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Satoshi's tombstone reads:
Here lies Satoshi 'Ash' Ketchum.
Good friend.
Caring boyfriend
And the boy that saved the world.
In the days and weeks following Satoshi's funeral, their lives go on, no matter reluctant they are.
Delia goes back to her garden and the house, an empty feeling seeming to follow her like something was missing- which there definitely was.
Regardless, she tends her plants and kept working at the cafe, Mimey, and Pikachu helping her.
Gary returns to Hoenn to keep writing his paper on Pokemon bonds but unlike just more than two days previously, he couldn't focus, his heart just 'wasn't in it'.
Nevertheless, he still tried but in reality, he wasn't getting anywhere.
Professor Samuel Oak tells all of Satoshi's Pokemon (the ones that don't already know) immediately after the funeral, their responses ranged from surprise, to shock, even to anger.
He worked it out that Satoshi who he had met with Celebi that day years ago.
Professors Burnet and Kukui aren't the only ones who return to Alola: Satoshi Kukui, their son; It was only fitting as he was born on Satoshi Ketchum's death day.
Lycanrock, Dartrix, Melmetal, and Nagandal sensed something was not right so they tell them.
Serena goes back to Kalos, set on taking part in the Performer's circuit again.
This time, she doesn't feel that sense of achievement and amazement when she wins a contest ribbon as she had in the past. Her and her Pokemon (Delphox, Panchum, Sylveon, and Gardevoir) train harder than before but it doesn't make any difference.
Gou is a mess before throwing himself into work; but no matter how hard he tried to focus on the current assignment (collecting data on Kalosian Pokemon- Greninja in particular), he still has that strange a piece-of-me-is-missing feeling.
Gou knew that Satoshi's death couldn't have been prevented, no matter how advanced modern medicine is.
As for the Team Rocket trio, they leave the organization- not that hard of a decision.
They agree that they should have done so a long time ago.
They bought the malasada food truck that they had rented before and returned to selling malasadas.
It doesn't feel right, staying in one place for so long after being so used to constantly following Satoshi and his Pikachu around to attempt to capture the latter.
Delia is on her way back to the house one last time, for she had made the decision to move to Kalos, when she sees...Satoshi's Greninja standing by Satoshi's grave.
Satoshi had left the water type in Kalos before he had returned home to Kanto.
When Pikachu caught sight of Greninja, he jumped off Delia's shoulder and raced toward the frog Pokemon.
She watches as the two Pokemon shares a very serious and topic-heavy conversation before the electric mouse Pokemon returns to her
All over the world, all the people of which Satoshi had an impact on, their lives carry on and the best they can do is remember Satoshi, the boy that saved the world.