"Do you really have to leave now? You can stay a few days if you want" – my mother said somewhat sadly.
It had been a day since we arrived to Pallet Town and it was time to go, Talia got what she wanted as did Professor Oak and my mother had time to get to know my girls better, so I think it's time to go.
"Mom, I'm not exactly too far ahead with gym badges, I have to hurry up" – I said.
Although I now had 4 gym badges, I don't think it's enough, Gary and surely most of the trainers, were surely much more advanced than me and although the Pokémon League is not even close to starting yet... I would like to collect the 7 badges as soon as possible, that would give me enough time to train for the Pokémon League, although after thinking about it, even if the egg of the Manaphy hatched, I don't know if I will be able to use him for the Pokémon League.
In the original anime, Ash challenges the Pokémon League despite the fact that most of his badges were not even won by his skill, but by pure chance and luck, which resulted in him losing against Richie due to his Charizard not obeying him at the time, but I will be better prepared, until now, all the badges I've won, I haven't won by luck or chance, but by my own skill, all my Pokémon and I have been strengthening our bonds and getting stronger together, so if we keep it up, it's only a matter of time before I win all 7 gym badges and start my intensive training. My expectations for the Pokémon League were quite high and if I managed to evolve my entire team in time, I would have an extremely strong and balanced team, Pikachu, Lopunny, Charizard, Venusaur, Blastoise, Mew, Crystal Onix (or Steelix) and Butterfree, a pretty good team if you ask me, maybe not the best, but I think good enough to win the Pokémon League without problems, although, in any case, I will not be confident because I still do not know at what level the rest of the trainers in the region will be.
"Even so, one more day wouldn't hurt..." – my mother said.
"Mom, I promise I'll come back after winning all 7 gym badges and stay here until the Pokémon League starts" – I said.
"We will come too" – Celeste said.
"That's right, I'd like to see what life is like in Pallet Town, the place where my future husband was born and raised" - Roxanne nodded.
"Pika pi!" – Pikachu nodded as well.
Ehem, I guess it's normal that they want to see the place where I was born and raised.
"Do you promise?" – my mother asked.
Did she really want us to stay so much?
"I promise" – I nodded.
"Then it's fine" – my mother nodded.
"Good luck Ash" - said Professor Oak.
"Thank you" – I nodded.
"I wish you luck too and come to Vermillion City to pay me a visit" – said Talia.
"It's not that I don't want to, but... I don't even have your address: How am I going to know where you live?" – I said.
I wouldn't mind visiting a milf as beautiful as her and even though I know where she lives, she still doesn't know that I'm her daughter's boyfriend, so I have to pretend like I don't know.
"Hehe, really? I think you know very well where I live, after all, Koharu hasn't stopped talking about you for days" – Talia said with a smile.
For a moment I was stunned: Does she really know who I am? But then: Why didn't she tell me anything until now?
The girls thought the same as Ash.
"If you knew... Why haven't you told me anything until now?" – I asked curiously.
"I wanted to wait for the perfect moment so I could surprise you and from what I can see... this was the perfect moment, you should have seen your surprised face, Ash Ketchum" – said Talia.
"Has Koharu told you about me?" – I asked again.
"All day non-stop! Thanks to that I was able to recognize you since Samuel told me your name and that encouraged me to come and meet you" – said Talia.
"Wasn't it Mew that drew you here?" – I asked.
"Ehem, I already had two reasons to meet you, so I couldn't pass up this opportunity" - Talia said.
I see, I suppose finding out that his son-in-law, the man who made his daughter happy and who was the same man who owned a Mew, made her want to meet me right away; comprehensible.
"But most of all I would like to thank you for everything" – said Talia.
"For letting you investigate Mew? Don't worry about it, it wasn't a long time and Mew didn't bother too much either, in fact, you'll probably become friends next time, if you don't bother her so much, I mean" – I said.
The truth is that, although Mew ran away from her and seemed very scared at first, as time passed, I couldn't see in her that feeling of fear that she had before, probably because she discovered that Talia was not a bad person and, above all, that she was a friend of mine, that's why she felt more comfortable in the end and did not use her invisibility to hide from Talia, otherwise, Talia wouldn't have been able to even take a photo of her.
"I also thank you for that, but I thank you mainly for making Koharu happy" - Talia said.
I was silent for a few seconds because I thought Talia would speak again and interrupting her would be rude.
"Ever since Goh told her that he didn't see her as a girl, but rather as a friend, she became so depressed that I thought she would never smile again. I tried everything and thanks to Liko, her childhood friend, we managed to cheer her up a little, but we both knew that she was still not fully animated, that she was still sad, a sadness difficult to overcome, however, when a few days ago she came home so happy and told me that she had become your girlfriend, I was surprised, after all, that same morning, Koharu had been sad and now, suddenly, she was happy: How is it possible that in just a few hours my little Koharu got a boyfriend who would make her so happy? That's why I urged her to tell me everything about you and when Samuel called me and I found out that you were Koharu's boyfriend, I decided to come here immediately so I could check first-hand if what Koharu said was true, I wanted to check for myself what kind of person you were, that's the main reason why I came here" – Talia explained.
Everyone was silent listening to her story, but the one who empathized the most with Talia was Delia, Ash's mother, who as a mother, understood her feelings perfectly, although luckily, she never went through that situation with Ash, because since he was a child, Ash never got sad. Both now and before, Ash is always an extremely optimistic and carefree boy who always has a smile on his face and, although he seemed to have matured recently, that attitude of him did not change one bit, perhaps that is why she was able to attract so many girls, because of her natural kindness.
"Believe her, Ash, when I called her and told her your name, she was more excited to meet you than to investigate Mew, I've never seen her so excited, not even when it comes to Legendary Pokémon or Mythical; her passion" - said Professor Oak.
"But that's because for me, the most important thing in my life is my daughter, her well-being and her happiness, while my work, although I love it, is secondary, you should know that I would give everything for my daughter, that's why, to see the man who made her so happy, who pulled her out of that pit full of sadness and depression, it was my main priority and I must say that I am not surprised that Koharu fell in love with you in such a short time, in fact, I must confess that even I started to like you a little" – said Talia.
Everyone was surprised at Talia's words.