Alexander ketchum and Breakdown

"Have I told you how much I love your cooking?" Ash said as he finished the last one of Elena's home cook meals.

"You told me ten times already." Elena sighed as she leaned her head closer to her favourite pillow, Ash's chest.

A comfortable silent wash over the couple, content on watching the beautiful blue sky as they held each other close and tight. The two of them had enjoyed a wonderful picnic on the roof of the mall, so that they could enjoy each other's company to the fullest, and so that their friends couldn't see them together. The two of them had stayed on the roof top for what seems like hours, cherishing each other's undivided attention. Pikachu and Koyuki on the other hand were spending time with Ash's elite team, more likely, they are trying to prevent Charizard and Sceptile from tearing each other part.

"(So this is her, the Elena person that has our master wrap around her finger)." Sceptile said as he gazed at the couple. "(She's a beauty)." Sceptile commented.

"(So this is the first time you actually saw her, pitiful)." Charizard snorted. Sceptile glared at the large lizard.

"(And what is that supposed to mean you bloody lizard)." Sceptile snarled.

"(I'm just saying that me and Snorlax over there saw her at least once or twice unlike you, who only had the honor in meeting her this one time. It seems like Ash didn't trust your big smirking mouth with his most cherish secret)." Charizard said mockingly.

"(Are you implying that I can't keep a secret)?" Sceptile asked with venom in his voice.

"(I'm not implying that you can't keep a secret, I'm implying that you can't keep that mouth of your shut)?" Charizard stated with a grin. Sceptile would have most likely attack Charizard but was stop even before he could charge an attack by Koyuki, whom had prepared a Bullet Punch on her right arm.

"(Please Uncle Sceptile, don't do anything that would disturb my 'father' and my 'mother's' time with each other. They have a limited time with each other as is and I would not hesitate taking you and Uncle Charizard down if you disturb their moment)." Koyuki reply as white aura outline her body.

"(Better listen to her Charizard, Sceptile; she has enough power and strength to take three of us down simultaneously)." Snorlax added as he momentarily woke up from his nap. "(That, or you guys want a one-on-one session with Ash while he has his staff and his wings out, I'm sure Ash would show you guys mercy even though Ash had clearly state that we should not disturb them nor attract attention while they spend some time together)."

Both Charizard and Sceptile had a cold sweat run down their body at that; they are both powerful Pokémons capable of fighting legendaries in an equal footing and win if they fight with their full power and full strength but against Ash's full power, they shudder at the thought of fighting him.

"(I guess I could ask Ash latter why he hadn't introduced me to her in an earlier time)." Sceptile stated while lying down the farthest to Charizard.

"(The reason why Ash hadn't introduced her to you is because you weren't available when she visits us)." Pikachu said as he lay on top of Snorlax's belly.

"(So the chameleon is also lazy, what a surprise)." Charizard commented sarcastically which earned him a Bullet Punch on the head.

"(Please no more insulting)." Koyuki said as she walked towards Pikachu and Snorlax.

"(Serve's you right, asshole)." Sceptile said as he watched Charizard tend to his bruise head in amusement.

"So, what time will you meet those crewmate's of your?" Ash asked breaking the silent.

"Four in the afternoon, you?" Elena asked.

"Three thirty in the afternoon but I could be late for an hour or so." Ash offered with a smile.

"Me to but it would bad for us, Papa Dan would searched the whole mall if I'm late for ten minutes." Elena said with an apologetic smile.

Ash sighed in disappointment and leaned his body on the nearest wall while guiding Elena's head and body in the process so that Elena was leaning on his body with her head on top of his chest. Elena snuggled closer to Ash's chest at that movement.

"Oh well, I still consider myself lucky to spend some time with you this morning." Ash said as he held her softly and tightly.

Elena smiled at Ash comment before remembering something a question that she wanted to asked Ash when he received that violin.

"Hey Ash, can I asked you a question?" Elena asked as she looked at Ash's eyes.

Ash sighed once again before looking at Elena's beautiful blue eyes. "I could tell your question is serious so asked away." Ash said which earned him a confused look from Elena.

"How did you know it's a serious question?" Elena asked with curiousity lacing her voice.

"Every time you'll ask me a serious question, you'll always look at me in the eyes." Ash said as he smiled to himself, proud that he knew her so well.

Elena chuckled at that before kissing Ash lightly on the cheeks. "Why didn't you tell me about your father?" Elena asked which cause the unwanted reaction from Ash. Ash's eye momentarily darken and an Aura of uneasiness flooded the air, enough to make every Pokémons in the roof to divert their attention to the couple and for the flying Pokémons to drop to the ground because of the sheer intensity of the aura. The only person who was barely affected was Elena because Ash tried his hardest to not affect her with his Aura.

"I was afraid you'll ask that?" Ash sighed with sadness. Elena quickly picked that up and quickly apologized.

"I'm sorry if I brought a sensitive topic. You don't have to answer…." Elena didn't finish her statement when Ash kissed her softly on the lips. Elena kissed back and almost cried because the kiss that Ash gave was different than the kissed that Ash used to give her, the kiss that Ash used to give her was filled with happiness, longing, and love while this kiss was filled with sadness, sorrow, and grief.

"I needed that." Ash said as he pulled back, when Ash pulled back, Elena could see the sadness in his eyes. "My father's name is Alexander Ketchum." Ash began while looking at Elena with grief in his eyes.

"Ash, I'm not forcing…" Elena was once again stopped in mid sentence as Ash place his index finger on her lips, preventing her in finishing her statement.

"I think I need to open up to you about my father like how you opened up to me about your mother. I may need this, like you." Ash said in a soft tone. Elena understanding what Ash said, nodded her head, encouraging Ash to continue. Ash kissed her on the forehead before giving flashing her his signature smile that Elena greatly adores.

"My father's name is Alexander Ketchum and the only way to described him is that, he is a man who loves theatrics. My father was very passionate about the theater but he is not an actor but a trainer who adds theatrics with every battle. Every battle that he ever fought, he does it with theatrics and style, whenever I watched him battle, I always laugh because he always makes a stage with every battle he fought." Ash said with a chuckled, remembering how his father battles with Pokémon.

"Your father sound like an excellent trainer, like you." Elena commented, happy that her Ash was smiling while telling her about his father.

"Yeah, he is an excellent trainer and an even more excellent father. I could still remember how my father thought me how to play the flute and his most price instrument, the violin. We always stay up late at night in order for him to teach me some musical pieces; I could still remember how the two of us attempted to write our own original musical composition, we never wrote a decent one but it was fun for the two of us." Ash chuckled at that though, further remembering how he and his father bonded.

Elena also chuckled at that, her Ash was an amazing trainer and a good musician but she can't imagine him writing a musical composition. Elena then became serious again which Ash quickly notices, Ash then braced himself for a question that he knew she would ask.

"How did your father die?" Elena asked in a solemn tone.

Ash became silent for a moment, trying to fight back the tears that threatened to fall from his eyes. "I don't know how he died but I know the reason why he died." Ash said in a sorrowful voice.

Elena, taking notice of his voice, quickly sat beside him and laid his head on her lap. "If you don't want to tell me the rest, then just stop, ok." Elena said in a comforting tone.

Ash smiled and wiped the lone tear that fell from his right eye before continuing. "My father love me, my mother love me, and my father love my mother, but my mother never love my father." Ash said with a voice mixed with grief and rage. Elena was a bit startled at that little information about Ash's mother because this is the first time Ash mentioned her mother with such tone.

"My father loves my mother with all his heart, even when I was a child, I could see the love of my father to mother but my mother doesn't feel the same way, she doesn't love my father. My mother only look at my father like he was her friend, like he was second best and it killed him every time." Ash stated, tears unconsciously falling from his eyes. "My father did everything to please my mother, he gave up his career as a trainer, he gave his journey, hell, he even gave up on his dream, and it crushed my father's heart as he did those things but he did it with a smile on his so that he could prove to my mother that he was worthy of her, he failed. My mother still didn't loved him and my mother still looked at him with a fake smile and with eyes that shows pitiful compassion, and that crush his heart and his will to live. I still could remember his last words to me on the day he left us for good." Ash then said those words to Elena as he wept in sorrow.

"My son, I love you and you might hate me for this someday but I can't continue living like this. Don't be like me, son, don't be like your fool of a father who settled for a fake love. My son, I know you're going to be someone who would surpass me one day but please don't be a fool like me when it comes to the heart."

"After that, he died, I don't know how but he died. I never cried more on that day, I never wept more on that day, and I never played the violin ever again after that day. The thing that made me grief, that made me broke my heart on that day was because of my mother, because she didn't cry, she didn't even shed a tear on my father's grave, it was like my mother didn't care if my father died." Ash was now openly crying while Elena did her best to comfort him.

"Is that why you never mentioned you father to anyone?" Elena asked as she gently caressed Ash tears.

"It's hard for me to picture my mother so uncaring that's why I never mention my father to anyone, because every time I remember my father, I'm always reminded on how my mother was the very cause of my father's death." Ash said with grieving tone and sorrow filled Ash.

Elena cradled Ash fragile body; she knew that Ash told her something that he had kept bottled up in his heart for a long time. She remembered how Ash comforted her and how he held her lovingly when she opened up to him about her mother, if Ash did that to her at her most fragile state then she could do it to him now that he is in his most fragile state.

"How long have you kept this to yourself Ash, how long have you kept this great pain to yourself?" Elena asked as she embraced the crying Ash tightly and lovingly. "Let the pain out Ash, let it all out. I'm here for you like you were there for me when I told you about my mother." Elena then began humming a tune to comfort her crying love, the tune that her mother used to used to calm her down.