CHAPTER 130 – A DAY ALONE WITH LILLIE

In the previous chapter we see how our heroes were heading home quietly when they suddenly fell into a trap made by Team Rocket which thanks to a robot manages to steal the Pokémon of our heroes, however, thanks to the Pokémon of Ash, Mew, Latias and Charizard they manage to free them and return everything to normal.

...

With Ash.

The rest of the day was quite quiet, we arrived home, put on our pajamas and then had a very good dinner, although honestly i missed the girls and I would also like my parents to be here, unfortunately that is impossible at this moment.

After a nice dinner, we went to sleep because we were all extremely tired and today had not been especially quiet, first the mystery Molly's mother and then Team Rocket almost steal my Pokémon and those of others, it has been a hard day and I do not know what will happen tomorrow but I know one thing, i almost two weeks the girls will come with us, I'm looking forward to that happening.

As I thought about everything that happened today, my eyes gradually closed until at last my consciousness faded and I fell completely asleep.

...

The next morning.

As was an habit in this house, we got up, showered, dressed and had breakfast, but when I asked what we were going to do today at the Academy I discovered that today was holiday and there would be no class until tomorrow, it is not that there was some kind of festivity or anything, it is that Professor Burnet had a day off at work and wanted to enjoy on a date, Selene didn't leave but said she would spend her entire day training and she said that she will take a walk around Hau'oli to see if she could battle against a ramdom trainer.

Since Lillie and I didn't want to interrupt their date, we decided to stay home and rest and since Selene won't stay at home the rest of the day, it would only be me, Lillie, my Pokémon and Molly, however...

"Hey, why doesn't Molly come shopping with us?" – said the professor suddenly.

"Huh, why?" – I asked confused.

"Well, we haven't told you before because we weren't sure about this but we've decided we're going to try to have a baby" - the professor Burnet said.

"Excuse me professor Burnet, I think I heard wrong, did you say that you wanted to have a baby?" – asked Selene confused.

We all looked confused at the couple for such a statement, to be honest I also thought I had heard wrong but soon we discovered that we didn't.

"No, you didn't hear wrong, it's just that we had been thinking about it for a long time, at first we couldn't because of my work and my husband's, however, now that our schedule is so flexible and soon I will have less work, we have decided to take our relationship to another level" – explained the professor Burnet.

"Congratulations, I hope you get it soon" – I said with a smile.

"Thank you, that's why I say we would like to take Molly shopping, We want to check if we'd be good parents, if you and Molly do not mind" – said the professor Burnet.

"Well, I don't care, but..." – I said looking at Molly.

"I wouldn't mind going if brother comes with me" - Molly said.

"I'm afraid it will be impossible, today I have to train with Rowlet, Popplio and Finizen, soon I will start my island challenge and I want to train with them" – I denied.

It's not that I don't want to go with Molly but there's not much time left for the girls to come and I need to get acquainted with my new Pokémon, plus I don't want to interrupt their date.

"Then I won't go..." – Molly said.

"What if I told you that we will eat out and buy clothes and sweets?" – said the professor Burnet.

Hearing this, Molly got a little excited but then looked at me again.

"Listen Molly, I can't today but you can go with them, it will be only be a few hours" – I said with a smile.

"But brother, I don't want to go without you..." – Molly said embarrassedly.

"Okay, let's do one thing, go with them today and I'll go another day alone with you, the two of us alone, what do you think?" – I said.

"Are you serious, the two of us alone?!" – Molly said excitedly.

"The two of us alone, it will be a day just for Ash and Molly" - I nodded.

"Then I'll go, hehe, one day alone with my brother, I'm already waiting for it!" – Molly said with a happy smile.

"Thank you Ash" - said the professor.

"It's nothing, just take care of her, that's enough for me" - I said with a smile.

"With us she will not lack anything, that's for sure" – nodded the teacher.

...

An hour later.

I will summarize in a few words what happened, after the meal and washing the dishes, each one went to perform the tasks they had pending, Selene went to train outside, the professor Burnet and the professor went together with Molly to the Mall where they would spend the rest of the day, while Pikachu, Latias and my other Pokémon enjoyed a nice nap with air conditioning, so you can say that Lillie and me were completely alone.

With nothing to do, we both sat on the sofa next to each other.

"It seems that we are alone..." – I said as I turned on the television.

"Yes..." – said Lillie.

"Is something wrong with you?" – I asked confused.

"N-No, it's just that it's the first time I am alone in a long time!" – Lillie said nervously.

"Have the professor Burnet and professor Kukui already had more appointments or something?" – I asked confused.

"No, that was with my family" - Lillie denied.

"Right, where is your family? If i can know" – I asked.

Although i already know the answer, for her to tell me it would denote that she has great confidence in me.

"Let's just say that it's complicated..." – Lillie said somewhat embarrassed.

"Ah, I'm sorry I touched on that theme, don't worry, if you don't want to tell me, let's forget about it and watch a movie" – I said with a smile.

She'll tell me, it's a matter of time.

"N-no, it's not that, it's that I haven't talked to my family for a while and theoretically I ran away from home" - said Lillie.

"Really, what happened, did your family do something bad to you?" - I asked, frowning.

"No... they always showered me with love but one day something happened that made my mother and brother change completely" - Lillie said sadly.

"May I know what it is? If you can't don't worry, I know that it's hard to talk about it" - I said calmly.

"No, I'll tell you, I want someone to know, I need to vent to someone... ah, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it in that way!" – Lillie said in a hurry.

"Don't worry, we are like family, if you want to vent then do it with me, I will listen to everything you want to tell me" – I said with a smile.

"Thank you... You see, in the beginning our family was as an ordinary family, my mother and father founded the so-called Aether Paradise, a kind of nature reserve to help to protect the endangered Pokémon" - Lillie began to explain.

"The boss of Aether Paradise is your mother?" – I asked feigning surprise.

"That's right, she and my father founded it" – Lillie nodded.

"Ah, sorry for interrupting you, you can go on" - I said.

"Don't worry, your reaction is normal, back to the subject, at first we were like a normal family, my parents filled my brother and me with love but one fateful day everything changed" - said Lillie.

She seemed a bit sad, I guess this is the hardest part of the story and it's hard to tell me.

"If you want we can stop..." – I said with concern.

"No, I can do it... okay, one day my father began to investigate a phenomenon called 'Ultra Wormhole', according to him, they were portals that led to other worlds and dimensions where different beings and Pokémon lived, my father continued to study this and one day they invented a technology capable of opening Ultra Wormhole ', at that moment my mother understood that my father's obsession with those portals was too much and tried to stop the experiments and destroy the machine to create portals but my father refused and continued to investigate it, until one day, a strange being came out of the portal, it loos like a Pokémon but at the same time not" – continued Lillie.

"A strange being?" – I asked confused.

An Ultra Beast.

"Yes, I don't know how to describe it, but it had a very large head and tentacles and its body was yellow and white but it had no face or eyes, not even a mouth" – Lillie nodded.

He was a Shiny Nihilego..

"After that being appeared my father tried to touch him but the being wrapped him with his tentacles and dragged him to the portal making my father disappear..." – said Lillie.

And suddenly, tears threatened to fall from her eyes, so I quickly hugged her.

"Don't worry Lillie, you don't have to go on, I don't want you to look sad, please" - I said softly as I patted her back.

"I-I can go on... After my father disappeared through the portal, the machine exploded and broke, from that moment, my mother became cold to me and my brother and began to spent all her time to rebuilding the machine with the hope of finding my father... My mother changed and my brother also moved away from me and soon I discovered that I was left alone in that house, that nobody wanted me anymore, so I fled from there and came to this island, I went as far as I could, I spent a couple of days outside until the professor found me and together with his wife they welcomed me into their house, they are such kind people..." – said Lillie.

During all this time we remained embraced, she still shed tears of the pain that all that caused her, damn it... she's as good as an angel and a damn Ultra Beast radically changed her life, If I wasn't suspicious, I'd go to Galar right now.

Although being honest it is most likely that the Nihilego did not drag him to the portal, in the original anime it does not happen like that but I remember badly that the Nihilego tried to save him and the father did not go to another world or anything, he appeared in the Galar Region with amnesia and the Nihilego made him believe that she was human and became his daughter so most likely the same thing happened, I have to think about how to go there and find her father.

"Listen Lillie" – I said softly.

Lillie looked into my eyes and wiped her tears with my fingers gently.

"I promise you that I will help you find your father and also fix your relations with your mother and brother" – I said with a firm tone.

"Are you serious?" - she asked in surprise.

"Very seriously, during my stay here I will not only do the island challenge but I will also find your father, whatever its cost" – I nodded.

"It's not that I want to doubt you but my mom has been searching for months and hasn't found any clues, I don't know how we're going to find something" - Lillie said sadly.

"Easy, I currently have many friends who are traveling through different regions, I will ask them to look for your father, I can not ask them to dedicate themselves to looking for him but I am sure they will not reject me if I tell them to be attentive in case they see your father" – I said.

I have Lira, Lisa, Wendy, Leaf, Gloria, Roxy, e-Nigma and even Gary, Toby, Cindy and Jake and I also added Emma and Fran, so currently I have many friends who can help me with this matter, I am sure that some of them can find even some clues and is possible that the can find a clue about his location, who knows?

"Are you serious, will you help me?" – Lillie asked again.

"Totally seriously, we will find some clue about your father, I am sure of it" – I nodded.

Although it may not seem like it, many of my friends have what we would call "Halo of the Protagonist", so I hope that can help.

"But I don't understand, we've known each other for so recently, why do you want to help me, why do you treat me so well?" – asked Lillie confused.

"Because..." – I said.