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Next Saturday Pikachu woke up feeling weaker than normal. He sat up, and felt the floor spinning around him. It took several minutes to regain stability, and walk out from his room.

He knew that today, Sceptile and the others wanted to do something special for today. He had absolutely no idea what they were going to do. "I don't know" he muttered as he walked down the stairs, thinking about his friendship with Raichu. Of course, he had never trust a Raichu before because he had his reasons. On the other hand, she had always been very open to him and liked how he did things, and she always cared for him, because she firmly defended he was her best friend, even though he would get scared when she tried to talk to him. She always loved to make him feel good when he was hurt, especially when he had to work hard to hide his secret. However, that didn't stop him from getting angry with himself. He sworn the day he was separated from Jack that he would never befriend anyone like her for the rest of his life.

However, Eevee soon got him out of his thoughts. "Pikachu Pikachu!" said Eevee. "Hi Eevee!" he waved at him excitedly. "We are having battles today!" he told his friend as he started to do barrel rolls on the ground, as Eevee liked to do when he was excited. Pikachu couldn't believe it. He had avoided fighting in order to increase his chances of surviving longer with his health issues. He also had an underlying psycological problem associated with all the suffering he faced after his last battle. All that made him refuse to go to the championship, and now that he had managed to convince everyone that he couldn't go because other issues required his attention, the Pokémon who were keen on fighting in the orphanage decided to do a tournament by themselves?? It wasn't his lucky week, it seems.

"Are you going to go?" asked Eevee as he rolled out and stood up, wiggling his tail in excitement. "Well I..." As he was going to tell Eevee that there was no way he could battle, he saw Eevee's eyes start to sadden. He seemed to be his biggest fan, as he already was sad last week when Pikachu didn't attend to the tournament with him. So, he couldn't just tell Eevee that he wasn't going. "I'll be there, ok? Don't be sad" he said with a grin as Eevee started to jump in excitement again.

"I'll see you at the tournament if that's all right. It starts after launch!" As he said that, Pikachu understood what was all about. Probably, Sceptile wanted the kids to get familiarized with battling in a friendly environment, so, it seemed a good idea to battle between us, to do some sort of competition. He felt relieved to infer that it wasn't a real competition, but, anyway, he stil wasn't able to launch or receive any attack, as it would have fatal consequences. Pikachu knew that the others cared about him enough to not to kill him on purpose, but never told anyone about it! He would have to find a way out of this without hurting anyone's feelings. So, he thought he would just dissapear from the crowd before it was his turn. Easy peasy.

The rest of the morning passed without a hiccup for Pikachu. He also discovered that every pokémon in the staff was participating. Even Kangaskhan the waitress! Pikachu really wasn't expecting that.

Once we all had launch, everyone gathered in the big playground in front of the complex. There were several hundred cubs, and also some of the human staff in the place, who watched quite interested the event unfold from the windows.

As the time came, Sceptile walked in front of everyone. "Welcome to the first tournament of the Pokémon Society" he said. Even though "Pokémon Society" was the name of the orphanage, it seemed that it was more of a secret conspiring organisation. As expected, Sceptile was delighted to see everyone. "First of all, I want to thank all the contestants for taking part in this experiment, starting by me, of course..." he said, earning a sigh from some of the audience. " Secondly, I really hope you guys are all prepared to fight! I know that..."

As Sceptile kept reciting his speech, Pikachu looked around, searching for the best way to escape when no one was watching. It was quite easy, as he sat behind the cubs, far away from the majority of the other contestants. "Thank you guys for listening to me!" Sceptile ended.

"Now, let's go on with the battles! The first one is Kangaskan versus Hitmonchan!!" The cubs then applauded as both pokémon appeared. Of course, it was a completely different level from the one in the Championship, so the strenght of the attacks were way way lower, being safe for the cubs to watch from a regular distance. As both opponents were engaging in a fight, he saw clear the occasion to flee. But, as it seemed that only bad luck was on his side, as he stood up to leave, he felt someone touch his back. "Pikachu!"

He turned out, and closed his eyes in sheer terror, as it turned out to be Raichu. "Pikachu, where are you going?" she asked in a very polite and comfortable tone. "I... was going to get a drink!" Pikachu immediately started to walk away from her, thinking that once he got inside the complex, he just wouldn't come out until everything was all over. But, bad luck was still there, right at his side. "Oh! I am also feeling thirsty! I'm going with you!". Pikachu sighed in defeat, as Raichu went to take some cold drinks with him. Some minutes after, they were both back to the 'tournament'. Soon, the battle finished with Kangaskhan's victory. "Ok! Next battle is Espeon versus Pidgeot!"

Pikachu felt bad for them, as they were both friends, and were now forced to fight. Eevee, as opposite as Pikachu's point of view, was so excited to see the battle, as he wanted to know who was stronger!

As the battle started, Espeon just kept avoiding Pidgeot, as she just tried to tackle her. Then, she remembered that, if she got to the next round, she might be aligned to fight versus Raichu. Of course, nobody else knew, but Espeon did. Logically, she wasn't very interested to fight against the world champion, so, she preferred to act weak, and let Pidgeot do her thing. After a long time, Espeon finally decided to lay on the ground and play dead, as she got tired of Pidgeot's useless tactics. "Espeon is unable to battle?" said Sceptile, as he really didn't expect Pidgeot to be able to win against such an intelligent pokémon as Espeon. "What a surprise! Nobody expected her to win..." he added. Just a moment after, Pidgeot flew to him and pecked him on the head " What the fuck happens with you?!?!" she said, before flying off. Everyone started to laugh at the sight, and Pikachu knew it was the perfect time to escape! Finally, his efforts seemed to bare fruit, as he managed to get out of the croud, and started to walk away.

Everyone looked at Sceptile, as he continued to announce the next battle. "Next battle will be Raichu versus Pikachu!". As soon as Raichu knew that they were next, she turned her head to Pikachu, only to find him missing. "Pikachu! We are next! Where are you?".

Pikachu, even though he was walking away, could hear thet he had to battle against Raichu. Then, he started to cry frenetically as he started to sprint out of that place as fast as he could. He didn't care about what might happen next, as he only kept running and running from everyone. He hadn't felt so scared sice that fateful day, and wouldn't hesitate to do anything to be safe, as he was fearing for his life again! He was so, so scared.

Meanwhile, Raichu kept calling for Pikachu, without receiving an answer. So, she decided to step on the battlefield alone, and talked to Sceptile about what happened, so he could postpone their battle. As she finished talking, she ran off to search for Pikachu.

Raichu didn't knew where could Pikachu have gone. At first she went to the dinning room, and looked around. "Pikachu! Where are you?" she asked, to no avail. Then, she went out of the complex, and went to the park where Pikachu went berrypicking once in a while. "Pikachu? Please come back!". No response.

Raichu was starting to worry, as she couldn't imagine where Pikachu had gone. She tried to look around, but she couldn't find anyone. So, she decided to enter in the complex again, and search inside. She walked through the corridors, calling for Pikachu. Each minute it passed, each place she went, the tension inside her grew stronger and stronger. Eventually, she had only one more corridor to look in. The male staff rooms. She carefully walked, as silently as possible, trying to detect any noise that could be coming from Pikachu. Once she was at the end of said corridor, she saw that the last room was open, and what was more surprising, completely dark inside, as the windows were covered by thick curtains. She wondered why was that room like that, as she couldn't get a clue as to what was going on. But, as she was about to leave, she heard something which caused her to get curious. It was like someone was breathing, or something like that. Wanting to figure it out, Raichu pulled the switch down, and the room was lit up. Her heart shrank as she noticed that almost everything in there was damaged or destroyed. She knew that something serious was going on. "Pikachu? Where are you?" she asked as calmly as she could, but she couldn't spot him. Then, she noticed a relatively small bump on the nest, which emmanated sobbing sounds. "Pikachu? Are you there?" she asked.

As she had no response back, she decided to lift the blankets which covered the mysterious figure. But as she was about to take them off, she felt something grabbing them as hard as it could. "NO!" the voice said. Raichu jumped. "Pikachu. What happened?" She said, in shock. But she didn't got an answer. Tired from the situation, Raichu pulled off some of the blankets, enough to reveal Pikachu's body. Now, her soul literally shattered into pieces as she saw him. He was covered in bloody scratches all over his body, and some patches of fur were missing. Bite marks could also be seen on his arms and tail.

"OH MY GOD PIKACHU! WHAT HAPPENED?!?!" she screamed, trying to figure out what exactly happened. "AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! GO AWAY GO AWAY! GET OUT OF HERE RIGHT NOW!!" Answered Pikachu as Raichu started to shake and cry. "Pikachu! Please, tell me what's going on! I want to help you!" said Raichu, trying to calm him down.

"I KNEW YOU WANTED THIS!! ANYONE LIKE YOU HAS ANY HEART LEFT!!! YOU ARE KILLING MACHINES!!!" said Pikachu, as he started to break a part of the nest to use as a cover.

"Pikachu! Please let me take care of you!" Raichu begged, hoping Pikachu would come back to his senses, but it was impossible. "Pikachu, please!" said Raichu. Pikachu looked up and saw Raichu trying to help him, but he misinterpreted it as she was getting nearer to finish him off. "No Raichu! Please, please, Please! DON'T!" he begged her, his pitch-black eyes widened to a blinding, terrified face. As Raichu got nearer, Pikachu grabbed the sheets that were left in the nest, and ran to the opposite corner. "KEEP OUT!! PLEASE, DON'T KILL ME!! GET OUT!!!" he shouted out.

Raichu discerned that Pikachu had entered in a psychotic outbreak, and so, it was senseless to try to talk to him in that state. But, her worries about Pikachu's mental condition made her go as far as trying to take out the covers he had with him, so she turned around, and started to walk to him again. But Pikachu, terrified, did the first thing that his body attempted to do, and threw a small, golden box at her face with all his might. Raichu didn't saw it coming, and hit her right in the nose, as it started to bleed a bit. "Pikachu! she cried, but as she crouched down to pick up the now damaged box, Pikachu had already left.

As soon as she was left alone, Raichu sat down in the flor and started to cry as she worried about Pikachu. She knew that he was shy, but this event revealed that Pikachu had some very serious problems that she was unaware of. As Raichu was going to leave the room, she saw the little box that Pikachu had thrown at her in his rage attack, and noticed it was open, so she decided to take a look in.

She noticed that there were a lot of photograps in there. She started to look at the photos, and saw a young boy with a Pikachu in some of these photos, who looked like he was having a good time with his partner. There were photos of different cities that she had never been in, and soon, her eyes were filled with all sorts of photos of Pikachu and that boy she didn't knew at all. She then ordered all the photos, and carefully placed them again inside the box. Even though she didn't really knew what those photos were, she figured that Pikachu surely trasured them.

After a moment, she decided to go out to search for Pikachu again, but as she was going to leave the room, she saw Espeon walking up towards her, but as soon as she saw Raichu's tear-stained face, Espeon ran toward her. "Raichu! Are you ok?" she asked, but, as soon as she asked, Raichu started to cry again. "Raichu, what are you crying about?" said Espeon as she also started to worry.

"It's Pikachu... He isn't well". Espeon's face then changed and was now more serious than before. "He was bleeding all over his body, and it seemed he had a mental breakdown! He ran off before I could calm him, and now, I don't know where did he go!" Raichu's face became even darker as she looked at her with worried eyes. "Please, tell everyone to help me find Pikachu! He might be in extreme danger!" Espeon, confused about everything that had happened there, helped Raichu by talking telepatically to everyone pleading to help them find Pikachu. Soon, Sceptile's tournament was dismantled, as everyone left to search for Pikachu all over the city.