ch 8 ( second pokemon)

dio went back to his room as prof Seth took duran to the third floor to be treated .

( some time later the same day )

professor oak was in the sanctuary giving food to his charizard .

( Charizard is a draconic, bipedal Pokemon . It is primarily orange with a cream underside from the chest to the tip of its tail. It has a long neck, small blue eyes, slightly raised nostrils, and two horn-like structures protruding from the back of its rectangular head. There are two fangs visible in the upper jaw when its mouth is closed. Two large wings with blue-green undersides sprout from its back, and a horn-like appendage juts out from the third joint of each wing. A single wing-finger is visible through the center of each wing membrane. Charizard's arms are short and skinny compared to its robust belly, and each limb has three white claws. It has stocky legs with cream-colored soles on each of its  plantigrade  feet. The tip of its long, tapering tail burns with a sizable flame. )

" I did not expect the kid to get this violent " prof oak said as he looked at charziard " what you think of me " he asked him .

" charziard , charziard "

' he is a nice kid but he should have burned that guy '

chrziard responded as he spewed flame through his mouth . oak just shook his head to charizard's response . prof Seth came over as prof . oak was talking to charziard .

" professor " she said as oak turned around seeing her looking at him very intense .

" why that face " oak said as he saw her staring at him with an angry face .

" you know why , Duran has left i terminated his contract " she said a little loud as she was frustrated with what transpired.

" so " oak responded .

" this all could have been avoided if you would have let me intervene before hand , I can't imagine what dio might be feeling right now " she said she was worried how this will affect dio's mental health .

" you should not worry about that he is aware of what he did and I don't think he feels any guilt about it dio is far outstanding than you think "

oak told her he has observed dio for close to two years know and he knows how smart the kid is .

' and if this much blood scared him he will never make it as a big trainer ' oak thought in his mind

( back to the present)

dio finishes his breakfast and then makes his way to prof . oaks work room on the second floor

" professor " dio said as he entered professor oaks office .

" take a seat " oak said while still being immersed in his work . dio sat on the chair as prof. oak lifted his head to look at him .

" you are leaving tomorrow right " oak asked as he closed the file he was reading turning his attention towards dio .

" yes professor " dio responded he has already booked a train ticket from pewter to exter city.

prof oak took out a pokeball from his drawer placing it on the table .

" its an award for your reserch from the league as well as me although the league might still send something but i wanted to gift something myself " professor said.

" a pokemon " dio said a little surprised . he was expecting league send a gift to him for the reserch on top of the 5 million pokedollars he received but oak handing him a pokemon was unexpected.

" he has gotten so attached to you so keep him " professor said pointing his finger towards my shadow .

" are you sure professor " dio asked to confirm if professor oak really wanted this .

" i am , with his personality i don't think any other trainer can tolerate him " professor oak said gastly has never become this close to someone his fear of the sun and prankining habits and made him isolated from everyone in the lab .

" gastly " ( oldy ) as they were talking about him gastly imerged from dio's shadow showing professor oak his tongue for what he said about his character .

( Gastly has no true form, due to 95% of its body being poisonous gas, with the other 5% believed to be made up of the souls of those who died from the gas. However, it consistently appears as a black, spherical Pokemon  surrounded by a purple haze. Gastly has a wide, pink mouth with two visible fangs. Though its eyes seem to extend past its round body, visible eyelids surround them. It produces a faint, sweet smell. The toxic gas surrounding the main body can induce fainting and suffocation, and it is capable of enshrouding an enemy of any size. Gastly's gaseous form makes it one of the lightest Pokemon  in existence.)

" take rest as we talk " professor said as he made

gastly return to his pokeball .

" you have made great progress over his fear of sun , that he even follows you outside " prof said he is really happy with how gastly has finally gotten over of his fear of sun to some extent .

" well he wanted to do it himself he just needed someone he trusted to be alongside him through the process " dio said . he just served as a shield for gastly rest he did it on his own .

" do you wanna know why his fear for the sun came about " professor said as gastly's is now dio's pokemon he has the right to know about gastly's past .

" I have no interest , I don't want to feel pity for him . felling pity for your pokemon makes them

stay weak as his trainer i do not want him to stay weak " dio stated. he does not want his attitude to change towards gastly after nowing his past because if started felling pity for him he would nevr be able to make him strong it will only weaken gastly's self confidence and strengthen his fear . Everyone has things they want to change and forget in there past but you cannot do that . but holding on to those regrets is more pointless .

" as you wish take good care of him " prof. oak said giving the pokeball to dio . every trainer has diffrent ways they train and view there pokemon and he will not question dio's judgment regarding his pokemon.

dio picked up the pokeball as he stood up from his seat he gave a slight bow to professor oak and left his cabin .

( dio's pov )

I made my way towards my room as I was walking gastly came out his pokeball and entered my shadow " what " I said as I stopped and looked down at gastly he was also staring at me with his big eyes through the shadow as he responded " gastly " ( I like it here )

" you do you " I said as I stopped paying attention to him i got in my room to finish my packing.

( the next day )

I woke up early as I had a train to catch after getting fresh i went to meet professor oak and professors Seth after saying my goodbyes to them and to some of the pokemon of the Sanctuary I made my way to the bus station. I traveled to pewter city by the bus then took the train from pewter to exter city it was another 16 hour long tiring journey after arriving at exter city i took a taxi to go home .

I arrived home around 10 the guard opened the door after seeing me come out of the taxi .

I made my way inside .

( pov change)

grandpa sho , Steve and sara were on the dining table having there dinner.

" young master is back " Edward yelled as he saw dio enter the lobby he quickly made his way towards dio to receive him .

" hey Edward " dio replied after seeing Edward coming his way but before Edward could reach dio sara overtook him like a bullet she immediately gave dio a hug after reaching him .

tear start to emerge in her eyes as she inspected dio .

" mom you are acting like I came home from war " dio said he was starting to feel uncomfortable .

" it was war for me " sara replied as she separated herself from dio .

" but why didn't you tell me you were coming you traveled alone all this way " sara said she had no previous information of his arrival otherwise she wouldn't have let him travel alone .

" i am not a kid you know " dio stated , he is more than 30 years old inside.

" you are " sara said as she ruffled his hair .

" whatever " dio said pushing her hands away .

" we were about to start eating dinner , you must be hungry come have some " sara said taking dio towards the dining table his dad and grandpa was still seated on the table.

" you guys did not even stood up to receive me "dio said as he reached the dining table.

" i thought you are not a kid " dio's dad replied he looked at him and then at his shadow noticing gastly.

" your internship was suppose to end a week later why are you back early . did you fail " grandpa sho replied as dio took his seat on the table after giving his bag to Edward. he also noticed gastly in dio's shadow .

" yes I did " dio said making everyone go wide eyed with shock " clank " Elise dropped the bowl of water she was bringing to dio for him to wash his hands after listening that dio failed in shock .

"relax it was just a joke I became an assistant professor " dio said to everyone especially pointing out Elise. everyone took a long breath after realizing dio was just joking but soon another realization hit them as they all responded with a " what "

" an assistant professor but aren't people suppose to receive a junior professor degree after internship " Edward asked his granddaughter who is also doing internship stated that she would become an assistant professor after completing her internship.

" some stuff happened " dio said not giving a clear answer.

" what kind stuff " elder sho asked he was certain

that dio did something ridiculous again .

" its not important to talk about " dio said as he sanitized his hands and proceeded to eat .

" don't ask much you can find the answer on leagues website i am too tired to talk " dio said he saw as grandpa sho was about to ask something again.

sara quickly took out her phone to look for something she has read about the new reserch that has been recently made public by professor oak and the league . professor oak gave credit to someone saying this was did by one of his students in the press conference. she read the

reserch but did not had the time to watch the full pressconfernce. she opened a news website which has highlighted the key points of the press conference there she found it dio's name .

" it was you all along " sara said looking at him .