Oran You Glad We Met?
Author's Note: Enjoy the story and R&R.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything related to or of the Pokémon franchise.
Pairing: Ash x Sunny.
Summary:
Ash sure can pick 'em.
It wasn't all that different from how Ash could understand what Pokémon are saying. A feeling. The tiniest rustle in the woods. A sensation the shallow impressions his shoes made in the mud were being stepped in after he'd moved on from them, eyes climbing the sunny sky with Pikachu curled over his left shoulder.
Once Ash knew what to be on the lookout for – once Sunny's parents shared their memories of Sunny with him – he only needed to get a read on Sunny the one time to know what Sunny was truly feeling, and for Sunny to feel what it was like to pet a Pokémon.
Psychokinetic energy could be harnessed, and Pokémon learned moves with "Magic" in them. But this power Ash was attuned to was the closest thing to real magic, to Sunny's knowledge.
Ash Ketchum…was a bit overpowered.
He didn't need to send out Pokémon besides Pikachu to battle.
He could win a fight without battling, even.
He had words and compassion. The tools of the trade he called upon, trading his hat to recapture Sunny's hat from Mankey.
They were together only a day. Ash used his Aura to help Sunny make real what passing away had taken away. The possibility of softness and warmth. To touch Pikachu's cheek and Ash's hand. Electricity minus the stinging, a blue glow diffusing through the top of Ash's hand into his.
Aura, blue like the sky.
Blue as the Oran Berries Ash picked by hand, growing by Sunny's old house.
This is what it feels to be a Pokémon Trainer, Sunny thought, and Ash felt him say so.
This is what it feels to like someone, he thought, and he felt Ash feel likewise.
Ash sure could pick 'em.
Seconds of physical and spiritual contact.
Happiness deep as the forest and sprawling wide as the roots of the tree planted between the bygone and what lies beyond.
Ash emerges from the tree.
The numb chill of Lickitung's tongue has worn off.
Ash still feels the softness and warmth of Sunny's hand on his.
The Aura tells him Sunny still feels Pikachu's cheek and his hand too.