Just one more shot. Make it count. I thought to myself. I drew my bow back, keeping the odd-colored feather of my arrow facing towards me. I aimed at the target several hundred yards away.
I was about to fire, but that was when I felt something gently wrap around my waist. I flinched, but didn't lower my bow. Suddenly, the thought of N came back to me.
Oh, damn, why do I think of N so often?! Why is his arm around me?! No, calm down, it may not be N. But then again, it might be...no! Calm down...OK, target, target, think about the target, I tried telling myself.
No, it can't be N. Sure, he'd walk towards me and stop mere inches from my face, but he'd never wrap his arm around me...would he?
I suddenly feel someone close behind me. Too close behind me. I start to panic, but force myself to stay calm. I wonder it it's...
"Are you going to shoot or not?" Oh shit. My blood turns straight to ice.
That was N's voice.
I gasp and accidentally shoot my arrow, missing the target by a mile and hitting the base of the tree. I turn around to see, in fact, it wasn't N. Immediately I feel stupid.
"Damn you, Cheren!" I yelp, punching him in his arm. Hard. He yelps and jumps back, dying laughing. I should have known he'd try something like that!
He'd gotten pretty good at imitating N's voice, but making Serperior wrap its tail around me to make me thing N was wrapping his arm around me? Now, that's just wrong, and he knows it.
"That's not funny!" I yelp, punching him again. Cheren tries to regain his senses, but still nearly falls over laughing.
"It was actually pretty funny!" he says between breaths, still laughing. I smack him across the face, knocking him over.
That made him stop laughing.
Cheren looks up at me in surprise and pain (but more pain, I'll bet,) and scrambles to his feet.
"What the hell was that for?!" he yelps. I freeze. Either he was trying to imitate N again to freak me out, to get smacked again, or because he just might be N...
I facepalm. Get real, Jinjira! It had been 2 years since I last saw N, and I didn't think I'd ever see him again. All at once, the flashback comes back to me. The flashback that was 2 years ago in the castle, again, I felt N's lips against mine. Damn him for being such a good kisser...
Hold on, why the hell am I thinking that?! WHEN do I think that?! Don't answer that.
Ever since N left, it felt as if he meant to kiss me, like he wanted to leave me something that'd haunt me forever. If he did intend for it to haunt me, then it's doing a good job at it.
Sometimes, I wonder about my own sanity, and this is one of those times.
"Well, you keep saying you don't like N, so...I decided to prove it," Cheren said, adjusting his glasses in his nose. I looked at him, stunned.
"What? Me...like N?! Arceus no! Why would you even think that?!" I yelp. Cheren looks at me with a smug grin. A grin that always makes me want to punch him so bad.
"No, I know you like him," he replied. I ball my hands into fists. Cheren knew I hated it when he accused me of liking N. I didn't...no...I don't like him! I didn't like him then, and I certainly don't like him now!
"How do you know I like him?"
"Oh, you're denying it?"
"No! Dammit, Cheren, give me a valid reason! You're the nerd around here!"
"You were just thinking about him."
I freeze. How did he know I was thinking of N? I shake my head, and Cheren smiled.
I hate him sometimes, I really do!
I snapped my attention towards my Xtranciever, which had been ringing for...who knows how long?
I picked it up to see it was Bianca.
"Hello, Queen Harmonia!" she cried, trying to ruffle her hair out like N's. Of course. It makes sense now.
"I will kill you." I hate being called that, and she knows it.
"Alright, jeez! How are you doing about that?"
"What do you mean?"
"When he kissed you," Bianca immediately smacked her hand over her mouth. I look back at Cheren, who was turning red.
After N left, I realized Cheren watched the entire thing from the doorway. We both agreed to never tell Bianca with her big mouth, but Cheren must have let it slip. Well, he probably meant to, seeing as Bianca thinks I have a crush on N.
Guess what I'm never going to hear the end of?
"Anyway, I need you to come over to Nuvema Town, there's someone who wants to talk to you!" she cheered. I wasn't interested, and she saw this.
"It may be N...," she began, smiling.
Now I'm interested. "I'll be right over," I say as I hang up. I look back at Cheren.
"You had to tell her, didn't you?" I growled. He shrugged.
""What did she say?
"She said to meet her in Nuvema Town. Someone wants to see me.
"Arceus, Jinjira, what did you do?" Cheren asked me facepalming himself. I grin.
"I'm about to find out, whatever it is," I said, letting out Zekrom. I bowed its head to me. I climbed on its back.
"You coming?" I asked Cheren. He shrugged, but as I looked closer, I saw he was blushing.
"Uh...no. Because...er, um...I'll be over there in a minute," he stammered. I smiled.
What was he hiding? Let's see if I can get it out of him...
"Why not?"
"I have to fill my Pokedex!"
"You already did, remember?! You gave it to Professor Juniper?!"
"Did I? I mean, oh yeah! I did! Duh! Stupid me! I've got...uh... training! Yeah, I've got training to do!" he stammered, now turning beet red, scratching the back of his head.
"Cheren, what are you not telling me?" He looked at me in shock.
"What makes you think I'm hiding something?!"
"You're red as a Darmanitan, stammering, backing away from me, and you won't stop fidgeting!" I growled, now getting mad. He sighs, his shoulders dropping.
"No, I am hiding nothing! Nope, nope, nope! Nothing at all! Go ahead and go to Nuvema Town, Bianca is waiting for you!" he quickly said, then running off. Zekrom turns its head back to look at me.
"Cheren's not usually like that. He's hiding something, I know it," I say to the black dragon. It nods in understanding. I smile, then look up at the sky.
"Do you still remember the way to Nuvema Town?" I ask Zekrom. It nods.
Suddenly, Zekrom rose off the ground, slowly making its way into the vast blue sky. We rose high above the forest floor. From there, I could see Nuvema town on the southern part of Unova. I point Zekrom in the right direction. It nods at me again as we head towards the small, rural town.
That was pretty interesting to write. If you haven't figured it out already, this takes place after Pokémon White. Anyway, I'd appreciate your reviews!