Chapter 3 – The Oak Family (1)
A 16 years old boy with spiky hair with green eyes wearing a simple black shirt and blue jeans wearing a white lab coat was in the lab researching about pokemon natures. "Thomas!" A voice called out to the boy known as Thomas.
"Yeah!?" The boy called back
"We need help here!" Thomas sighed and got up and took his sweet time getting to the outside. There he saw the same hair colour man wearing a lab coat like his and an older man wearing the same lab coat both hanging onto a big pokemon known as Snorlax.
"Great Grandfather, dad what are you two doing?" Thomas asked question raising his eyebrows.
"Well… Thomas you see, Ash's Snorlax is about to finish the berries here" Thomas's Great grandfather is the famous pokemon researcher known as Professor Oak explained.
"And so we need you to get the pokeblock that Gramps and May made for these pokemons that have a large appetite" The man said.
Thomas sighed and sent out his Ghost pokemon, Gengar. "Gengar go get the pokeblock"
Gengar nodded and left. Thomas then turned around and scratched his head wondering what he should do with Ash's Snorlax.
"Don't just stand there Thomas!" His father yelled
"HEY! What do you expect me to do!?" Thomas yelled back
"Just do something!"
"I'M NOT A FAMOUS RESEARCHER LIKE YOU DAD! AS THE FAMOUS POKEMON RESEARCHER SHOULDN'T YOU DO SOMETHING!?"
"ENOUGH! THIS ISN'T THE TIME TO ARGUE THE BOTH OF YOU!" Professor Oak. Thomas and his father stopped arguing and while his dad and Professor Oak was still hanging onto Snorlax who keeps on eating the food, Thomas just lied down on the ground and looked up at the sky.
"GEN!" Thomas turned around and saw his Gengar. Thomas smiled and got up. Gengar handed Thomas a pokeblock holder and Thomas petted his Gengar.
"Alright, here Snorlax open wide," Thomas said as he took out some pokeblock.
"Snor?" Snorlax turned around and saw Thomas raised his arm, there he saw a pink pokeblock sitting on his palm.
"Snorlax~" Snorlax cried happily as he took the small pokeblock and ate it. He then sat down and let Professor Oak and Thomas's father off and walked away to go to sleep.
Professor Oak and Thomas father let out a sigh of relief. "Thank you for your help Thomas" Professor Oak thanked Thomas.
"It's nothing Great-grandfather, then I'm going home, mom is preparing something good tonight! Going to go help her. Let's go Gengar" Thomas said as he quickly went back into the lab with his ghost pokemon following him.
"He's just like you Gary" Professor Oak said.
"Really? How?" Gary replied.
"Hmm… He was just like you wanting to be a pokemon master but then decided to be a pokemon researcher." Professor Oak replied. Gary stood there thinking about what Professor Oak just said and smirked.
"I think you're right gramps… After all, Thomas IS my son" and after a minute passed he then added "As well as Leafy's" in a dreamy tone. And Professor Oak just smiled at him.
"I'm home mom!" Thomas called out as he walked into the house and is taking off his shoes.
"Welcome home sweetie! Could you come here for a sec?" a woman's voice called back. Thomas got up and went to the living room and there he saw a woman with a long brown hair tied into a high pony tail and with leaf green eyes wearing a simple yellow shirt with light blue sweatpants, wearing white apron was sitting at a table near the computer talking with someone.
"Yes, mom?" Thomas asked.
The woman turned around and smiled and motioned him to sit down. He sighed but followed her order and when he got there he saw a familiar face.
"Oh! Hey, Kari, what you up to?" Thomas asked as his mother moved aside and he sat on the chair talking to Kari.
"Nothing much Thomas just got to Petalburg City"
"Really now? Then let me guess you haven't battled the gym leader right?" Kari nodded and Thomas just smiled.
"AH! Guess what Thomas" Kari suddenly added.
"What Kari?"
"I got myself a Finneon"
"Wow! Nicely done Kari, tell Sora to catch some pokemons"
"Sure will! You too Thomas" Thomas laughed and nodded while Kari beamed happily.
"I'm back!" Gary called out. Thomas and Kari said good bye to each other and got off the phone and moved to the kitchen where his mom is
"Thomas, could you please help me set up the table?" Thomas's mother asked.
"Okay" Thomas replied and quickly went to grab the dishes and utensils to set the table.
"Hey Leaf" Gary came in greeting the woman known as Leaf.
"Welcome home Gary, dinner is served" Leaf replied as she took the plate of chicken to the table and Gary smiled and made his way to sit down. Thomas handed Gary his fill of rice, which Gary smiled at his son and took it from him and started to eat. Thomas went to grab his own fill and began to eat, Leaf came and smiled at the two men and began to eat as well thinking about one thing 'Like father like son'
At night…
"Hey dad, are you free?" Thomas asked. Gary who was sitting on the couch watching TV turned his head to face his son who is sitting at the dining table watching TV with him.
"Yeah, why?" Gary asked
"Would you mind showing me some of your previous research in the Sinnoh region?"
"I don't mind. It's in the study room"
"… Okay" Thomas then got off the chair and headed to the study room which is right next to the living room.
Leaf who was looking through some teaching materials sighed and shook her head. Gary noticed Leaf's reaction and asked "What?"
"You're such a bad father you know"
"What? Why?"
"Isn't it obvious? Thomas wants to spend more time with you create stronger bonds with you"
"But don't we do that? Breakfast, researching in gramp's lab, lunch, dinner, watching TV"
"Anything else OTHER than the usual?" Gary stayed silent and was thinking over. He then shook his head and Leaf rolled her eyes.
"Geez… Gary as his father you should spend time with him. NOW GO!" Leaf ushered him out of the living room not giving him any time to protest.
Gary stood outside of the living room sweat dropped, not knowing what to do. Now that he was kicked out of the living room by his one and only lover, he doesn't know where or what he should actually do. Even though he told Thomas to go to the study room, he's not sure if he really IS there or not. He sighed and made his way to the study hall and noticed that his papers were all nicely stacked into a pile but Thomas was nowhere in sight. Gary scratched the back of his head, grabbed his pokegear and looked around making sure that Leaf and Thomas isn't near him.
'Good… they're not here' Gary thought as he took a deep breath and dialled a number. The pokegear started to ring, it rang twice and the person finally picked up the call.
"Hey" came the voice from the other side
"Hey Drew" Gary replied
"Yeah? What do you need Gary?" Drew asked
"Well… how close are you and your children?" Gary asked
"Both goes well, especially -"
"So you and Ryan are very close right?" Gary cut in
"Yeah? Why?"
"How should I say this…" Gary said as he begins to think of how he should explain the relation between himself and his son.
"Let me guess, you're not getting along well with Thomas right?"
"How did you know?!"
"Why else would you call me? Other than meeting up with the other two, talk about pokemon battle, arranging a secret date just between the two of us"
"WHAT THE HELL MAN!? WHO WOULD GO ON A DATE WITH YOU!? But yeah, every guy would want to be like me or go out with me since I am the most magnificent trainer and researcher" Gary replied cockily. Gary can literally see Drew rolling his eyes.
"Alright Drew, no time to joke around" Gary said seriously.
"Geez… well, what do you both have in common?"
"Umm… well…"
"Someone kill me if this so called famous researcher doesn't even know his son's interest or if they have anything in common"
"Sounds like you and Ryan have some things in common"
"OF COURSE I DO! NOW ANSWER ME OR ELSE I WON'T BE ABLE TO HELP YOU"
"Alright… geez… no need to scream" Gary took a deep breath and continued.
"Well… I guess, it's pokemon researching"
"Then approach him with that topic and then use your damn head from there!" Before Gary could retort, Drew hangs up on him; leaving Gary still pondering what he should do.
Gary was walking around in the study room, pondering what he should do and how he should approach his very own son. After 5 minutes has passed, Gary left the study room and made his way to the second floor to the door on the right. He knocked on the door without any hesitation and waited. The door slowly opened and revealed Thomas in his pyjamas.
"What do you want dad?" Thomas asked curiously.
"Were you sleeping? Or were you about to sleep?" Gary asked.
"Neither, I was looking through some research about Finneon"
"Why a Finneon?"
"Sara told me that she caught a Finneon in the Petalburg woods"
"Wow! She's very lucky. Finneons are rare in the Hoenn Region"
"Really?!" Thomas asked in interest. Gary smiled and nodded.
"I can tell you many things about Finneon but it would be great if you actually see the pokemon in person"
"Then what are you waiting for dad!? Hurry! Let's go to the study room!" Thomas exclaimed as he quickly dragged Gary down the stairs and they went back to the study room and the father and son began to talk about pokemon research.
Leaf soon came in with three cups of tea and a plate of biscuits for her two knights, she soon joined them on the floor discussing about pokemons that they saw, the battles, the natures, berries, and many more. As Leaf was telling Thomas the life of the champion of the Kanto region, Gary smiled and knew that his life was better than before. Soon Thomas turned his attention at Gary and showed him his sketches and his analysis of the pokemons that he saw with his friends. Leaf smiled at the scene and she have never seen Thomas this excited and happy before. Leaf giggled to herself and thought 'They share the same passion and perhaps dreams as well.'
Thomas: Hey ladies and gentlemen *bows* did you miss me? *winks at the ladies*
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