The Bulbasaur could barely hear what the Mudkip said. He opens his eyes; everything in his field of vision was blurred. He kept looking at the three, until he could see them clearly.
He hears the voice of an adult male "Hey uh...you okay boy?" he heard.
The Bulbasaur struggled to process words, so he is only able to say "Uh?"; confused and hardly able to understand what was going on around him.
"Give him a couple minutes. I'll make him a bite to eat, in case he starts functioning again." Mudkip's mother said; proceeding to head downstairs to make him a meal.
The Bulbasaur begins observing his environment, his field of vision still blurred.
"Don't worry. Everything's going to be fine." The Mudkip assured to Bulbasaur; in a peaceful tone in hopes to comfort the creature.
The Bulbasur wanted to say something, but he was still too fatigued. A pain began pulsating throughout his head; his eyes squeezed shut, trying to tolerate the pain.
"Your head must be killing you." The Mudkip said to Bulbasaur. "Where did you get that bruise?" Mudkip asked him; his curiousity aroused.
The Bulbasaur opened his eyes widely; unable to even to answer his question. He has no memories of what happened prior to him waking up in the home of complete strangers. He shakes his head, wishing that he had an answer to give to the Mudkip.
The Bulbasaur with all his might; gets up on his four feet, but quickly collapses back onto the bed. The Bulbasaur begins panting; the pain surging through his head now surges throughout his body. He is able to tolerate the pain very well.
"I think it's better off if we take him to the hospital son. He has a head truama of some sort." The Marshstomp said to his son.
"No!" The Mudkip snapped at his father. Shocked by outbursting at his father, he says "Sorry dad."
"I'll go check with our neighbor, Pidgeot and see if he'll take him to the hospital." Mudkip's father says. "I don't see him recovering without medical attention."
Mudkip's mother returns with a wrap, filled with Miltank beef and places the meal next to the bed on a stool. The Bulbasaur looks at the wrap.
"You need help with that?" said Mudkip's mother.
Bulbasaur shakes his head; denying help from the Marshtomp in the apron. A vine comes out of underneath the bud on Bulbasaur's back and it wraps around the wrap. He carries it over to his mouth and takes a bite on the wrap.
"Food." he thought to himself. He felt like that he hasn't eaten in days. He probably didn't. He mauls the wrap without even tasting it.
"You must have been starving." The mother said to the Bulbasaur.
"I think I was." The Bulbasaur says, finally regaining his ability to speak.
Suprised, the Mudkip shouted "You just talked!"
"Uh...yeah I did." The Bulbasaur said, sounding confused.
"How do you feel?" Mudkip asked Bulbasaur.
"Aside from the pain in my head, I'm good." The Bulbasaur said cheerfully to Mudkip. "You got any ice? This pain is throbbing."
Mudkip, acknowledging that Bulbasaur said something that sounded sexual says "I'm not gonna lampshade it."
Mudkip's father heads downstairs, into the ice reserve and grabs a couple hand fulls of ice and wraps them around a leaf. He returns upstairs and places it on the Bulbasaur's bruise.
"Thanks." Bulbasaur said generously to the Marshtomp.
He smiles and nods. "We'll get you patched up in a minute. That is if you need to head to the hospital."
"No thanks. I'm good." The Bulbasaur says, still sounding cheerful.
About three minutes later, the Bulbasaur was able to move around again; walking in circles without the least bit of fatigue.
"It's as if he was never hurt to begin with." The Marshtomp said to her husband.
"I don't know why, but I'm a fast healer...I think. Or maybe it was psychological. I don't really know." Bulbasaur says now feeling confused.
He begins to look up at the ceiling and contemplates, still holding the ice wrapped in leaves to his head.
"Admiring our ceiling?" The father of Mudkip says to Bulbasaur.
"No. I'm just thinking."
"About what?" Mudkip asked.
"About who I was." Bulbasaur says flat out.
"Wait you have amnesia?" Mudkip asked Bulbasaur in suprise.
"Yeah. I thought you knew already." Bulbasaur says, still gazing at the ceiling.
"I-I didn't." Mudkip says.
Bulbasaur turned his head to Mudkip and replied with "Well when you asked me about how I got this bump on my head, I replied with a no gesture thing; when you shake your head left and right. That's a no." The Bulbasaur becomes confused and says "Uh..."
"Sorry I didn't know you said no." Mudkip said.
"Heh heh. That's fine; completely alright with me." Bulbasaur's confused state subsides and his calm tone turns into a more serious one "Listen guys; thanks a lot for the hospitality. It really means a lot to me but I find out who I am. Where I came from; all that."
Bulbasaur completely forgot about wanting a bandage on his head and storms downstairs to exit the home. Mudkip's mother follows.
"Wait!" she says. "You wanted to have that bruise on your head patched up right?"
"Oh yeah that's right. I forgot." Bulbasaur says, feeling a little silly for not remembering.
She goes into cupboard and retrieves a first aid kit. She walks up to Bulbasaur, opens the kit, and picks up a metal jar and a gauze. She places her long finger into the jar, and picks up this blue goo.
"This may hurt your head a little." She forewarns Bulbasaur.
She rubs the blue goo on Bulbasaur's head; where the bruise resides. It stung but he was able to endure the pain. She then sticks the gauze onto Bulbasaur's head.
"Thanks." Bulbasaur said. "Well I'm heading out. I hope to see you guys again."
The Bulbasaur opens the door, saying farewell to the Mudkip and his parents. As he left the door, Mudkip thought of something. He thought that this Bulbasaur may the one; the recruit that he has been looking for all day.
"Don't go yet!" Mudkip shouted out, but he was already out the door. Mudkip proceeds to run after him.
ONE HOUR EARLIER
After the Bulbasaur staring at Mudkip in a confused way and passing out, he needed to bring him to the house. Mudkip grabbed the Bulbasaur by his foot using his head fin and dragged him back to the house. His parents were shocked when he saw that he was dragging an unconcious Bulbasaur to there home.
"Hey mom. Hey dad. C-can you get him into my room. I found him like this." Mudkip said in ansgst.
"But shouldn't we take him to the hospital?" His mother said, not wanting this unconcious individual in there house.
"The nearest hospital is forty miles away." Mudkip said, growing worried that his parents would not allow that Bulbasaur in there home. "T-this Bulbasaur could be the one; my recruit." he said, trying to convince his parents to let the Bulbasaur stay. "Please." the Mudkip begged.
"Let him stay." Mudkip's father said to his mother.
The female Marshtomp reluctantly agreed.
Mudkip lets go the unconcious Bulbasaur. His father walks over to the Bulbasaur, picks him up, and heads upstairs to Mudkip's room. He places him on the bed-made of the wool of a Mareep and wrapped in the silk of a Spinarak.
PRESENT
Mudkip runs in front of Bulbasaur, causing him to stop.
"Hey buddy, I've got an offer for you. Want to hear about it?" Mudkip asked, exicted to finally ask somebody you will most likely say yes.
"Sure. Lay it on me." Bulbasaur says.
"How about you and I be...partners." Mudkip says; beginning to slur his words around in hopes to trick him into saying yes.
"For what?" The Bulbasaur asks in confusion.
"For you and I to start a rescue team. I've spent the last year at the Rescue Team Academy in hopes to save the lives of others who can't save themselves. I would tackle this alone, but they've just passed a new law saying that they're required to have a recruit or a partner. So you want to help me with my cause?" Mudkip said.
Bulbasaur breathes in his nose and out his mouth, making a decision.
"P-please?" Mudkip says; anticipating for an answer.
"Uh...sure I guess, if you want. I've got nothing else to do." The Bulbasaur has completely forgotten about his journey to find out who he really was.
"Thank you Bulbasaur! Thank you!" Mudkip said exicted and relieved. "I'd like you to meet somebody. But I got to talk to my parents first."
Mudkip quickly ran back to his parents house to tell them he was heading to the academy and quickly runs back outside to see that Bulbasaur was still standing there, looking at the ground in a dazed state. Mudkip runs up to him and pokes at his side to get his attention.
"Sorry for spacing out." Bulbasaur says; wondering why he is like this.
"That's all right. C'mon, we're heading to the academy." Mudkip says to Bulbasaur.
Bulbasaur not fully understanding what Mudkip means asks "Academy?"
Mudkip rolls his eyes, a little annoyed by Bulbasaur's question. "The Rescue Team Academy; you know the one I brought up in my question."
"Oh that academy. Sorry about that." Bulbasaur says; feeling a little embarassed by his dumb question.
Bulbasaur and Mudkip head to the University. The trip there still took an average twenty minutes to walk.
While on there way there Bulbasaur starts asking questions about what the academy was like and questions about he and Mudkip's future partnership. Mudkip told him about Mystery Dungeons: locations in the world that are constantly changing due to some event that happened thirty years ago. Bulbasaur wondered what this event was but Mudkip did not have the answer: no one had the answer for that matter.
So after twenty minutes they arrive at the Rescue Team Academy and head up the stairs, to Instructor Sneasel's office. They arrive outside his office. Bulbasaur, without thinking opens the door to the instructor's office. Mudkip stops him and he quickly shuts the door.
"Wait out here." Mudkip ordered Bulbasaur.
Bulbasaur nods and takes a seat on a bench made of spruce planks.
Mudkip knocks on the door and here's a familiar voice; a voice he has been accustomed to for the past year. "Come in."
Mudkip opens the door and enters the room to see his teacher and friend; still sitting at the same desk he was earlier, working on some papers.
"I've got some good news Sir. I found one. I have a recruit." Mudkip said joyously and with much pride.
The Sneasel stops working on his papers and looks at Mudkip; a face of joy and suprise.
"That was rather quick." The Sneasel said in awe. "I give you 24 hours to find somebody and you've already found somebody. You my former student have more potential than I thought."
"Maybe it was just sheer luck." Mudkip says. "He's outside by the way, if you want to meet him."
"Sure. Bring him in." The Sneasel says; eager to meet Mudkip's new subordinate.
Mudkip quickly leaves the office to tell Bulbasaur to come in. He and Bulbasaur go back into the office.
"Well here he is." Mudkip says.
The Sneasel looks at Bulbasaur and notices the gauze on his head but does not acknowledge it.
"So you must be my student's recruit." He says.
"Yes I name. The name's Bulbasaur. Pleasure to meet you."
"I know you're a Bulbasaur. That was obvious." The Sneasel says.
The Bulbasaur smiles and nods "Obviously I am a Bulbasaur. If that wasn't obvious enough."
"Bulbasaur's social skills are a bit off. He needs to work on that." Mudkip thought to himself.
"So where are you from?" The Sneasel asked; curious to learn a little bit about Bulbasaur's backstory.
Bulbasaur paused, unable to even answer that question. He did not know who he was or where he came from. All he remembers was waking up in the residence of two Marshtomps and there son.
Mudkip thought of a fib to cover up Bulbasaur's back story "He's from the capital. He just moved in to Pok mon Square yesterday. He took a fall and hit his head-that's why he has a bandage on-and that's how we met. He landed right in front of me and we became friends instantly." Mudkip says.
Bulbasaur was astounded by the fact that Mudkip lied about him. He was speechless.
"Aw like those other two; the Plusle and Minun." Sneasel says.
"Except he lived in the ghetto parts." Mudkip says. "Right Bulb?" He asks Bulbasaur, wanting him to play a part so the fib would sound truthful.
"Uh...fo'shizzle ma'nizzle." Bulbasaur says still astounded and completely confused.
The Sneasel laughed a little and said "The comedic type. Mudkip, your subordinate; I like him. I hope your rescue team prospers." The instructor was entirely convinced that Bulbasaur's false backstory was very true.
"Subordinate?" Bulbasaur mumbled to himself. He was lied to. He thought this would be a 50-50 partnership but is was a lie to trick him into joining Mudkip's team. He felt like he was betrayed. "I'm thirsty." Bulbasaur says quickly.
"Oh just head down the stairs and turn right. You'll see a stream." Sneasel says to Bulbasaur.
"Thank you." Bulbasaur says quickly as he rushes out of the office.
Bulbasaur sees a man-made stream. Crystal clear, pure water flowing down it's stream. He rushes over to it and takes a sip, then smashes his face down into the stream. He yells out a frustrated tone underwater. He pulls his face back up.
"Um hey we should head back to my place." Mudkip says, appearing a couple feet behind Bulbasaur.
Bulbasaur turns around and looks at his expression: Guilt.
"I can't believe you would do something like that. I can't believe you lied; not just to your teacher but to me too. I mean what the hell were you thinking?" Bulbasaur was completely enraged by Mudkip's actions.
Mudkip says, quietly and with remorse "Bulbasaur I'm sorry." His eyes became puffy. Mudkip was on the verge of crying.
"Remember back when I said yes? I changed my mind. Good day to you..Mud." Bulbasaur says as he begins walking out of the academy
Mudkip runs after Bulbasaur, tears dropping "Please, I've spent my whole life wanting to be a rescue team official. Y-you can't just..."
Bulbasaur cuts off Mudkip "Find yourself a new partner."
He turns around, not even daring to look at Mudkip and leaves the academy. Mudkip lays there in the empty hallway. He did not wimper, he just layed there silent. Tears of remorse and self pity stream down his face.