was sitting at the table remembering last night when she smelled something delicious and heard the sound of plates being placed on the table. She wasn't the only one to notice however. The trainers had noticed it too and the girls all went "awwwwww", at how romantic it was for the Pichu to do that while some of the guys just smiled at the cute scene. Pichu sat in the chair next to her and helped her with her plate. She smiled at him.

"It smells delicious Pichu. But how will I eat it if I can't see where the fork is?" she asked him, a little confused.

"Don't worry about that. I'll feed you." And as he said this, he began to cut her pancakes into bits and picked them up on her fork.

"Open wide." He said. She complied and he put the food in her mouth. She loved the taste of it. The pancakes would melt in her mouth and she could taste the pecha berries mixed in with them. The ingredient that completed the taste was the sitris berry syrup. Pichu continued to feed her and she loved every bit of the food he gave her. The thing that made this food so much better than anything else was the fact that he had cooked it. After they were done, they sat there cleaning up.

"You have some syrup on your face. Here, let me help you with that." Pichu told her and wiped it off with a napkin. She smiled at him.

"You have some on your lips. Here, I'll take care of that." She reached out, grabbed his head softly, and kissed him. Pichu was surprised. He had literally thought that there was some syrup on his lips. He now knew that it was just an excuse for her to kiss him. I should have known. How dense am I? He thought about this as he kissed her back, and then smiled. Not as dense as Ash or dad. They continued this for a few more seconds. Some of the female trainers had noticed and released an even louder "awwwwww" than before. Pichu and Emolga separated, blushing heavily. They had forgotten that they were still in a public facility. At a table close-by, Pikachu and Lopunny watched as their son and his girlfriend shared a passionate kiss. They smiled and looked at each other knowingly. Pichu and Emolga may be at the "dating" stage of a relationship, but after watching that passionate kiss. They knew that they would be the perfect mates for each other.

Pichu helped Emolga out of her seat and they left to go to the ranch. Pichu was holding Emolga's hand; leading her to place where all of Ash's pokemon hung out together. She was a little unsteady in her steps, but managed to get a bit more confident. As they walked through the gate, Bulbasaur and Noctowl ran up to them. Bulbasaur was a small, green dinosaur with dark green spots and a plant bulb on his back. Noctowl was a bit different. Instead of the usual brown colored feathers, she had bright, gold-colored feathers. Bulbasaur spoke to them first.

"Hey guys, I heard what happened. So how are you feeling? What are they going to do about your eyes? You can probably guess that we are all concerned here." He was very concerned. Whenever something happened to someone he knew; it bothered him until he knew they would be better.

"I'm feeling fine Bulbasaur, especially after that breakfast." She replied looking lovingly at Pichu. Pichu just smiled at the confused look on Bulbasaur's face.

"What happened?" he asked. Noctowl just groaned.

"Isn't it obvious?" she asked. All she got was an even more confused look from him. She sighed.

"I guess I shouldn't be surprised. You obviously wouldn't know. I mean you walk around without noticing Bayleef following you. I guess you don't notice the love-struck look in her eyes. You have to be as dense as Ash. Anyway, they're obviously dating now. Am I right?" she asked the couple.

"Yes you are. Now if you don't mind we'll be going." They started to leave but Bulbasaur, still looking a bit dense, stopped them.

"Before you go Sceptile offered to train your other senses when he heard you were going to be blind for possibly forever. Gliscor also offered to teach you how to read the winds so you can fly. Although she stated that you would still be unable to fly in small places or close to the ground. But in most cases, reading the winds will help you avoid collisions." He told her. Emolga smiled as she heard this news.

"It's okay. Pichu offered to tell me which direction to fly in those cases and I can just carry him on my back." She told him.

"Okay, I'll tell Gliscor. For now you should go to Sceptile. He's at big oak." He and Noctowl then left them. Pichu led Emolga to the big oak where Sceptile was waiting. He jumped down from the branch he was laying on and landed gracefully.

"Hello. Are you ready for your training?" he asked. She nodded. "You do know that it won't help you walk around freely? It will only allow you to know where Pichu is while he is beside you so you can follow him. You won't be able to walk by yourself without running into everything. Do you understand?" she nodded at him. "Okay. Now, I'm going to walk off somewhere and you are going to follow my scent to keep up with me." He walked away. Emolga sniffed but when she didn't find anything opened her mouth and let the scent of everything around her flow over her scent glands. Not all pokemon had these. The only ones she could think of off the top of her head were the cat-like pokemon: Meowth, Glameow, Purloin, and Skitty. She found Sceptile's scent easily and began to follow it. Pichu could not do anything to help her. He had to be a little bit away from her so his scent did not impede her. He watched as she suddenly ran into a tree. He looked at her in worry but did not go help her. She would have to learn to deal with a few crashes before she improved enough to a point where she could avoid them.

Emolga got up. Ow. I didn't see that coming. She grinned at the irony of her own words. Anyway, she knew that Sceptile was in this area. She dragged her hand across the trunk as she walked around the tree. She found Sceptile's scent on the bark. He was in the tree. She wondered how she was going to climb up.

"Huh….." she sighed. "I guess I'll have to go slowly." She started to climb. She had some trouble dodging the branches, but she was going slowly enough that she could tell where they were. She kept following the scent until she reached a branch that was thicker than the others. She walked onto it and found that she could hear the slight sound of someone breathing.

"So you made it." Sceptile said. She nodded clinging to the branch. She wasn't usually scared of heights, as she was also a flying type and could fly, but she was afraid of falling because she couldn't see. Sceptile noticed this.

"You must learn to conquer your fear and at least "slow-fall" down to the ground." He said. (slow-fall is my term for slowly descending to the ground after opening your wings.)

"I-Is it clear?" she asked nervously. Sure she could slow her descent without going any direction but down. She just wanted to make sure she didn't run into anything and fall down.

"It is. Here, let me guide you to the edge of the branch." He guided her to the edge. She hesitated for a moment. Then she thought about how Pichu was watching. She put a determined expression on and jumped off the branch. She opened her wings and they immediately caught air. Her descent slowed and after a few minutes, she landed. Although a little wobbly. Pichu ran over to her.

"That was so brave of you Emolga." He told her. She started blushing.

"Thank you Pichu." Sceptile then walked over to them.

"I think that is enough for today. Come back tomorrow."

"Okay, we will." They started to walk back to the nest when all of a sudden an Arbok appeared and grabbed Emolga.

"AHHHHHHHHH!" she screamed. The Arbok started to slither away. Pichu and Sceptile ran after it.

"Emolga!" Pichu yelled. He had to catch up to them. He activated his quick attack to better catch up to the kidnapper. Sceptile was about to follow suit when, all of a sudden, a flamethrower hit him in the side. He fell to the ground. The attack had been strong. He saw Pichu running after the Arbok and Emolga, too intent on saving her to notice him. He saw an Arcanine jump over him and chase after the Pichu. He tried to get up and give chase, but he just fell back to the ground. His vision was starting to cloud. He was dimly aware of some yelling and footsteps approaching before he blacked out.